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 | | | August 31st 2010 - Requirements/Skills: Dittoe Public Relations has an immediate opening for an Account Executive responsible for providing public relations counsel and support activities for clients. Ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), strong creativity, outgoing and high energy. A strong emphasis is placed on strategic account management. We need self-starters who enjoy generating media coverage for our clients.
Limited travel is required for press tours, trade shows, and analyst meetings. Preference will go towards those with at least 1-2 years experience in public relations/media relations (agency experience is a plus).
Qualifications:
- Ability to thrive in an extremely fast paced environment
- 1-2 years of public relations/media relations experience (agency experience is a plus)
- Successful track record at developing integrated public relations, social media and co-branding programs and executing on budget
- Proven ability to manage multiple client accounts
- Smart, aggressive, creative, innovative risk taker with strong writing and media relations skills
- Know your way around the business networking/social scene
To Apply: Please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to:
Christy Oberley, Director of Business Development
Dittoe Public Relations
2815 E. 62nd Street
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Or email: christy@dittoepr.com
No phone calls please. | | |
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| | |  August 30th 2010 - Indy’s newest craft brewery, Flat 12 Bierwerks is featured in today’s Indy Star! The brewery announced the “man behind the beer” and its plans for opening this fall.
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| | |  August 26th 2010 - We couldn't be more excited to begin working with Farm Fresh Delivery! If you haven't heard of them, yet -- they are amazing! And were not trying to spin that -- we're actually customers! Farm Fresh Delivery delivers fresh, organic, locally grown fruits, vegetable and foods to your front door.
Check them out here.
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| | |  August 26th 2010 - Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc. continues to expand into international markets. The email marketing company says it has purchased mPath Global in Sydney and Melbourne and launched ExactTarget Australia. The deal follows the opening of its new international division in London slightly more than one year ago.
For the full story click here.
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| | |  August 20th 2010 - Sylvia Anderson, a reporter for St. Joseph News Press, a daily newspaper for St. Joseph Missouri, says that Mister Steamy is easy-to-use and actually got the wrinkles out of her shirts. She loves her some Mister Steamy!
Read more here.
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| | |  August 13th 2010 - Indiana is staking its claim as the “Measured Marketing” capital of the world – a place where ROI-driven electronic marketing companies and ideas thrive – and this invitation-only roundtable brings e-marketing space executives together for networking and discussion designed to advance the micro-cluster.
The Measured Marketing Roundtable is limited to a small, manageable group size, and only executives from Indiana's measured marketing firms are invited to attend. This ensures that discussions are narrowly focused to provide optimal value for our invited guests.
Please contact Kayla Garcia at 317-275-2080 or kgarcia@techpoint.org if you would like to request an invitation.
This roundtable's topic is "How Are Your Customers Consuming the Media World and What Should You Be Doing About It."
Speakers: Mike Bloxham, Ball State University Center for Media Design & Michael Holmes,Ball State University Center for Media Design
When: Wednesday, August 18th at 4:30-6 p.m.
Where: Aprimo
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| | |  August 13th 2010 - The Klipsch-owned Energy brand recently received lots of love on G4’s Attack of the Show. After a thorough review of the Energy Take Classic home theater system, they couldn’t help but give it a 5 out of 5 rating and claim it was one of the best home theater systems they have EVER reviewed.
Check out the segment here!
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| | |  August 10th 2010 - Education Week covers Crown Point High School's use of BrainHoney. All of Crown Point's assessments are done online, and the school uses BrainHoney to make sure the students are performing. BrainHoney is an individualized learning system technology from Agilix Labs. The school's faculty reviews a random sample of 10% of the high school students' work and then compare it to the given grade given by the teacher for quality assurance.
Read more here.
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| | |  August 9th 2010 - Call-Em-All's Brad Herrmann shares his views on why mobile coupons are one of the best ways to reach consumers and drive in store traffic.
Read article in eM+C here.
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| | |  August 6th 2010 - The Denver Post catches up with Swing by Swing founders, Travis & Terrance Giggy and pal Brandon Vannest, on the golf course this week. The self-proclaimed “computer nerds who love to golf” talk with their hometown paper about their success thus far and future plans for the GPS range finder app that’s helping 1,500-1,800 new users per day improve their golf game.
