Accounts and People of Note in the Ad Industry

New York Times Online: Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op chose LevLane, Philadelphia, as its first agency of record. The budget for 2011 was estimagted at $2.5 million. LevLane handles six other KFC regional co-op accounts in markets like Florida, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/media/27adnewsletter3.html?_r=2&nl=business&emc=atb1

Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op

MediaPost News: After a month-long internal review, the Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op named LevLane as its first agency of record. A 2011 budget of $2.5 million will go to TV, radio, digital, print, P-O-P and outdoor, with first work breaking in January.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showEdition&art_send_date=2010-9-27&art_type=21

Advertising agency LevLane assigned Atlanta KFC advertising account

dBusiness News: After a one-month internal review, the Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op, Atlanta, has named LevLane, Phila., as its first agency of record since the co-op’s formation in 2002. All review particpants, including Tracy-Locke, Dallas, and ESW Partners, Chicago, were existing KFC local co-op roster agencies. A 2011 budget of $2.5 million will go to TV, radio, digital (including mobile), print, P-O-P and Outdoor, with first promotions due to break in January.

Selection was based on a strategic sales-building plan. Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op president Bill Byrd states, “LevLane demonstrated a solid understanding of what it takes to drive fast food sales, and also a solid commitment to partnering with us and to establishing representation here in our marketplace.”

LevLane vp, account director Chris Ponzio adds, “We are proud to be expanding our relationship with the KFC brand, and equally proud to receive this vote of confidence from their owner/operators—entrepreneurs who are vitally aware of what works day-in, day-out, to bring in hungry customers.”

The Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op includes ten members in the Atlanta DMA. LevLane already manages six other KFC regional co-op accounts, in Vt., Mass., N.Y., Penn. and Fla.

LevLane is a full-service marketing communications agency with offices in Philadelphia and West Palm, Fla. Clients include regional KFC/Taco Bell, Beneficial Bank, ALI-ABA, Phila. Recycling Office, Fairmount Park Conservancy, WXPN, Phila. Corporation for Aging, Reliance Standard Life Insurance, Wesley Enhanced Living, Kennedy Health System, The Phila. Center City District and Philadelphia Streets, among others. www.levlane.com

http://pr.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=219171&type_news=latest

Atlanta KFC co-op picks first ad agency

Atlanta Business Chronicle: The Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op, has named LevLane of Philadelphia as its first agency of record since the co-op formed in 2002.

The Atlanta KFC Advertising Co-op, which will have a $2.5 million budget in 2011, includes 10 members in the metro Atlanta market.

LevLane manages six other KFC regional co-op accounts, in Vt., Mass., N.Y., Penn. and Fla.

The first ads for the new campaign, which will include TV, radio, digital, print, and outdoor, are expected to begin in January.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/09/20/daily10.html

 

People On The Move: NonProfit

The National Wildlife Foundation, an environmental nonprofit, appointed David Lane as its Pennsylvania delegate to the NWF’s annual affiliate council. Lane is the president and co-founder of Philadelphia-based advertising agency LevLane.

People on the Move: Marketing & Media

Jake Hancock was promoted to senior account manager for the Philadelphia advertising agency LevLane. Hancock, who was previously an account manager, will handle strategic planning for Beneficial Bank, Fairmount Park Conservancy, the Support Center for Child Advocates, and other LevLane clients.

LevLane’s David Lane Named To National Wildlife Foundation’s Affiliates Council.

Philadelphia – David Lane, president and co-founder of advertising agency LevLane, Phila., and board chair of environmental organization PennFuture, Harrisburg, Pa., was recently chosen as Pennsylvania’s one delegate to the National Wildlife Foundation’s annual affiliates council, representing PennFuture.

The National Wildlife Foundation affiliates council is charged with electing key members of NWF’s leadership and setting the organization’s conservation policy priorities. Under Lane’s leadership, commencing in May, 2009, PennFuture was named the sole Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Wildlife Foundation. Lane is a longtime NWF member, and was recently re-elected as PennFuture board chair.

About David Lane
Over his 36-year marketing career, David Lane has directed efforts for such successful brands as KFC, Taco Bell, Midas, McDonald’s, Subaru and The Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a member of the Eastern Region Board of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) and a board member and past chairman of its Philadelphia Council, past president of the Marketing and Advertising Global Network (MAGNET), an active board member of the Philadelphia Advertising Club and current chairman of its PR committee.

About PennFuture
PennFuture is a statewide public interest membership organization, founded in 1998. PennFuture’s activities include litigating cases before regulatory bodies and in local, state and federal courts, advocating and advancing legislative action on a state and federal level, public education and assisting citizens in public advocacy.
www.pennfuture.org

About LevLane
LevLane is a full-service marketing communications agency with offices in Philadelphia and West Palm, Fla. Clients include regional KFC/Taco Bell, Beneficial Bank, ALI-ABA, Phila. Recycling Office, Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Streets Dept., WXPN, Phila. Corporation for Aging, Reliance Standard Life Insurance, Wesley Enhanced Living, Kennedy Health System and The Phila. Center City District, among others. www.levlane.com

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