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From our office on Main Street in Eagle Point, Oregon, we’ve spent over 16 years helping real businesses connect with real people—through smart strategy, compelling design, and campaigns built on trust, not templates.

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Paradux Media Group Receives Oregon ADDY Award of Merit

Paradux Media Group was honored to receive an Award of Merit at the 2012 Oregon ADDY Awards, recognizing creative excellence in advertising across the state. The award was presented for Paradux Media Group’s radio campaign created for PremierWest Bank, titled “The Way of the West.” The ADDY Awards, hosted by the American Advertising Federation, celebrate…

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The 3 Essential Elements to Creating a Memorable Brand

Having a memorable brand is almost always goal number one. There are three elements in almost every memorable brand out there in the mainstream. And for all you who are in pursuit of your memorable brand, here are the three essential elements you’ll need to pay attention to in order to make your memorable brand…

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Paradux Media Group Appears on the Bill Meyer Show

Mike Frey and Tisha Oehmen of Paradux Media Group made a guest appearance on the Bill Meyer Show on Thursday, June 7, 2012. The appearance provided an opportunity to discuss marketing, business, and communication topics with a regional radio audience and to share perspectives shaped by years of hands-on work with local and regional organizations.…

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Advertising in a Polarized World: Audience Over Ideology

  When public controversy surrounds a media personality, it often forces business owners to ask uncomfortable questions. Is it still worth advertising there? What does it say about your brand? And where does responsibility end and reach begin? Following widely publicized comments by Rush Limbaugh in early 2012, several national advertisers chose to withdraw their sponsorships…

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Strategic Marketing Options for a Hair Salon: Building Scalable Momentum

Opening a new salon is an act of creative courage, but in a saturated market, talent alone isn’t enough to keep your chairs full. To move from a quiet grand opening to a bustling local staple, you must evaluate the best marketing options for a hair salon that align with today’s digital-first consumer. While many…

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Paradux Media Group Featured in Slate Magazine on Radio Advertising

Sometimes the most interesting opportunities arrive unexpectedly. In early 2012, Paradux Media Group received an email from Brian Palmer, a writer for Slate Magazine, requesting insight on a timely and unusual advertising question. Hello, As you’ve likely heard, seven companies have pulled their advertisements from the Rush Limbaugh show after his controversial comments last week.…

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Coordinate Your Advertising with a Marketing Strategy Reset

Do you feel like your marketing plan lacks strategy? Or perhaps you’ve been doing the same things year after year without considering if there are more effective ways to market your business. Regardless of your reason, it’s not uncommon for business owners to realize they need a marketing strategy reset to overhaul their advertising and…

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The Real Enemy: Social Media Fragmentation

Fragmentation—whether in traditional media or across today’s social platforms—remains one of the biggest challenges facing small business owners. Social media fragmentation doesn’t just mean “more options.” In practice, it often means more work, more cost, and less effective reach. We’ve addressed social media fragmentation before, but the pattern continues to repeat itself. New platforms emerge,…

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Think Different! Build A Campaign

It’s a great time for small local businesses to “Think Differently” and create campaign messages and not immediate hit and run messages. The most remembered commercials:   Outside of Apples 1984 commercial,  the most remembered commercials, are campaigns, not commercials.  National companies and big boxes, think that way, they see the benefits of the campaign while the small…

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The Year in Review 2011

As we wrap up another year on the Pond, we want to start with a heartfelt thank you. A BIG thank you from all of us at Paradux Media Group for subscribing to our emails, reading them, sharing them, and staying connected with us throughout 2011. This year review 2011 represents one of our most…

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Creating a Brand in a Tough Economic Environment

I don’t have to tell you that the economy in the last few years has been tough for a brand. We’ve all lived through it, and if you’re still in business you’ve figured out how to survive in this economic environment, it was probably a combination of intention, a little luck, and a strong brand position.…

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Paradux Media Group Creates Radio Commercial for Its Own Brand

Paradux Media Group recently stepped into an unfamiliar role by producing a radio commercial for its own brand. While the company regularly creates advertising campaigns for clients across various media, it is far less common for an advertising agency to promote itself through traditional channels, such as radio or television. The decision to move forward…

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Political Campaign Marketing And Advertising

Political marketing has more in common with brand advertising than most people realize. The moment a candidate announces their run for office, they become a product in the marketplace—one that voters will evaluate, compare, and ultimately choose. As we look ahead to the upcoming races in Medford and Jackson County, it’s clear that political campaign marketing will…

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How Bold Business Marketing Shapes Your Brand

In every industry, there are rare moments when cultural momentum, consumer emotion, and marketplace conditions align. When they do, the businesses that act with clarity and courage stand out. This is the essence of bold business marketing. Perseverance and forward thinking often separate brands that stay relevant from those that fade. These opportunities can’t be…

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Television Advertising: Understanding Changing Television Advertising Today

After nearly two decades working in marketing and advertising, I’ve watched the industry shift in dramatic ways — and few areas have changed as quickly as television. A recent look at the fall TV season made that especially clear, highlighting just how much changing television advertising is reshaping what qualifies as a “hit.” Take New…

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Marketing From The Theory of Moderation

People are always looking for that easy diet, and similarly, small business owners are always looking for that magic marketing pill, the ONE thing they can do that will help solve all their marketing woes. For the business owners, sadly there is no magic marketing pill, bean or bullet. Aristotle had a theory on living…

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What Does Google My Business Mean to the Local Business Owner?

As a local business owner, you’ve likely invested time and effort into building an online presence. You may have created a Facebook business page, posted regularly, and engaged with your community to earn those precious ‘Likes.’ Maybe you’ve even ventured into other social media platforms like Instagram or LinkedIn. You know firsthand how time-consuming it…

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Let Us Not Forget What Social Media Is About: The Benefits of Social Media Engagement

While many of us in the agency and media business write and try to calculate a business’s ROI in social media, let’s not forget the real benefits of social media and just how kind and generous people and companies can be. Our business page posted the best thing about social media on social media day. …

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Facebook ‘Likes’ Harder To Come By

Facebook ‘Likes’ aren’t as easy to come by as they were two years ago. When a few businesses were taking the plunge, it seemed that all you had to do was pop a Facebook page and get hundreds of ‘Likes’ immediately, which was pretty easy for a local business. I was less selective about what…

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Local Newspaper vs Social Media

To communicate effectively, we must realize that we all perceive the world differently and use this understanding to guide our communication with others. Well, that just wouldn’t be a fair fight now, would it? It would fall under the proverbial saying, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight. ” This is part three of…

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