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Based near San Diego, California, Anderson Direct Marketing is a full-service direct marketing agency with a quarter-century track record of success. Driven to deliver a greater ROI to their nationwide client base, Anderson was a vanguard in synergizing Internet and traditional marketing methods for highly effective acquisition and retention, cross-sell, continuity, lead-gen and many other programs. They offer a complete spectrum of in-house services—including strategy and creative, analytics, along with production power that includes offset and variable-data printing, bindery, fulfillment, lettershop and mailing. Seeing the potential of today’s tech-friendly audience, Anderson Direct Marketing also leads the direct marketing world in website design, SEO, SEM, and email marketing. As an experiential marketing agency in the social media age, we believe brands must engage consumers through all platforms and allow consumers to both dictate their level of engagement and the degree to which they create the experience themselves. Crowdsourcing, influencer marketing, social media listening and digital amplification are not just "buzz words"; they inform the core of our work for clients. From CPG to TV, consumer electronics, wine & spirits, travel, automotive, food & beverage, fashion, telecoms and most other industries, we help brands deliver their most important messages to their most important audiences through an integrated approach of live events, digital, social and mobile.The JAR Group is an interactive marketing agency that helps companies understand online behavior to drive increased traffic, sales, and revenue. By understanding the clients' business objectives and competitive space, the dedicated team can create a comprehensive strategy that is executed with measurable tactics to fit a client's targeted goals. The JAR Group offers a full suite of online marketing services including search engine optimization, digital advertising, market research, affiliate program management, analytics reporting, and social media marketing. The JAR Group was named one of INC. 500’s list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies and Linkshare’s 2010 Agency of the Year.MotiveQuest is a consumer research company that specializes in Online Anthropology, a research technique that uses organic conversations in social media as the raw material for understanding consumers. Our brilliant strategists go beyond the basics of buzz and sentiment, using our sophisticated software tools to understand the motivational reasons consumers behave the way they do. Since 2003, we have been partnering with many Fortune 500 companies to help with business challenges such as brand positioning, communication planning, social media strategy, crisis management, brand & launch tracking, new product innovation and campaign effectiveness.
SocialGogo offers Social Media education, training and consulting to develop your people, brand and reputation; your most precious resources. SocialGogo is dedicated to providing practical hands-on training to companies, governments and non-profits, through on-site training, live webinars, and strategic workshops. Programs are customized for clients, based on their business offerings, vertical market and strategic goals, in North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America and EMEA regions.
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Created and published by 20-year advertising industry veteran Steve Hall, Adrants provides marketing and advertising news. It provides insightful, informed, experiential, no holds barred commentary on the state of the advertising and media industries. Editorial covers emerging marketing and advertising trends, cultural and demographic shifts affecting advertising strategies, new campaign launches, viral and buzz marketing, the rise of social media, useful industry research and the examination of the industry's shift from old paradigms to new. Adrants has received numerous industry accolades including: - In a Wall Street Journal article, "What the In-Crowd Knows: From Hollywood to Wall Street, Our Guide to the Blogs Insiders Read 6 to Stay Current." Adrants was named, "one of the best ways to keep up on Madison Avenue's ups and downs.”Cinchcast helps companies easily create, share, measure and monetize audio content to reach and engage the people that are most important to their business. Cinchcast’s cloud based software and services power over 1,500 hours of content creation every day for some of the world’s most innovative online publishers and brand marketers including UBM, SAP, Sears, Business Insider and more. Direct Marketing News is a “firebrand” for the marketing industry. As the ultimate resource providing all the latest news and innovative ideas for direct and digital strategy, it’s a must-read for all marketers.The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 500 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.iab.net. Inside the Marketers Studio, at MarketersStudio.com, has been covering trends in digital media and online marketing since 2005. Blogger David Berkowitz has spent the past decade as an editor, marketer, and strategist working on everything from search engine marketing to social media. He speaks at events around the country every month and captures the event highlights on his blog, and he is routinely quoted in the press. David is currently director of emerging media & client strategy at agency 360i. You can also find David at twitter.com/dberkowitz.Mavin Digital a communications agency for the social web and mobile first world. We're a digital SWAT team with technology media savvy. We create and curate beautiful and relevant media ecosystems that elevate brand storytelling and engagement. You may contact us at jessica@mavindigital.com or follow us on Twitter @mavindigital.The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) is a 30 year old not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering female business professionals, propel them into leadership positions and to enhance the diversity of the nation‘s workforce. Our focus is on the development of early to mid-career stage professionals and have over 70 collegiate chapters and 20 professional chapters. We serve three related client groups: female MBA students, female business professionals, and employers and in order to accomplish our mission, our program areas include education, professional development, networking and collaboration.Founded in 1831, New York University (NYU) is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. The University, which is composed of 14 schools, colleges, and divisions, occupies five major centers in Manhattan and branch campuses and research programs in other parts of the US and study abroad programs in more than 25 countries. NYU is also one of the largest employers in NYC, with over 16,000 employees and has grown enrollment from a student body of 158 to 50,000-plus. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) has for 70-plus years provided professional and continuing education programs to three generations of working adult students in the New York City region. The hallmark of these programs is to provide learning that is immediately relevant to student’s jobs and career growth. These programs span more than 125 fields, 14 industry-focused Master’s degrees, nine-Bachelor degrees, and six Associate degree programs specifically designed for working adults. Today, students come from every state in the union and from 133 foreign countries. The faculty, which initially consisted of fourteen professors and lecturers (among them artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse), now totals over 3,100 full-time members and 2,500-plus adjunct faculty. For more information please go to the NYU of SCPS websites www.nyu.edu or www.scps.nyu.edu. The New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NY), organized in 1948, is a founding chapter of the PRSA, the world's largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. The Chapter has approximately 700 active members, and provides services to members in business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. We also support PRSSA organizations at local universities. PRSA-NY Chapter holds more than twenty events a year, with something for everyone. The program includes a monthly networking cocktail party, themed "meet the media" programs, skills workshops, special events such as industry roundtables and discussions with senior leaders, and the annual Big Apple Awards competition celebrating the best work of the tri-state area. Visit our web site atwww.prsany.org.SMAC – the Social Media Advertising Consortium fosters collaboration throughout the entire social media ecosystem, diving deep into critical issues and staying ahead of this constantly evolving industry. By bringing together buy side, sell side, and research professionals to develop relevant standards, comprehensive research and definitive measurement tools, our goal is to grow revenues and increase engagement. SMAC members are groundbreakers. Entrepreneurs. Thought leaders. Together, we form a community that feeds off each other’s creativity, creating an environment for learning and discovery. Social Media Today LLC helps global organizations create purpose-built B2B social communities designed to achieve specific, measurable corporate goals by engaging exactly the customers and prospects you most want to reach.
