News Archive: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
December 7, 2010
The staff at Burgess Advertising & Marketing have done a lot of good work over the years raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research, but over the last month the emphasis for the males at the Portland based full service agency was focused on doing something to eliminate cancers that mainly affect men.
Read More October 15, 2010
Burgess Advertising & Marketing last night won five Golden Arrow Awards at the annual Maine Public Relations Council's annual conference held at the Regency Hotel in Portland.The annual awards honor Maine PR practitioners for exemplary work in the public relations and communications industry. This year's entries were judged by the Louisville (Bluegrass) chapter of the Public Relations Society…
Read More September 27, 2010
How Burgess used new media to win votes and influence an election for our own MadMan, Dan Routh.
By the time the AMC MADMEN Casting Call Contest came to an end on Friday, September 17, Burgess Creative Director Dan Routh was voted one of the Maddest Men of all: his stylish photo entry beat 95% of the 4,750 entries.
While Dan didn’t win a coveted walk-on role in an upcoming show, we’re…
Read More September 2, 2010
Burgess Advertising & Marketing has been selected to provide full marketing services for the Portland International Jetport (PWM) for the next three years.
The Portland, Maine, based agency was originally chosen as the Jetport's agency of record in 2007 by the City of Portland for three years and through a formal re-bidding process will now head up marketing activities through 2013. The RFP…
Read More August 27, 2010
Burgess Advertising & Marketing’s creative director Dan Routh appeared on Good Day Maine today, talking about his chances of getting a walk on role on his all time favorite TV drama series, Mad Men, which depicts the life and times of Manhattan ad men in the 1960s.
Routh was invited to appear on the show when its producers heard that he had gone to great lengths when entering a Mad Men…
Read More August 24, 2010
Check out Dan's casting-contest photo and give him your vote.
As regular viewers of the hit series on AMC know, Mad Men has teamed up with Banana Republic to pick the best fan photo for a walk-on role on an upcoming show. We think our Creative Director, Dan Routh, has one of the most authentic entries in a crowded field. His impeccable sense of 1960s ad-man style could give Don Draper a run for…
Read More August 16, 2010
Burgess Advertising & Marketing has been named as one of the finalists in the Best Places to Work in Maine for the second consecutive year.
The finalist list is made up of 40 companies ranging in size from 15 employees to 250+ employees. Overall winners will be announced in October.
The "Best Places to Work in Maine" is a statewide survey and awards program designed to identify…
Read More February 5, 2010
Burgess Advertising & Marketing’s Creative Director, Dan Routh, will appear on WCSH TV’s 207 to offer his insights on this year’s Super Bowl ads.
207 can be seen at 7 pm on WCSH6 (channel 6 in Portland) or WLBZ (channel 2 in Bangor) on the Monday following the Super Bowl, February 8th, 2010.
This appearance will mark the third year in a row the ad man has appeared on…
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