Market Connections

08/11/2025

Hello Maine. Market Connections - Alison, Catherine and I - are thrilled to tell your story and all about your beaches. 🦞

02/03/2019

It’s always a pleasure to tell the unique and wonderful stories of Transylvania County for Explore Brevard. But this week, working with The Today Show and also Garden and Gun, has been especially fun. Hats off to Transylvania County Tourism and the Market Connections’s PR team for making Brevard and Transylvania shine!

Meet Pisgah Pete, the white squirrel in Brevard, North Carolina who has correctly predicted the Super Bowl winner for the last four years.

06/14/2018

Part of the Market Connections team on the Crooked Road in Clintwood, VA, at the Ralph Stanley Museum with the Mountains of Music Homecoming.

09/22/2017

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08/23/2017

We were thrilled to work with Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute on their 2017 total solar eclipse event. Check out the video below from Call to Action Creative documenting the events of the day.

03/04/2017

A heartfelt thanks to John Deere for their wonderful films about a remarkable place and its music. We are so proud to work with southwest Virginia's Crooked Road and their signature event, Mountains of Music Homecoming. Come join us June 9-17 for an extraordinary nine days of music, food and the sounds that have shaped America. Find the schedule and tickets at mtnsofmusic.com

Looking back to the Big Bang of country music.

03/27/2016

We're looking for a highly creative, talented art director looking to excel and work in a dynamic agency environment. Check out the description below for more details. http://www.creativehotlist.com/Jobs/Details/192985

03/01/2016

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for this year's American Advertising Awards! Our local competitors did extremely well, taking home twelve gold and eight silver awards. Congrats to the winners! We are so fortunate to have such creative minds and talent in Asheville.

02/25/2016

02/18/2016

We’re excited to announce the results of the 2016 Asheville ADDY Awards. We received two Gold Awards for The Transylvania County Tourism Development Authority "My Transylvania" magazine ad campaign and for a multiple sign installation at the Brevard Visitor Center. Our "These Guys" magazine print ad and 2015 cross platform branded campaign for Davidson River Outfitters both received Gold Awards. We received two silver awards for the "Focus on Giving" annual report for the Community Foundation of Henderson County and the website for Davidson River Outfitters. We hold a tremendous amount of gratitude toward our clients for these opportunities and look forward to new projects in the coming year.

06/26/2015

All of us at Market Connections are so proud of our president and founder Karen Tessier on her selection as the Asheville Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Leader of the Year. Karen's contributions as a small business owner, community leader and advocate for the performing arts are legendary. Karen is our agency's leader, but most of all she's our hero – the Market Connections team.