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2008

For Immediate Release, July 16, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Adds Nine to Staff Roster

For Immediate Release, July 11, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Adds New Clients, Expands Current Accounts

For Immediate Release, July 2, 2008
Risdall McKinney Announces Staff Additions

For Immediate Release, June 11, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Adds Nine New Accounts

For Immediate Release, June 10, 2008
MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce Honors Risdall Marketing Group with Business of the Year Award

For Immediate Release, June 9, 2008
Risdall McKinney Receives PRSA Bronze Anvil Award

For Immediate Release, May 14, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Adds 15 New Accounts

For Immediate Release, April 16, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Announces 11 New Accounts

For Immediate Release, April 11, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Announces Staff Additions

For Immediate Release, March 19, 2008
Risdall McKinney Public Relations Promotes Anne Schopen to Account Supervisor

For Immediate Release, February 29, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Announces Staff Additions

For Immediate Release, February 21, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Announces 17 New Accounts

For Immediate Release, February 15, 2008
Risdall Brings Social Media to a New Level

For Immediate Release, January 8, 2008
Risdall Marketing Group Announces New Business

2007

For Immediate Release, November 14, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Announces Staff Additions

For Immediate Release, October 22, 2007
Risdall Advertising Agency Interactive Adds Two New Staff Members

For Immediate Release, October 19, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Announces Third Quarter
New Business

For Immediate Release, September 19, 2007
Risdall Advertising Agency Interactive Receives 18 WebAwards from The Web Marketing Association

For Immediate Release, August 24, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Announces “Interactive” Promotions

For Immediate Release, July 11, 2007
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces New Staff

For Immediate Release, July 11, 2007
“Awnings Today” Campaign Builds Momentum with Risdall McKinney

For Immediate Release, June 14, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Announces New Divisions, Positions

For Immediate Release, June 7, 2007
Risdall Search Marketing Expands with Two Staff Additions

For Immediate Release, May 10, 2007
Risdall McKinney’s Sarah Ryder to Assume PRSSA Presidency

For Immediate Release, April 24, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Announces Nine New Accounts in First Quarter

For Immediate Release, April 18, 2007
Risdall McKinney Public Relations Continues Expansion

For Immediate Release, April 15, 2007
Risdall McKinney Public Relations Continues Expansion with Newest Addition

For Immediate Release, April 9, 2007
Among Staff Promotions, Glenna Dibrell Joins RMG as Senior Vice President, Account Supervisor

For Immediate Release, February 16, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Shows Commitment to Students, Real-World Experiences

For Immediate Release, February 12, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group Develops Brand for Jim Gabberts’ New Retail Concept Zia/Sleep Sanctuary

For Immediate Release, February 12, 2007
St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Honors Risdall Marketing Group

For Immediate Release, February 2, 2007
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces Staff Addition and Promotion

For Immediate Release, January 29, 2007
Risdall Sandstrom Media Works emerges as new media powerhouse

For Immediate Release, January 26, 2007
Risdall Marketing Group lives, breaths Internet to stay at top

For Immediate Release, January 22, 2007
Risdall McKinney Public Relations Announces Promotion

For Immediate Release, January 15, 2007
Risdall McKinney helps celebrate one of Minnesota’s educational treasures

2006

For Immediate Release, December 22, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency restructures to form Risdall Marketing Group, LLC

For Immediate Release, November 8, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Hosts Intermarket Agency Network Meeting

For Immediate Release, October 23, 2006
Jennifer Risdall Named President of Search Marketing at Risdall Advertising Agency

For Immediate Release, October 19, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Kicks Off Fourth Quarter with 19 New Clients

For Immediate Release, October 11, 2006
Melissa Lochner Joins RAA as Account Supervisor

For Immediate Release, October 10, 2006
Eyes on Risdall McKinney Public Relations
Vision-Ease Lens joins Risdall McKinney client roster

