Exploring Life & Business with Candy Harman-Langley of The Harman Media and Marketing Group

Today we’d like to introduce you to Candy Harman-Langley. Them and their team share their story with us below:

Candy Harman, our founder, began her career with an advertising agency specializing in Co-Op in 1982. She quickly moved through the ranks and was soon promoted to Junior Vice President of Sales. She then decided to take a position in media sales, which would inevitably become invaluable to her career.

In addition to being a sales and marketing powerhouse, Candy was also a single mother with two beautiful children. So when she decided it was time to move her little family away from the hustle and bustle of LA, she settled down in Tampa, Florida to further pursue her sales career.

But Candy wanted more for her and her family, and in 1998, she began her marketing firm: The Harman Media Group. The firm quickly elevated to a national company specializing in packaged goods. Her team developed brand images and strategies for new product launches, and they helped larger companies increase their market share and raise their brand marketing indexes. The agency was highlighted in magazines and newspapers across the globe, and Candy was deemed one of the most prominent pioneers of co-branding.

But in 2001, Candy’s life took a tragic turn when her daughter was involved in a life-altering car accident. Candy knew it was time to close the doors to her agency so she could focus on the well-being of her daughter. The following year, Candy returned to the workforce. She began working for a small company that provided installation work for DTV and Dish Network, and in just a few years, Candy turned the company into the largest fulfillment company in the United States for satellite installations.

In 2011, Candy decided it was time to start a new life for her and her daughter. So they packed up and moved to Colorado Springs, where Candy would eventually remarry and take a new job in media sales. With a fresh new start under her belt, Candy decided it was time to revive her business.

Candy noticed a need for an agency that could grow small- to medium-sized businesses in the Colorado Springs and Denver Metro areas. So in 2017, she reopened The Harman Media & Marketing Group (THM2G). In 2019, Candy partnered with marketing expert Kevin Davis. Together, the two of them formed the THM2G dream team.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Since this is the second agency for me it was a little easier. However, finding just the right partner took me a while.

What I can say is it was worth the wait as Kevin Davis has proven to be the perfect business partner and he has such a profound knowledge of the digital space. We finally have the perfect team.

Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about The Harman Media and Marketing Group (THM2G)?
We are a boutique agency. We believe in handling everything in-house and do not outsource for better control over results and to meet our clients ‘KPIs. We offer all marketing services from Graphic design and digital marketing to production and media placement.

We have all the tools at our disposal that the big agencies utilize. We feel our clients should be bigger fish in the smaller pond. We are truly proud of the work we have done for our clients and have plenty of references to validate our success for our clients. We love what we do.

Before we let you go, we’ve got to ask if you have any advice for those who are just starting.
My advice would be to go work for an advertising agency for a while before you just jump into your own business.

Advertising is an ever-changing field and up-to-date knowledge is very important.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.thm2g.com