Maverick Strategies + Communications Expands Valley Presence

By on February 9th, 2011 In Agencies

Valley resident and communications professional Derrek Hofrichter recently partnered with DC-based media strategist Bret Jacobson and web designer + tech strategist Ian Spencer to form Maverick Strategies + Communications, a digital new media and traditional communications firm. The trio bring together years of experience in providing comprehensive communications and web-development strategies for multi-national corporations, large [...]

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Davidson & Belluso celebrate 10 years

By on January 6th, 2011 In Agencies

Davidson & Belluso are ringing in the New Year with the celebration of their 10th anniversary. The Phoenix advertising and graphic design agency began in 2001 after the husband-and-wife team, Rob Davidson and Michela Belluso left E.B. Lane (where they had met and fell in love.) They started out with a home office and now [...]

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MMA morphs into Anderson

By on January 4th, 2011 In Agencies

MMA Advertising of Scottsdale has renamed itself ANDERSON Advertising & Public Relations.  “Over the years, we’ve made changes in our ownership and management structure,” said Ted Anderson, President and Director of Client Services for ANDERSON.  “As with most other agencies, our priority is always clients first, and we unfortunately neglect our own brand. We recognized [...]

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Mullen closing its doors

By on December 21st, 2010 In Agencies

“The only thing constant is change.” An appropriate quote included in an email to local collegues and media from Mullen agency that I was forwarded this morning. Mullen will be closing their doors on December 31st after being in business for 45 years. According to the note from CEO Carter Mullen… “There have been some [...]

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Canyon taps Stevenson as new PR director

By on December 15th, 2010 In Agencies, People

Canyon Communications has hired Rob Stevenson, ABC as director of public relations. Prior to joining Canyon, Rob spent more than 16 years in Canada working in the public relations field in a variety of industries, including healthcare and military operations. In this position, Rob is responsible for managing Canyon’s public relations department and providing public [...]

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Kovacevic launches Redefined Communications

By on December 13th, 2010 In Agencies

Another PR pro is taking the leap and starting her own company. Katarina Kovacevic has launched  Redefined Communications. She will specialize in anything from newsletter and website content development to a full-blown content marketing campaign. Katarina tells me she wants to help companies with corporate blogging, SEO writing, marketing collateral, website content, social media and more. (No [...]

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