D & GG

D & GG, which styles itself D&GG, is a firm set up in 1984 that combines advertising, graphic design, marketing communications and strategic planning. It often starts with the message itself, researching what sets a client apart before building websites or campaigns around that finding.

What D & GG offers

• Strategy and messaging: client surveys and interviews to pin down a firm's value and advantages over rivals.
• Website design: responsive sites, including ones set up to take online donations.
• Direct mail: targeted mailers such as custom printed boxes with sample kits, letters and brochures, backed by follow-up calls.
• Advertising and design: general advertising and graphic design work.
• Strategic planning: marketing plans built around a client's main objectives.

Customers and markets

Its case studies cover an engineering consultancy, NIRA Engineers; a powdered metal component maker, FormFast Metals, whose mailer targeted engineers and buyers; and the ALM Foundation, a non-profit that now takes donations through its site.

Key facts

• Founded: 1984
• Company: D&GG, LLC