our story
humble beginnings
NADA advertising started like many new businesses do… with an idea. From 2002 to November of 2004, founders Daniel Williams-Goldberg and Nathan Nerland laid out the business plan, on a napkin, to create a unique agency that would be hard for companies to overlook. On November 2, 2004, the doors of NADA advertising opened on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN.
Back then, we were simply two guys with a vision to turn our creativity, business experience and passion for great service into tangible results for our clients. We had both come from cushy corporate jobs that paid the bills but left us unfulfilled. So we took a risk and left that opportunity behind to build our own company. In the beginning, eating mac and cheese and getting rid of digital cable were just some of the sacrifices we endured to build our new agency. We knew that with our fresh ideas and lots of energy, we could integrate new elements of design and strategy into the companies we work for and partner with them to become more successful.
We look back to those early days of a shared email address, double sided business card and one phone line – to where we are now and are proud of the portfolio we have built with our creative team and incredible clients.
We now have worked with over 150 clients and are proud to be the agency of record to over sixty businesses, both large and small, local and national.
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Come expereince the NADA difference!
