Experience

We believe that current market forces are too complex, and financial stakes too high, to risk the cost of inexperience. Today's markets punish surface thought.

BurnsGroup is a team of seasoned, large-agency professionals who came together to work in a smarter, more focused way, both for ourselves and our client partners. We're not a training agency - we only apply market-proven expertise to building brands. Our model provides smarter, faster, more effective solutions for growing client businesses.

As a group, we've won 14 gold EFFIES, the marketing industry's highest award for creative sales effectiveness -- an unmatched record of success. And we've won every major creative award in the industry: Cannes Lions, AAF ADDY's, and AAAA O'Toole Awards.

 
Cheerios

Built the brand into the #1 cereal in the US

  • winner of 3 Gold EFFIEs and a Best in Broadcast ADDY
Old Spice

Redefined brand image to appeal to lifestyle of the new generation of Gen Y males.

  • Boosted the brand's sales +35% in first year
BusinessWeek

Repositioned 75 year old brand as 21st Century multi-media brand that provided business insight to lead change.

  • 21% increased click-through rate
  • >25% improvement in key consumer attitudes & perceptions
Wild Turkey

Protected Wild Turkey super-premium Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey dominance in face of new direct competition

  • outpaced category growth year over year.
Hebrew National

Built the brand into the #2 position for the first time ever

  • Double digit growth with record share and volume up +28% in a declining category
  • Achieved 3rd highest results in ASI consumer test methodology
VERB

Established a youth-directed brand campaign to influence health behavior. Read about the full results in this independent Case Study.

  • 87% brand awareness
  • 75% of kid's motivated by the brand
  • 2 million children nationwide registered +25% increase in free-time physical activity
  • +25% increase in free-time physical activity for tween girls
Yoplait

Helped pioneer eating more calcium to lose weight

  • captured category leadership
  • EFFIE winner
UNICEF

Made children the face of AIDS – opening wallets by opening hearts

  • generated support from 34 nations
Kodak

Transformed the brand from memory storage to social expression for teens

  • product usage increased 53% among teens
  • Gold EFFIE winner