
Bates Creative’s Full-Service Design Receives Multi-Award Competition Attention
Bates Creative is humbled by the award recognition it has received this past fall. The recently accepted awards span across multiple facets of the design spectrum: websites, mobile apps, publications…
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Mike August, Founder and CEO of August, Lang & Husak
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “up close and personal” profile, we feature Mike…

The Passing of Pat Fallon, an Advertising “Pioneer”
Pat Fallon, founder of Minneapolis-based ad agency Fallon, has died at the age of 70. Richard M. Coad, chief creative officer at MDB…

D.C.-Area Updates: Ketchum, Social Driver, Montré Aza Missouri and Amanda Eversole
Ketchum director Bill McIntyre is set to leave the firm after a year in the role, reports PRWeek. (McIntyre joined Ketchum last December as…

Long-View Customer Experience Model: Awareness and Perception (Part Two)
In the first article in this five-part series, we discussed the marketing principles of building consistent, cross-channel marketing efforts and high-quality…

LMO Advertising Announces 12 Promotions
LMO Advertising, a full-service communications agency in Arlington, Va., with an office in Baltimore, Md., announced 12 promotions: Ashley Banek has been promoted…

Lessons from #CAMSummitDC: How Social is Going Private
By: Sherri Anne Green, Director of Marketing, LMO Advertising On Friday, November 13, I spoke at the Campaigns & Marketing Summit, jointly hosted by…

idfive Makes BBJ’s List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Baltimore
Baltimore-based idfive, LLC, is among the fastest-growing private companies in Baltimore, according to a list compiled by the Baltimore Business Journal. idfive…

PadillaCRT Acquires Richmond’s Joe Smith Agency
A two-year-old Richmond agency “with an unassuming name has found itself the object of a national PR firm’s affection”, reports Richmond…

BMORE ADDY Deadline is Jan. 5, 2016
The American Advertising Awards, aka the ADDYS, is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition. Its mission is to recognize and reward…

Christina Mazzola Nicols, Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Planning and Research at Hager Sharp, Named WWPR’s Washington PR Woman of the Year
Washington Women in Public Relations named Christina Mazzola Nicols, MPH, MS, MS, senior vice president and director of strategic planning and research at Hager…

Maryland News: Mitchell Leaves Weitzman; WebbMason Acquires Spry; Merkle Adds Three
After more than 10 years at Weitzman in Annapolis, agency president Margriet Mitchell announced via social media that she has “decided to move on…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Allison Rinaldi, Art Director at RP3 Agency
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “up close and personal” profile, we feature Allison…

D.C.-Area Updates: Finn Partners, Kathryn Harrington and Surefire Social
The Recording Academy, which represents musical performers, songwriters and studio professionals, selected Finn Partners to help boost its music advocacy presence on Capitol Hill.…

“Admen, Mad Men, and The Real World of Advertising,” New Book by Dave Marinaccio, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of LMO Advertising, Shares Lessons from his Decades in Advertising
In an entertaining new book, “Admen, Mad Men, and The Real World of Advertising,” Dave Marinaccio, co-founder and chief creative officer of LMO…

