What My Nine Year Old Taught Me About Image Branding

August 25, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Public Relations, Self Promotion
Tags: Advertising, Ben Roethlisberger, Big Ben, espn, image branding, Marketing, nfl, Pittsburg, Pittsburg Steelers, Steelers

Meet my nine year old daughter, Grace. She is a dynamic, energetic, athletic and extremely sharp girl, who is also extremely passionate about NFL football, and particularly, the Pittsburg Steelers.  Her room is painted gold, her bed displays the full NFL limited bedding collection and multiple posters, trading cards, super bowl and playoff caps adorn [...]

Congratulations Ellen Held

August 20, 2010 in Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, The Lessing-Flynn Intern
Tags: ad agency intern, ad agency internship, admavericks, Des Moines, Ellen Held, flight suit, intern, iowa intern, Lessing-Flynn, lincoln, ne, nebraska

You’ve earned your Ad Mavericks flight suit. Today is our summer intern, Ellen Held’s last day at Lessing-Flynn. We wish her luck as she goes back to Lincoln, Nebraska with her eyes on graduating in December.

To Flip Cam or not to Flip Cam…

August 13, 2010 in blogging, Guerrilla Marketing, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Self Promotion, Social Media
Tags: 48 Hour Film Project, 48 Hour Film Project: Des Moines, Adam Beecher, applied art, associate producers, blog, Des Moines, dsm: sushibomb, facebook, flip cam, GrassHorse, Lessing-Flynn, Professional Video, Screenscape Studios, video, video production, youtube

…that is the question. We create video content and have talked about the power of online video. Some video we create for us (Lessing-Flynn), some for our clients. We use flip cams for almost everything that highlights Lessing-Flynn on this blog, or capturing guerrilla marketing tactics for an event like DSM: SUSHIBOMB. We realize there [...]

Corn + Iowa = POET Energy

August 11, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, Traditional Media
Tags: Advertising, Agriculture, cellulosic ethanol, cnn, corn, ethanol, facebook, Fox News, Iowa, iowa social media, Marketing, marketing strategy, nbc, NBC Meet the Press, tv commercial, twitter, Vermeer, Vermeer Manufacturing, youtube

When you live in the state of Iowa, more often than not, corn is mentioned in a conversation. Whether it’s farmers talking about the corn market, women at the grocery store comparing corn casserole recipes, people listening to the Heywood Banks I-80 Corn Song or  tv commercials about cellulosic ethanol made from corn. POET Energy launched several [...]

Confessions of an Ad Agency: Jordan Beynon Interview!

August 10, 2010 in Advertising, Confessions of an Ad Agency, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Public Relations, That's Kinda Cool, The Lessing-Flynn Intern
Tags: Advertising, blueduder, Confessions of an Ad Agency, Des Moines, Doug, Ellen Held, intern, interview, Iowa, Jordan Beynon, Lessing-Flynn, Peter Tubbs, Spenceranderson

Confessions of an Ad Agency: Part Two! Jordan Beynon answers your questions about life in the advertising fast lane. Question Crew! blueduder Doug spenceranderson Peter Tubbs See what Lessing-Flynn candidate is up next!

Guerrilla (FISH) Marketing in Des Moines

August 6, 2010 in Des Moines, DSM: SUSHIBOMB, Event Marketing, Guerrilla Marketing, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: adams aquatics, Chris Hanson, Des Moines, des moines sushi, dsm: sushibomb, Ellen Held, fish costume, guerrilla marketing, happi sushi, jordan creek town center, mcdonald's, Michael Libbie, skywalk, sushi, sushi fish

DSM: SUSHIBOMB

August 3, 2010 in Advertising, Creative and Design, Des Moines, Direct Marketing, DSM: SUSHIBOMB, Event Marketing, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Social Media, That's Kinda Cool, Traditional Media
Tags: 80/35, bacon, bacon fest, blog, Chris Hanson, Des Moines, des moines sushi bomb, dsm: sushibomb, event, facebook, jess held, MediaCom, sakari, Social Media, spencer anderson, sushi, Traditional Media, twitter, youtube

Going to Des Moines’ sushi restaurants has become a frequent occurrence for many of us at Lessing-Flynn. We’ve turned non believers like Jess Held and sushi virgins like our former intern, Spencer Anderson into brand advocates of all things sushi. About six months ago, a few of us from Lessing-Flynn were having lunch at Sakari, a fairly new and [...]

Dream Big Grow Here – Supporting Iowa Entrepreneurs

July 30, 2010 in Advertising, Creative and Design, Direct Marketing, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, That's Kinda Cool, Traditional Media
Tags: Dream Big Grow Here, grow your business in Iowa, iowa business, Iowa Entrepreneur, myentre.net, UNI

We were excited when our friends at UNI’s MyEntre.Net, Iowa’s online community for Iowa entrepreneurs and small business, asked us to help design and launch a campaign to give away $1000 a month to an Iowa entrepreneur or small business owner to help grow their business in Iowa. The contest site can be found at [...]

Confessions of an Ad Agency: Jordan Beynon

July 28, 2010 in Advertising, Des Moines, Lessing-Flynn, That's Kinda Cool, The Lessing-Flynn Intern
Tags: ad agency, Confessions of an Ad Agency, Des Moines, Ellen Held, IA, interview, Jordan Beynon, Lessing-Flynn

Next up is Jordan Beynon, she is responsible for  Creative and Client Services! Submit your questions – top questions will be chosen. To read the brief employee bios, visit our home page and click on the person. Ask your questions in the comments section. The last victim’s interview can be found here! If you want the [...]

Confessions of an Ad Agency: Chris Hanson

July 27, 2010 in Advertising, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, That's Kinda Cool, The Lessing-Flynn Intern
Tags: ad agency, Andrew B. Clark, Betty DRaper, blueduder, Chris Hanson, Chris Juhl, claire celsi, Des Moines, Ellen Held, IA, IA Ad Agency, Lessing-Flynn, reverendawesome

Ok, here it is! The first of many posts: Confessions of an Ad Agency – Volume One. Chris Hanson, Art Director, bears it all while answering your questions. Ok… not really, but he is giving us the inside scoop on his thoughts. See what this Lessing-Flynn native has to say. A quick thank you and [...]