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Closing in: two big ad agencies compete with smaller entities that are after their market shares.

Alaska Business Monthly

| November 01, 2007 | Bohi, Heidi | COPYRIGHT 2007 Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Everything is big in Alaska. So when market research revealed that local fast food customers were hungry for a Big Mac that was even bigger, The Nerland Agency--the advertising firm tasked with promoting the golden arches statewide--came up with the idea for the McKinley Mac, a custom version of the popular 40-year-old sandwich, but with more meat and more sauce. The namesake product, available only in Alaska, was as heavily marketed as the latest teen idol, appearing in TV, radio and newspaper ads, on city buses, in movie theaters and inside every McDonald's restaurant. The name of the sandwich, the tagline "Everything is big in Alaska," and the promotions, all the ...

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