http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/19/what%e2%80%99s-the-deal-with-that-radio-ad/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/19/what%e2%80%99s-the-deal-with-that-radio-ad/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:12:38 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=4820 The RBS Ad Report Card: Certain voices are instantly recognizable. Think Bob Dylan, James Earl Jones and John O’Hurley. That last guy isn’t particularly famous, but his voice is. He played the catalog honcho J. Peterman on Seinfeld. Perhaps you’ve also heard him on local radio station 98.9 Liberty, spouting 5-second tidbits about Richmond and ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/19/what%e2%80%99s-the-deal-with-that-radio-ad/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/14/blog-focus-group/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/14/blog-focus-group/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:32:25 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3571 In the news business, there’s no time to stop and catch your breath. Yet, slowly but surely we’re expanding coverage. Two weeks ago we added a weekly commercial real estate roundup feature, where we list the businesses that are moving or taking new space. We’re still perfecting the format, and still waiting for some commercial ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/14/blog-focus-group/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/01/ad-report-card-the-lady-in-the-tub/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/01/ad-report-card-the-lady-in-the-tub/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:30 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3576 This ad scores where most fail: it draws our attention. But do the ad’s creators, the local firm Becker and Calliott, rely a little too heavily on sex appeal? Ad Report Card: This is the first installment of a monthly series where we critique local ads. The spot, seen below, is for Monument Square, a ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/01/ad-report-card-the-lady-in-the-tub/feed/ 0