Now it looks official
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 1:13 pmThough the merger that brought together law firms Bradley Arant Rose & White and Boult Cummings Conners & Berry was completed what feels like ages ago, the firms maintained separate Web sites until recently. Check out the shiny, new unified home of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings here.
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Browsing Pinnacle’s 10-Q
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 7:45 amWe had to go pretty deep to find some nuggets of info that weren’t covered in last week’s Q3 earnings release and conference call, but here’s what we found:
- Terry Turner and his crew are still looking to grab market share. They ramped up marketing and business development spending in the quarter to $512,000, a jump of more than a third from a year ago and up 13 percent from their first-half pace.
- A chunk of that cash is going to the trust department, which has grown its assets under management to $607 million from $537 million a year ago.
- Spending on foreclosed real estate fell by almost half during Q3. Is it a sign that the worst has passed or does it mean that Pinnacle, like other lenders, is strategically not foreclosing on troubled properties?
Check out the full filing here.
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Choosing the bottom line over the slice of pie
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 10:03 amMTSU’s Don Roy says Michael Dell has the right idea in putting profits over volume.
Building market share to the insecure guy who buys rounds of drinks for everyone at a bar. He has lots of friends (i.e., market share) as long as the drinks are flowing. When his fortunes change and the money to buy drinks is gone, so are many of his friends. At that point, the money the poor guy has little to show for his investment.
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FiledBy fleshes out offerings
Posted on October 12, 2009 at 10:58 am
FiledBy, the Web site that seeks to give authors a one-stop marketing platform, has teamed up with fellow Nashvillians StudioNow on video production services.
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The signs they are a’changin
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 7:53 am
Baker Donelson is moving quickly with putting its name on the downtown building where it recently signed on to expand. Workers will have all the required red letters on the side of the Baker Donelson Center well before NBC’s cameras switch on to transmit the Titans taking on the Colts this Sunday night.
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Nonprofit arts groups teaming on tix
Posted on at 7:09 am
The Nashville Ballet, the Nashville Opera and the Tennessee Repertory Theatre have joined their marketing forces with NowPlayingNashville.com to give arts patrons a three-event, $99 ticket package.
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Robotics software firm hires marketer
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 7:58 amUniversal Robotics, which is making waves with smart software targeting the logistics sector, has hired a veteran of Hewlett-Packard and Agilent to lead its marketing efforts.
“Hob brings a rare mix of marketing savvy and technical know-how to Universal,” said David Peters, co-founder and CEO of Universal Robotics. “His experience as both a marketer and engineer, combined with his great passion for technology, makes him the ideal person to successfully take Universal’s products from our lab to the marketplace.”
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Another author marketing tool
Posted on September 23, 2009 at 6:47 amLocal production company StagePost has launched Authors Way, a Web venue for book signings and author interactions that also produces DVDs to be sold alongside writers’ books.
SEE ALSO: The birth and early growth of FiledBy
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PR shop lands Miss. contract
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:58 pmA Jackson, Miss. cosmetic surgery clinic has contracted with Deane Smith Media Innovations on its re-launch. Deane Smith was until last month known as Logic Media Group.
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Gaylord’s magic partner
Posted on August 31, 2009 at 11:41 amDallas Morning News columnist Cheryl Hall profiles CorporateMagic Inc. boss Jim Kirk — aka Captain Kirk — who co-owns the $20 million event staging company with Gaylord Entertainment.
“The challenge with Jim is containment,” says Bill Lively, who hired CorporateMagic to produce all the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee events. “He’s got enormous, wonderful, distinctive ideas – that are also expensive. The problem is synthesizing Jim’s 4 billion brilliant ideas into one model that’s workable for your project that you can afford. If you can do that, you’re in great shape.”
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Kid Rock, Nashville’s clothing ambassador?
Posted on August 24, 2009 at 6:51 am
Inside a Crain’s Detroit Business story on the strained relations between Kid Rock and a former clothing business partner is word that the rocker has secured a patent for “Made in Nashville” and may roll out an apparel line highlighting Music City.
“Certain cities have a persona, and those cities that have a persona could be successful,” Nisch said.
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California marketers open local outpost
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 6:31 am
Oakland-based Sparkart Group, which specializes in the online marketing of entertainment brands, has brought on Ryan Bitzer to launch and run its Nashville division.
Bitzer will report to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder Naveen Jain. He will oversee Sparkart’s Nashville operations and help identify and build key partnerships in the local music marketplace.
“The services Sparkart provides fall into one of the fastest growing areas of the music business today,’’ said Bitzer. “This is where real growth is happening and why I chose to be a part of it. I want to empower artists to move their own products, control their future, and own the direct relationship with their fans.”
As former Chief Strategy Officer at rpm management, Bitzer managed the web presence and marketing of Tim McGraw and Julianne Hough. In addition, he was responsible for company operations, digital strategy, and brand partnerships including Hough’s Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit campaign.
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Imaging player to open franchise here
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Arizona-based Speedpro Imaging, which markets buildings and car wraps as well as trade show materials, will soon open a Nashville franchise store as part of an expansion push that also includes three locations in the Atlanta area.
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Boult marketing director jumps to Gullett
Posted on August 10, 2009 at 2:18 pm
From a firm press release:
The law firm of Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC has named Janet Summey as its first Director of Marketing & Business Development.
Before joining the firm, Summey served as Business Development & Practice Support Manager at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and as Marketing Manager of Arthur Andersen’s Nashville office.
Summey earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from the University of Memphis in 1993. She serves as Membership Chair of the Legal Marketing Association’s Nashville City Group.
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A fine first half for Lovell
Posted on July 27, 2009 at 11:30 amThe Nashville marketing and PR firm added eight clients during the first six months of 2009, including locals like the United Methodist Church and MedSolutions.
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