In a world (and industry) inundated with emails, text messages, Tweets and Snapchats, it can be easy to forget that it’s often a pen-and-paper approach that fosters real relationships with journalists. For example, last summer we curated and mailed 20 packages to A-level media contacts to promote an upcoming event. These packages included a branded […]
FIGISM #13: Symbiosis
Enjoying well-deserved bonding time at our FIG fall retreat this past November. Scanning the news recently, I came across a Digiday article entitled, ‘It’s brutal: Junior agency employees feel the squeeze from low margins.’ The article exposes the common practice among agencies, which are experiencing industry-wide reductions in profit margins, to rely on junior employees to assume […]
FIGISM #12: Travel far, wide and often
Emily in the Italian seaside village of Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre region. Em spent 2 weeks last September cavorting around Europe with loved ones. Moab. Portland. Italy. Seattle. Florida. Lake Powell. Ireland. Mexico. France. These are just a few of the diverse and individually incredible places the FIGs traveled to in 2016. We believe […]
FIGISM #8: To Give is to Get
It was actually President Lincoln’s idea. Whilst in the throes of Civil War, he chose to create a new national holiday that focused simply on giving thanks. He understood what so many today struggle with: to give is to receive. At FIG we’ve always believed in generosity and the power of giving, from pro bono […]