Read the story here.
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| | |  August 3rd 2010 - The Cellular Connection's Scott Moorehead is on the cover of this month's Smart Business magazine. Scott shares how his training made him an excellent leader.
Read the complete story here.
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| | |  July 30th 2010 - BrainHoney moves away from traditional learning management systems.
“There’s been a distinct push to not call it a learning management system, because that’s the old style of doing things,” says Mark Luetzelschwab, Agilix Labs’ senior vice president of product and marketing. “Some people just call it the next generation of LMS.”
See T.H.E. Journal article here.
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| | |  July 30th 2010 - Zibits, mini remote controlled robots, are featured on Pocket-lint's "Amazon's top toy tips for Christmas!"
Click here to read this blog post.
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| | |  July 27th 2010 - TMCnet.com's Brendan B. Read writes about how the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (UMass-Lowell) uses Call-Em-All's automated messaging services to save time contacting EMTs in cases of emergencies.
UMass-Lowell provides 24-hour emergency medical services to the students, faculty and staff as well as the surrounding community with a team of approximately 25 EMTs. They needed a way to reduce the time needed to contact its EMTs - enter Call-Em-All!
Read full story here.
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| | |  July 26th 2010 - We secured a continuous blogging spot for Zotec Partners' Kim Snyder, CPC, PCS, on Diagnostic Imaging's Website. Snyder is Zotec Partners' director of coding , and her blog will cover coding issues and questions in the health care industry. She will be posting three times a month.
Check out her blog here.
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| | |  July 26th 2010 - Skirt! Jacksonville includes My Secret Circle in their "Girls Only: Fun products to buy for girls" roundup and gives one lucky reader their very own My Secret Circle BFF pack.
Read here.
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| | |  July 22nd 2010 - A few weeks ago, myEZdeal, launched in Nashville, Tenn. It is a new coupon site that offers major discounts (50% to 90%) on local goods and services. The best thing is that it donates part of the proceeds to local charities.
Check out this review on Examiner.com!
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| | |  July 22nd 2010 - Patrick Beach, reporter for The Austin American Statesman, reviewed the AlcoHAWK on Austin360.com. We just love the title, "You need this like you need a bottle opener."
Read more here.
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| | |  July 21st 2010 - Today Marketing Profs posted ExactTarget's latest study on their site. According to the study, more than 90% of consumers who are a fan of, or "like," at least one brand on Facebook also receive at least one permission-based marketing email per day, and roughly 75% of consumers who follow at least one brand on Twitter subscribe to at least one brand's email marketing.
Read more here.
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| | | July 21st 2010 - Today Marketing Profs posted ExactTarget's latest study on their site. According to the study, more than 90% of consumers who are a fan of, or "like," at least one brand on Facebook also receive at least one permission-based marketing email per day, and roughly 75% of consumers who follow at least one brand on Twitter subscribe to at least one brand's email marketing.
Read more here.
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| | |  July 16th 2010 - Playback had the opportunity to review Klipsch's Image X10i headphones and couldn't believe the sound quality and comfort they provided. Check out the review to see why the X10i is a Playback Recommended product for 2010.
Read review here.
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| | |  July 13th 2010 - Moorehead Communications, better known as The Cellular Connection in the Midwest and Northeast, has doubled in size in the midst of a recession. Scott Moorehead, CEO, was featured in American Executive Magazine, and discusses his company's success.
“In the last three years, we’ve doubled the size of the company and are looking to double again this year,” said Scott Moorehead, CEO.
Read the full story here.
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| | |  July 13th 2010 - Bret Swanson, president of Entropy Economics LLC, will be speaking at Tech Thursday on Thursday, July 15th at 5:00 p.m. at Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North.
For more information click here.