For Immediate Release, September 28, 2006
Web Marketing Association Honors Risdall Advertising Agency With Five WebAwards

For Immediate Release, September 26, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces Staff Promotion

For Immediate Release, July 10, 2006
Three New Clients Join Risdall McKinney Public Relations Roster

For Immediate Release, July 7, 2006
RAA employees compete at NSAC competition

For Immediate Release, July 5, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Brings 16 New Clients on Board

For Immediate Release, June 28, 2006
Among Summer Staff Additions, Tom Wilson
Joins RAA as Executive Vice President, CCO

For Immediate Release, May 31, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces Staff Additions and Promotions

For Immediate Release, May 15, 2006
ReBrand 100™ Honors Risdall Advertising Agency for work with Stormwater360™

For Immediate Release, May 1, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces Staff Additions and Promotions

For Immediate Release, April 27, 2006
RAA employees capture regional title, compete for
national title

For Immediate Release, April 25, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Attributes Success to Vendor Partnerships

For Immediate Release, April 20, 2006
Risdall Advertising Agency Announces Staff Additions and Promotions

For Immediate Release, April 12, 2006
Risdall McKinney Public Relations Announces Staff Promotions and Additions

For Immediate Release, March 14, 2006
Risdall Advertising Welcomes Spring with the Creation of New Division

2005

For Immediate Release, December 14, 2005
Risdall Advertising Hires University of Minnesota Ad Club Members as Interns-for-a-Day

For Immediate Release, September 13, 2005
Risdall Advertising Wins Seven International Web Honors

For Immediate Release, July, 2005
Risdall Advertising Announces Promotions

For Immediate Release, April, 2005
Risdall Advertising Adds 35 New Accounts in First Quarter of 2005

For Immediate Release, January, 2005
Risdall Advertising Adds 68 New Accounts in 2004

2004

For Immediate Release, October, 2004
Risdall sponsored television show "Million Dollar Idea" featured in Time Magazine

2003

For Immediate Release, May 30, 2003
An Addition to the Agency Risdall Advertising Agency enhances Event Planning and Fundraising Services with addition of Stephanie Graves

For Immediate Release, April 22, 2003
Risdall Advertising Agency sponsors new television show "Million Dollar Idea" on KSTC.TV, Channel 45

For Immediate Release, April 21, 2003
Risdall Advertising Agency helps clients launch great new products and ideas through home shopping networks alliance

For Immediate Release, Jan. 27, 2003
Energy-Packed Players Join the Team At Risdall Advertising Agency

2002

For Immediate Release, Dec. 20, 2002
Risdall Advertising Agency Adds Jerry Seppala as Vice-President/Fundraising and Development

For Immediate Release, September 17, 2002
Risdall Advertising gets high marks and is awarded Weekly Reader web site

For Immediate Release, September 17, 2002
Risdall Advertising takes a wild ride as Agency of Record for SurfThing

For Immediate Release, May 22, 2002
RAA Spells 30 Years of Success

2001

For Immediate Release, July 17, 2001
Bucking Industry Trends, Risdall Advertising Continues to Add New Accounts

For Immediate Release, July 17, 2001
Risdall Advertising Continues to Add New Employees: Unlike Everyone Else

For Immediate Release, May 2, 2001
Risdall Celebrates Sweet New Building with Hundreds of Guests and Desserts.

