June 6th Today is the day the world changed. To be more specific, it was 75 years ago today when Operation Overlord began and the rugged Normandy coast produced names that will be honored for all history…Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach, Sword Beach, Juno Beach…as well as the names of the more than 150,000...Read More
It is a rare event when two people who will grow up to change the world are born on the same day, but today, February 12, is the birthday of two such men. One was a consummate politician who freed millions of people, and the other was a scientist who revolutionized the way we look...Read More
Hero: The definition of a hero varies from person to person, day to day, and age to age. But 10 years ago today, the Miracle On The Hudson occurred and an undisputed hero emerged from the chaos. US Airways Flight 1549 took off from Laguardia Airport, Queens Long Island on a cold winter day. Shortly...Read More
PMGers celebrated a highly successful 2018 with festivities at Radio Radio in beautiful downtown Huntington. Good time, good cheer, good friends!Read More
Progressive Marketing Group, Inc. (PMG), an award-winning Strategic Marketing Organization, has announced two staff additions to its strategic team; Teresa Pelio, account supervisor and Daniel Mercado, account coordinator. “This is an exciting time for our agency,” said Jamie Stanco, President and CEO of PMG. “Teresa and Dan are incredible additions to our team. Their individual...Read More
Our very own Vice President, Gary Cucchi, was recognized in Long Island Business News’ 2018 “Who’s Who in Business Services” as one of 27 outstanding business leaders. The 20-year marketing industry leader oversees PMG’s business development, operations and client services…and he’s a helluva good cook, too! Mr. Cucchi was selected by LIBN based on exuding confidence...Read More
In the great prison film tradition of The Shawshank Redemption, Cool Hand Luke and perhaps more appropriately, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, a certain longstanding member of the Progressive Marketing Group family has flown the proverbial coop. None other than the inimitable Sunny Sheppard has escaped and headed for the infinitely greener pastures of doing whatever...Read More
That’s right. It is no longer important to consider mobile while developing your company’s web presence – it has now become imperative. In 2012, mobile web usage was an afterthought, accounting for roughly 10% of web page views. Now, according to a recent Statistica Poll, mobile usage has crossed a critical line: It is now...Read More
December 13, 2017, Huntington Station, NY – Progressive Marketing Group, Inc. (PMG), an award-winning strategic marketing organization, has announced a staff addition: A.J. Schmitz of Huntington as its new Creative Director. As part of PMG’s expansion, the agency has also moved from Melville to a new office in Huntington Station. Mr. Schmitz brings more than...Read More
Over the river and through the woods? Thanksgiving is Doomsday if you are a turkey, but its a very good day if you are people. Thanksgiving, regardless of which version of the real story you adhere to, is a day for pumpkin pie, stuffing, weird looking casseroles that you have to smile about when you...Read More
I found about Chuck Berry’s passing totally by accident. Was offline decompressing and just happened to glance at the newspaper. Chuck dead? That has to be an oxymoron. Chuck Berry is immortal. His stamp is on every rock and roll or R&B song written since the mid-1950s. Forget about musicians being in his debt. Everyone...Read More
Certainly looks like the NY Giants, aka Big Blue, are for real. They’re playing solid football. Shades of LT and Strahan, they’re playing great defense, and one can only hope they’ll get more offense. You can’t cover Beckham all 4 quarters. Wish them well. As New Yorkers, there’s no sense being green with envy this...Read More
Seems to happen around this time every year. And curiously enough, it’s always on a Thursday. I’m sure our Founding Fathers carried the tradition of Thanksgiving from Europe to Plymouth Plantation. But how did they know about football? I suppose turkeys could be delivered via the perfect spiral and I would imagine the Wampanoags were...Read More
Today is the day. Is it a day that will live in infamy? No that’s Pearl Harbor Day, December 7. Or is it a day when the whole country will be celebrating? No that’s usually July 4th, New Year’s Day or Super Bowl Sunday! Nor is today the day because in 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered...Read More
Progressive Marketing Group’s paper-saving initiative has reached 50,000 paper pages saved! Even in this Digital Age, businesses consume a great deal of paper. PMG has maintained a low-usage policy for many years. We use various papers for color proofing and general office applications. We try to use recycled at all times. Not easy for signage...Read More
It seems to have been happening annually since 1621. Whether it was an act of generosity as it is recorded by History or simply due to the fact that they were outnumbered two to one, the Pilgrims started our greatest American secular tradition: Having family and friends over for turkey, cranberry sauce and a Thursday...Read More
It may be quite different from his childhood dreams of enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall Of Fame at Cooperstown, or even the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, but Jamie Stanco is now officially a Hall Of Famer. In recognition of his life-long contributions to the marketing and advertising community, Jamie Stanco,...Read More
