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We live in an amazing age. Empowered by game-changing technologies, marketers enjoy access to an ever-expanding cascade of powerfully relevant data to make and measure the success of the brand stories we project. But the truth is, those technologies and the data they deliver are only as meaningful as our ability to parse them into efficiently actionable initiatives that empower positive conversations around the brands we represent.

This is Plan B

Ad people who add value

We’re a carefully cultivated team of infinitely curious and imaginative problem solvers.
Young at heart and with decades of proven success.

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Work that Works Harder

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We don’t just know cars.
We race them.

We believe that cost efficiency and high performance don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
Our race-ready, $500 custom-built beater is proof of that philosophy.

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Plan B Presents

VennZen: An enlightened-weight journey with our own self-proclaimed marketing guru.

Secrets of Strategy Exposed

Developing smart strategic creative work isn’t black magic. It’s comprised of well-known and long accepted constructs rooted in psychology.

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Dennis Keiser Client Profile

Building High-Performance Human Engines

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See why our clients think B > A.

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Brennon Bynum, Director of Marketing for Keiser Corporation, describes the power of partnership and the passion that Plan B brings to the client-agency relationship.

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We've Got Strategy's Secret Weapon

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Say hello to Tom. Here’s some nice copy about how Tom is new to Plan B. Tom does great work. Be like Tom.

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