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Tell them you Mean Business!
You’ve seen the commercial. Robert Vaughn comes on the screen, urging consumers to tell those insurance adjusters that “You mean business,” and to call the law offices of Marks & Harrison…“Right now.” The commercial
Read More »Review of REI’s new TV spot
Dan Neil, one of the best writers in the land, has a great review of new TV advertisements running for the outdoors store REI, which just opened a new store at Short Pump.
Read More »Martin Agency goes West
The Martin Agency is headed West. The Richmond-based ad agency is planning to set up a Seattle office to provide support to one of their highest-profile clients. Martin is behind the look of a
Read More »Longer furlough for Media General employees
A shortfall in third quarter advertising revenue is forcing Media General employees to take five additional furlough days, adding to the 10 days off without pay they were told to take earlier this year
Read More »Martin Agency lands financial services account
Richmond’s Martin Agency has been selected to launch the branding and marketing campaign for the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial. The campaign, expected to launch in the fourth quarter, will be the first
Read More »Beware of Twitter squatters
Earlier this month we ran a series on how local businesses are using social media. In some cases, the tools are effective and cheap ways to reach targeted customers. But they can also allow
Read More »Martin Agency finalist for Expedia account
Expedia.com is shopping for a new ad agency and The Martin Agency is among a group of three finalists, Adweek reports. The three (the other firms are from New York and Boston) were selected
Read More »Is it me, or are there a ton of marketing firms in this town?
We’ve been reporting a lot lately on marketing firms that seem to be sprouting up left and right. (Click here and here.) We’ve received several more news releases about others and haven’t had time
Read More »Former Martin Branding partner launches own firm
Local marketing consultant Jake Crocker has left Martin Branding Worldwide to start his own firm, Crocker Strategic Marketing. Crocker was a partner and director of brand marketing at Martin Branding. He left in December
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