Media/Marketing/Advertising

Ad Club awards coveted cannonballs

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The club’s annual showcase of local advertising firms recognized dozens of agencies and the campaigns they created. And one of the top prizes – the Ad Person of the Year – went to the head of an 8-year-old Cary Street company.

Two marketing firms join forces

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Two small digital marketing companies merged earlier this month and will soon move their combined operation to a space in Shockoe Slip.

Entrepreneur buys back the family business

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Travis Weisleder and his family sold their car dealer marketing business to a larger company in 2007. Now, he’s taking back control of the company.

Ad startup sets up in Jackson Ward

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A designer who did a year-long stint at the Martin Agency has moved his own firm into a downtown space.

City makes room for the Martin Agency

The Richmond City Council voted unanimously to sell a parcel of Shockoe Slip land to the Martin Agency if the advertising firm decides to expand its headquarters there. The vote was an effort to keep the agency from moving its operations and hundreds of employees out of the city.