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 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: Health & Home Region Round 2

June 11, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn
Tags: battle of the brands, Des Moines, homemakers, Iowa, iowa realty, iowa vein center, Lessing-Flynn, midamerican energy, the iowa clinic, weitz, Wolfe Eye Clinic

Welcome to the Second Round of the Health & Home Region. Here are the match-ups, how they got here and names for each match-up. You can VOTE for the Health & Home Region Round Two Match–ups HERE or find another link at the bottom of this post. “Clinical Trials” – Wolfe Eye Clinic vs. The [...]

Battle of the Brands: Health & Home Results

June 9, 2010 in Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: heartland plastic and reproductive surgery, homemakers, hubbell, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa vein center, MediaCom, mercy medical center, Mid American Energy, next generation realty, redekers, the iowa clinic, The Weitz Company, wellmark, Whylie Eye Care, Wolfe Eye Clinic

Congratulations to Wolfe Eye Clinic, The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Health System, Iowa Vein Center, Homemakers, Mid American Energy, The Weitz Company and Iowa Realty.You’re moving on to round two of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands! You will find the results for all of the Health & Home region first round results below. Updated brackets: JPG Version – [...]

Battle of the Brands: Health & Home Region Round 1

June 4, 2010 in Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn
Tags: battle of the brands, Des Moines, heartland plastic and reproductive surgery, homemakers, hubbell, Iowa, iowa brands, iowa companies, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa vein center, Lessing-Flynn, MediaCom, mercy medical center, midamerican energy, next generation realty, predictions, redekers, the iowa clinic, weitz, wellmark, Whylie Eyes, Wolfe Eye Clinic

Welcome to the second full day of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands and Round 1 of the Health & Home Region. If you want to vote on previously posted match-ups, you will find those links at the bottom of this post.  You can VOTE HERE for match-ups in this  bracket or read through the match-ups and find another voting [...]