KMK Media Group won a silver Telly award for its production of a series of TV commercials for Pearson, the regional heating/cooling/plumbing/pest control company. The commercials featured actual Pearson service technicians sharing stories about some of their favorite customer experiences. View the TV spots here.

This is the 40th year the Telly Awards have been given out, honoring excellence in video production and showcasing the best work created for television and digital screens worldwide. Judges from creative organizations worldwide including NBC Universal, Conde Nast Entertainment, The New York Times, and Inc. Magazine evaluated more than 12,000 video entries.

Pearson first hired KMK for marketing services in 2006. KMK Media Group is a 20-year-old marketing communications firm specializing in web site development, video production, graphic design, public relations, media buying, advertising campaigns and social media marketing.

KMK Media Group developed new collateral, website and updated brand for Heritage Way Advisors, a fee-only retirement planning and wealth management firm serving clients across the United States.

The mobile-enabled website highlights the firm’s financial niche and expertise, its advisors, its unique investment approach and offers client portal access. https://www.heritagewayadvisors.com/

KMK Media Group is a 20-year-old marketing communications firm specializing in web site development, video production, graphic design, public relations, media buying, advertising campaigns and social media marketing. www.kmkmedia.com.

KMK Media Group developed a new brand and website for Rockford Urological, an independent urological practice serving Northern Illinois. The website highlights the medical group’s expert robotic surgery, fertility assistance, cancer treatment and bladder care. http://rockfordurological.com/

KMK has worked with the practice for nearly ten years.

KMK Media Group is a 20-year-old marketing communications firm specializing in web site development, video production, graphic design, public relations, media buying, advertising campaigns and social media marketing. www.kmkmedia.com.

Rockford Woman’s Club hired KMK Media Group to redesign its marketing materials including creation of a new logo, website, brochures and print ad to promote the organization’s community-focused and philanthropic member club. http://www.rockfordwomansclub.com/

The marketing materials also highlight the organization’s 100-year-old historic building, featuring banquet rooms for hosting community events and an 800-seat theatre. KMK has worked with the Woman’s Club for more than 15 years.

KMK Media Group is a 20-year-old marketing communications firm specializing in web site development, video production, graphic design, public relations, media buying, advertising campaigns and social media marketing.

Illinois Bank & Trust hired KMK Media Group to produce a series of videos showcasing the uniqueness of the bank’s clients and the customized support the bank provides to help those clients flourish and grow.

The short videos are posted to the bank’s Facebook page and used for other marketing and informational purposes. View the videos at: https://www.facebook.com/illinoisbankandtrust/videos/354975501799213/

“Illinois Bank & Trust works with such a wide variety of customers, from healthcare to manufacturing to service industries,” said KMK Media Group CEO Pam Maher. “These videos show the partnership between the bank and its customers to accomplish aggressive goals—it’s inspiring.”

KMK Media Group is a 20-year-old marketing communications firm specializing in web site development, video production, graphic design, public relations, media buying, advertising campaigns and social media marketing. www.kmkmedia.com.

The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau hired KMK Media Group to assist with public relations, social media and marketing efforts while their associate director of marketing is on maternity leave.

KMK will assist the RACVB with promotional efforts related to regional tourism initiatives, working collaboratively with many local organizations to help promote the Rockford region.

“We are proud supporters of Rockford and all it has to offer, choosing to invest and locate our business in downtown Rockford,” said KMK Media Group CEO Pam Maher. “We live in the region and many of our team members grew up in the stateline so we have a vested interest in helping the RACVB positively promote Rockford.”

KMK Media Group, a Rockford-based marketing communications firm, announced the promotion of Lori Wallace to Project Manager. Wallace will be responsible for the internal project process flow in taking work from start to completion for KMK Media’s more than 100 active clients.

Wallace joined KMK Media in 2006, handling a variety of marketing and process roles within the company including media buying, social media management and customer support.

Wallace serves on the board of the Rock River Valley Food Pantry, previously chaired the Northern Illinois Advertising Federation ADDY awards and will soon graduate from the Rockford Chamber’s Leadership Rockford program. She is a Rockford native.

KMK Media Group, a Rockford-based marketing communications firm, launched a website for Stepping Stones of Rockford, a non-profit serving those with mental illness in the community. The organization is celebrating 50 years providing mental health resources in Rockford.

The new website, https://steppingstonesrockford.org, explains available mental health services and housing resources in the Rockford area, allows web visitors to make online donations and incorporates timely blogs. The site also allows web visitors to track the location of “kindness stones” they find around Rockford, placed by Stepping Stones to celebrate its 50th anniversary and raise awareness of mental illness in the community.

Stepping Stones of Rockford is located on North Main Street in Rockford and serves more than 160 clients per year with varying levels of support ranging from counseling to residential services.

“Stepping Stones is an asset to our region, providing dozens of people each year with the support they need to maintain jobs and lead productive lives while living with mental illness,” said KMK CEO Pam Maher. “It is a pleasure to help promote what they do.”

KMK Media Group, a Rockford based marketing communications firm, developed and launched a new website and related marketing materials for a simple, yet innovative medical device called the E-Z Catch System, used for urine collection in laboratories and physician offices: see http://ezcatchsystem.com/.

The new invention is the brainchild of longtime Rockford physician, Dr. Charles Washington. Dr. Washington developed the concept and prototype, refined it and had it manufactured by a local company. He is now marketing and selling the device online and to labs and medical practices.

Synergy Production Group, a downtown Rockford firm that provides large-scale event coordination, hired KMK Media Group to assist with public relations efforts for three large events happening in the Rockford region over the next six months.

The events include Empowering Athletes for Life at the UW Sports Factory in April, the 1st Annual Vibe Expo at the Rockford Rivets Stadium in May and the 3rd annual Rockford Battle at the Rivets Stadium in July benefitting community non-profits. Synergy Production group is owned by Ray Richmond.