Inspired by the City's Ex-Con Mayoral Candidate, Providence Agency Turns to a Life of Crime

Adding muscle to your work with 'mobvertising'

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Buddy Cianci served as the mayor of Providence, R.I., for two decades and is running again this fall, despite having been convicted of two felonies over the years—for assault and corruption—and spending time in federal prison.

Providence ad agency Nail seems pretty impressed by Cianci and apparently wants to follow in his footsteps. But can crime pay for an ad agency?

Find out below as Nail takes some tentative steps into the shadowy world of "mobvertising," and encourages people to vote in the process.

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