Media-Centric Marketing

You wouldn’t build a house without a blueprint. You wouldn’t wander into the wilderness without a map. So why would you develop creative work without a good media plan?

Full-service or á-la-carte, media is at the core of what we do. We find your audience, develop cost-efficient strategies to reach them, and direct relevant, targeted creative work to maximize the impact of every marketing dollar.

Small-Town Values

We work with Fortune 500 companies, but live in a town with less than 20,000 people. Ottawa is nestled between the Fox and Illinois rivers, about 75 miles from downtown Chicago. Ottawa hosted a key debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, and boasts more than its fair share of historic places, open space and beautiful scenery.

Call us old-fashioned, but being a “small-town agency” suits us. We can think more clearly, keep things in perspective, and heck, not having to pay for parking is a pretty nice perk. We keep it simple. We have built our business around three core values:

• Respect, because there’s no such thing as “just business”.
• Honesty, because it will always be the best policy.
• Openness, because collaboration gets results.

Big-Time Results

We understand that marketing is an investment. It must move the sales needle, increase market share, or improve brand awareness. We are not in this business for gratification of our own creative egos. We are in this business to help you improve your business.

Some of our results include:

Increase in transfer / traditional / graduate student applications within one year for Elmhurst College

New screenings within one month of an integrated media blitz for Edward Hospital

Units sold within 6 months – Chicago’s largest condo project since the 1970s, for CMK Realty