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 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 [...]

Battle of the Brands: Fuel & Fun Region Round 1

June 3, 2010 in Battle of the Brands, Des Moines, Iowa
Tags: adventureland, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, casey's general store, Des Moines, east village, fuel and fun, Iowa, iowa barns, Iowa barnstormers, iowa cubs, iowa speedway, iowa sports, iowa state fair, jordan creek town center, knoxville raceway, Kum & Go, Lessing-Flynn, mazda, Prairie Meadows, raygun, Science Center of Iowa, super target, the continental, tonic, urban belly, valley west mall, vote, west glen, wine styles

ATTENTION: The technical difficulties with the voting feature seem to be resolved. Thanks for your patience. Happy voting! Welcome to the first full day of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. While the play in match-up is still going on, we’re happy to post the “Fuel & Fun” Region of the tournament. You can VOTE HERE for [...]

Adventures in Pitching

August 17, 2009 in Lessing-Flynn, That's Kinda Cool
Tags: ad agency pitch, casey's, casey's general store, new business pitch, pitching, southern Iowa

As an agency with 14 employees we take a very close look at every Request for Proposal (R.F.P.) opportunity that comes across our desk. We don’t have the time or resources to respond to all of them so we make sure when we do pursue new business we feel like we can not only win, [...]