Posts by awalden

Mingle Bells sponsors Think Kindness

The holiday season is here and the region’s largest communications industry mixer is back. A handful of Northern Nevada’s premier organizations are teaming up to help a local nonprofit organization, Think Kindness, with their proceeds. Throughout the evening, prizes will be raffled off including: A Kindle Exclusive products from the international brand Skagen Tickets to the […]

The World, the Olympics, and Marketing the Reno/Tahoe Area

The Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition is a non-profit corporation dedicated to having Reno-Tahoe become the next North American region selected to host the Olympic Winter Games. The coalition includes board members and volunteers from the public and private sectors of Nevada and California. The organization also brings shorter term economic impact opportunities to the […]

Developing dynamic and engaging brands

Rediscover your brand’s magic! Ron Strauss has helped hundreds of CEO’s reignite their brands. Values-based BrandingSM is a common-sense approach to businesses, branding and innovation that is easy to understand, and easy to put to work. Our Speaker Ron Strauss is an innovative thinker in marketing and branding. Hundreds of CEO’s have benefited from his […]

IGT Accepting Applications for Two Marketing Positions

Public Relations Manager Responsibilities: IGT is looking for a Public Relations Manager to lead company-wide PR strategies and drive global messaging. Supervise and mentor a team of PR Representatives and manage external PR and advertising agencies and related vendors. Build media relationships and develop a media outreach plan. Write and distribute press releases and media alerts. Oversee […]

Small Businesses and the Success of Marketing

Local Icons Share their Marketing Experiences Join these innovative small business owners, as they discuss the effective marketing strategies they’ve used to survive the economy, and thrive in our area. What works? What hasn’t? Find out at this month’s luncheon and seep in the experiences shared by these successful small business owners. Paul Doege – […]

Men are from mars & Women are the consumers

A panel of women discussing how to market to women In the fight for equal opportunity for women, there has been a disconnect in the fundamental differences between men and women. Those differences do exist and as marketers this news is important. Women account for roughly 85% of all consumer purchases include everything from vehicles […]

The business of social media

Everyone is talking – your customers, employees, and suppliers – and anything they say online about you and your organization becomes a permanent marketing message that can spread quickly through social networks to people you might never imagined you could reach. Are you listening, responding, and participating in these conversations in order to build trust […]

Calling all artists!

Arts slaves is currently accepting submissions from communication professionals Art Slaves is accepting submissions through June 24, 2011 for its 15th annual Art Slaves Show and Sale art show featuring the work of communications professionals in northern Nevada. The show is themed on Le Salon de Refusés — Salon of the Refused — an exhibition ordered […]

Building a Social Presence through Facebook Pages

Pages. Posts. Likes. All play a major role in deepening the relationships we have with our customers, our brand loyalists, and our potential clients. With Facebook Pages, we can develop custom applications, tabs, and content – adding a new level of engagement for our customer network. Our speaker, Jim Belosic, will cover how to create […]