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| | | July 13th 2010 - Public Relations Internship Job Description
Requirements/Skills: Public relations interns will be actively enrolled in, or a recent graduate of, a university public relations, marketing, advertising or other related program. Current students will preferably have at least sophomore standing. The individual must demonstrate the ability to undertake basic public relations writing assignments, and posses an understanding of basic media relations skills, an ability to interact professionally with clients, and good judgment. A working knowledge of computers, as well as word processing and database management software is necessary. The public relations intern will be mentored by the intern director and will work closely with the account executives. The intern director will help the intern prioritize tasks and focus on multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. Interns will work between 15-30 hours a week. Summer interns will work 40 hours per week. Prior relevant experience is preferred.
Responsibilities: We are looking for a paid intern to work with us on a wide variety of client projects. The intern:
- Drafts basic public relations materials including news releases, fact sheets, client meeting summaries, status reports and other materials as directed.
- Carries out special and media event planning activities and arrangements as outlined by the intern director.
- Attends and participates in client meetings, media training sessions, presentations and brainstorming sessions as directed.
- Assists with the development and updating of media lists and other databases. Other tasks include database creation, data entry and update additions and corrections.
- Assists with administrative duties including sorting, collating, stuffing envelopes, mailings and other administrative functions as assigned.
- Supports the firm’s efforts by drafting new client releases and performing research activities.
- Assists firm staff with other client, business development and firm management projects as needed.
To Apply: Please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to:
Christy Oberley, Director of Business Development
Dittoe Public Relations
2815 E. 62nd Street
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Or email: christy@dittoepr.com
No phone calls please.
Deadlines:
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| | |  July 2nd 2010 - CNET reviewed Q3's AlcoHAWK Slim Ultra! This is a little battery-operated breathalyzer that immediately shows the alcohol level in your bloodstream. The device has just one button and a little round LCD screen. Press the button and blow into the mouthpiece, and after a few seconds, the LCD will show your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on a scale from 0 percent to 0.40 percent.
With the 4th of July right around the corner, this might be a handy little device to make sure that you and your friends have a safe holiday weekend.
Read the review here.
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| | |  June 30th 2010 - Rocky Mountain Golf is featuring Swing by Swing on the front page of their website right now! See how Swing by Swing measures up against other golf GPS range finders.
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| | |  June 30th 2010 - eSchool News' assistant editor, Maya Prabhu interviewed Matt Walker, vice president of sales and marketing for Recorded Books, about One-Click Audio (think iTunes for audio books).
Read the story here.
We just saw Maya at ISTE this week and had a great time touching base on Recorded Books' other hot digital products.
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| | | June 23rd 2010 - INDIANAPOLIS – (June 23, 2010) – Dittoe Public Relations, Indianapolis’ premier PR agency, proudly announces the addition of two new partners. Lauren Sanders and Megan Lawler join Chris and Liza Dittoe as equity partners in the rapidly growing firm.
“Lauren Sanders and Megan Lawler have made significant contributions to our firm and our clients,” said Chris Dittoe, president and co-founder of Dittoe Public Relations. “It is a privilege to announce their elevation to partnership. Over the years, they have demonstrated the leadership skills, work ethic and passion that have made them an indispensible part of our team.”
Lauren Sanders has worked for Dittoe PR for six years and serves as vice president of account services. Sanders is known for her role in the success of several of Dittoe PR’s largest high-tech accounts, including ExactTarget, Klipsch and ChaCha, among others. Her ability to find unique story angles has landed clients priceless attention in national media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The Today Show. Her determination and skill is evident in the countless times she’s turned clients’ projects into national news.
Megan Lawler serves as vice president and has been with Dittoe PR for four years. Having worked on some of Dittoe PR’s largest accounts, including Zotec Partners, Lucas Oil Stadium and Senario, LLC, she understands the importance of personalization and has established priceless relationships with both the media and her clients. Her relentless dedication leads her to secure countless pieces of media coverage in a wide range of prestigious outlets.
As newly appointed partners, Sanders and Lawler will be directly involved in the overall strategy and direction of the agency, as well as oversee the company’s internal operations and employee relations. Both women are dedicated to their roles in the agency and will continue account work on a daily basis.
Dittoe Public Relations maintains its standing as one of the top PR firms in Indianapolis and continues to grow its diverse roster of clients. For more information on Dittoe PR, please visit www.dittoepr.com.
