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Founding partner, Dave Wilson, owned and operated his first Ford Dealership in 1977. As a new Ford dealer his main focus to drive customers to his dealership in the small town of Preston, MD was to use effective marketing. With only traditional advertising and marketing tools at his disposal, he was able to quickly turn Preston Ford into a top competing Ford dealership in his region (notably breaking the Top 100 Ford Dealership in the Nation before the internet surge). Fast forward to 2009, Dave made a commitment to drive Internet business for his Automotive Group and become a real contender. He brought in other iFrog Digital Marketing Founder, Brent Durham, to head up his Internet initiative. Over the next couple of years they were able to break sales records, grow a strong Internet presence, and master the basics of Automotive Digital advertising and marketing. After working with several other Automotive Digital Advertising and Marketing Agencies, they decided to bring everything in house. Doing so allowed them the freedom to take their digital advertising and marketing to a whole new level and resulted in the best year over year sales increases in the history of Preston Automotive Group. This led to the creation of iFrog Digital Marketing in order to help automotive dealerships beat their competition and so that both Brent and Dave could pursue their passion of advertising and marketing.
The Richards Group is the largest independent branding agency in the nation, with a staff of over 700 and annual billings above $1 billion. Creative is our passion, but we do have another love – independence. With zero absentee owners or outside investors, we`re free to focus solely on our work. Which is good, because there`s a lot of work to focus on: advertising, digital, relationship marketing, retail, brand, business-to-business, Hispanic marketing, sports marketing…there isn`t a form of branding at which The Richards Group doesn`t excel.
We are a collective that challenges the post production model, with a flexible and scalable approach to ensure our clients have the right talent for their projects.
Founded in 1917, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A`s) is the national trade association representing the advertising agency business in the United States. Its membership produces approximately 80 percent of the total advertising volume placed by agencies nationwide. Although virtually all of the large, multinational agencies are members of the 4A`s, more than 60 percent of our membership bills less than $10 million per year.
Barkley, a 2023 AdAge Agency Standout (Top 25) and a 2022 Adweek Agency of the Year Shortlist finalist (Top 10) is a full-service, independent creative idea company that helps build whole brands and their biggest possible future. We are committed to knowing modern consumers and employees better than anyone and are proud to be a Certified B Corporation with the firm belief that all brands, including ours, can be a force for good in the world.