Paramore|Redd: Interactive Agency and Online Marketing in Nashville, Tennessee

The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) is our biggest media client - and one of our most fun clients too. We are running a large display campaign for their 2008-2009 fiscal year that includes display ads on almost 50 different websites.

I went fishing last weekend for six hours in the middle of the day. I caught nothing. My 5-year-old son joined us late in the day (dinner time) and he immediately caught his first fish (and two others moments later). Lesson learned? Sure, go ahead. I am not a good fisherman. What else? I later learned that fish are not biting in the middle of the day in rocky water, which was where I was fishing. Fish where the fish are. Sounds like an age-old marketing lesson to me.

One of the things I love most about the Paramore|Redd office are the sweet views of downtown Nashville and the Gulch. This morning started off with a distraction, a huge t-storm rolling through downtown. It got me thinking about how many interruptions happen during the course of the day and how I try to stay focused in spite of them.

What do Quorum Health Resources and HND Realty have in common? They both have brand spankin’ new websites built by Paramore|Redd!

Our new website launched in January and what do I notice? The email sign up is below the fold! Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s a groovy sign-up including an awesome comment box.  And yes, there is a call-out above the fold in a prominent place that drops the user down to the sign-up box. But since email is my personal favorite, I was concerned that this setup wouldn’t produce the number of sign-ups we were hoping for.