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| | |  June 21st 2010 - The Dallas Morning News' Business Columnist, Cheryl Hall covers how the Frisco-based Scotty P's burger joints use Call-Em-All's mobile marketing services to bring in the customers.
For the full story, click here.
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| | |  June 18th 2010 - Campus Technology's Dian Schaffhauser covers BrainHoney's "open gradebook" technology that is being used by Brigham Young University in Provo,UT.
BYU and Agilix Labs are developing a custom gradebook that will allow students to develop and maintain their work in any online tool and simply submit a URL to the faculty member. BYU said it expects to beta test that application during the winter 2010 semester.
BrainHoney is an online learning solution and part of Agilix Labs, a leading education technology provider.
For the full story click here.
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| | |  June 18th 2010 - We are honored to introduce WoundVision as our newest client! Spearheaded by a local team with more than 60 years of combined experience in building successful healthcare technology businesses, this new company & its technology are guaranteed to revolutionize wound care and patient care. Their first-of-its-kind thermographic imaging system allows healthcare providers to objectively predict and track pressure ulcers and other wounds to optimize patient outcomes, comply with government regulations and improve financial performance.
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| | |  June 17th 2010 - Recorded Books K-12's One-Click Audio (think iTunes for audiobooks) was featured in the "What's New" section of Tech & Learning's June issue!
"With One-Click Audio, public and private K–12 schools can offer teachers and students access to a wide collection of downloadable e-audiobooks. The One-Click Audio Academic Collection has more than 800 downloadable titles, including 320 that are iPod compatible. Each month, seven new titles are added to the collection, and an additional 130 titles are available for individual purchase."
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| | |  June 17th 2010 - What do you check first in the morning? Email or Facebook?
Mashable! covers ExactTarget's Digital Morning Study on their site!
Check it out.
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| | | June 14th 2010 - Bostech's ChainBuilder Labs was featured on the cover of the May issue of Clinical Labs Products. ChainBuilder Labs is an on-demand workflow solution, which automates manual processes throughout the sample processing flow and delivers test results directly back to the physician's electronic medical record (EMR) system.
See CLP's website for more.
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| | |  June 10th 2010 - ExactTarget conducted a survey in April that answers, "Where do Americans begin their online day?" ADWEEK featured their results in an article that was on the front page of their site on June 9,2010.
Read the full article here.
So, how do you begin your online day? Email? Social media?
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| | |  June 7th 2010 - The WSJ covered how the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security is using Twitter to spread information on the oil spill. The office found that it needed a way to keep track of tweets that were coming its way, in part because of the requirement that it respond to inquiries. Twitter’s basic Web site doesn’t offer a lot of features for sorting messages, so the office uses a third-party platform called CoTweet that allows officials to be more organized, assigning tweets to various people for responses, for example.
Read WSJ here.
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| | | June 7th 2010 - The Cellular Connection plans to open Verizon Wireless kiosks in all Indianapolis-based hhgregg Inc. (NYSE: HGG) stores. The Cellular Connection says the deal will allow it create more than 500 jobs across the 15 states in which hhgregg currently operates. The companies will begin opening the kiosks later this month.
Read release here.
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| | |  May 28th 2010 - Our favorite golf tool, Swing by Swing, is featured in today’s Thrillist Nation newsletter! Thrillist says the free GPS range finder is all designed to help you make "smart club decisions", which no longer start and end with fist-pumping. We agree. Check it out here. | | |
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| | |  May 26th 2010 - A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform, examines the need for children of all economic backgrounds in the United States have the same education. Check out District Administration's Angela Pascopella's write-up on this film here.
For more information on the film, visit www.2mminutes.com.
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| | |  May 25th 2010 - ExactTarget's client, Massage Envy employs an email campaign receives enviable results. DIRECT Magazine posted the story of their success online. Read more here.
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| | |  May 19th 2010 - Mighty Interactive used client ExactTarget’s technology to promote a one-day “Massage for the Cure” fundraising event for their client Massage Envy. With ExactTarget’s email platform powering this creative campaign, Massage Envy was able to raise nearly $555,000 for breast cancer research.
Read more about the exciting campaign here!
