Mississippi Business Journal » Advertising & Media http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Printers look back and wonder how? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/printers-look-back-and-wonder-how/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=printers-look-back-and-wonder-how http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/printers-look-back-and-wonder-how/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:10:09 +0000 Lisa Monti http://msbusiness.com/?p=73949 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/printers-look-back-and-wonder-how/feed/ 0 Agency meets its clients needs in the ever-changing world of technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/agency-meets-its-clients-needs-in-the-ever-changing-world-of-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agency-meets-its-clients-needs-in-the-ever-changing-world-of-technology http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/agency-meets-its-clients-needs-in-the-ever-changing-world-of-technology/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:06:16 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=73941 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/agency-meets-its-clients-needs-in-the-ever-changing-world-of-technology/feed/ 0 State ad agencies tackle changing marketplace with innovative strategies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:02:43 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=73942 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/state-ad-agencies-tackle-changing-marketplace-with-innovative-strategies/feed/ 0 GodwinGroup the ‘go-to’ firm for 75 years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-the-%e2%80%98go-to%e2%80%99-firm-for-75-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=godwingroup-the-%25e2%2580%2598go-to%25e2%2580%2599-firm-for-75-years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-the-%e2%80%98go-to%e2%80%99-firm-for-75-years/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:57 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=55994 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-the-%e2%80%98go-to%e2%80%99-firm-for-75-years/feed/ 0 Expert: Social media isn’t a free way to advertise http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/expert-social-media-isn%e2%80%99t-a-free-way-to-advertise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expert-social-media-isn%25e2%2580%2599t-a-free-way-to-advertise http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/expert-social-media-isn%e2%80%99t-a-free-way-to-advertise/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:32 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=56010 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/expert-social-media-isn%e2%80%99t-a-free-way-to-advertise/feed/ 0 GodwinGroup at 75 has longer reach, wider range of services http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-at-75-has-longer-reach-wider-range-of-services/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=godwingroup-at-75-has-longer-reach-wider-range-of-services http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-at-75-has-longer-reach-wider-range-of-services/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:21 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=56003 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/godwingroup-at-75-has-longer-reach-wider-range-of-services/feed/ 0 The future of advertising and the changing of the times http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/the-future-of-advertising-and-the-changing-of-the-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-advertising-and-the-changing-of-the-times http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/the-future-of-advertising-and-the-changing-of-the-times/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:08 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=56027 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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