About
Our Story
2010
The rapid change in technology and transition to digital print and online messaging helped the company grow in efficiency, experience and capability. In 2016, Brush Art’s third generation began working at the agency. Marketing campaigns include online metrics and measurables which drive internet traffic and promote sales for our customers.
In 2017, Brush Art acquired Sun Graphics in Parsons, KS, and Donlevy Lithograph in Wichita, KS, and established The Brush Group. The employee number now is close to 97 members of the workforce.
2000
As media planning and technology evolved, the marketing process was less mechanical and more digital. Brush Art started working with state governmental programs, including the Women, Infant, Children (WIC) Program. Brush Art’s outstanding design talent and ability to provide flexible services and solutions proved valuable to the program’s success. In 2000, Tim Brush was appointed President and CEO, Tom Brush to Vice President of Sales, and Heidi Doane to CFO.
In 2006 and 2007, Brush Art was added to the Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. While very proud of this award, intentional, measured growth has always been a strength at Brush Art. The company has grown and expanded, while still providing effective marketing to our clients. Due to this, Brush Art has multiple clients that have been with the company for over 30 years.
1990s
Over the next 5 years, the second generation, Heidi, Tim and Tom, joined the company. Since day one, family values have always been at the center of the Brush Art standards.
The Brush Art client base began to expand outside of the ag industry and into technology, construction, and governmental, to name a few. Working with Caterpillar dealers expanded the scope into all fifty states and Canada. Brush Art became an integrated advertising agency and publishing firm, serving a broad range of business-to-business and business-to-customer clientele. Brush Art Corporation is a licensee of Caterpillar Inc.
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1970s – 1980s
The development of decals, literature and placing ads in publications composed the core services of Brush Art in the early days. Production was labor intensive, including creative, copy writing, customer service, photography, media buying and accounting. During the 1980s, Brush Art was an established business in the small community and had grown to 6 employees. Work shifted from one off projects to the development of marketing programs.
1962
Brush Art Corporation was founded in 1962 by Doug and Kay Brush, working out of an apartment in Lawrence, Kansas. Doug was a sophomore in college when he decided to start the company. Doug and Kay soon moved back to their hometown of Downs, Kansas, where the Brush Art main office is still located. The advertising agency began with design and some printing and manufacturing. Some early clients in the ag industry including Orthman Manufacturing, Sunflower Mfg., and Landoll Corporation.
Industries We Serve
We work with clients in agriculture, construction and industrial equipment, B2B and government sectors. On the surface these sectors seem diverse and dissimilar. To us, they are similar. They all require appreciation for the complexities and nuances of the markets, as well as the ability to deliver solutions that connect and resonate with their unique audience segments.
Adaptable, Outcome-driven Approach
Perhaps you’re looking for fresh insights into an established audience, an integrated media strategy with specific KPIs and real-time analytics, or an efficient, turnkey approach to supporting your dealer network. Regardless of the problems you’re needing to solve, we begin by understanding what you want to accomplish and then delve into your customers’ attitudes, needs and behaviors.
Our approach is simple, flexible and collaborative. Just four core steps — each generating essential building blocks to marketing success — that are then adapted to your unique needs and opportunities with an eye toward solutions that inspire and compel your customers to action and achieve solid marketing ROI.
Goals & Metrics
Marketing Goals
Communications Objectives
Metrics & KPIs
Market Insight
Brand
Customer
Competition
Cultural Context
Strategic Solutions
Branding
Integrated Communications
Content Marketing
Marketing Operations & Logistics
Dealer Recruitment & Marketing
Results
Dashboards
Analytics
Reporting
Optimizations
The Brush Art Family
Brush Art is a place where big talent, with diverse backgrounds and experiences, from up the road to places like Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago can think, collaborate and thrive. They come for the opportunity to solve brand and marketing challenges. They stay for the fun, rewarding, family environment.
We staff our account teams with a lean mix of hybrid talent that is best suited to serve our client’s business. This approach enables us to deliver the best value possible by streamlining the day-to-day relationship and cost structure and reducing potential breaks in communication and quality control. And it ensures our teams are fully vested in our client’s business and proactively partnering with the client, in-house teams and other agency partners.
Meet our family of strategic problem solvers…
