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Burford Advertising Teams Up With Puppy Bumpers to Save Small Dogs
Burford Advertising is excited to add Puppy Bumpers to its client list. Puppy Bumpers is based in Richmond. It’s an award-winning product invented and patented by President, Ann Price. Puppy Bumpers protects small dogs from squeezing through fences and balcony rails. They are sold in boutique pet stores, vet offices, pet catalogs and online all over the world.More ›Posted in: Press -
Doug Burford’s FIVE SIMPLE THINGS TO INCREASE BUSINESS
1. Change your company name to tell what you do. True story: A hundred year old charity that helps children who have been abused and neglected had a name that didn’t tell what they did and was impossible to remember. We changed their name from “Memorial Child Guidance Clinic” to “ChildSavers.” The new awareness helped them raise six million dollars.…More ›Posted in: Blog -
Burford Advertising Flyer
The first thing people want to know about an agency is who they’ve done work for and what their capabilities are.” Well, we put together a very simple flyer telling people just that. Inside you won’t find long paragraphs with made up words put in for the sole purpose of making the reader feel inadequate. We’re proud of what we…More ›Posted in: Blog -
The future of TV…..a Transition We Should Embrace and Not Fear
Another day, another groundbreaking fact to show the shift of how people are viewing media. CNBC just announced that PC sales are down double digits for the year for the first time in history. This holiday season is making it clear, “mobile” (tablet and phone) will surpass PCs in usage in the very near future, which, in turn, will mean…More ›Posted in: Blog -
3 Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Your Ad Budget
“How much will it cost to advertise?” We get this question all the time from potential clients, but there really is no finite answer. It’s a lot like asking, “How much will it cost to build a house?” There are many avenues, choices, upgrades and downgrades to consider. Our answer to the question is usually, “How much do yow want…More ›Posted in: Blog -
Big Ideas Don’t Need Big Budgets
Ever been to Hollywood? Lots of agency people go there, and other far away places, to produce commercials. Top talent, hot directors and the astronomical production costs are there too. It has become quite fashionable for agencies to encourage even clients of modest advertising means to spend exorbitant amounts of money on production. Why? So the client’s ads can compete…More ›Posted in: Blog -
Clients Don’t Need Art, They Need Ads That Work
A lot of agency creatives act like they’re painting the Sistine Chapel and I admit it, as an agency Creative Director, I was once caught up in the advertising awards game. I even won a few. This can lead to you believing that winning awards is what advertising is all about and you can really lose perspective.More ›Posted in: Blog -
For Advertising That Works, Think Small
If I had to choose the most important thing I’ve learned in more than 40 years in the business, it’s that clients are pretty darn smart about their own business. You know your product. You know their customers, and you have a pretty clear idea of the problem you want the ad agency to solve. Then the agency goes and…More ›Posted in: Blog -
Children’s Home Society Gets a Little Help From Their Friends
Burford wants to thank the generous donations of money, talent, time and love from Estes Corporation, WTVR, BES Studios and John Hartmann. Without them, this awareness campaign would not be possible.More ›Posted in: Blog -
Welcome: Trish Ip
If you’ve been around advertising for a while, you might recognize this face. Burford is proud to announce our “newbie”, Trish Ip. She is now officially part of the Burford Family. Trish is a long-time media-planning veteran in the Richmond area.More ›Posted in: Press