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Sales and Marketing

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The Motricity atrocity


Dear Mr. Berko:

AT&T keeps billing me $9.99 per month for a service called Motricity, and I don’t know what it is and never ordered it. When I call to complain, I’m put on hold, …

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Partnership to host Korean ambassador

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host a forum on June 9 with Korean Ambassador Han Duk-soo to discuss the benefits of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement for Iowa jobs and economic growth. The event …

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GDMCVB launches summer ad campaign

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau (GDMCVB) unveiled a summer advertising campaign aimed at vacationers in Midwest markets. Citing research that shows travel plans are primarily made by women, the bureau has developed …

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Spicer to speak at AMA digital landscape meeting

Aki Spicer, director of digital strategy at Fallon, has been invited to speak at the Iowa chapter of the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) June 8 meeting. “Being Digital: How Ad Agencies & Marketers Are Adapting …

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What’s right with kids


Kids! I don’t know what’s wrong with these kids today! Kids! Who can understand anything they say? … Why can’t they be like we were, Perfect in every way? What’s the matter with kids today? …

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WHO’s Van and Bonnie provide good branding model


I was listening to WHO radio earlier this week, and Bonnie confessing that she’d been a “bad girl” in high school because she had a somersault race during study hall had me laughing out loud. …

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Harnessing the Energy


Jerry Crawford sat nervously at courtside.

About 90 minutes remained before the team he owned, the Iowa Energy, took the floor for the second game of the best-of-three NBA Developmental League (NBADL) finals.

In between …

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Freestyle shines spotlight on tech firms


California native David Splivalo moved to Greater Des Moines with hopes of publicizing technology-driven companies located in a Midwestern marketplace that’s easy for nationwide publications to ignore.

Now, as the founder of Freestyle Public Relations …

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Ad sales keep dropping at Lee and Gannett


Davenport-based newspaper chain Lee Enterprises Inc. saw advertising revenues decrease 5 percent in the 13 weeks that ended March 27. In the same period, Virginia-based Gannett Co. Inc., publisher of The Des Moines Register, experienced …

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Jethro’s, Manhattan Deli faring well with 3 days left in contest

Two Des Moines restaurants are among the top performers in a national contest. ESPN’s “Fanwiches” Facebook competition, which allows Facebook users to vote on their favorite sports-themed sandwich, lists Jethro’s BBQ’s Adam Emmenecker sandwich as …