0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} where it all started 2006 Founded by Lori Turner-Wilson and Julie Lunn — friends and colleagues during their time leading sales, marketing and communications divisions in the Fortune 1000 world — RedRover’s initial name was BlueMoon Marketing & Communications. The Prospero Building OUR FIRST SPACE 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} OUR FIRST SPACE 2006 The founders purchased a small 700 SqFt office space in Bartlett, Tennessee as their inaugural space — or the “doghouse”. Where it all started New Mark 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} New Mark 2006 90 days later the brand evolved to RedRover — Breakthrough Marketing & Communications — as the objective of the game RedRover was to break through the arms of the other team. Turner-Wilson and Lunn were certainly known for more than their share of disruptive, breakthrough marketing strategies.. Our First Space Evolution 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Evolution 2006 RedRover’s tagline evolved to “Sales & Marketing” to align with its increased focus on sales and marketing alignment as well as sales enablement and coaching. New Mark Emerge Memphis 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Emerge Memphis 2008 Founder, Julie Lunn, moved to Nashville, TN and opened RedRover’s second office there. Meanwhile, Turner-Wilson was invited to join the EmergeMemphis high-growth business incubator which meant a move to downtown Memphis into the historic South Main Arts district to join many other high-growth companies in this collaborative co-working space at the corner of Tennessee and GE Patterson. As an incubator company, aggressive growth goals were set for achievement within five years. Evolution D Canale Building 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} D Canale Building 2010 Turner-Wilson, and the growing Memphis pack, met its five-year incubator growth goals within just two-and-a-half years, graduated early from the EmergeMemphis program and moved into the D. Canale building on South Front Street. Emerge MEmphis The Falls Building 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} The Falls Building 2013 The Memphis pack outgrew its new digs on South Front Street far more quickly than planned and moved to the historic Falls Building on North Front. The Falls Building was built in 1911 and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. D Canale Building Executive of the Year 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Executive of the Year 2013 Lori Turner-Wilson was recognized by the Memphis Business Journal as an Executive of the Year honoree. The Falls Building Top 10 to Watch 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Top 10 companies to watch 2013 RedRover was recognized by the Greater Memphis Chamber as one of the “Top 10 Companies to Watch.” Executive of the Year solidified brand 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Solidified Brand 2014 The RedRover brand logo was modernized to reflect the firm’s increasingly sophisticated, growing client base and its focus on integrated sales and marketing strategy as a key differentiator. Top 10 Companies AMA 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} American Marketing Association 2014 Turner-Wilson serves as founding President of the Memphis chapter of the American Marketing Association growing this organization to 100+ members in its inaugural year. Solidified Brand Juli Watt 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Juli Watt Joins the pack 2014 Juli Watt, joins the pack — ultimately earning a spot on the senior leadership team as Vice President of Operations. AMA WBENC 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Certified woman-owned small business 2015 RedRover earns certification by the WBE (women’s business enterprise) and as a WOSB (women owned small business) by the WBENC (Women’s Business International Council). Juli Watt WOOF 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} WOOF: Why Ordinary ORganizations Fail 2016 Turner-Wilson released her book — WOOF: Why Ordinary Organizations Fail — which is a collection of lessons and advice from Lori’s career in sales and marketing. This book shot up to Amazon’s top 10 best-selling sales books shortly after launch, and has since won accolades including an International Communicator Award. WBENC Vistage 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Vistage 2016 Turner-Wilson joins the Vistage CEO community as an investment in realizing the firm’s long-range vision. WOOF EOS 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Entrepreneurial Operating System 2017 Leadership aligns the firm’s operating model around the EOS (entrepreneurial operating system) as a method for ensuring long-term sustainable traction and growth Vistage impact award 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Vistage CEO Impact Award 2018 Turner-Wilson is recognized by her peers in the Vistage CEO network as the recipient of the annual Vistage CEO Impact Award for her contributions to other Vistage peers and her work to leverage the principles taught in Vistage to grow RedRover. EOS Results Guarantee 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} The Results Guarantee 2018 While the firm has always been highly metric driven, in 2018, the firm launched a gutsy results guarantee — essentially unheard of among full-service marketing firms in the US. Impact Award One Smart Cookie 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} One Smart Cookie 2018 A former scout, Turner-Wilson was recognized by Girl Scouts Heart of the South with the One Smart Cookie Award which celebrates women who make it happen. She attributes much of her success to the leadership lessons taught in those early Scout days, which is why Lori was asked to deliver an inspirational keynote at the Girls Scouts national conference in Memphis Executive of the Year Project Underdog 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Project Underdog 2018 The pack launches Project Underdog — a charitable initiative where the entire pack donates time for one full day to support the marketing and fundraising needs of an area rescue. One Smart Cookie Transition Team 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Shelby County Transition Team 2018 Turner-Wilson is tapped to join Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’s transition team. Project Underdog Historic Growth 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Historic Growth 2019 The firm realized the most significant growth in its history confirming that key strategies were indeed scalable and green lighting the firm’s organic and acquisition-based national expansion plans. Transition Team Pack DNA 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Pack DNA 2019 The pack collaborates to create RedRover’s Pack DNA — the 25 critical behaviors that define how pack members can bring the firm’s 5 core values to life every day. To this day, weekly Pack DNA training rituals ensure these are top of mind for all. Historic Growth Best Places to work 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Best Places to Work 2020 RedRover was named by the Memphis Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work. PAck DNA DEI 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} DEI 2020 RedRover launches a formal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitment with six ambitious goals for its first year. Best Places to Work Jee Vahn Knight 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Jee Vahn Knight Joins the PAck 2020 Jee Vahn Knight joins the pack and the senior leadership team as Vice President of Growth. DEI 15 years 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} 15 Years 2021 RedRover celebrates its 15 anniversary. Jee Vahn Knight best in show 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Best in Show 2021 RedRover has won countless Addy, Summit International, International Communicator, Davey and Telly Awards through the years, but none has meant more than the American Advertising Federation Best in Show award for the firm’s COVID video campaign for Shelby County. 15 Years Ashley Sullivan 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Ashley Sullivan Grows with The Pack 2022 Ashley Sullivan was elevated to Director of Client Strategy. Best in show Moving In 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Moving in 2023 RedRover moves into newly renovated high-tech company headquarters and publicly announces national expansion plans. Ashley Sullivan Levi Wardell 0{{current_slide_index}} 0{{total_slide_count}} Levi Wardell Joins The Pack 2023 Levi Wardell joins the pack as Director of Client Outcomes. Moving in where it all started
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