Celebrating 25 Years

January 1982... take a small space in a garage, a good sturdy drafting table, and an ancient computer - add one industrious individual with a passion for the art of marketing - and an advertising agency was born.

E. W. Bullock Associates was established by Ellis W. Bullock, III in the spring of that year - having moved out of the garage a few months later. Prior to founding the agency, Ellis held various positions within the advertising industry and sensed a real need on the Gulf Coast for a well-rounded, innovative advertising agency.

Within six months of inception, E. W. Bullock Associates listed a dozen prominent regional businesses as clients. Today, the agency has nearly 100 active clients. We've enjoyed relationships lasting over a decade with many clients, such as Baptist Health Care, City of Pensacola, Energy Services of Pensacola, Port of Pensacola, Pensacola Regional Airport, Bell Steel, Bullock Tice, Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, Pensacola Bay Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Pensacola Interstate Fair, Mid-Bay Bridge, O'Sullivan Creel CPAs and The ZOO.

In 1984, E. W. Bullock Associates became a member of the prestigious American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA). This membership requires financial stability, a quality product and the highest ethical standards. Only 10 percent of the nation's 7000-plus advertising agencies are AAAA members, yet this 10 percent places over 80 percent of all advertising in the United States.

Today, the agency buzzes with 13 in-house employees and several out-of-office employees - more than half who have been here over 10 years and several over 20! We have a lot of fun.

Thank goodness Ellis moved out of his garage...