that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article has an unclear citation style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message north woods advertising industry advertising communications political consulting headquarters minneapolis area served united states key people founder bill hillsman creative director vaughn juares website http www.northwoodsadvertising.com north woods advertising is an advertising company based in minneapolis whose activities include advertising public relations political consulting marketing strategy and others . it was founded by bill hillsman and specializes in working with political candidates and issue oriented clients . 1 political advertising edit in 1990 north woods contributed to the campaign to get paul wellstone elected to senate earning north woods advertising the grand effie award from the american marketing association . 2 north woods political advertising occasionally receives negative feedback from critics . their ads for senate candidate jim slattery landed on politico s the 10 worst ads of the season list in 2008 . 3 awards edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message north woods advertising has won several awards including silver bronze gold and grand effie awards an emmy award and several gold silver and bronze pollie awards . 4 5 6 references edit north woods advertising official site . ny times ; top effie award goes for humorous ads that helped win senate seat . . politico s 10 worst ad of the season . recognizing the stars in political and public affairs communications pdf . pollie awards pdf . 11436 aapc winners 09 rev.indd pdf . retrieved 2012 10 17 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title north woods advertising & oldid 743567822 categories advertising agencies of the united statescompanies based in minneapolishidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2009all articles with a promotional tonewikipedia references cleanup from june 2009all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from june 2009all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles needing additional references from june 2009all articles needing additional references 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 10 october 2016 at 06 34 . 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