AMA Spectrum Award winners
The American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Phoenix Chapter held its 7th Annual Spectrum Awards on Wednesday. The event recognized Valley professionals in the fields of advertising, direct marketing, multi-cultural marketing, public relations and others. This year, AMA expanded its entry categories to twenty-nine plus one Best of Show and saw 82 submitted entries.
Here’s the list of [...]
Local experts create, contribute to Social Media Bible
Over a dozen Arizona experts are behind the recent launch of “The Social Media Bible,” which was published by John Wiley & Sons and available on Amazon for $29.95. The 821-page reference guide is the brainstorm of Lon Safko and co-written with David Brake.
Lon used his social network to get to Wiley – first contacting Joan Koerber-Walker who introduced [...]
R&R helps Bead Museum
R&R Partners will provide pro bono PR for The Bead Museum in Glendale.
The Bead Museum is the only museum in the country that showcases beads and beaded artifacts from around the world and is dedicated to the preservation and research of beads. Its collection, including spectacular anthropology and archeology exhibits dating back 30,000 years, [...]
Hackett launches HAPI
Veteran E.B. Lane, Cramer-Krasselt and Moses Anshell creative Jason Hackett has opened a boutique agency Hackett Advertising Public Relations Interactive, or HAPI, and named Mike Wegener as a Creative Director.
According to Hackett, HAPI provides big-agency thinking with a streamlined infrastructure that keeps costs in check. He says the firm will “challenge clients to think about [...]
Ad 2 partners with Jobing.com
Jobing.com has launched a partnership with Ad 2 Phoenix to provide the Phoenix advertising community with resources to begin or further their careers. Local advertising professionals can now find a job, learn about local employers and events, and gain career advice through workforce related blogs and videos directly from the Ad 2 Phoenix website.
This is [...]
Tweeting while working, OK for some?
Is it OK for a magistrate or an astronaut to use Twitter on the job? You tell us!
Recent Blog Posts
Categories
Recent Comments
That MBA is REALLY paying off for Mr. Wool....
Linda, thanks for the informative book review. This...
Thanks for the shout out, Len. My “great product...
As newsrooms dwindle in size and reporters pickup more...
While he may not be directly pitching to the press,...
Blogroll
- Acme Photography
- Brain Matter
- Brian Shaler
- Convince & Convert
- Cut Me Some Flack
- Espresso Pundit
- HMA Time
- Hoi Polloi Report
- It's About The Work
- Linda VandeVrede
- Liquis Design Blog
- Mighty Interactive
- Off Madison Ave
- Park & Co.
- Park Howell
- PR Advice
- Random Tuesday Morning Ramblings
- SoCal PR Blog
- Stealthmode Blog
- Take Three
- tdhurst
- Team Forty
- The Marketing Journalist
- The One to Go To
- The PR Practitioner
- The Right Point
- Think Fast
- What I DO Know is…



