Rockfish Interactive

Fort Smith’s growth lags behind that of Little Rock and northwest Arkansas, but city leaders say there is cause for optimism. read more >

Will the state of Arkansas award its biggest advertising contract to an out-of-state agency? Little Rock marketing pros think probably not, but the idea isn’t inconceivable. read more >

Longtime state tourism marketer CJRW is one of 13 advertising firms from several states competing for the state's largest ad contract, the $14 million-a-year pact for promoting the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. read more >

David George doesn’t apologize for using scare tactics when he gives seminars at part of the Investor Education Program for the Arkansas Securities Department. read more >

Northwest Arkansas isn’t California’s Silicon Valley and has a long way to go before it can be considered remotely comparable, but technology industry leaders say the area is proving to be on the short list of best places in the field. read more >

OMMA magazine of New York City announced last week that it had named Rockfish of Rogers its 2013 agency of the year for design. read more >

Kenny Tomlin, founder and CEO of the fast-growing digital innovation company, was a 36-year-old member of the Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 Class of 2009. At that time, northwest Arkansas-based Rockfish, based in Rogers, had just opened a second office in Dallas and had 50 employees. The company has since grown to 200 employees at seven locations and was sold to a major buyer. read more >

Acxiom Corp. has again ranked second on Advertising Age magazine’s April 29 list of marketing-services agencies of all disciplines. The list ranks companies by U.S. revenue in 2012 — $678 million in Acxiom’s case. read more >

Inc., the national business magazine, this month recognized the rapid job creation of digital ad agency Rockfish Interactive in Rogers. read more >

Rockfish Interactive founder and serial entrepreneur Kenny Tomlin doesn't live in Arkansas anymore, but he continues to build businesses there. read more >