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K2 Sports, a leading global manufacturer of outdoor sports gear, has tapped Verde PR & Consulting as its agency of record. As part of the relationship, Verde will manage public relations for K2 Sports and its international portfolio of 16 brands and more than 40 consumer product categories.
VOCA has added Outward Bound and Aspen’s Sky Hotel/39 Degrees Lounge as clients.
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Adrenalin has been selected by the new Denver franchise of the Central Hockey League to develop its branding and marketing
campaign. The new minor league hockey team, set to start playing at the Denver Coliseum for the 2012-13 season, is owned by an investment group headed by John A. Hayes, president and CEO of Ball Corporation.
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Sprocket Communications has added Stapleton as a client. Sprocket will coordinate and execute Stapleton’s public relations campaign, focusing on residential and commercial opportunities.
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Adrenalin has added three clients in its push to expand into the outdoors market and leverage digital branding strategies: PMI Ropes, Schwab Cycles and Spindaroos.
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Denver-based J.F. Mills/Worldwide has been retained by sparesFinder, a London-based firm specializing in Master Data Management for asset-intensive industries. JFM/WW will support all communications functions globally as well as facilitate business development in U.S. markets.
If you had Bellco on your client prospect list, go ahead and cross them off: the credit union has extended its contract as a client of GroundFloor Media. Under the terms of the new contract, GFM will develop strategic communications programs to enhance Bellco’s community visibility and reinforce its reputation as a strong local banking option for individuals and businesses.
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Orapin Marketing + Public Relations has added The Original Pancake House to its client roster. OMPR will provide PR and marketing support for the restaurant’s two Denver area locations – Cherry Hills and the Denver Tech Center – including event planning and promotion, advertising campaign development and social media consultation.
The Bawmann Group has added seven new clients: Catholic Charities of Wichita’s Marriage and Healthy Relationship Initiative, Vantage Dental & Perfect Teeth, The Colorado Chorale, Doctor’s Express Englewood, Common Ground Colorado, The Caring for Colorado Foundation, and the Colorado Partnership for Children’s Oral Health. TBG is providing a variety of marketing and PR services for the clients, including web development, advertising campaign development, social media and community relations.
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ValuedPatron Marketing Services has retained Wells Communications to launch a new mobile customer loyalty app for restaurants in Denver, Boulder, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul. The app is called Eat-A-Bite, Give-A-Bit, and it rewards loyal restaurant customers and benefits local Feeding America food banks in each market. VPMS plans to expand it to more than 90 U.S. markets.
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Armada Medical Marketing has been hired by Precision Spine, a multidisciplinary treatment center that addresses spinal conditions through a variety of treatment options. Armada’s efforts will include developing the center’s brand identity, improving the design and functionality of its website and expanding upon existing marketing materials.
The NCAA has selected GroundFloor Media to market awareness of the fan events taking place in Denver in conjunction with the 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four. GroundFloor Media will help bring attention to “Tourney Town refreshed by Coca-Cola Zero”, the “host city” and epicenter for all Women’s Final Four fan and community activities at the Colorado Convention Center through grassroots outreach, event promotions, advertising, sponsorships and social media initiatives.
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- Kinkennon Communications has added the Armed Services YMCA as a client.
- The Stasko Agency has been named agency of record for Paxia Authentic Mexican Cuisine in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood. Stasko also was selected to provide event development and marketing strategy for Trillium, a Scandinavian concept owned by Chef/Owner Ryan Leinonen (formerly of the Kitchen, Root Down and Colt and Gray).
- Armada Medical Marketing has added Booth Radiology to its client roster. Booth Radiology has four outpatient imaging centers serving South New Jersey.
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Orapin Marketing + Public Relations has added the Rocky Mountain ADA Center to its client roster and will manage the organization’s public relations activities. The ADA Center, based in Colorado Springs, provides information, guidance and training to individuals and organizations with rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and serves a six state region including Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
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USA Wrestling has selected Denver-based Adrenalin to assist in developing a new series of electronic marketing materials that the organization will use to promote the sport across the country. USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for wrestling and the sport’s representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Denver Resources Partners has selected JohnstonWells to help plan an upcoming conference. DRP is a Colorado-based company that helps foreign companies establish themselves in North America.
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Barefoot PR has added four clients: Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Fascination St. Fine Art, and Young Americans Center for Financial Education.
JohnstonWells has been hired to develop a strategic plan for Mattson Development, a real estate re-development firm in Maine. Drew Morris, a former JWer, is the director of communications for Mattson.
MGA Communications has added five new clients: Enerplus, National Scholarship Providers Association, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation and The Colorado Trust.
