May '11 PR Rankings Issue - Odwyerpr.com
May '11 PR Rankings Issue - Odwyerpr.com
May '11 PR Rankings Issue - Odwyerpr.com
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“Ellen” and “Good Morning<br />
America,” and made it into<br />
Trivial Pursuit as a question. We<br />
created a new niche product,<br />
Procreation Vacation, for<br />
Starwood Caribbean. We also<br />
crafted a Blowout Sale at<br />
Hudson Hill Condominium,<br />
NYC, the centerpiece of which<br />
was an e-video campaign with<br />
weekly chats with the developer.<br />
This “first” in NYC residential<br />
development helped spike sales<br />
25%; each video e-blast sent<br />
Web site traffic jumping 50%.<br />
The agency offers a Digital<br />
Audit focused on social media,<br />
SEO, blogs and Web sites. It<br />
identifies opportunities and challenges<br />
then generates re<strong>com</strong>mendations<br />
to stay ahead of the<br />
<strong>com</strong>petition, manage reputation<br />
and engage.<br />
RED SKY<br />
PUBLIC RELATIONS<br />
404 South 8th St., Suite 400<br />
Boise, ID 83702<br />
208/287-2199<br />
Fax: 208/287-2198<br />
jessicaflynn@redskypr.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.redskypr.<strong>com</strong><br />
Jessica Flynn, CEO<br />
Stephanie Worrell, CSO<br />
Headquartered in Idaho’s capital<br />
city of Boise, Red Sky is the<br />
state’s largest public relations<br />
agency with expertise that spans<br />
industries, crosses geographic<br />
borders and places the team at<br />
the forefront of the rapidly<br />
evolving <strong>com</strong>munication landscape.<br />
Red Sky believes there is<br />
a dual nature at the heart of public<br />
relations —you need strategic<br />
<strong>com</strong>munication minds in<br />
times of both crisis and calm to<br />
protect and promote your brand.<br />
Red Sky’s experience spans<br />
practice areas of Corporate,<br />
Healthcare, Economic<br />
Development, Higher<br />
Education, Hospitality, Public<br />
Affairs, Retail and Technology.<br />
The agency is the sole<br />
Intermountain West member of<br />
Pinnacle Worldwide, one of the<br />
world’s leading organizations of<br />
independently-owned public<br />
relations firms.<br />
View and download profiles of <strong>PR</strong> firms<br />
from our online database, which now features<br />
hundreds of firms listed in 12 different<br />
specialty areas, now searchable by Google:<br />
WWW.ODWYER<strong>PR</strong>.COM<br />
<strong>PR</strong>OFILES OF TOP INDEPENDENT <strong>PR</strong> FIRMS<br />
Clients include: Avery<br />
Dennison, Albertsons / SUPER-<br />
VALU, Boise Centre,<br />
CradlePoint Technologies,<br />
Concordia University School of<br />
Law, Epionce, Hill Country<br />
Memorial Hospital, Idaho<br />
Dietetic Association, Idaho<br />
Physical Activity & Nutrition<br />
Program, Idaho State Historical<br />
Society, JA & Kathryn Albertson<br />
Foundation, Kount, Meridian<br />
Development Corporation,<br />
PacificSource Health Plans, St.<br />
Luke’s Health System, and<br />
Western States Equipment.<br />
REVIVE<br />
915 Saint Vincent Avenue<br />
Santa Barbara, CA 93101<br />
805/617-2832<br />
Fax: 805/617-2850<br />
learnmore@revivepr.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.revivepr.<strong>com</strong><br />
209 10th Avenue South, Suite 404<br />
Nashville, TN 37203<br />
Brandon Edwards, Founder &<br />
President<br />
Joanne Thornton, Founder & EVP<br />
Kriste Goad, SVP<br />
Nicole Mraz, Founder & VP<br />
Jeff Speer, VP<br />
Amy Murphy, VP<br />
In an industry as <strong>com</strong>plex as<br />
healthcare, successful <strong>PR</strong><br />
requires honest advice, strategic<br />
insight, and flawless execution.<br />
Revive translates <strong>com</strong>plexity<br />
into simplicity, predicting problems,<br />
protecting reputations, and<br />
building the truth to craft the<br />
right story.<br />
We’ve dealt with nearly every<br />
type of business challenge in<br />
nearly every sector of health<br />
services. We’ve designed and<br />
implemented <strong>com</strong>munication<br />
strategies for hospital insurance<br />
contract negotiations, M&A,<br />
wellness initiatives, disease<br />
