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Google announces first Iowa digital coach to serve Iowa entrepreneurs

Google and Main Street America have announced that Lindsey Newland will serve Iowa small businesses as Google’s first Grow with Google digital coach in the state. Digital coaches are local marketing experts and entrepreneurs who …

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Iowa-based architectural signage company rebrands

Latitude Signage + Design, formerly ASI Signage Latimer Group, has announced a rebranding effort. Effective April 1, the company has updated its name, logo, and website to better reflect its services in planning, design, manufacturing …

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ITA Group acquires UK-based SaaS Provider HTK

ITA Group, a provider of corporate engagement services, announced its acquisition of HTK Limited, a cloud-based software-as-a-service provider. Together, the companies will offer customer loyalty and engagement programs for companies. HTK’s Horizon cloud technology is …

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Hummingbirds raises more than $1M in seed funding

Hummingbirds, an online platform that connects businesses with hyper-local content creators, announced it has raised more than $1 million in funding. The fundraising round was led by Chicago-based venture capital firm M25 with participation by …

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Spindustry acquires VSG Marketing

Spindustry announced it has acquired Tacoma, Wash., firm VSG Marketing. While Spindustry focuses on the Microsoft suite of products, VSG focuses on technologies such as WordPress, Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce, and they will maintain those …

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From side hustle to established business

Cocoa Creative Agency was a side project that owner and creative director Terrence Thames worked on for years in between freelancing and doing video production for athletic departments at Iowa universities. 

He picked up the …

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Seeking new heights

Emily Steele describes the first iteration of Hummingbirds — a marketing technology startup leveraging people’s local influence on social media to elevate local businesses — as an “experiment” and a “hypothesis.” 


It was 2018, a …

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Coppock appointed CEO of the Stelter Co.

The Stelter Co. has named Marianne Coppock as its new chief executive officer, the Urbandale-based marketing agency announced. Coppock, a marketing, promotions and sales leader with more than 20 years of experience, joined Stelter in June 2021 …

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Des Moines advertising agency Flynn Wright expands to Sioux Falls

Des Moines-based advertising agency Flynn Wright has opened an office in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., SiouxFalls.Business reports. Flynn Wright was founded in 1984 and has grown into a full-service agency, offering advertising, marketing, public relations, research, …

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MercyOne’s Pittman recognized among 50 innovative chief digital officers

Janell Pittman, MercyOne chief marketing and digital strategy officer, has been named as one of 50 innovative chief digital officers to know in 2022, as selected by Becker’s Hospital Review. Pittman, who has led MercyOne’s marketing and …