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Adrenalin announced it is completing branding work for the National Ski Patrol and the University of Denver, helping both sports organizations advance their marketing efforts.
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Emphasis Marketing & Communications has added Denver start up F³ Designs as a client. Emphasis will assist F³ with the launch of its debut product, an iPad case.
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Sprocket Communications has landed three new clients: Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks, the Colorado Mammoth and PanTerra Energy.
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The Jackson Hole (Wyo.) Travel and Tourism Joint Power Board has named Cactus as its agency of record. A $1.2 million budget will support public relations, social media, and print, digital, outdoor and radio advertising.
dovetail solutions has been retained for a crisis project by Fort Collins-based construction firm The Neenan Company.
Things are hopping at The Bawmann Group. The firm announced it has been retained by the Centers for Health and Public Safety, Kaiser Permanente-Colorado and the College for Financial Planning to provide a variety of marketing and public relations services such as web development, advertising campaign development, social media strategy and community outreach. TBG also was awarded a new contract by the State of Colorado to manage advertising and PR for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program.
Additionally, TBG has added Kelly Heavey as account executive. Heavey is a University of Kansas graduate and most recently handled social media and public relations for the sustainability grant under the direction of the mayor of Lincoln, Neb.
GroundFloor Media has been named agency of record by Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, a self-serve, choose-your-own-toppings frozen dessert chain. GFM will provide strategic planning, traditional and social media strategy and execution.
Congratulations to Linhart PR, which was selected as the agency of record for Celestial Seasonings. Linhart will provide “strategic counsel and support for the brand’s tea and kombucha products through integrated brand campaigns, including digital strategy and engagement.”
Denver’s Cohn Marketing has picked up four new brand-development clients: Galleria Dallas, Serramonte Center, Lerner Enterprises and RK Mechanical. And good news if you are involved in the retail real-estate industry – Jeff Cohn says he’s seen activity pick up in that sector over the past six months.
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Sprocket Communications has landed two new clients: Orangetheory Fitness and the Girl Scouts of Colorado.
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Emphasis Marketing & Communications has added Ted’s Clothiers as a client. Emphasis will manage public relations for the 37-year-old men’s clothier, as well as maintain its social media presence.
Guttau Public Relations announced today that it has added four new clients: Pamalya, Enduring Images, About Time Fitness and the Roaring Fork Gay and Lesbian Community Fund.
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Dave & Buster’s has selected Fitzgerald Petersen to re-launch the company’s brand and new design in Denver. The project includes media relations, implementation of social media programs and coordination of the VIP Launch Event at their Denver location.
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Emphasis Marketing & Communications has landed Twisted Wardrobe and Twisted Yogurt as a client. Emphasis will manage public relations for their multiple locations, as well as maintain their social media efforts.
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Duo Marketing & PR has landed the Celtic Tavern LoDo and its sister pub Delaney’s as a client. Duo will manage public relations, including social media, for the the two locations.
Brand Iron has added two new clients: General Payment Systems and VoIP My Biz. Brand Iron will support both Denver-based companies in creating brand awareness, broadening external communication methods, and overall marketing implementatio
- Cohn Marketing has been selected by SRS Real Estate Partners to assist with brand identity enhancements and strategy. SRS Real Estate Partners is the largest national real estate company in the country exclusively dedicated to retail services.
- Voca PR won two new client accounts: DazBog Coffee Company and Sports Shares.
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Perini & Associates has added Woodland Aquatic Project, Wild Blue Animal Rescue & Sanctuary and UTE Pass Symphony Guild as clients. The firm will manage a number of projects for the clients, including community surveys, government relations, media relations, writing services, fund raising and special events.
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The Bawmann Group has added Heartland Network for Social Research, Platinum Senior Services and Groves Elder & Estate Law as clients.
The USA Swimming Foundation has selected GroundFloor Media to lead the communications efforts for the national Make a Splash Tour with Cullen Jones, presented by ConocoPhillips, as well as national water safety awareness. Through the tour, Jones, a survivor of a near-drowning incident at age five and the first African-American male to hold a world record in swimming, is visiting six cities this summer to address the importance of water safety in an effort to reduce the number of U.S. drownings, particularly among minority youth.
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Kinkennon Communications has added Colorado AIDS Project, The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Hope Street Group as clients.
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Perini & Associates has added three new clients: Park State Bank & Trust, Marilyn M. McCloskey & Associates, Inc., and Sage Woman Herbs, Ltd. The firm will provide the clients with public relations, marketing, strategic communication assessment and web development services.
