SPOTLIGHT: Hunt Adkins

Welcome to Yaybia's newest series- Spotlight on Minneapolis Agencies. The inspiration for this new series is from the lovely Advergirl. The Minneapolis area is home to over 300 ad agencies and consultants, all with a variety of specialties and clients. It's about time we pay due to this city we call home.

To kick off this series we'll start with my very own agency: Hunt Adkins. HA is a small agency located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. They are ranked number 13 of the top earning agencies in Minneaoplis. Included in their past clients is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, AdFed, ABC Sports and Northwest Airlines. Their current client list includes Northern Tool + Equipment, Bard's Tale Beer, Griffin International Companies, American Red Cross and recently added to their roster is Nutrisoda. Check out some of their fabulous work on their site. Here are some pics of the crib.

Enter, if you dare.

The conference room: where lots of important executive decisions go down.

Oooooo Awards.

Some Holiday Swag.

The following interview is with co-founder and CEO, Patrick Hunt. Previous to HA, Patrick worked in both account management and account planning at Fallon McElligott. Check it:




As an intern for HA, I've been extremely lucky to work with not only an intelligent but often entertaining bunch of people. Stay tuned for more Agency Spotlights this week!

HEY YAYBIA!

Hello all, it's my very first post. I must say I am not a seasoned blogger, but it's about time I start trying. I'm getting back into the swing of things, being out of town, starting my internship and classes. Google reader has been screaming at me to be read.


Since starting my new internship at Hunt Akins, I've been thinking a lot about employee morale, and how it is often overlooked. People here are happy. They stay past 5 without complaining. They don't make their interns plant dead grass. Zappos has harnessed it's happy employee power and published a book about it. In today's AdAge there was an article on how Zappos has been using their employees to build their brand. This goes beyond "happy employees make productive employees".

Think about how often you read an article about social networking, WOM marketing and brand ambassadors. You've got free ones working for you. People who are on Facebook, gabbing with friends and sharing their fav brands with each other are also employees. Especially in this biz (the ad biz yo) networking and connections are essential. Everyone is a potential client and customer. If you are constantly chatting up your company (or bad mouthing it) people will take notice.

It's good to be here kids
-D