About
Not all top advertising professionals are in New York City. Some are producing award-winning work in San Diego for clients across the country. They are part of The Marketing Deli.
In 1994, noted “big agency” ad pros Shelley Anderson and J Hal Hodgson saw a need for new marketing approaches and formed The Marketing Deli. With a strong team across the country with decades of creative, media, marketing and client account management expertise in major national ad agencies.
Companies benefiting from The Marketing Deli team have included United Airlines, Procter & Gamble, Anheuser Busch, General Foods, Lee Apparel, Sheraton Hotels, Sears, Mattel, VISA, Jeep, Jimmy Dean Sausage, Kellogg’s, Maytag, Hawai’i Visitors Bureau, WD-40, McDonald’s, American Express, First Hawaiian Bank, Jack in the Box, San Diego Zoo, Hilton Hotels and Inns, Kula Bay Men’s Tropical Apparel, SDG&E, Randy Jones BBQ Sauce, Infinity Automobiles, CalTrans, Purina Cat Food, Coast Federal Bank, Trader Vic’s Restaurants, ABC-TV, NBC Network News, Cold Stone Creamery, Gold Banks of Kansas and ESPN. For more information, see Experience.
CREATING NEW SOLUTIONS
When The Marketing Deli began, Google was still just a sketch on a cocktail napkin. Social media was years from its start. Our foundation was built on traditional advertising, but we have evolved as technology has transformed the marketing world, creating new solutions to solve client problems.
“We see opportunity in every challenge like the prize in a Cracker Jack box.”
The Marketing Deli goal is to provide creative solutions to give you an edge over your competition. We’re in the business of endearing your brand to consumers. This is accomplished with creativity that works consistently.
A main task is solving clients’ problems. We’ve done that the past 25 years. And constantly evolving technology levels the playing field. Today, it’s not about the biggest budget, but who has the best ideas and execution.
In the new digital and social arenas, an insanely smart idea can solve client problems like never before, rarely needing expensive exposure. Smart ideas solve problems and drive greater ROI for our clients.
Teaming up with a small agency is smart!
HERE’S WHY…..
First of all, you aren’t paying salaries of CEOs, CFOs, COOs, a sales force, secretaries, and a luxury corporate car, so we can offer you the same design and marketing services as the “big guys,” providing you top professional services at affordable rates! Nope, The Marketing Deli skips stuffy bureaucracy, with no kinks in our communications and no one clogging the creative stream. At every step you work directly with award-winning talented principals, turning good marketing into successful marketing, and smaller businesses into growing ones.
The Goal: to be part of the team united in our client’s’ success.