For Immediate Release, May 1, 2001
Risdall Reports 173% Increase in Size of Big Ideas Since Office Move Local Agency Develops Even Better Campaigns and Websites

For Immediate Release, April 27, 2001
Lots of New Business to go with the New Offices at Risdall Advertising

1999

For Immediate Release Spring '99
"Twenty-Six New Clients Benefit From Risdall Advertising's Versatility"

1998

For Immediate Release Fall '98
"Risdall Boosts its Interactive Ranks with Three New Hires"

For Immediate Release Summer '98
"Risdall New Business Warms Up for Summer"

For Immediate Release Summer '98
"Risdall Interactive Presence Continues To Expand With 6 New Sites in Progress"

For Immediate Release February '98
"Risdall Paints The Town With New Lathrop Paint Campaign"

1997

For Immediate Release Winter '97
"Risdall Advertising Interactive Catches a Slew of New Clients in their Interactive Web"

For Immediate Release Winter '97
"Leaves Fall Off But New Business Doesn't at Risdall Advertising"

For Immediate Release Summer '97
"RAA Adds Five New Employees To Keep Up With Summer's Sweltering Pace"

For Immediate Release Summer '97
"Risdall Advertising Interactive's Success Attracts the Best of the Best"

For Immediate Release Summer '97
"Risdall Advertising Kicks Off 25th Anniversary Celebration With A Burst of New Business"

For Immediate Release Summer '97
"RAAi is the Only Twin Cities Interactive Shop to Make Adweek's Top Interactive Agencies in the World List"

For Immediate Release January '97
"January at Risdall Advertising Fulfills 1997 Resolution to Continue to Keep Busy!

 

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New Faces:

Meet the newest additions to the Risdall Marketing Group family.

Jared Roy, President of Risdall Integration Group

Heather Warnecke, Assistant Account Executive

Tracy Stark, administrative assistant

Bill Helgeson, Vice President/Account Supervisor

Press Coverage:

Risdall in the media.

Finance and Commerce, February 10, 2007
Students get ‘real-world’ training at Risdall (requires subscription)

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, January 5, 2007
Risdall restructures and rebrands

Finance and Commerce, December 23, 2006
Risdall plans a name change (requires subscription)

Star Tribune, April 26, 2003
Agencies fret over flat fee income

Star Tribune, Jan. 25, 2003
Fallon picks up additional Time as assignments

Star Tribune, Nov. 23, 2002
Marshall Field's adds electronic directories to St. Paul store

Upsize Magazine, Nov. 2002
How to bet your business on the Internet, and win (pdf)

Star Tribune, Sep. 21, 2002
Risdall Goes Back to School

CityBusiness August 3, 2001
MedSuds founders part ways, Two now compete

Minneapolis Star Tribune, Monday, July 12, 1999
"Minneapolis ad agencies land new Internet business"

CityBusiness, June 18, 1999
Top 5 Web Design Firms

Minneapolis, Star Tribune, Monday, April 19, 1999
"Risdall helps GOP hit radio waves over tax bill"

Minneapolis Star Tribune, Monday, April 12, 1999
"Fallon faces new exec team at Miller"

CityBusiness November 6, 1998
Online advertising starts to click

CityBusiness, August 14, 1998
Ad agencies unravel a tangled Web, Agencies take various paths

CityBusiness August 7, 1998
Net profits anticipating trends in the advertising industry, from integration to the internet, has paid off quite well for Risdall

The Geiger Report, Geiger Report Ranking for 1997
"Looking Back/ Top 10 ad agency billings from 1987 to 1996"

Minneapolis Star Tribune, Monday, June 23, 1997
"3M Embarks on mission to sell dental products via 'extranet'" by Bob Geiger

Minnesota Business and Opportunites Magazine, Febuary 1997
"Small Growth Steps Lead To Giant Leaps" by Beth Mattson

Events:

Our line-up of speaking engagements, community events, parties and more.

Jared Roy and Holly Matson

Tom Wilson (read bio) and Rose McKinney (read bio)

Tom Wilson (read bio)
Event on April 11th, Greenlee Advisory Council, Ames, Iowa

Joel Swanson (read bio)
Serving on the Board of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest.

Eva Keiser (read bio)

Rose McKinney (read bio)
Council of Agency Executives seminar with strategist James E. Lukaszewski on: Communication: The Ingredients of Leadership.

Melissa Neill (read bio)
Volunteer Public Relations Committee Member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  Attends monthly meetings.

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