This is a specific focus of a weekly MBJ edition.
by Lisa Monti Published: April 26,2013
Tags: Coast Printing Co., Jerry Maddux, printing
When Jerry and Cindy Maddux, owners of Coast Printing Co. in Gulfport, started out 20 years ago with their new business venture, neither had worked in the printing business. Jerry Maddux had been working as a comptroller in Richmond, Va., for several years and wanted to get back home to the Coast and start his [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: April 26,2013
Tags: Maris West & Baker, Peter Marks, Tim Mask
Mastering the constantly changing world of technology while balancing those changes with clients’ needs keeps the Maris West & Baker advertising agency vital. The Jackson-based agency was founded in 1970, and the Gordon Marks agency merged with it in 1990. Peter Marks, a third-generation advertising executive, is president of Maris West & Baker. “Things are [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: April 26,2013
Tags: advertising, Chris Ray, Cirlot Agency, Liza Cirlot Looser, Middleby Corp., Mississippi Development Authority, Ramey Agency, Viking Range Corp.
Recently when Viking Range Corp. was bought by a much larger company, Middleby Corp., marketing campaigns that had been handled by the Ramey Agency were suspended. That type of merger of a Mississippi-based company with a larger company based in another state is a long-established trend that can lead to loss of work for advertising [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: April 22,2012
Tags: advertising, Danny Mitchell, digital marketing, GodwinGroup, John McKie, marketing, Philip Shirley, public relations
In the advertising and marketing business, reaching the 75-year mark is akin to surviving the Ice Age wearing shorts, flip-flops and a tank top. You can do it, but you won’t like your odds going in. Market collapses, creative burnout, scandals, partner disputes and the death of the founder are but a few of the [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: April 22,2012
Tags: Facebook, marketing, social media
The biggest recent development in social media is the conversion of all pages to what Facebook calls the Timeline. Previously individual and business profiles were similar. But on March 30, Facebook began instituting the Timeline format for individual users and a separate pages function for businesses. Frank Owen, social media director, Mad Genius, Ridgeland, said [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: April 22,2012
Tags: advertising, GodwinGroup, marketing, public relations
When Louisville Slugger lost its swing, the venerable baseball bat maker called on Jackson’s GodwinGroup to help get it back. That was 1997, a year the Kentucky baseball bat maker decided it must do something to turnaround its diminishing market share. The call went to Godwin, an established Mississippi marketing and advertising company beginning to [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: April 22,2012
Tags: advertising, GodwinGroup, marketing
If you want to know if the economy is really improving two years out from the official end of the most recent recession, checking in on advertising revenues might give some insight. But answers as to whether advertising is on an upswing might not have easy answers at a time when more businesses are relying [...] [...]
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