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Weise Communications has added two clients to its health & wellness franchise practice: Relax The Back and FirstLight HomeCare. Weise will help the companies with franchise sales development.
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The Stasko Agency has been named agency of record for HeadsUp Systems and Circle Fresh Farms, and added Cellar Wine Bar and the real estate development Tejon34 as clients.
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Amali PR has added four clients: Zocalo Community Development, Modern Bungalow, Project Resources Group and The Duffeyroll Cafe.
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Adrenaline has announced a slew of new clients, including retail marketing intelligence and consumer research firm Leisure Trends Group, National Ski Patrol, performance cycling companies Reynolds Cycling and Pactimo, USA Wrestling, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and the Central Hockey League’s 2012 All Star Game and Deer Trail Assisted Living in Rock Springs. Adrenaline also announced that it is performing pro bono work for the National Alliance for Accessible Golf.
Its been a good month for Turner PR. The agency has added some big names as clients, including Destination Hotels & Resorts, the Brown Palace Hotel, Filson, and the Society of American Travel Writers. Turner has been named agency of record for Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hospitality management company in the United States with 38 luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers. And the agency will provide a variety of strategic digital communications services to the other three clients, including daily channel maintenance, social promotion strategy, influencer targeting, corporate blog development and integration among traditional PR and marketing efforts—events, optimized pitching and guerrilla promotions.
Guttau Public Relations announced it has added two new clients – GreenSpot and Snowmass Tourism – and added two new employees – account coordinator Jane McGillem and intern Nate Carroll.
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Barefoot PR has been named agency of record for City Projects and the Parkinson Association of the Rockies.
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Duo Marketing & PR has added Colorado-based Zavella as a new client. Zavella creates eco-chic apparel and accessories made with organic bamboo and organic cotton fabric.
Metzger Associates has picked up two new clients: the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association and Coalfire Systems. I was impressed at Metzger’s ability to simultaneously land two clients who presumably don’t like each other very much, but it turns out that Coalfire actually is an IT audit and compliance firm.
JohnstonWells Public Relations has been hired by Coolerado to work with the company’s marketing team on public relations strategy and media relations. Coolerado designs, manufactures and markets air conditioning systems for light commercial use.
- Volume Public Relations has been named agency of record by GiveBackMail.
- 104 West has added three new clients: eWise, North Plains and Smartling.
Turner PR has added Sandos Hotels & Resorts to its portfolio of hotel clients. Turner will provide strategic bilingual media relations for two of the growing hotel company’s Mexico properties including the Sandos Caracol Eco Resort & Spa and Sandos Playacar Beach Resort & Spa. Turner also announced that it has hired Ashley Cothran as an account executive. Cothran previously was with Aiello Public Relations and Marketing.
Dovetail Solutions has been named agency of record for DriveABLE’s DriveSafe product. DriveABLE, based in British Columbia and a spin-off from the University of Alberta, offers technology-based products that identify medically impaired drivers.
Additionally, Dovetail has added Maura O’Neal as client services manager and Marissa Hoffman as an intern.
Turner PR has added Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, Four Seasons Resort Whistler and The Brown Palace Hotel to its travel and hospitality clientele. Turner will provide a variety of strategic media relations for the three new clients. The agency also announced it has added Stephanie Panico as account coordinator.
Denver’s economy must be improving because the wins keep coming. This week, it’s The Bawmann Group announcing it has added six new clients: Everest University Online; Tri-County Health Department’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative; C. Jean Stewart LLC; The Center for Effective Interventions at Metropolitan State College of Denver; Cutarelli Vision; and the campaign to promote Advancing Colorado’s Mental Health Care sponsored by four of Colorado’s leading foundations — The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust and Caring for Colorado.
VOCO Creative has picked up the Green Cube Show Home as a pro bono client. Located in the heart of LoHi, the home will showcase green Denver businesses while benefiting a scholarship fund at nearby North High School. It’s also slated to be one of the first-ever LEED Platinum residences in Denver and will be open to the public during July.
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Bad news if you were chasing the Colorado Tourism Office’s public relations/social media account. It went to New York-based MMG Mardiks, which has had the account since 2006.
“Over the past four years, we have developed an innovative, buzz- and business-building PR program in partnership with the Colorado Tourism Office,” said Charles Mardiks, managing director, MMG Mardiks. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to build on this momentum and to continue to showcase this great state” that I fly over regularly on the Virgin Atlantic JFK-LAX redeye.
If you see MGA Communications Director of Business Development Sarah Rasmussen around town, make sure she’s the one buying the drinks. MGA has announced six new clients to its roster: AstraZeneca, Colorado’s Future, Money Smart Week 2011, Noble Energy, Vaisala and Uhl Studios.
