By Jeff Goss Bekaert Wire Manufacturing, Belgium When you get into marketing you dream of working on the Disney and Porsche accounts in the world. How dull and uninteresting is marketing barbed-wire, field fence (that wire that runs along side the highway), and prison wire, comparatively? As it turns out, not so dull once you…
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Classic Creative: Amoco
By Jeff Goss, President/Creative Director Who thinks about what’s under the pavement, or those orange woven plastic fences alongside the highway, or those black plastic fences about knee-high attached to metal poles on construction sites. The answer is: not too many people. These are the products behind the scenes that make a difference in the…
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Classic Creative: Special Edition
By Jeff Goss, President/Creative Director Have we gone full circle? In the 1940s and ’50s brands rushed to place their ads in the latest of thousands of magazines and ever-growing TV and radio broadcast stations, which soon became crowded with ads vying for the same attention. The answer came in the form of conceptual advertising…
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Classic Creative: Georgia Power
By Jeff Goss, President/Creative Director The utility industry was going through a government deregulation to prevent monopolies. In a nutshell, this meant sudden and new competition for our client Georgia Power. The challenge was to prevent client defection for cheaper alternatives now available. We came up with a solution directly derived from the question “Why…
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Behind-the-scenes on the Blossman Catalog Photo Shoot
This week our team has had a blast working on the Blossman Gas & Propane photo shoot for the upcoming Fall/Winter Catalog! [cycloneslider id="blossman-bts-fw-2017-catalog"]
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Branding in 2017
By Chloe Ayres, Senior Designer Just as our personality is a mixture of inherent traits and characteristics that develop over time, your brand is a mix of existing factors and developed characteristics. Branding is how you shape and communicate that personality to your customers. While some truths of branding will always stand the test of…
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Classic Creative – Austin Quality Foods
By Jeff Goss, President/Creative Director We conducted our Brand Exercise “Benefits Testing” to arrive at the primary benefit “End the hungries.” It sounds pretty obvious now, but it wasn’t so obvious before. Product benefits led to options like after-school snack, perfect travel food, most fulfilling and convenient snack, sports energy (this was before all the…
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Chuck Archerd Digital Case History
Recently, The Goss Agency had the pleasure of working with Chuck Archerd on his race to become Chairman of the Buncombe County Commission. Over the course of the campaign, we leveraged Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, targeting users based on geography and political affiliation to achieve a whopping 642,000 impressions in only 8 weeks with…
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New Creative: Blossman Gas Fall/Winter 2016 Catalog
By Ryan Laffler, Account Manager/Digital Director
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What Businesses Should Know About Local SEO
By Gabrielle Diepenbrock, Account Coordinator/Social Media Coordinator Of course businesses want to draw visitors from across the state, country, and even the other side of the world. But what about the local visitor? Businesses should optimize their local search ranking and provide content to encourage traffic from their local geographic region as well. According to…
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Award Series: Sky Dive North Georgia
By Jeff Goss, President/Creative Director Small client, small budget: How do you get the word out? It was the perfect fit: Creation of powerful headlines to go in, well, “Headlines,” Atlanta’s premier facilitator of restroom advertising. You might say our ads were in the toilet — strategically placed above the urinals. The look was simple:…
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New Creative: Alliance AutoGas
By Ryan Laffler, Account Manager Our client, Alliance AutoGas, proudly offers fleet managers across America the ability to convert their fleets to propane autogas, one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels known to man. In creating this digital direct piece, we aimed to create an emotionally compelling advertisement that highlighted this product benefit, contrasted it…
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7 Ways to Improve Your Search Rank Using Social Media
By Ryan Laffler, Account Manager & Digital Director Social media is like a multi-tool; use it to engage with customers, sell products, market new products, for PR. But did you know that social media can also help your SEO? That’s right! And while its effect on your search results is indirect, it goes a long…
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Branding Process Kicks Off For Elizabeth City, NC
By Ryan Laffler, Account Manager Two weeks ago, The Goss Agency had the pleasure of visiting one of its clients, Elizabeth City, to present the results from our branding process. Located on the Pasquotank River in Eastern North Carolina, Elizabeth City truly is a gem of Southern charm and culture. The branding process uncovered Elizabeth…
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Classic Creative – Haywood County
Haywood County, after our branding workshop filtering and prioritizing all the features and visitor experiences, determined that the authentic Appalachian culture and clean natural environment were the assets that rose to the top. Thus, “Haywood County, Authentic Appalachian, pure and simple” was born. A new logo was created by illustrating the landscape in a turn-of-the-century…
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4 Reasons Why Your Brand Should Use Instagram Stories
By Gabrielle Diepenbrock, Account Coordinator/Social Media Manager Was Instagram being a copycat of Snapchat when it rolled out its new feature, Instagram Stories? Of course. Should brands still use and be aware of this new feature? Most definitely. Just like Snapchat Stories, Instagram Stories are available to be seen by all followers of a user…
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Award Series: The Thoms Estate
By Jeff Goss, CEO/Creative Director The heir to a 100-acre estate in the heart of Asheville partnered with GDR (Global Development Resources), our client, for an environmentally responsible development design that paid respect to the property and her father, who established the estate in 1937. Her mother was an artist, as were many in her…
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YouTube Introduces a New Ad Package
By Brady Rothschild, Intern YouTube is introducing a new ad package for companies looking to advertise through them. Last Tuesday (on April, 26, 2016) they announced the start of bumper ads. Bumper ads are 6-second ads that you can’t skip, rather than the traditional 30-second YouTube ad that you can skip after five…
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The Blue Dot Back-up Plan
By Dari Mullins, Senior Account Manager Recently I was reminded the importance of always having a back-up plan. So often we rush through life from planning trips to attending events and numerous work functions. Usually we rarely plan for these things and hardly ever do we have a back-up plan. I found out that…
