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 [...]

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 [...]

Worst of the Week: Jess Held at the NOVA Awards

May 14, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Creative and Design, Des Moines, Event Marketing, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Public Relations, Self Promotion, That's Kinda Cool, Worst of the Week
Tags: Ag Leader, american marketing association, Best of Show, Hellman and Associates, Iowa, jess held, Lessing-Flynn, Marsh U.S. Consumer, nova awards, pella corporation, Shazam, The Members Group, transvestite, Trilix

Never before has winning a marketing or advertising award led us to a Worst of the Week nominee … until today. The Iowa Chapter of the American Marketing Association held their annual NOVA Awards last night, recognizing some of the top results-driven marketing ideas in Iowa. The show, themed “Results are Beautiful” featured beauty queen [...]

Is the Internet Turning Pink?

May 4, 2010 in Advertising, Creative and Design, Marketing, Online Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media
Tags: campaign, estee lauder, facebook, jess held, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, marketing to women, Social Media, women in social media

Women have more than established their presence in the world of social media. Some recent survey data of male and female use of social networks: Facebook: Male: 43% Female: 57% Delicious Male: 48% Female: 52% Flickr Male: 45% Female: 55% Myspace Male: 36% Female: 64% Ning Male: 41% Female: 59% Twitter Male: 43% Female: 57% [...]

National Blog Post Recycling Day: AdMav Favorites

April 22, 2010 in Advertising, Iowa, Marketing, Smart Phones, Social Media
Tags: Ad Mavericks, Bellana Putz, Des Moines, digital recycling, earth day, Iowa, iPad, iPhone, jess held, josh fleming, Lessing-Flynn, national blog post recycling day, NBPRD, smart phone, spencer anderson, tom flynn

In order to do our part for Earth Day, we announced on Monday that we are starting a new national celebration in conjunction with Earth Day called “National Blog Post Recycling Day.” Other than the sentences you are reading now, we will be posting no “new” content on our blog. Grab your lap top, your [...]

One Maverick’s Take On Agency-Client Relationships

October 7, 2009 in Advertising, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, ROI
Tags: ad agency, Ag Leader, agency client relationship, agency ROI, Dave King, jess held, Lessing-Flynn

When it comes to relationships between clients and agencies, I have worked both sides of the fence. During the past 10 years I have been the graphic designer, the business owner, the marketing manager and now VP client services with Lessing-Flynn.  I like to tell people I can’t hold a job, but honestly, in the [...]

Two AdMavericks on Internet Radio Today

August 12, 2009 in Lessing-Flynn, Public Relations, Social Media, That's Kinda Cool
Tags: claire celsi, Event Marketing, internet radio, iowa internet radio, jess held, josh fleming, macs world live, public relations princess

Lessing-Flynn’s  Jess Held @jessheld and Josh Fleming @admavericks will be guests of the PR Princess @ClaireCelsi today at 4 p.m. CST. Here is the PR Princesses blog post about today’s show. Tune into Mac’s World Live and please keep heckling to a minimum. We’ll be talking about event marketing and social media. Thanks for reading [...]

Lessing-Flynn Announces Interactive Division – Names Josh Fleming Interactive Marketing Director

February 9, 2009 in Advertising, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: dice.com, interactive, jess held, josh fleming, Lessing-Flynn, the integer group, tom flynn

Here are the excerpts from our recent press release: In response to a rapidly accelerating demand for web and online advertising capabilities, Lessing-Flynn has launched a new division of the firm designed to help clients develop marketing strategies and programs using the web and other interactive technologies. “We’ve been helping clients with websites and other [...]

Lessing-Flynn names two new associates

January 19, 2009 in Lessing-Flynn
Tags: Central College, Hatch Creative, jess held, jessica held, jordan bloodsworth, Lessing-Flynn, Vermeer

Here are the excerpts from our recent press releases: Lessing-Flynn Names Jessica Held Executive Vice-President of Client Services Des Moines, Iowa – Lessing-Flynn, a marketing communications firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, has named Jessica Held Executive Vice President of Client Services. Held was previously the Marketing Communications Manager at Vermeer Corporation in Pella, Iowa. [...]