Apparently Racine’s has added Red Bull to its menu, because SE2 has announced nine new clients. They are Colorado Lending Source, Merage Foundation, Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology, Hunger Free Colorado, Denver Public Schools, Sonlight, the Colorado Nonprofit Association, the Center for Improving Value in Health Care and the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation.
Volume Public Relations announced it has been named agency-of-record for three new clients: Sauce For A Cause, Time Bomb Deals and Please Me.
Brand Iron has added three new clients: Accruit, the leader in like-kind exchange (LKE) and qualified intermediary services (QI); Wazee Companies, the parent company of Wazee Electric, Wazee Crane and Wazee Wind; and Office Evolutions, a provider of virtual office solutions. Brand Iron will support the three Denver-based companies in creating brand awareness, broadening external communication methods, and overall marketing implementation.
Weber Shandwick continues to grow in Denver, adding the University of Colorado’s Health and Wellness Center and Louisville-based GHX as clients. The international public relations firm’s Denver office is led by SVP Laura Taylor and VP Hugh Williams.
Turner PR has added Travaasa Destinations, Paraiso Del Mar and Inspirato to its roster of clients. Turner PR will provide them with a variety of strategic media relations and social media programs. Turner also announced it has added Rebie Bautista Lash as a senior director, Campbell Levy as senior account manager, Amber Connor as account manager and Ashley Taufen as account coordinator.
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Jumel Public Relations has been selected by Solterra, a master-planned residential community in Lakewood, to support its public relations activities. Solterra is Carma Developers’ signature Colorado community located in the foothills near Red Rocks. JPR will focus its efforts for Solterra on media relations and social media strategy.
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Duo Marketing & PR has added Greenworks Video as a new client. Greenworks Video is a state-of-the-art Green Screen video production company that offers turnkey, affordable videos for websites, sales, training, investor relations and a host of other critical communications needs.
Weise Communications has been selected by Scrubs Medical Janitorial to handle marketing development, branding, and public relations for the launch of the new franchise system. As a hospital-grade cleaning service for non-hospital medical facilities, Scrubs Medical Janitorial provides a detailed cleaning for doctor’s offices, dentists, out-patient clinics, urgent care centers, veterinary clinics, and physical therapists offices.
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Blue Bell, the greatest ice cream on earth, has selected Keeton Public Relations (@CKPope) as its Colorado public relations agency of record. Keeton PR will handle all local media outreach, promotions and sampling events for the Texas-based company.
It’s been busy at Dovetail Solutions lately. The firm landed new client Colliers International, added Kreya Kadam as a production coordinator and was named a finalist for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s “Colorado Companies to Watch” award.
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Duo Marketing & PR, has picked up two new clients: premium raw dog food company Redbud’s Raw and Michelle Maloy Dillon Photography. Duo will handle public relations and social media efforts for both clients.
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Fitzgerald Petersen Communications has launched a new website and announced three new clients: Pioneers Volunteer Network, Peak Resources and Disney Live! and Monster Jam.
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Perini & Associates has added two new clients: Mountain Paradise Family Fun Center and ToothIQ.
If you see Jim Guttau, you may want to encourage him to take a nap. Guttau PR has landed six new clients (Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping, Rivé, Thermal Clean, neuroAgility, Caroline’s Cuisine, Infinite Harvest), added Kelly Ozinga as a new account coordinator, and relocated to a new office in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood.
VOCA Public Relations announced that it has been chosen by Exclusive Resorts to spearhead the company’s public relations efforts. VOCA will promote Exclusive Resorts brand image as the world’s leading destination club and the best way to enjoy consistently exceptional vacation with family and friends.
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Denver design firm Urban Dwellers has selected The Stasko Agency as its agency of record. Additionally, Stasko has been retained to provide publicity services for Mountain States Employers Council and the Alexander Dawson Foundation. Mountain States is the region’s largest employer services organization, with 3,000 member employers, and the Alexander Dawson Foundation is a Las Vegas-based non-profit, which provides educational enrichment opportunities for high-achieving, public school students.
- Philosophy Communication won Decorative Materials, a high-end tile company with showrooms in Denver, Aspen and Vail.
- Malen Yantis Public Relations has added two new clients – Vail Summer and Phoenix-based BlackBox Interactive.
- Gain-Stovall has been retained to provide public relations services to Denver’s Champion Window Company.
Peregrine Property Group has selected Philosophy Communication to develop a branding and public relations campaign.
