Valley PR Blog

Social Media AZ launches beta of new free job board

By Linda VandeVrede on December 16th, 2009 In Jobs

You gotta give Fred von Graf credit.   The guy almost singlehandedly pulled off a superb social media conference this past August, which will be reprised this January 25, 2010 at Tempe’s Madcap Theater.
His latest venture is a new job board (in beta phase) where Arizona agencies, companies and others needing to fill positions can post [...]

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A shuffle for your thoughts

By Len Gutman on December 15th, 2009 In Marketing

Today I received another in a long line of offers to take a demo of a product in exchange for a gift. This time I have been asked to spend 30 minutes learning about Marketwire’s News Dashboard Monitoring service or its MediaHub media management solution and I’ll get a $50 gift card to Amazon.com. By [...]

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PR clothing styles in Arizona

By Linda VandeVrede on December 14th, 2009 In Best Practices, People

I was sitting down on the dock a couple of summers ago at the Durham, New Hampshire cottage we rented from Katie Paine, when she came down the path to visit us, wearing a very hip suit.    Wow, I thought, she must have paid a mint for that outfit.  
Well, no.  As it turns out, and [...]

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing for Dummies

By Linda VandeVrede on December 11th, 2009 In Best Practices, Weekend Reading

The only problem with reading this book is that I feel inclined to hide the cover when I’m reading it on a plane.     Newly written by Shiv Singh, the book has a bunch of tips you’ll find helpful for applying social media to your marketing strategies.   Some insights:

Nearly 260 million people use the Web on [...]

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Armendariz elected to Brain Injury Association Board

By Dan Wool on December 10th, 2009 In People

Banner Good Samaritan PR specialist Rebecca Armendariz was elected to the Brain Injury Association of Arizona (BIAAZ) Board of Directors at the non-profit organization’s annual member meeting last month.
She joins Ronda Alcorn,  Scott Bolzan and Christopher Dupont as new board members who will serve their in their first terms through 2012.
“Through my [...]

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SSA becomes InView, adds Joe Ricciardi

By Dan Wool on December 10th, 2009 In Agencies

Phoenix and Denver-based SSA Public Relations has changed its name to InView Communications.
“The InView name highlights the agency’s emphasis on placing our clients ‘in view’ of their target markets, wherever they may be, from social media to traditional and industry press,” said Susan Sears, president and founder.

InView also named  Joe Ricciardi as its [...]

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