Agencies In Strange Places

Let's look for a minute at Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln is a small, liveable prairie city of 210,000. It's home to a major university, lots of bars and loads of Big Red fans. It's also home to the state capitol. Two other cities come to mind when considering this mix of government and students in the Midlands�Madison, WI and Austin, TX. Like Austin, Lincoln has some heavyweight agencies. Bailey Lauerman has been …

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So far we've looked at agencies located in Bend, Burlington, and Coeur d'Alene in this series. It's time to add Bozeman to the list. Mercury Advertising, a precocious seven-year old, won 74 awards--including Best of Show--at the Montana Addy Awards held earlier this year in Great Falls. According to Director of Business Development, Bob Jones, "We hire folks who are passionate about living in Montana, love great …

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We hear it all the time: "How did an agency this good end up in North Ideeho?" The truth is, Dayne Hanna is originally from New York. Our creative director is from Denver. Many of our creatives have migrated from places like Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, Houston. Why? Becasue here we water-ski at lunch. We leave our cars unlocked, And, at most, we wear ties once a month. North Idaho is all the things Madsion …

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Motivated by Carl LaFong's generous commentary from earlier today (and the fact that place is ever important in business, as it is in life), we are reinstituting our "Agencies in Strange Places" series. Today, we invite you to take a closer look at Kelliher Samets Volk in Burlington, VT. We live in Burlington, Vermont. Lucky us. In fact, we love the place. We love the look. The history. The architecture. The …

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While we're on the topic of Nebraska, let's examine the strange truth about one of the agency world's legendary brands. Bozell + Jacobs was founded in Omaha, and exists there to this day. I know. Shocker of all shockers. Yet, it's true. Two newspapermen, Leo Bozell and Morris Jacobs began their advertising firm in 1921 with what became a world-famous advertisement for the Boys Town orphanage in Omaha. "He ain't …

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I'm fascinated by the strangest of ad creatures. Therefore, when Jay Roth--an ad creature in his own right--wants us to know more about 86 the Onions in Venice, CA (a strange enough place for these purposes) I'm inclined to give him a listen. Something doesn't stink in Venice Beach by Jay Roth Ever hear about 86 The Onions? The self-described youth and entertainment brand communications collective is redescribing …

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