Haley was at an advertising agency/PR firm today

[Miguel]

The first indication we had of this was this tweet:

Ben Doessel ‏@BenDoessel

omg. @haleyreinhart is in our agency. Not usually an idol fan but I'm in love. She will be mine.

I did a quick search and determined he must be a copywriter for Ogilvy and Mather. He's very junior and may have just started his employment there -- his website only lists two internships at previous agencies. He might be freelancing as that is all his LinkedIn profile shows for his work history.

I tweeted this, but received no response from him:

Miguel ‏@HaleyFansDotCom

@BenDoessel Does @HaleyReinhart have an endorsement deal with an O&M client or is she there to talk PR?

A couple of hours after his initial tweet, he tweeted:

Ben Doessel ‏@BenDoessel

Best day of my career to date. #tothebar

Don't know if the two tweets are related.

An hour or so ago, Figure 8 tweeted this picture, but I don't know the original source:



Ogilvy is one of the largest, most established ad agencies in the world. They have offices in over 120 countries and serve international clients like IBM and Ford. I would like to think they were wanting to license one of Haley's songs for a big client like Ford, but I have a feeling this was a visit to Oglivy's public relations arm. They might have been discussing some new PR opportunities for Haley. Or they might be in charge of her social media efforts.

Here you can see some college students studying PR visited the same offices: http://ilstuprssa.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/ogilvy-tour/

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Another clue, retweeted by F8:



^ Her job is "Presentations Coordinator at Ogilvy & Mather." So she may have coordinated Haley's appearance. Still not sure why she was there.

[makefigure8s]

From the tweets (which is where picture ^ comes from), looks like she was doing the rounds with Ole (Chad)...

Chad Richardson ‏@chadofalltrades thanks to the crew at @WaltonIsaacson from @HaleyReinhart and@olemajorlyindie You guys were awesome! !http://pic.twitter.com/epzMtedR 4:25 PM - 6 Aug 12 via web · Details


Chad Richardson ‏@chadofalltrades Thanks @ogilvy !!! from @HaleyReinhart and @olemajorlyindie http://pic.twitter.com/BZGfJ10d 4:20 PM - 6 Aug 12 via web · Details

Laura Swetin ‏@Loswetin Haley Reinhardt from American idol stopped by the office to sing us a few tunes. Undeniably fantastic. Now thttp://instagr.am/p/OA1E7eidbL/ 9:12 PM - 6 Aug 12 via Instagram · Details [Ogilvy]

[Babbs234]

Wow! Our Haley is just movin on up. I'm so excited for her!! And everyone that meets her is in love

[midnightblues]

Wow! Our Haley is just movin on up. I'm so excited for her!! And everyone that meets her is in love

I think it's safe to say at this point Haley Is blessed. The cameras love Haley also. Maybe some endorsements for products, or some modeling, lots of opportunities are coming her way. And I'm excited for her also.

[NUG]

Wow, things are just snowballing now, it seems.

[Miguel]

They hit up a small agency too, a hot one, creatively.

Chad Richardson ‏@chadofalltrades

thanks to the crew at @WaltonIsaacson from @HaleyReinhart and @olemajorlyindie You guys were awesome!! pic.twitter.com/epzMtedR

Walton Isaacson was just recognized as one of the top small ad agencies in the country. Current clients include Lexus, Unilever (Axe/Degree/Dove/Suave), Beam Global Spirits and Wine (Knob Creek/Skinny Girl/Courvosier), Caesar's Entertainment, One.Org, among others.

Ole brought cupcakes on these visits:



I've worked in agencies and it used to be common for photographer reps and producer reps to bring baked goods to entice people to come look at samples of their clients' work. I haven't seen that practice since the Internet became so prominent. And I've never seen anyone bring live musical talent.

The people who attended these meetings were usually individuals from the creative department who had time to kill. They didn't result in any immediate jobs. But they helped the reps build relationships and someone might tuck the work/name of some person away in the their mind for future projects (particularly if they excelled at some niche).

In Haley's case, an added benefit is word-of-mouth talk about her. Advertising creatives tend to be young and regarded as somewhat hip, so it can't hurt if they tell their friends an American Idol contestant pleasantly surprised them.

One thing to note about that picture is the associates are very young. And the ratio of men to women is almost the opposite of most creative departments I have seen. They might have more women because of the Dove account (or they might be Haley fans from account service). In any case, if this is representative of the turnout I would guess many guys passed on the opportunity to meet Haley.

Ad Age says the agency was formed in 2006 with four employees and today has 97 in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami and Tokyo. There is a tie to Magic Johnson so the main office is probably in LA.

[Haleylvr4evr]

Hope something good happens from this! I dont really understand what you said about the agencies but it looks like this could help her!

[Miguel]

Since Ole was involved, they probably hope to license one of Haley's songs for use in a television spot.
Both agencies have car clients.

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[Tusk]

Nice sleuthing Miguel !

[john]

In Haley's case, an added benefit is word-of-mouth talk about her. Advertising creatives tend to be young and regarded as somewhat hip, so it can't hurt if they tell their friends an American Idol contestant pleasantly surprised them.

One thing to note about that picture is the associates are very young. And the ratio of men to women is almost the opposite of most creative departments I have seen. They might have more women because of the Dove account (or they might be Haley fans from account service). In any case, if this is representative of the turnout I would guess many guys passed on the opportunity to meet Haley.

Thanks for the insights, Miguel. It is nice to see young, hip employees of these agencies making comments like "Undeniably fantastic." Perhaps someone up the chain will take note.