management programs, and clinical<br />
integration initiatives. We<br />
know how to <strong>com</strong>municate with<br />
employers, brokers, benefits<br />
consultants, and others who pay<br />
for healthcare and decide what<br />
will be covered by insurance.<br />
Named “New Agency of the<br />
Year” by The Holmes Report,<br />
Revive is among the 15 largest<br />
healthcare <strong>PR</strong> firms in the country<br />
and was recognized as the<br />
fastest growing <strong>PR</strong> firm in the<br />
U.S. for 2010.<br />
Revive’s clients include major<br />
hospitals and healthcare systems,<br />
academic medical centers,<br />
physician organizations, industry<br />
associations, healthcare I.T.<br />
Florence Quinn, President of Quinn & Co. <strong>PR</strong>, on break with Richard<br />
David Story, Editor-in-Chief of Departures, while shooting Luxury<br />
Manifesto, an online series of chats with global thought leaders on<br />
the meaning of luxury hosted by John Vanderslice, head of Hilton<br />
Luxury & Lifestyle, that was conceived and developed by Quinn & Co.<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies and health & wellness<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies.<br />
RL PUBLIC<br />
RELATIONS +<br />
MARKETING +<br />
SPORTIVO<br />
11835 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. 1155E<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />
310/473-4422<br />
Fax: 310/473-5833<br />
roxana.lissa@rlpublicrelations.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.rlpublicrelations.<strong>com</strong><br />
27 West 24th St., Ste 901<br />
New York, NY 10010<br />
212/206-8668<br />
Fax: 212/206-8778<br />
melissa.smith@rlpublicrelations.<strong>com</strong><br />
Roxana Lissa, Chief Executive<br />
Officer<br />
Melissa Smith, Executive Vice<br />
President<br />
Mario Flores, Partner and<br />
Managing Director, Sportivo<br />
RL<strong>PR</strong> has carved out a niche in<br />
the Hispanic <strong>PR</strong> industry for creativity,<br />
service, strategy and<br />
results. We specialize in helping<br />
brands relevantly connect with<br />
the diverse Hispanic population<br />
in the U.S through creative programs<br />
rooted in strategy and<br />
insight. As a premiere, independent<br />
bicoastal Hispanic <strong>PR</strong> agency<br />
in the U.S., founded in 1996,<br />
RL<strong>PR</strong> has been providing stellar<br />
client service and delivering<br />
breakthrough <strong>PR</strong> campaigns for<br />
leading <strong>com</strong>panies for 15 years.<br />
We believe that creativity —<br />
founded on a <strong>com</strong>prehensive<br />
understanding of the marketplace<br />
and solid <strong>com</strong>munication principles<br />
— is one of the keys to<br />
breakthrough <strong>com</strong>munications<br />
plans that are effective and memorable,<br />
for such clients as Nike,<br />
Got Milk?, Verizon Wireless,<br />
Heineken, Fresh & Easy,<br />
National Honey Board and Union<br />
Bank.<br />
SCHNEIDER<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
Member of the World<strong>com</strong> Public<br />
Relations Group<br />
2 Oliver Street, Suite 901<br />
Boston, MA 02109<br />
617/536-3300<br />
Fax: 617/536-3180<br />
launch@schneiderpr.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.schneiderpr.<strong>com</strong><br />
Joan Schneider, President &<br />
Creative Director<br />
Phil Pennellatore, Chief<br />
Operating Officer/Partner<br />
Julie Hall, Executive Vice<br />
President/Partner<br />
When leading <strong>com</strong>panies, professional<br />
services organizations<br />
and entrepreneurs seek a trusted<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications partner, they<br />
turn to Schneider Associates, a<br />
full-service public relations and<br />
integrated marketing <strong>com</strong>munications<br />
agency. Specializing in<br />
Launch Public Relations®, a proprietary<br />
method of successfully<br />
launching and sustaining visibility<br />
for new products, services,<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies and <strong>com</strong>munities, or<br />
revitalizing existing ones,<br />
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