Start Advertising & Marketing, Inc. is the flagship company of The Start Group. The agency was founded in 1971 as Dark III Marketing, Inc. Renamed Start Advertising in 2003, the agency continues to provide a full array of advertising and marketing services for consumer and business-to-business clients as well as dozens of independent telecommunications companies in 20 states. Our services include marketing plans, research, training, campaign design, Web production, print management, and media time/space/hit placement.