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| | |  May 17th 2010 - Client ExactTarget, a leading global provider of on-demand email marketing and interactive marketing solutions, was featured in today’s Wall Street Journal for an outstanding text-message coupon campaign they powered for Auntie Anne’s, Inc. ExactTarget was able to help Auntie Anne’s experience coupon redemption rates of 15 and 30 percent, rates that were far stronger than traditional couponing methods.
Read how here!
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| | |  May 13th 2010 - Bostech’s ChainBuilder Labs, a healthcare-specific workflow solution, and know error® specimen security system are featured in today's Health Data Management. ChainBuilder Labs & know error® fight against biopsy switching errors, because there is nothing more worrisome than the thought of receiving the wrong biopsy results.
View the entire story here. | | |
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| | |  May 11th 2010 - BlackBerrySites.com wrote about the new BlackBerry (and iPhone) app that’s just for golfers, Swing by Swing! It’s the free golf GPS range finder that works anywhere in the world. Check out why BlackBerry Sites loves Swing by Swing & all its features here. | | |
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| | |  May 10th 2010 - WIRED.com had the opportunity to try out one of Klipsch's latest and greatest products. Causing quite the buzz, Klipsch has combined energy-efficient LED lighting AND great sound. Check out WIRED.com's thoughts on the first of its kind, innovative LightSpeaker!
Read their thoughts here!
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| | |  May 7th 2010 - DPR lands mobile app Swing by Swing
We’re excited to announce Swing by Swing as our newest client! Based in Fort Collins, CO, Swing by Swing is a FREE GPS golf range finder mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry. It’s like Google maps for golf courses! Golfers can use the application to accurately measure distances between everything on a golf course. What makes Swing by Swing so cool is that it’s easy to use and has the same capabilities as the expensive $200-500 range finder devices. It works no matter where you play, and automatically switches between holes as you move around the course. Learn more at www.swingbyswing.com.
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| | |  May 7th 2010 - It’s our pleasure to introduce The American Academy as our newest client! Every 25 seconds another kid in America drops out of High School; most leave for reasons other than poor grades. That’s why The American Academy offers a Dropout Recovery Solution that is providing these students with a flexible learning alternative that meets them where they are and gives them the support they need to succeed. It is a privilege to work with an organization that is helping students that have dropped out of school to get back on track for graduation. Learn more at www.NoDropouts.com.
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| | |  May 6th 2010 - The reviewer from IGN.com couldn’t say enough good things about Klipsch's Energy CF-50 Floorstanding Speakers. The reviewer was blown away by the level of performance you get for such an affordable price. He even gave them a 9/10 score!
Check it out here.
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| | |  May 3rd 2010 - TechPoint has announce that Bob Compton is its 2010 Trailblazer Award recipient for significant and lasting contributions to Indiana’s high-tech economy. This award is part of TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards program recognizing Indiana’s technology success stories in various categories for industry, institutions and individuals.
Read more on TechPoint's blog or in the IBJ. | | |
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| | | May 3rd 2010 - ExactTarget's client Intuit who manages the TurboTax brand made tax season easier this year by answering all questions via Twitter.
The process was managed with the help of ExactTarget’s Twitter platform CoTweet, a sort of CRM Twitter software that enables users to easily search for questions across Twitter about taxes; assign customer tweets to the right expert within the company; and respond to the customer in short order. In fact, the program enabled TurboTax employes to answer tweets in less than four minutes...
Read full story here.
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| | |  April 29th 2010 - EMSResponder.com covered the announcement of Transportation Safety Technologies' Touch Screen 850 control system which was introduced earlier this month at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). EMSResponder.com is a popular news site read by many EMS professionals.
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| | |  April 27th 2010 - Zibits were the featured prize on Maxim.com's "Beat This Caption" Contest! See the contest here.
Our caption? Hmmm..."How many idiots does it take to transport lumber?" Okay, that one is lame, too.
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| | |  April 23rd 2010 - Bella Sara announced this week that they will work with licensee, Berkshire Fashions, Inc. to produce a line of fashionable Bella Sara accessories. The new line will include headwear, cold-weather accessories, hats, scarves, hosiery, slipper socks, raingear and packaged panties. Recently, Bella Sara has had lots of exciting licensing news! Their sleepwear line with Bees and Jam, LLC is now available in Kohls, JC Penny, Target and Wal-Mart stores nationwide, and their toy line from licensee, JAKKS Pacific is also available .
