Battle of the Brands: Final Four Starts Now

July 6, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Marketing
Tags: adventureland, AE Dairy, B-Bops, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, casey's general store, Des Moines, facebook, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Mike Vogel, Professional Video, Ruth Comer, the iowa clinic, The Iowa Cubs, twitter, vuvuzela, wellmark, Wolfe Eye Clinic

Welcome to the Final Four of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands! We were so excited about the Final Four that we put together a video to hype it – you can watch it here. Our apologies for the lame sound, Fleming should have called Mike Vogel at Professional Video. Voting will end Wednesday, July 7 [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Final Four

June 30, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: Lessing-Flynn, Des Moines, jess held, jordan bloodsworth, Marketing, Iowa, tom flynn, Chris Hanson, connor flynn, joe rosenberg, timberpine, hy-vee, wells fargo, Jim Spoerl, iowa state fair, KCCI, Jill Haverkamp, Blank Park Zoo, Ag Leader, AE Dairy, Silicon Prairie News, Dwolla, storey kenworthy, john pemble, Mike Wagner, White Rabbit Group, Katie Ketelsen, battle of the brands, brands, the iowa clinic, iowa health system, the final four, Stacy Rose, Geoff Wood, Kendra Kelly, Chris Abrahamson, Elenn Held, Joel Clifton, Cheri Bustos, on pitch media, Ben Milne, ARAG, Marc Hollander, Davis Brown Law, Des Moines Nomade, DMNKOTB, Jessica Reis, caddyshack

] Alright, no time to watch the video? Come on, we worked hard on it! Alright, here are the results, with winners in bold and vote counts for each. Hy-Vee – 397 Votes  vs. AE Dairy – 394 Votes (yes, it was that close) KCCI – 582 Votes vs. Wells Fargo – 199 Votes Iowa State Fair [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Elite 8 – Super Tuesday

June 29, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, CBS, CSI, Fargo Movie, Frances McDormand, hy-vee, Iowa Clinic, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Marge Grunderson, wells fargo

Welcome to Super Tuesday – the re-do of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. As you may have read, we had some fraudulent voting. You can relive that drama here. Because of this voting will only last for four hours today. You can relive this particular drama here. Now, for the good drama. [...]

Battle of the Brands: Super Tuesday

June 28, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Social Media
Tags: Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, elite 8, facebook, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, the iowa clinic, twitter, wells fargo

We went into the weekend with the outcome of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands unknown. Due to some over zealous bot dork, we found we were receiving up to 1,000 votes every five minutes. As much as we’d like to think that Battle of the Brands was that popular, we weren’t [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Elite 8

June 23, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, CBS, CSI, Fargo Movie, Frances McDormand, hy-vee, Iowa Clinic, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Marge Grunderson, sherry hoyer, wells fargo

Welcome to the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Elite 8 match-ups in one post. To see the Sweet 16 results, click here. Also of note, voting for this region will end on FRIDAY JUNE 25 AT NOON! To VOTE [...]

Battle of the Brands: Elite 8 Announced

June 23, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, Branding, brands, Des Moines, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa realty, John Deere Credit, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, State Fair, the iowa clinic, wells fargo

Congratulations to the Iowa State Fair, Blank Park Zoo, The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Realty, Wells Fargo, KCCI, Anderson Erickson Dairy and Hy-Vee. You’re moving on to the Elite 8. Check out how close the battle between Wells Fargo and John Deere Credit was! We’ll post the brackets shortly. Thanks for participating in Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Sweet 16

June 21, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, AE Dairy, Anderson Erickson, B-Bops, battle of the brands, Bear Grylls, Blank Park Zoo, BP, breeding, Brennan Buckley, casey's, casey's general store, Dave Chappelle, east village, Electric Avenue, hy-vee, hyvee, IHS, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa state fair, John Deere Credit, Jumanji, Karl Chevrolet, Karl Moyer, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Man vs. Wild, midamerican energy, Miyabi 9, Simply for Giggles, Star Wars, sweet 16, the iowa clinic, Tones, Tones Spices, wells fargo, Yoda

Welcome to the Sweet 16 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Sweet 16 match-ups in one post. Also of note, Voting for this region will end on Wednesday, June 23 at noon. To VOTE for the Sweet 16 match-ups click HERE – [...]

Battle of the Brands – First half of Sweet 16 announced

June 17, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, casey's general store, east village, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa state fair, Lessing-Flynn, midamerican energy, the iowa clinic

Congratulations to Fuel & Fun Region Sweet 16 Brands: Iowa State Fair, Casey’s General Store, Blank Park Zoo and the East Village. Congratulations to Health & Home Region Sweet 16 Brands: The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Health System, MidAmerican Energy and Iowa Realty. To VOTE for match-ups in the FOOD Region Round 2 Click Here – Voting ends at noon [...]

Battle of the Brands: Fuel & Fun Region 2nd Round

June 10, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, casey's general store, Communism, Des Moines, des moines east village, des moines register, east village, Emily Hennager, Iowa, iowa cubs, Iowa lottery, iowa speedway, iowa state fair, jordan creek town center, Lessing-Flynn, Rocky IV, Sam Bernabe, Smurfs, Survivor Burning Heart

Welcome to the Second Round of the Fuel & Fun Region. Here are the match-ups, how they got here and names for each match-up. You can VOTE for the Fuel & Fun Region Round Two Match–ups HERE or find another link at the bottom of this post. The “Butter Cubbie” Match – Iowa Cubs vs. [...]

Battle of the Brands: Fuel & Fun Results

June 8, 2010 in Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn
Tags: adventureland, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, casey's general store, Des Moines, des moines east village, east village, Iowa, Iowa barnstormers, iowa cubs, Iowa lottery, Iowa Speekdway, iowa state fair, jordan creek town center, knoxville raceway, Kum & Go, Lessing-Flynn, Prairies Meadows, Science Center of Iowa, valley west mall, west glen

Congratulations to the Iowa Cubs, the Iowa State Fair, the Iowa Lottery, Casey’s General Store, Blank Park Zoo, Iowa Speedway, Jordan Creek Town Center and Des Moines’ Historic East Village – you’re moving on to round two of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands! You will find the results for all of the FUEL & FUN [...]