ECMI Celebrates Progress!

We would like to congradulate our newest account directors Marissa Crollard and Randy Davis. Since they have started it's like they don't know how to have a bad day! This makes them great assets to our business because not only are they progressing and succeeding, they are helping kick others in gear seeing how well they are doing and keeping the competition alive. We believe strongly in promotion from within and allowing the best qualified move up, regardless of time in the position. No seniority means that one of these two might pass others in the race to the next assistant manager and we're waiting anxiously at the finish line to see who can get their first!

ECMI Responds to Consumer Demands

With an economy that is constantly changing it is important for companies to be able to adapt. This couldn't be more true than the marketing and advertising field. ECMI has always been geared towards giving the consumer an opportunity to try new things on a risk free basis. This has been shown through the City Lights Cruises and Unexpected Productions campaigns where consumers are given the opportunity to go on a harbor cruise or check out an improv comedy club. With recent demands ECMI will be offering the consumer chances to enjoy daily activities more often as well. New clients include local theaters, car care centers, as well as dine in and dine out restaurants. Look for these new campaigns to be launching in the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2010. Our goal at ECMI is to provide outstanding service to our clients and to help the consumer enjoy their quality of life.

Finishing the Month on a High Note!

Throughout the month of June we have seen some excellent growth, both in our business and in our people. We have done several promotions this month in both full-time and interns alike. Even though we only get a short amount of time to spend with our interns we are able to help them grow in areas such as sales, marketing, communications, human resources, teamwork, problem solving and they get to work with some of our very well-known clients. A huge congratulations goes out to Finlay Brashears, Adam Johnson and Or Zaidenberg. Keep up the good work!

Summer Campaigns Give Families Fun Ideas

As we roll into summer and kids are out of school ECMI gears campaigns towards getting everyone in the family out of the house. Two campaings geared to this are CDR Sports Paintball and Apex Karting.
CDR Sports, located in Oak Harbor, is one of the premier paintball facilities in the Skagit Valley. Their facilities are open to corporate outings, private parties, as well as open play.

ECMI hits one out of this Galaxy

ECMI is proud to have launched an advertising campaign for Galaxy Theatres to increase their share of the market and compete against larger, more well known theatres. We have started our efforts with their Monroe, WA location and pending results, hope to receive the green light on their additional Washington locations as well as their other locations across the Western US. We've gotten off to a great start with this campaign and forsee terrific results with the summer months coming into play and new summer blockbusters hitting the screens.

ECMI TO OPEN NEW DIVISIONS & LOCATIONS

ECMI is proud to announce that they will be opening new divisions and locations in the Seattle/Tacoma area. The rapid expansion is due to a surge of new clients recently added to ECMI's portfolio. The retail division will be headed up by our Assistant Manager Enoch Olson and his team while the management team of the Tacoma and Lynnwood locations is still to be determined. Future expansion plans also include Portland several other cities throughout the Northwest.

Hip Hip Hooray!

We'd like to congratulate our newest Account Directors: Marie Toulouse, Michelle Walters and Curtis Eun! These three have all stepped up to show that they are ready for more responsibilities and we are glad to provide them with this opportunity. Marie and Michelle just returned from working in Yakima for a week and were able to show that with little guidance they were able to manage themselves and helped to make the week a success. We have high hopes for all three and look forward to seeing what they can achieve.

ECMI provides a "Makeover" Marketing Strategy

ECMI is excited to be working a local salon and spa, Delamae. We were very impressed with the fact that 3 years ago the owners took their grandmother's house and turned it into a full service salon and spa to preserve their childhood memories and now we have the privilege of representing them! This campaign is being lead by Claire Sellers-Peterson who is also going to the Top Leaders Meeting in Dallas, TX on April 10th, 2010.

Satellite Crew Rocks Tri-Cities!

Congratulations to the members of our team that spent the week in Tri-Cities Washington last week. Recording record weeks were both Kendall Peterson and Jake Belmont. This satellite office was lead by Enoch Olson who is the newest member of our management team! Future trips include tapping into markets like Portland, Yakima, Spokane, and San Francisco.

"Springing Forward" in more ways than one!

ECMI had a blast at Sky High Sports on Thursday. Their facility has a large trampoline the size of a basketball court, a trampoline with a foam pit and a constant game of Dodgeball! Those of us who were able to attend this extracurricular activity were able to try all there was to offer and found out how much of a workout jumping on a trampoline can really be! After showing off with flips and twirls into the foam pit and challenging the regulars to a couple games of Dodgeball we took a couple of photos and called it a night.

Dominos-A New Pizza, A New Marketing Strategy

As some of you may have heard, Domino's Pizza has been receiving some bad press on their pizza. Well, they took this to heart and started from scratch on all of their recipes. They have a new buttery-garlic crust, a new sauce with a kick and a real cheese topping. Along with the commercials that they've been airing, they wanted to find a way to advertise to the public that would reach even more of the general population than what can be reached through indirect marketing, which is why they came to us!
Our form of direct marketing has been able to help several start up companies and companies looking to just get more new clients through the door. Since we have a face to face approach we are able to be more interactive with consumers and answer questions that a television cannot. We will be kicking off our Domino's Pizza Campaign next week and we couldn't be more excited to help them rebuild their following and send more pizza lovers their way!

Congratulations are in order!

After an amazing week last week, we were able to promote 4 Distributors to Account Director!! We'd like to Congratulate Claire Sellers, Aaron Cartwright, Jessica Bloch, and Kendall Peterson for all of their hard work over the last couple of weeks to prove that they deserve to move to the next step.
Kendall definitely showed that she was ready for more responsibility when she took on the role of training Jessica when she was still new to the business herself! Since then she has been able to build great relationships with everyone and we know that she will be an amazing asset to our company. Jessica has only been with us for about 2 weeks but has already shown that she can maintain her attitude, even when having a rough day. Her student mentality is above and beyond and we expect great things from her.
Claire has an amazing "go-with-the-flow" attitude that took her to our San Francisco office to see how they do this in the Bay. This allowed her to learn from others and show her that no matter where you are or who your clients are, the same steps will get you to your goals and since she's been back she's been showing a consistent desire to learn and a drive to be the best. Aaron was definitely the hardest working guy in the office last week! He fell a little short of his goals, so he put in some overtime to achieve them. He knows that you don't always have to be the fastest car on the road, sometimes it's better to be consistent and keep both hands on the wheel to maintain the right focus to get you across the finish line.

ECMI Launches the Seattle Mariners 2010 Campaign!

ECMI is beginning another exciting season working with Seattle's favorite professional sports team! The Mariners have had an aggressive off-season developing a roster that is sure to excite the fans of the pacific northwest and the ECMI team is thrilled to be part of this highly anticipated season. We are really ramping up recruitment for the beginning of the season so we can have an amazing year and hopefully through the cheering from the stands and encouragement of fans, the Mariners will have a season that is just as successful! With returning players like Ichiro Suzuki, Ken Griffey Jr and Felix Hernandez and new faces like Doug Fister (who is to throw the first pitch in our Spring Training Opener against the Giants at Peoria Stadium), Cliff Lee, and Milton Bradley we have no doubt that it will be an amazing year. Mariners first home game this season will be April 12th and we hope to see all of their fans down at Safeco Field. Play Ball!!