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| | |  April 21st 2010 - Local Indianapolis Dittoe PR client, Transportation Safety Technologies (TST), is attending FDIC this week, the world’s largest firefighter training conference and exhibition. It was originally reported that the company will be exhibiting in Booth #5883, but that’s been changed! TST will now be in Booth #8100. Come check them out!
Transportation Safety Technologies is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of a wide array of electronic components for the specialty vehicle industry. At FDIC, held on April 19 to 24 in Indianapolis, TST is unveiling its Touch Screen 850 control system on a Life Line Emergency Vehicles ambulance. At Life Line’s booth #3112, the company will display TST’s Touch Screen system, which manages power distribution from the chassis throughout the vehicle with the touch of a finger.
Life Line Emergency Vehicles manufactures modular ambulances in both straight-side and slant-side styles. The Touch Screen technology acts as the ambulance’s switch panel – with greatly expanded functionality. Highlights of the system include customizable screens and buttons, Duramux™ electrical system, built-in LED diagnostics, Eagle Eye™ direct interfacing, gauges, meter style displays and camera, GPS and DVR options. The system can consolidate and update a customer’s entire user interface into a compact, sleek design. | | |
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| | |  April 21st 2010 - This past weekend Zibits Mini R/C Robots invaded C2E2, Chicago's Comic & Entertainment Expo, and Dittoe PR made sure that the press knew about their arrival! Zibits had more than 20 press appointments in the six hours that they were exhibiting on Saturday.
People love mini robots! In fact, Battlemouth.com already posted about their interview with one of Zibits' creators, Bryan Katzel. Read review here.
"Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto."
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| | |  April 21st 2010 - EHOB’s WAFFLE® Seat Cushion was featured in Physical Therapy Products’ April issue! Check it out.
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| | |  April 21st 2010 - Butler University’s PRSSA Chapter is hosting PR Night 2.0: Enhancing the Message tonight at 6:30 p.m.! Dittoe PR will be there to support our neighbors and mingle with fellow colleagues and students in PR. In addition to a panel of intelligent speakers from the Indianapolis area, Scott Wise, owner of Scotty’s Brewhouse, will be the keynote speaker. He’ll talk about managing an online brand and his own successes with social media in the restaurant industry. Come meet the Dittoe PR team & enjoy a wonderful event hosted by our neighbors at Butler!
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| | |  April 15th 2010 - Yesterday, Call-Em-All was recognized as applicant of the day. Today, ExactTarget receives a shout out on Twitter!
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| | |  April 15th 2010 - Dittoe PR client, The Cellular Connection was featured in Business Week magazine! Scott Moorehead, CEO of The Cellular Connection, is quoted in "When the Third Generation Runs the Family Biz." Read full story here. | | |
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| | |  April 13th 2010 - RevTrax’s client, Jackson Hewitt, a leading tax preparation company, is featured in the April/May issue of Chief Marketer magazine! Jackson Hewitt used RevTrax’s cross-channel analytics platform to successfully launch an online coupon & paid search campaign that drove in-store sales. RevTrax gave Jackson Hewitt the same security and trackability that e-commerce merchants get from online promotions. Read more here. | | |
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| | |  April 13th 2010 - Dittoe PR client, Bella Sara is no stranger to helping the community and bringing smiles to children’s faces. We were delighted and proud to hear they had donated over 900 plush toys to Children’s Medical Center Dallas last week. We are so happy to represent a brand like Bella Sara, and we commend them on their generous donation.
Warm fuzzies!
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| | |  April 12th 2010 - ExactTarget, a digital marketing software company, and Imavex, a Web design and internet marketing firm, were chosen as finalists for the 2010 TechPoint Mira Award!
ExactTarget was chosen in two categories: IT Company and New Media Excellence & Innovation. Imavex was chosen as a finalist in the New Media Excellence and Innovation category.
