please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message promotus advertising industry advertising and promotions headquarters indianapolis indiana key people bruce bryant president products advertising media services strategic planning production promotion website 1 promotus advertising from latin promotus meaning to advance someone to a higher grade or office ; to move forward advance ; to further the growth or progress of anything . located in indianapolis indiana was started in 1983 by bruce bryant during a time when there were very few african americans working in the advertising business and no african american owned agencies . 1 the company provides strategic planning creative services production services and account management . the company s objective is to represent each client with professionalism offer counsel provide financial stewardship and present the client s product or service in its best light . the mission is to improve each client s market position . background edit promotus advertising has positioned the agency as an urban and ethnic marketing firm in indiana . citation needed it is a strategy that has sustained the agency . 2 in spite of fact that the company competes with some of the largest advertising agencies in the state and faced some major setbacks over the last 25 years the agency continues to grow . revenue increased to just over 8 million dollars for 2008 and the agency has been given local and national awards . 3 while promotus advertising is a minority owned business and viewed as an ethnic marketing specialist it has clients and experience beyond ethnic marketing . promotus has been able to remain competitive as a small agency by generating solutions and strategies through non traditional thinking . promotus advertising was selected as a blue chip community business award winner for 2002 and holds the title of the oldest and most successful african american owned agency in the state . bluechip award winners promotus advertising is a member of the indiana federation of advertising agencies ifaa and the american advertising federation of indianapolis aaf of indianapolis . references edit past winner stories http www.bluechipaward.com winner stories.cfm winner 66 a premier urban agency http promotusadv.tumblr.com post 80739162774 rockin the boat and still afloat agency strengthens its position http editor.ne16.com he vo.aspx fileid 117089 & memberid 170258894 & mailid 3246830 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title promotus advertising & oldid 743483204 categories advertising agencies of the united statescompanies based in indianapoliscompanies established in 1983hidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2009all articles needing additional referencesarticles with peacock terms from april 2009all articles with peacock termsorphaned articles from july 2009all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view