Smith & Wollensky's rival steakhouse Del Frisco's had ads on phone kiosks all over the city. We managed to buy all of them replace them with Smith & Wollensky Ads the minute they went down.
Read all about it here.

Walrus CCO Deacon Webster’s thoughts on how creativity can solve annoying user experiences

Read Muse by Clio article here.

Ad Age Ad Lib Podcast starring Ad Age’s editor Brian Braiker and Walrus CEO Frances L. Webster

Listen to the Ad Age Ad Lib podcast here.

"We drive 70 to 80 percent of all consumer purchases. We are the most powerful consumer on earth. And according to an annual study conducted by UC Davis, public companies run primarily by women are performing far better than others in the market. Having women well represented in the c-suite and boardroom — especially in agencies — should be commonplace."

Read Campaign US interview here.

Walrus hosted “Run it Like A Girl” a panel of independent agency CEO’s all women, all founders. Walrus’ CEO Frances L. Webster advice: "Advocate for yourself, support other women and get over being afraid of talking about money".

Watch Walrus’ #AWNewYork panel here.

The biking in Northwest Arkansas, specifically the Oz Trails, is incredible and Walrus is working to let the world know.

Read AdAge coverage here.

Thank you to all of our clients. Congrats, team!

Read Inc.com article here.

Read Campaign US article here.

Our latest Slow-Mag Campaign has been making a splash in the press with features in AdAge, Creativity and Adweek.

"This isn't an ad -- it's a tool that can be used over and over again," Read Campaign Magazine's entire feature on our Sprout Voice Application.

Check it out.

Avrio Health appointed Walrus as agency of record for its Slow-Mag and Colace brands, following a review.

Walrus will be tasked with leading creative, media and packaging design for Slow-Mag and will oversee creative for Colace.

Read the articles here.
and here.

"Walrus welcomed Paul Savaiano as head of strategy. In the role, he will be tasked with overseeing all existing and new business and leading the agency’s strategic growth while working closely with Walrus media communications director Kevin Porter to create communications plans for clients.

Savaiano arrives at Walrus from Taxi New York, where he has served as head of strategy since 2016 and helped secure new business including Dannon Yogurt. Prior to that he spent two years as freelance brand strategist following two years as a senior strategist with 72andSunny Los Angeles, where he helped bring in Square as a client. Prior to that he spent three years as a strategist with Leo Burnett Chicago."

Read the article here.

In search of more holistic solutions, creative agencies are bringing media in-house. Digiday reporter Yuyu Chen features Walrus in her article that addresses agencies’ plans to bridge the gap between media and creative. COO Frances L. Webster notes: “If you don’t bring media in-house, you only provide half of the service to clients.”

Read the article here.

Walrus welcomes Kevin Porter as its new Director of Media Communications. Porter previously spent 10 years at Widen+Kennedy leading the New York media department and increasing agency digital billings by nearly $30 million. He has worked with clients including ESPN, JetBlue, Nabisco, CoverGirl, Bank of New York, Booking.com and Merck & Company.

Read more here.

AdAge asked 140 media, marketing and advertising leaders to share some advice on how Twitter can save itself—in 140 characters or less. Our own Deacon Webster weighed in with this thoughts.

Read more here.

The Trade Desk (TTD) and Walrus are hoping to help people understand the abstract world of programmatic advertising with the "Missed Connections" campaign.

Read The Media Post feature here.

Walrus co-founders discuss starting their own company, building a modern ad agency and finding inspiration outside of the office.

Read The Drum feature here.

Walrus CCO Deacon Webster discusses why CMOs shouldn’t disregard agencies that regularly produce Cannes-winning work, arguing that effective advertising and award-winning advertising are often one and the same.

Read the Ad Age article here.

Walrus CCO Deacon Webster weighs in on the debate over who should own dynamic creative as a client service: media or creative agencies?

Read more here.

Sprout Foods has named Walrus as its new agency of record for creative advertising, media and public relations.

Read more here.

Mel Stern, Media Director at Walrus, discusses the advantages of bringing media and creative closer together inside agencies with AdExchanger.

Read the full article here.

In his latest article for Forbes, Deacon Webster, CCO at Walrus, discusses the value of brand scarcity at a time when goods, services, and media are available 24/7.

See the full article here.

Deacon Webster, CCO of Walrus, responds to a recent study highlighting low morale in the advertising industry and recommends that agencies start improving morale by changing the way they approach the work.

Read the article in Campaign US.

With 150 million daily users, Snapchat is a big opportunity for marketers. HubSpot looks at a number of "unusual" Snapchat marketing campaign, including the Tiny Toast campaign created by Walrus, and how they worked.

Check it out here.

Walrus has added a media department to handle media planning and buying for clients, in addition to creative advertising and marketing strategy. Mel Stern, a former partner at J3, will lead the new group as Media Communications Director.

Check out the full story in MediaPost.

A new 100% mobile campaign by Walrus is targeting non-adult cereal eaters where they live -- on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube and Tumblr. If you're a teen, the four absurdist spots in this campaign are designed to get you haha-ing and sharing, and then bugging your mom or dad to buy Tiny Toast.

See the full post here.

Display advertising is long overdue for an overhaul. In his latest piece for Huffington Post, Deacon Webster explores how to reinvent banner ads from the ground up.

Read the full article here.

Campaign swag that didn't make the cut - created by Walrus and featured in the Times' Sunday Review.

See The New York Times feature here.

Deacon Webster tells ClickZ how Walrus thrives by doing its own thing.
Click here to read the full interview.

Frances Webster tells The Huffington Post how her life experience has influenced her as a leader and offers advice for other women in business.
Read the full interview here.

This top-10 list by Deacon Webster, CCO at Walrus, will help you figure out where we stand.
Check it out here.

Inc. Magazine asked Walrus' CCO Deacon Webster to share his favorite inspirational leadership quote.

"A great leader should be one part John Wayne, and one part Yoda. Sometimes leaders need to step up and fearlessly take on the things that nobody else wants to do. And other times they need to simply offer clarity and a bit of wisdom. Either way you need to be an ace in the hole for your team. If they've got John Wayne/Yoda on their side, they're feeling pretty good facing whatever is in front of them."

See the full story here.

Should marketers consolidate all of their business with one agency or spread it across a number of specialized shops? In his latest piece for Forbes, Deacon Webster shares his thoughts on this question that's constantly on everyone's mind.
Read Deacon's op-ed in Forbes here.

Running an ad agency is a tough business. This Ad Age piece is a brief overview of how much (or what little) Walrus' co-founders have learned in our first 10 years in business.
Read all about it here.

Frances and Deacon Webster tell all.
Read the Adweek story here.

Deacon Webster talks with ClickZ about the opportunities and challenges facing creative agencies in the year ahead.
Read the full article here.

Walrus co-founder & CCO Deacon Webster explores the terrifying implications of Google's recent acquisition of Nest. Read it all here!

Our Name Change campaign for Smith & Wollensky won a North American Effie!

Walrus was voted Ad Age's Northeast Agency of the Year! Must mean we're doing something right.
Read the full write-up.

Walrus co-founders Frances and Deacon Webster were featured in Adweek.
Here's what they had to say about us.

Bob Garfield called our Expense-A-Steak campaign "one of the best ideas" he's seen in "24 years of ad reviewing."