Virginia Ad Agencies

My state is Virginia and though I have looked at over ten agencies. There is only one that has recognizable work on a national level for me. The biggest agency in Virginia that handles some big money accounts is Martin Agency located in Richmond. It actually impressively ranks to make the top five agencies in the nation, according to Adv Age, #3.

Ever wonder who worked on Geico? yup, this is them, alright. They created the well known little Gecko and also worked on Walmart's campaign "Save money, Live Better." In additon to their crazy account list, they are the agency who created the freecreditreport.com commerials with the lead singer in a band singing the songs about what happened to him when he didnt check his credit. Who doesn't know these commercials?

To extend the same campaign:
My add-on idea for this freecreditreport.com campaign is to have street bands, local bands, or hire bands to actually post around cities in areas with major foot traffic to sing these songs in person. It would just as funny, if not even more memorable and entertaining in person. Since this campaign speaks to everyone with credit or identity to worry about, I feel like it can be effective way to reach out even further.
Also, in cities such as Las Vegas and NYC, the cabs run videos with full sound on small TV screens int he backseat. It usually shows local ads. I thought this would be a cool place to show their current commercials and/or show the bands in the particular city it's featured in singing the same songs. (i.e. in NYC, they'd feature a band posted and playing at Time Square or Soho singing one the freecreditreport.com jingles)
Another add-on place that would work well is the gas stations TV's at the pumps. (Shell gas station here in SF has them)


These are all their clients:

o 1-800 CONTACTS
o Alliance for Climate Protection
o Alltel
o American Cancer Society
o Barely There
o BFGoodrich
o Discover Card
o ESPN 360
o ESPN X Games
o Free Credit Report
o GEICO
o Genworth
o Hanes
o Hoover
o Johnson Automotive
o JFK Presidential Library and Museum
o Microsoft Store
o NASCAR
o NEWSEUM
o Newspaper Association of America
o PING golf equipment
o Sun Life Financial
o UPS
o USTA
o Walmart