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Behind the Scenes at Recent Client TV Spot and Catalog Shoot
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been working on a TV spot for our client, Blossman Gas, as well as being on set for the photo shoot for their upcoming fall catalog we're producing. Here are some behind the scenes photos of these events, which are such fun, interesting days for us here at…
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Virgin Islands Telephone Company Super Bowl Spot
By Jeff Goss, CEO The Virgin Islands Telephone Company had been our client for about three years before our greatest opportunity presented itself: a chance to do a Super Bowl spot. Our focus had been on print, television, and a public relations campaign, with a concentration on stemming complaints about the quality of service in…
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Creative History – Disney’s Vero Beach
Vero Beach was chosen due to the stretch of available land on the Southeast coast and its proximity to The Magic Kingdom. With a construction trailer and grading still taking place on the property, we began the marketing for the first Disney Resorts outside of the Walt Disney World Resort with “Disney Magic In a…
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Blossman Fall/Winter Print Catalog
As The New York Times reported earlier this year, "After years of decline, the number of [print] catalogs mailed in the United States increased in 2013, to 11.9 billion, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group." Other stats to keep in mind about print catalogs from the article: About 90 million Americans make…
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Ideation Workshop Brainstorms Brand
Big thanks to the Natchez Democrat for their latest story about our recent ideation workshop for the city of Natchez. Full story below and on their website at http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2015/10/16/ideation-workshop-brainstorms-brand/. Before the branding comes the brainstorming. That's the mindset The Goss Agency--an Asheville, NC based cultural tourism branding firm--is taking in its quest to identify a…
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Asheville Marketing Firm brings National/International Tourism Destination home to Asheville
We're proud to represent Asheville on a global stage for our new destination client, Natchez, Mississippi! Read the full press release below and read this piece by Natchez Democrat about the news: Asheville Marketing Firm brings National/International Tourism Destination home to Asheville NATCHEZ, MS, September 17, 2015 – The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau has contracted The…
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Visit Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau Retains The Goss Agency for Branding Services
PRESS RELEASE Branding Agency to Work in Conjunction with New Public Relations Agency NATCHEZ, MS, September 1, 2015 – The Visit Natchez Convention & Visitor’s Bureau has contracted The Goss Agency, one of America’s leading cultural tourism branding services firms, to direct a comprehensive brand audit of the 300-year-old historic destination. The Goss Agency will work in…
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New Website for Haywood County
We were tasked with creating a new website for Haywood County that highlighted specific elements of the North Carolina Smokies experience into a visually stunning, user-friendly website that shows off all the great assets the county has for both locals and visitors to enjoy during their time in Haywood County.View the Haywood County website at visitncsmokies.com.…
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Advertising Paradise: St. Lucia
--Backstory behind St. Lucia creative and advertising by CEO Jeff Goss One of the most amazing, unspoiled destinations, and islands in the Atlantic, yet the branding “Simply Beautiful” with a hibiscus flower, a flower that existed on my own street in Atlanta, could be for any place, many places. After the airline lost our luggage, and…
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Tourism Marketing Roundup
This month, our blogs will focus on tourism marketing insights and trends. To kick things off, we've rounded up 5 tourism marketing campaigns/announcements that have caused a stir in recent months. 1. New Orleans Summer Campaign "We are showing that New Orleans can be special for families, for those who enjoy the high life, or enjoying…
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The 6 Knows of Leadership
Some people are natural born leaders, others have to study to become one. If this is your aspiration as well, take a look at the following 6 basic principles which successful leaders share...
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A Numbers Game: A PPC Case Study Update
By Scott Zeller, SEO & SEM Specialist, The Goss Agency Sudoku, a popular numbers game, is a logic-based puzzle that requires you plug in numbers from 1-9 in the right combination to solve it and win the game. It starts with a few numbers and a partially completed 9x9 grid, and relies on you, the…
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7 Leadership Strategies to Inspire Your Team
By Christine Gire, Senior Vice President, Account Management Account management means different things to different agencies. But the one thing they all need to have in common to succeed is a strong, efficient team. So how do you build one? Greg Bell, pop star of the keynote speaker world, offers 7 amazing leadership strategies to…
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New Brand Image and Website for Paradise Beach Resort
The Goss Agency Launches New Cozumel, Mexico Paradise Beach Resort Brand Image and Website Asheville, North Carolina - The Goss Agency recently launched a new website and brand image for Cozumel’s stunning Paradise Beach Resort, one of the most pristine, idyllic destinations in all of Mexico. The branding work began with an evaluation of the property…
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New Branding Campaign for Asheville’s Historic Biltmore Village
The Goss Agency, in conjunction with Biltmore Property Group, recently launched a branding campaign for Historic Biltmore Village located in Asheville, North Carolina in the heart of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains...
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New Tourism Client, Mitchell County
The Goss Agency is executing a portfolio of TGA proprietary quantitative and qualitative research and branding tools to ascertain Mitchell County’s most compelling features, benefits...
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Haywood County TDA Campaign
"We have the best views, by miles." Why visit Haywood County? One of the best reasons is this view. Blue Ridge Parkway, which cuts through the county as it winds its way through North Carolina and up through Virginia, is considered one of the most scenic drives in the country. This piece shows that the beauty…
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Be Your Competitor’s Customer
In my last blog post, I discussed being your own customer, and the eye-opening information it provides to marketing directors as they continuously evaluate their marketing efforts...
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How To Be A Great Client
Clients come from all kinds of backgrounds these days. Many of them have not had training in marketing and even fewer have actually worked in agencies. So, how could a client know what it takes to be a...
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