The winners will be announced at the Mira Awards Gala, an “Oscars-style” award ceremony being held Saturday, May 15, at The Westin Indianapolis.
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| | |  April 8th 2010 - Dittoe PR's favorite wedding planner, Crista Tharp, owner and executive director of Tharp Events, was quoted in The New York Times article by Abby Ellin, "Burden of Paying for Wedding Bells Shifts."
Ms. Tharp said that spreading the costs and the planning more evenly is ultimately a good thing. She noted that back when it was the bride’s family alone that made all of the decisions, bridegrooms and their families often “felt like they were being invited to the party as almost an afterthought,” she said. “The groom’s parents need a little more attention.”
Click here for full article.
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| | | April 8th 2010 - Join the Butler University chapter of PRSSA for PR Night 2.0: Enhancing the Message on Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30pm in the Reilly Room on Butler’s campus. Scott Wise, owner of Scotty’s Brewhouse and the newly introduced Lakehouse, will be speaking about managing an online brand, and his own successes with social media in the restaurant industry. Wise has won numerous awards including an Addy, Nuvo's "Best of" awards and was named in the Indianapolis Business Journal's "Forty under 40."
Chris Gahl, Associate Director of Communications at the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association (ICVA) and Butler alumnus, will be discussing his role in utilizing communications to enhance and nationally promote the City of Indianapolis. His work with the ICVA over the past four years
Please visit the following Web site to register: http://pr-night20.eventbrite.com/. The event is free of charge.
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| | |  April 5th 2010 - Dittoe secured Bella Sara a fun giveaway in Chicago Parent magazine to get their readers in the Easter spirit with a Bella Sara Easter Basket! Hippity hoppity here to see.
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| | |  April 1st 2010 - Dittoe was able to land a great story in Mobile Marketer about how one of Call-Em-All's clients, Scotty P's Hamburgers, has used their SMS text service to drive in hungry customers.
Read the entire story here.
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| | |  March 31st 2010 - ExactTarget had another great byline run this morning in DemandGen Report by their very own Director of Research and Strategy, Morgan Stewart. In his article, "More Marketing, More Channels: 2010 Moves To More Digital Waves," Stewart identifies the top four trends that help explain how companies are investing their marketing dollars and why those companies are choosing to allocate their budgets across digital channels.
Click here to read more.
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| | | March 30th 2010 - ExactTarget's client, Ivy Tech Community College was featured in this article for their great use of ExactTarget's core marketing philospohy, 'subscribers rule.'
“They put the subscribers first by asking them to indicate when they
want the next communication. It's all about personalization,” says R.J. Talyor, product-marketing manager for
ExactTarget, the e-mail service provider behind Ivy Tech's messages.
Read the full story here.
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| | | March 30th 2010 - Bostech Corp was nominated for Indiana Companies to Watch 2010!
Indiana Companies to Watch celebrates high-performing, second-stage companies in the state. Known for their performance in the marketplace, innovative products, unique processes or philanthropic actions, these companies represent a wide range of industries from all corners of Indiana.
Companies are awarded August 26, 2010 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. | | |
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| | |  March 29th 2010 - Tom Spalding, business reporter for the Indianapolis Star, wrote a great article that ran in Saturday's paper titled, "Northeastside company's Sobongo site lets you tweet and shop." It's about Indy-based online retailer, Sobongo and its drive to become the first to fully integrate online shopping with social media. Click here for full story.
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| | |  March 25th 2010 - Wired's Anton Olsen is a sucker for small robots (he said it...not us), and was happy to work with us to set up a Zibits giveaway on his blog, GeekDad, on Wired.com. We love Wired -- awesome magazine, great Website and cool people! Check out the giveaway. | | |
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| | | March 24th 2010 - The 2010 nominees for the TechPoint Mira Awards are posted! Best of luck to our fabulous clients: Bostech Corporation nominated for Health Care Information Technology, ExactTarget nominated for IT Company and New Media Excellence & Innovation and IMAVEX nominated for New Media Excellence & Innovation. See the complete list of nominees here.
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| | | March 24th 2010 - Dittoe secured a spot for ExactTarget in an article in DemandGen Report titled, "Integration Of Email & Social Tools Targeting Content Sharing From Inbox." Read the full story here.
