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OUR PASSION FOR DEERE
RUNS MORE THAN PAINT DEEP

We are ingrained in your business. For over 20 years, VML has been John Deere’s go-to choice to provide your dealership with full-service co-op marketing. We do this at no additional cost to you.

WE MOVE MORE IRON

It’s why VML is John Deere’s co-op agency of record. That means significant cost and time savings for you as well as shortening your team’s to-do list.


WE MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER

John Deere corporate pays for our services so running with VML is like adding over 70 full-time employees at no cost to you.

No fees or mark-ups on co-op eligible media so your ad budget goes further.

No co-op pre-approval required.

One single consolidated bill debited monthly saves time and reduces paperwork.

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WE’RE FIELD TESTED
JUST LIKE YOUR EQUIPMENT

After over 100,000 miles traveled on dealer visits, product training, Deere planning meetings, DAG, JDUG & sales training, we know where you’re coming from and how to activate to achieve your goals.

Our veteran team consists of 70+ people across a variety of disciplines.

Aggregated performance data across the dealer network.

Nationally and internationally awarded digital and creative team.

CUSTOM CREATIVE
THAT TELLS
YOUR STORY

Your dealership has a story to tell that’s uniquely yours. Our team finds that story & develops it into a custom creative campaign that moves iron.

CUSTOM CREATIVE SERVICES

ADZONE DEALER TAGGING & RESIZING

NO PRE-APPROVAL REQUIRED

CUSTOM CREATIVE SERVICES • ADZONE DEALER TAGGING & RESIZING • NO PRE-APPROVAL REQUIRED •


DEALER BRANDS + CONTENT

Your brand + voice is crucial to your success. Why? Because you can buy a John Deere at lots of places, but it’s the intangibles that your dealership brings to the table that sets you apart. VML takes what makes your dealership unique and elevates, evolves and refines them to develop your own custom brand. Here are some examples of brand campaigns we have created.


MORE THAN PAINT DEEP

Our humbly aggressive campaign put the old saying “you’re just paying for the green paint” to rest. We went head to head with our biggest competitor and created exciting but practical comparison content across social, digital, print, point of sale and more! Exclusively made for our fantastic dealer network.

LEADERS

RECOGNIZED

No 2. on AdAge A-list

Forrester

• Leader Global Marketing Creative and Content Services
• Leader Global Marketing Services
• Leader Global Digital Experience Services
• Leader Commerce Services

122 Effies. Ranked 3rd in North America

20+ 2024 NAMA Awards & Counting

2024 Cannes: No 4 Agency of the decade

D&AD Agency of the year 2024

WE HANDLE THE
HEAVY LIFTING

We provide program management, media services, digital services and analytics & reporting at no cost to you. And we never farm out your work.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Budget management
Invoice processing
Co-op submissions

MEDIA SERVICES

Data-driven personalized plans
Media negotiation
Execution, trafficking & reconciliation
Integrated with national media efforts
Digital and traditional media
Group advertising
Sponsorships

DIGITAL SERVICES

Paid search engine marketing
Programmatic display & video
Paid social advertising
Streaming TV & radio
Dynamic media (Cross Channel)
Performance Max/Demand Generation
In-house seats at The Trade Desk & DV360
Content creation
Landing page creation
DSP
SEO

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BETTER DATA = BETTER RESULTS

Halo is our proprietary tool that provides performance dashboards and benchmarking against aggregate dealer averages.

Web analytics set-up & consultation

JDUG 2025

DOWNLOADABLE PRESENTATIONS

Integrated Search Strategy – Optimizing Search across Paid & Organic

GA4 for Beginners

OUR JDUG TEAM

Bert Smith
Dir. Client Engagement
bert.smith@vml.com

Katie Grissom
Connections Director
katie.grissom@vml.com

Matt Jones
Group Creative Director
matt.jones@vml.com

Elisabeth Tidman
Connections Supervisor
elisabeth.tidman@vml.com

Allison Hearty
Assoc. Connections Director
allison.hearty@vml.com

Mary Roehl
Supv. Client Engagement
mary.roehl@vml.com

Mike Sulik
Supv. Client Engagement
mike.sulik@vml.com

Kaitlin Rose
Sr. Account Manager
kaitlin.rose@vml.com

Annie Milbourn
Sr. Account Manager
annie.milbourn@vml.com