Pete Webb Public Relations has promoted Jen Holliman to account manager and Sarah Gianti to account assistant.
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2009 PR Predictions
By Pete Webb
Principal, Webb PR
Following the mid-spring demise of the Rocky Mountain News, we’ll be deluged with resumes from former Rocky staffers. PR hiring remains flat, so many of those journalists won’t be able to land. The Post will pick up a handful, but it won’t improve the product or local news gathering, and it won’t go back to a robust stand-alone business section.
“New media” will remain a mystery to anyone over 40. In targeted campaigns we’ll be able to achieve some penetration and results through blogging/Twitter/YouTube strategies, but like so many PR strategies, the approach is situational and will have to be rifle-shot.
Channel 4 will release news anchor Karen Leigh and try again for a counter-voice to Jim Benneman. Leigh may have the looks, but not the presence. KCNC is better off letting Benneman go solo.
Steve Kelley will end up back on KOA.
Corporate PR spending in Colorado will remain steady but restrained, and start to show signs of a rebound in third quarter 2009.
Governor Ritter will continue to cross swords with the oil and gas industry, and no one will come forward to forge a compromise.
And the Rockies will continue to be a disappointment.
Andrew Hudson Launches JobsGobble
Andrew Hudson has created JobsGobble, a quarterly job-seeker seminar, job fair and networking party, and the inaugural event is Wednesday, November 12, at the Denver Athletic Club. The event includes a CEO Roundtable featuring GroundFloor’s Laura Love, Webb’s Pete Webb and Cactus’ Joe Conrad, followed by a networking party and jobs fair. Details and registration are here.
DBJ Lauds Pete Webb
Bruce Goldberg at the Denver Business Journal recognizes Pete Webb and his agency’s 20th anniversary.
Webb PR Unveils New Web Site
Pete Webb PR’s new Web site has gone live.
Construction Company Retains Pete Webb to Fight Abortion Foes
Local abortion opponents have been hammering Weitz Construction for months now for their deal to build Planned Parenthood’s new Denver facility, so much so that the company retained Peter Webb PR to handle the crisis communications.
‘Preparing to Launch’
Having finally dumped its interminable “14 Days to Launch” banner, the VisiTech Web site has retreated and now is in week 2 of “Preparing to Launch.” And this is a tech agency?
And before you get smug, Pete Webb, we’ve noticed that you’ve been without a real Web site for a couple of months. Remember the good old days when companies created a new Web site and then pulled down the old one to replace it?
Denver PR Jobs
Among the Denver agencies hiring this week are 104 West, Catapult, GroundFloor Media, VisiTech and Peter Webb.
Who will be the King of Denver PR?
We are a little more than three weeks away from the release of the Denver Business Journal’s 2007-2008 Book of Lists. As we get ready to see which agencies grew and which contracted, here’s a recap of 2006-2007 DBJ Book of Lists rankings:
- GBSM, $2.62 million (2005 gross income)
- Schenkein, $2.61 million
- JohnstonWells, $2.40 million
- Linhart, $2.18 million
- Pure Brand, $2.14 million
- GroundFloor , $2.10 million
- LeGrand Hart, $2.09 million
- PRACO, $2.07 million
- MGA, $2.06 million
- CTA, $1.50 million
- Peter Webb, $1.33 million
- Wall+Aiello, $1.14 million
- Alyn-Weiss, $1.10 million
- Turner, $1.10 million
- CLS, $1.08 million
- Metzger, $1.05 million
- VisiTech, $1.05 million
- InterMountain, $1.01 million
- Corporate Advocates, $0.88 million
- Catapult, $0.80 million
Note: While these figures appeared in the 2006-2007 DBJ Book of Lists, the data used was from a year earlier.
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