Today is Leroy Robert Paige’s 109th birthday. Or maybe his 110th. Satchel himself wasn’t too sure but settled on 1906. For those of you who don’t know about Satchel Paige, he was the greatest pitcher in the Negro Leagues and might have been the greatest pitcher in Major League Baseball had he been allowed to...Read More
BB King was the living link to the great bluesmen of previous generations like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Willie Dixon. He was the teacher for another generation that included the likes of Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter. And he will be a case history for every up and coming picker and...Read More
Happy birthday Yogi! The congratulations are from all over the baseball world…and beyond. Perhaps the most unlikely candidate for greatness, all Yogi Berra did was to earn more championship rings than anyone else who every played the game. Many have said that his modesty masked a competitive drive second to none. Many have said he...Read More
Happy Birthday to the NY Mets on their 54th birthday. On May 8, 1961 the nickname for the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club officially became the Mets. It beat out a host of other names including the Jets, The Islanders, and The Burros ( as in boroughs). No kidding. You could look it up, just ask...Read More
PMG’s own Jamie Stanco has a current article in NY Sports Day entitled “Yankees Preview: Character Assassination”. http://www.nysportsday.com/2015/04/06/yankees-preview-character-assassination/ And though he swears it isn’t an indictment of Brian Cashman, baseball and sports fans should judge for themselves, no? Here’s a sampling of the article. This isn’t really a character assassination. I like Brian Cashman, but...Read More
November 27 is Thanksgiving, but in some circles it is equally famous for being the birthday of Jimi Hendrix. After all, November 27 is only occasionally Thanksgiving, but it is always Jimi’s birthday. He would be 72 this year, hard as that is to believe, and despite the purple haze and voodoo chile, the marketing...Read More
In addition to being the birthday of my dear friend Lynn J., November 14 is also the 163rd anniversary of the publishing of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. And while PMG is coincidentally located in beautiful downtown Melville, that shouldn’t detract from the fact that Moby Dick was arguably the iconic American novel. Read it...Read More
Summer begins today, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. In 1788 the US Constitution was ratified on this day. And in 2014, PMG surpassed 35,000 sheets of paper saved!Read More
Puru-Pouri. You probably didn’t recognize it, but it mean the color “blue” in Maori. It’s hard to believe, but this is MTM’s 10th year of publication! We had such a great reaction to our recent issue about “The Color Red” that we are releasing another color study from our dusty vaults, this one about “The...Read More
Q. How long does it take to save 5 miles of paper? A. Not long. Progressive Marketing Group’s paper-saving initiative has reached 28,000 pages saved. That’s 56 reams. Nearly five miles of paper. Yessssss! We’ve also managed to save 1,200+ bottles, both plastic and glass, from the trash and recycle them. While the $60 is...Read More
I’m pleased to note that Progressive Marketing Group’s paper-saving initiative has reached 20,000 paper pages saved. In researching how paper is made (mostly from pine), estimates vary wildly re: the number of sheets derived from the “average pine tree”. Tree girth, length, density and taper make generalizations unreliable. But @500 sheets to a ream, 20,000...Read More
Just one of those obscure tidbits. This past May 11th is the 75th birthday of a true legend. FDR was president. There were only 48 states. The world was in the throes of the depression (well maybe that hasn’t changed). Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, George Carlin and Merle Haggard were born. There were no computers,...Read More
How positioning Gives Superman Strength The logo on his chest has become one of the world’s most recognizable symbols. The royal blue, red and gold of his costume are the colors that superheros are made of. But the defining difference between Superman and the rest of the DC and Marvel heroes is his message. He...Read More
5 Tips to Getting the Most out of Email and Customer Relations Marketing (CRM) Campaigns In businesses today staying top of mind with your client is an essential part of success in the sales cycle. Reaching out and touching your clients as part of your relationship management used to be a lot more time consuming,...Read More
Branding just might be the most crucial elements in marketing, but it is definitely the most conceptually misunderstood marketing tool…even by some professionals. Keep in mind that no one can actually create your brand…except your audience. Your brand is what your audience thinks of you…and in an ideal world this is often guided or formulated...Read More
Welcome to the first entry of the PMG Blog, a recent addition to our outward communication channels, channels that also include our website and newsletter Marketshare through Mindshare. To blog or not to blog was the question. As a strategic marketing organization, our decisions often warrant great debates over the pros and cons of any...Read More
