Marketing Mansion Podcast

A real-time look into the business issues plaguing businesses today

The Marketing Mansion Podcast is an informal but informative conversation between two marketing industry leaders in Bangor, Maine, with one goal in mind: to help business owners and chief executives find answers to the sales & marketing issues plaguing their growing business.

Cary Weston and Elizabeth Sutherland have more than 50 years of combined experience in marketing, advertising, and public relations. With a deep understanding of Maine’s business community, Cary and Elizabeth are ready to share their insight and expertise, all from a big, drafty, and maybe ghost-friendly, 200-year-old house on the hill above Bangor’s business district.

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Cary Weston
Elizabeth Sutherland, APR

What Is The Marketing Mansion?

Celebrating our closing on Sept 30, 2021

In the fall of 2021, after 15 years of renting, we decided to take the plunge and become property owners. We closed on a 200-year-old, 6,000-square-foot building in Bangor, Maine. The property was listed as having nine bedrooms, and seven bathrooms, and came with an adjacent 14-car parking lot.

We gave our landlord 90-day notice and started the clock on what would be an aggressive race to move in. We were in the middle of a global pandemic with chronic labor shortages and supply chain issues, what could possibly go wrong?

Well thanks to the hustle, skill, and attitude of Chris Shawley and his crew at 15 North Carpenters & Associates, we were able to have a holiday party and move in by the end of December.

We’ve decided to call the building our Marketing Mansion as it’s now where our creative web, graphics, av, PR, and strategy teams call home.

Our Creative Spirit ‘Birdie’

And a mansion wouldn’t be complete without a ghost or two. While we haven’t seen one yet, we’re quite convinced that we have a resident ‘creative spirit’ we’ve named Birdie, who loves by the widow watch in the attic, overlooking the shores of the Penobscot River.

The widow watch seat belonging to our resident creative spirit “Birdie”
The painting called “Creepy Lady” found at an antique store that has become the face of Birdie
Outside looking at attic position of Birdie’s widow watch seat

Visits With Birdie

When we have guests tour the mansion, we invite them to sit and ponder in Birdie’s seat 😉

Where We Started

Kitchen on the 2nd floor, which would become our idea studio
An exam room on the first floor which would become our Office Manager’s office
The first floor space that would become the office for our audio/visual team
A first floor exam room that would become our podcast and recording studio
The former reception area that will become the filming studio
The downstairs room that would lose a wall and become our kitchen

Under Construction

The audio/visual office area under construction
Removing tiles and strapping to reveal hidden tin ceilings
A look at the removed wall and found doorway in what would become the kitcen
A look into the filming studio in the works
The 2nd floor kitchen being transferred into our idea studio

A Few Finished Rooms

Office Manager's office
Office Manager’s office
Former reception area converted to filming studio
Former reception area converted to filming studio
First floor exam room which is our podcast studio
First floor exam room which is our podcast studio
First floor conversion to the Audio/ Visual production room
First floor conversion to the Audio/ Visual production room
Wall removal around first floor kitchen
Wall removal around first floor kitchen
Installation of downstairs kitchen
Installation of downstairs kitchen
The living room which serves as the Account Management office
The living room which serves as the Account Management office
Front stairwell with curved bannister
Front stairwell with curved bannister
Second floor kitchen converted to our Idea Studio
Second floor kitchen converted to our Idea Studio