Reminder: Buzz on Thursday
Join us after work on Thursday, May 3 for “Buzz” – our first Valley PR Blog social.
We’re going to head over to the bar at Sam’s Café at 24th & Camelback for a couple of beers (and probably several baskets of tortilla chips). It’s simply an opportunity to meet and talk shop with other serious [...]
Mom & Pop Rule Arizona
The Business Journal reports that small businesses continue to lead Arizona job growth, which remains the highest in the nation. Citing a new Arizona Blue Chip Economic Forecast, about 60 percent of new jobs in the state are at firms under 250 people; companies with fewer than 20 people accounted for 18 percent of total [...]
Valley veteran launches firm
(Source: Business Journal)
Marketing and communications professional Leslie Tweeton launched her own consulting business, Tweeton Ink.
“Having a background in luxury real estate and hospitality, and given the depth of these two industries in the Valley, striking out as an independent just seemed logical to me,” said Tweeton, who moved to the Valley in 1994 to become [...]
New changes and info from Nightlife Magazine
New changes and info from Nightlife Magazine
1) First, we have launched our cutting edge online magazine (woo-hoo!!)
No other publication in the Valley has this capability, and it is something you should all check out because it promises to be the wave of the online magazine editorial and advertising future. Please read the attached and pasted [...]
PC’s still rule, according to survey results
On Monday, I asked people to answer two questions about their dependency on PCs and mobile phones. This was mainly a connectivity question.
I posted a link to Survey Monkey, and sent out an email to 16 people, randomly selected from my contact list. I had 23 responses.
PC or Phone?
69.6% of respondents said they [...]
Interview: Press Releases Are Not a PR Strategy
Valley PR Blog interviews Scottsdale author and PR pro Linda VandeVrede
At some point in your career, you come to loggerheads with an executive or client who thinks they know PR better than you. As pratitioners, that sometimes puts us in the awkward position of trying to explain. But, because we often do so much, this isn’t always easy.
Enter Linda VandeVrede (pronounced [...]
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