
Crosby Wins Five Aster Awards in National Healthcare Marketing Competition
Crosby Marketing Communications received five 2017 Aster Awards in the national competition that recognizes excellence in healthcare marketing and advertising. Crosby took three Gold Awards and two Silver Awards, including:…
Selecting the Right Programmatic Partner in a Crowded Space
By Jeb Emami You’re familiar with programmatic advertising and are ready to take the next step toward selecting the right partner to help…

CHIEF Acquires Oregon-Based Interactive Agency TrestleMedia
CHIEF acquired TrestleMedia, an interactive design and development agency supporting clients in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors. This move formally establishes a…

Four Reasons Word-of-Mouth is Your Strongest Marketing Effort
Word of mouth, also known as viva voce, has technically existed since the beginning of spoken language and is how information, history and thoughts…

At Media Relaunches as Cohere; imre Working with T. Rowe Price and Marriott Rewards on Facebook and Snapchat Series
Branding agency At Media has relaunched as Cohere, “a creative agency on a mission to revitalize cities through the power of design,” according to…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Mick Sutter, Group Creative Director at Huge
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we…

Pum Lefebure, Design Army’s Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, to Head Key Jury at Loeries® Creative Week™ in South Africa in August
Four global creative leaders including, Pum Lefebure, co-founder and chief creative officer of D.C.-based Design Army, will be heading for South…

Updates from Fenton, APCO and Interface Media Group
Fenton, which bills itself as “the social change agency” named Ben Wyskida as its CEO. Fenton was started by David Fenton in 1982 and…

Crosby Moves Up to #63 in PRWeek’s Ranking of Top U.S. Agencies, #6 in Healthcare Rankings
Crosby Marketing Communications moved up to #63 in the 2017 rankings of U.S. public relations agencies by PRWeek, and is #6 for Healthcare…

Buzz in Baltimore: idfive Adds Context-Based Research Group; New Hires at Mindgrub and Warschawski
Baltimore-based integrated marketing agency idfive announced it is expanding its strategic research capabilities and service offerings through the integration of ethnographic research firm,…

Spurrier Group Named Agency of Record for Old Dominion University
Following an extensive national agency review, the Spurrier Group has been awarded a contract to provide branding, advertising and marketing communications services to Old…

Around the Region: Whiteboard Advisors Names Nicole Harburger its COO and Merkle Adds Paul Walczyk as VP
Whiteboard Advisors, a boutique social impact firm, named Nicole Harburger its Chief Operating Officer. Harburger joins Whiteboard Advisors after a decade-long tenure at…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Cinzia Gavelan-Vargas, Associate Creative Director at HZDG
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring in-depth profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile, we…

Crosby Wins Two Bronze Anvil Awards in National PRSA Competition for DAV “Victories for Veterans” Campaign
Crosby Marketing Communications won two 2017 Bronze Anvil Awards of Commendation from the Public Relations Society of America for elements of the “Victories for…

When the Student Becomes the Master: Marketing Lessons from the Class of 2017
By Jim Lansbury I recently had the honor of judging the AAF National Student Competition. I went into it thinking I’d see a…