Cinchcast helps companies easily create, share, measure and monetize audio content to reach and engage the people that are most important to their business. Cinchcast’s cloud based software and services power over 1,500 hours of content creation every day for some of the world’s most innovative online publishers and brand marketers including UBM, SAP, Sears, Business Insider and more. Direct Marketing News is a “firebrand” for the marketing industry. As the ultimate resource providing all the latest news and innovative ideas for direct and digital strategy, it’s a must-read for all marketers.The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 500 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.iab.net. Inside the Marketers Studio, at MarketersStudio.com, has been covering trends in digital media and online marketing since 2005. Blogger David Berkowitz has spent the past decade as an editor, marketer, and strategist working on everything from search engine marketing to social media. He speaks at events around the country every month and captures the event highlights on his blog, and he is routinely quoted in the press. David is currently director of emerging media & client strategy at agency 360i. You can also find David at twitter.com/dberkowitz.Mavin Digital a communications agency for the social web and mobile first world. We're a digital SWAT team with technology media savvy. We create and curate beautiful and relevant media ecosystems that elevate brand storytelling and engagement. You may contact us at jessica@mavindigital.com or follow us on Twitter @mavindigital.The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) is a 30 year old not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering female business professionals, propel them into leadership positions and to enhance the diversity of the nation‘s workforce. Our focus is on the development of early to mid-career stage professionals and have over 70 collegiate chapters and 20 professional chapters. We serve three related client groups: female MBA students, female business professionals, and employers and in order to accomplish our mission, our program areas include education, professional development, networking and collaboration.Founded in 1831, New York University (NYU) is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. The University, which is composed of 14 schools, colleges, and divisions, occupies five major centers in Manhattan and branch campuses and research programs in other parts of the US and study abroad programs in more than 25 countries. NYU is also one of the largest employers in NYC, with over 16,000 employees and has grown enrollment from a student body of 158 to 50,000-plus. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) has for 70-plus years provided professional and continuing education programs to three generations of working adult students in the New York City region. The hallmark of these programs is to provide learning that is immediately relevant to student’s jobs and career growth. These programs span more than 125 fields, 14 industry-focused Master’s degrees, nine-Bachelor degrees, and six Associate degree programs specifically designed for working adults. Today, students come from every state in the union and from 133 foreign countries. The faculty, which initially consisted of fourteen professors and lecturers (among them artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse), now totals over 3,100 full-time members and 2,500-plus adjunct faculty. For more information please go to the NYU of SCPS websites www.nyu.edu or www.scps.nyu.edu. The New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NY), organized in 1948, is a founding chapter of the PRSA, the world's largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. The Chapter has approximately 700 active members, and provides services to members in business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. We also support PRSSA organizations at local universities. PRSA-NY Chapter holds more than twenty events a year, with something for everyone. The program includes a monthly networking cocktail party, themed "meet the media" programs, skills workshops, special events such as industry roundtables and discussions with senior leaders, and the annual Big Apple Awards competition celebrating the best work of the tri-state area. Visit our web site atwww.prsany.org.SMAC – the Social Media Advertising Consortium fosters collaboration throughout the entire social media ecosystem, diving deep into critical issues and staying ahead of this constantly evolving industry. By bringing together buy side, sell side, and research professionals to develop relevant standards, comprehensive research and definitive measurement tools, our goal is to grow revenues and increase engagement. SMAC members are groundbreakers. Entrepreneurs. Thought leaders. Together, we form a community that feeds off each other’s creativity, creating an environment for learning and discovery.
The New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NY), organized in 1948, is a founding chapter of the PRSA, the world's largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. The Chapter has approximately 700 active members, and provides services to members in business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. We also support PRSSA organizations at local universities. PRSA-NY Chapter holds more than twenty events a year, with something for everyone. The program includes a monthly networking cocktail party, themed "meet the media" programs, skills workshops, special events such as industry roundtables and discussions with senior leaders, and the annual Big Apple Awards competition celebrating the best work of the tri-state area. Visit our web site atwww.prsany.org.SMAC – the Social Media Advertising Consortium fosters collaboration throughout the entire social media ecosystem, diving deep into critical issues and staying ahead of this constantly evolving industry. By bringing together buy side, sell side, and research professionals to develop relevant standards, comprehensive research and definitive measurement tools, our goal is to grow revenues and increase engagement. SMAC members are groundbreakers. Entrepreneurs. Thought leaders. Together, we form a community that feeds off each other’s creativity, creating an environment for learning and discovery.