Weise Communications has been selected by Moog Medical to handle public relations, social media and creative design, as well as product photography, strategic research and marketing.
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Conversation Starters has completed marketing video projects for clients EmbroidMe Denver-South and Catch Fire Marketing.
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Fresh Ideas Group has added three new clients: 34 Degrees Crispbread, Dr. Alan Greene and his new Project WhiteOut, and Blue Horizon Wild Seafood.
Denver business litigation law firm Sander Ingebretsen and Wake has selected Dovetail Solutions as its agency-of-record to lead its community outreach and marketing efforts.
JohnstonWells has been hired by Evatran to manage media relations as the company unveils its Plugless Power charging system in 2011. Plugless Power is the world’s first charging system that allows electric vehicles to refuel without a cord and plug or any driver interaction. The technology is based on inductive power transfer that has been used in electrical transformers for more than a century.
Linhart Public Relations has been selected to lead a public relations campaign for OnTheSnow, the most visited snow sports website in the world. Linhart PR will lead proactive, strategic public relations activities to help build global brand awareness of OnTheSnow as the top global site for mountain snow sports, as well as position the website as an expert news source among domestic digital, print and broadcast media.
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Sprocket Communications has landed two new clients – Shanahan’s Steakhouse and medical marijuana center The Clinic. Sprocket also added Lauren Butts, who previously worked at Aiello Public Relations and Marketing and Donate Life Ohio.
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Duo Marketing & PR has added “Your Lucky Deals” to its client roster. “Your Lucky Deals” is a locally owned daily deal and city guide website that is dedicated to helping charities within the Denver community. The website will offer Denver subscribers 40 to 90 percent discounts to, among other things, restaurants, spas, special activities and events.
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Perini & Associates has added JPE Inc., The National World War II Museum of Aviation and Paradise Spas as clients.
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Conversation Starters has been retained by Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado, Denver Pianist and Composer Lisa Downing and Chemo101 for public relations, video and web development projects.
The Bawmann Group has been named agency of record for Corinthian Colleges, InDevR and Hands-On Labs.
Dovetail Solutions has been named agency of record by the Aegis Group of Companies. Dovetail will provide strategic branding and public relations services for several of its companies, including Aegis Risk Management Group, EquityLock Solutions and Aegis Council.
Denver’s Hotel Monaco has selected VOCA Public Relations as its agency-of-record following a competitive review.
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has selected Amélie Company to conduct marketing services for its Smart Meal program that promotes healthier eating in restaurants throughout Colorado. Amélie was awarded a two-year contract with CDPHE for market research, public relations and implementation of a campaign to increase consumer awareness of the Smart Meal program.
Dovetail Solutions has been named agency of record for Rivet Software and LifeQuest World Fund. Rivet Software is a leading provider in standards-based business reporting and analytics, and LifeQuest World Fund provides a complete solution to planning, life insurance premium lending, wealth creation and risk mitigation to clients ranging from individuals and small start-up businesses to large corporations and charities.
Turner Public Relations, a full service, national public relations and social media firm, has added Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail, Capella Telluride and Moonlight Basin Ski Resort to its portfolio of clients.
The firm also added Carrina Junge as assistant account executive, where she will support media relations initiatives for Turner PR’s luxury travel and real estate clients. Most recently, Junge was with VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, where she spent the last four years working closely with the City of Denver and its more than 1,000 business members to promote the city.
104 West Partners has added ClickBank and Evolv as clients, and has promoted Ben Johnson to Account Executive and hired Kristen Winzent as Content Associate.
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Onit Marketing has added two new clients: Cowbells.com, the cowbell expert; and Conductrus, a web-based field service management application specifically designed to enable small businesses to demonstrate compliance.
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Amélie Company Advertising and PR has been selected by the Coloradans Against Auto Theft (CAAT) coalition to handle public relations, marketing communications and project management services. GBSM represents the Coloradans For Auto Theft (CFAT) coalition.
- MGA Communications has added six clients to its roster: Envirotest, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver, Nature Sweet Tomatoes, LeashLocket, The Kitchen Hotline, Dumbbells.
- Conversation Starters has been retained by the Air Medical Memorial to manage the non-profit’s Public Information efforts. The Air Medical Memorial was founded in 2009 to honor air medical flight crew members who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Brand Iron has announced three new clients: Boone Heart Institute, a health organization offering preventative cardiology through heart screening; Revive, manufacturer of natural, organic lawn care products; and Winning Medicine International, global provider of action sports event medical service. Brand Iron will support the three Denver-based companies in creating brand awareness, broadening external communication methods, and overall marketing implementation.