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| | |  March 23rd 2010 - Sobongo today launches the first online retail outlet to successfully and completely blend the worlds of social media and online shopping – giving shoppers the opportunity to recommend the addition of new products, suggest future promotions and interact directly with the Sobongo team. Read more.
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| | |  March 23rd 2010 - Dittoe PR secured a great editorial for EHOB's Dr. James Spahn.
In the article, Dr. Spahn addresses the role of moisture and temperature in pressure ulcers. Read more here. | | |
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| | | March 22nd 2010 - Robots are so hot right now! ToyXplosion.com just posted a really great review of Zibits! The reviewer told her readers, “Would I personally buy this toy for my kids? You bet. In fact, I would buy a few of these as a gift for one of their friends. We have a green and black Zibits to start out our collection and I can’t wait to add some more.” Check it out.
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| | |  March 18th 2010 - Dittoe PR secured a great spot on Fox Business for Klipsch's LightSpeaker!
John Quain reviews the LightSpeaker on Tech Tuesdays, and agrees that it is easy to set up and produces great sound quality. Watch it here.
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| | | March 17th 2010 - We are pleased to begin work with our newest client, Recorded Books!
Recorded Books creates complete auidiobooks for the general public, schools, libraries and universities. They have two new, phenomenal curriculum brands, BookJam and Plugged-in to Reading that are helping teachers engage young minds and meet state standards.
We are very excited to have them on board!
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| | |  March 16th 2010 - Dittoe PR secured a great review for Senario's latest craze, Zibits. Zibits are cute 2 inch tall collectible robots that can rotate 360 degrees and are equipped with lights and sounds. Check out the review.
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| | | March 15th 2010 - Whitney Tilson and True South Studios present A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine Education Reform.
Education reformer Whitney Tilson gives the most in-depth exploration ever committed to film of the twin achievement gaps that threaten our nation's future: between the U.S. and our economic competitors, and between low-income, minority students and their more affluent peers.
To read the complete post, click here.
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| | | | March 12th 2010 - We are looking to bring on an additional Account Executive to the Dittoe PR team!
Dittoe PR is a fast paced Indy-based public relations agency, with an immediate opening for an Account Executive responsible for providing public relations counsel and support activities for clients. Ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), strong creativity, outgoing and high energy. A strong emphasis is placed on strategic account management. We need self-starters who enjoy generating media coverage for our clients.
Limited travel is required for press tours, trade shows, and analyst meetings. Preference will go towards those with at least 2-3 years experience in public relations/media relations.
Please send resumes to Chris Dittoe at chrisd@dittoepr.com. | | |
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| | |  March 11th 2010 - Dittoe PR secured Bob Compton a spot in great piece, titled "Lessons from America's Most Productive CEOs," posted on Inc. magazine's site.
Bob Compton is the CEO of Vontoo, a voice broadcasting technology company, and the Chairman of ExactTarget, an on-demand e-mail marketing and one-to-one digital communication platform.
We could all learn a thing from Bob in the productivity department. Bob's advice for being an efficient CEO:
"The most difficult aspect of being a CEO is you driving your day, and not letting the day drive you. By looking through tasks each morning and resolving to allocate the time to concentrate on the CEO priorities, the actions only the CEO can take to move the company forward, you can keep your eye on moving the company forward. At the end of the day, I always checked whether I had taken action on my top three priorities. If the answer was "no," I stayed in the office until I made progress on them."
See link for full story: http://www.inc.com/ss/15-ways-be-more-productive#14
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| | | | March 10th 2010 - Dittoe PR is happy to announce a new website launch from IMAVEX, our trusted Internet provider. We are excited about the new website and hope you are as well! We welcome your thoughts and cannot wait to hear from you soon. | | |
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April 6th 2010 - ExactTarget's client, the Toledo Mud Hens, a minor league baseball team, was featured on DIRECT and was the lead story in today’s E-Mail Essentials daily newsletter! After implementing ExactTarget's Extensions Network, the Mud Hens can now instantaneously access fairly specific sectors of its customer base and send them highly targeted, immediate messages and offers. Read more 
