Honors

Marketing Company Founder Named to Forbes Council

Joseph Grano, the president and founder of the Sarasota marketing, creative strategy and communications company Next-Mark, was recently selected to join the Forbes Agency Council.

02/28/2017 By staff

Marketing

Advertising and Marketing Firm Celebrates Anniversary

Grapevine Communications, a local advertising, marketing and public relations firm, is celebrating its 15th year of business in Sarasota and recently won an award for its philanthropy.

01/27/2017 By staff

Construction

New Company Aims to Assist Developers From Start to Finish

Jane Bennett, Karin Silver and Pearl DeBrular recently teamed to launch Beyond the Bluprint, a new company that provides strategies for new development.

01/20/2017 By staff

Marketing

Communications Director Earns Employee of the Year Honors

Grapevine Communications—a Sarasota advertising, marketing and public relations agency—recently named director of communications John Butzko as the company's 2016 employee of the year.

01/19/2017 By staff

Marketing

Tourism Agency Unveils New Branding

Elements include a new logo and images and videos intended to convey the feeling that Sarasota County is a place where visitors can feel 'at ease.'

01/18/2017 By staff

Events

PR Mixer Scheduled for Jan. 27

The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association is hosting a mixer for public relations professionals interested in earning accreditation.

01/16/2017 By staff

Tourism

Visit Sarasota to Unveil New Ad Campaign

Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism promotion agency, will unveil its new advertising campaign, shaped by new market research.

01/13/2017 By staff

Education

Business Peer Group Program Expands

The Exceptional Discipline Generates Excellence (EDGE) Peer Group program, founded by Sarasota's David Kauffman, is expanding this year into other cities around Florida.

01/10/2017 By staff

Technology

Advertising Groups Challenge New Data Privacy Rules

A coalition of advertising trade associations on Tuesday filed a petition asking that the Federal Communications Commission reconsider new rules created to protect consumer privacy.

01/04/2017 By staff

Deals

Jacksonville Ad Agency Acquires Sarasota Firm

Jacksonville's On Ideas, an advertising and branding agency established in 2005, acquired Sarasota's C•Suite Communications, effective Jan. 1.

01/04/2017 By staff

Marketing

Meetup Concentrates on Targeted Marketing

Raul Vielma of Propel Marketing and Ron Belyea from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune will share tips on focused marketing messages and more at a free Manasota SCORE Success Strategies for Business Owners meetup.

01/04/2017 By staff

Marketing

Advertising Awards Submissions Due Jan. 13

The Suncoast chapter of the American Advertising Federation is now accepting entries in its American Advertising Awards contest.

12/29/2016 By staff

Public Relations

PR Group to Host 'Thought Leadership' Luncheon

The president and founder of Next-Mark, LLC will deliver a presentation titled 'Building and Sustaining a Thought Leadership Platform' at a luncheon put on by the Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.

12/13/2016 By staff

New hires

Advertising, Marketing Firm Promotes Two, Hires One

Grapevine Communications, a Sarasota advertising, marketing and public relations agency, recently promoted two staff members and added a marketing professional to its account management team.

12/01/2016 By staff

Marketing

PR Association to Hear Presentation on How to Handle Viral Videos

Ben Tobias, creator of a viral Gainesville Police Department video that featured an officer playing basketball with kids, will deliver a presentation titled 'You Went Viral! Now What Do You Do?' on Nov. 16.

11/07/2016 Research by staff

Honors

Local PR Company Recognized for Viral Nonprofit Campaign

Sharon Kunkel, president of Wordslinger Marketing & PR, recently received an Honorable Mention in PR Daily's Nonprofit PR Awards in the 'Advocacy or Awareness' category.

09/16/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Marketing Company Hires Account Exec

Knight Marketing recently added Deena Suliman Ried to its Sarasota team as an account executive.

09/16/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Sarasota Communications Firm Hires Two

Sarasota's C•Suite Communications recently hired two new team members: Juliette Reynolds and Kaylin Dalton.

09/13/2016 Research by staff

Marketing

Public Relations Association Chapter Announces New Board, President

The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association recently welcomed its 2016-2017 board of directors and celebrated Chapter Awards winners.

08/24/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Graphic Company Hires New Specialist

Sun Graphic Technologies announced Tuesday that Lee Manevitch has joined the company as its color management and process specialist.

07/20/2016 Research by staff