CEO of Weplay speaks at Digital Hollywood Summit
Lane Soelberg, CEO of Weplay, spoke today at the Digital Hollywood Spring Summit at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, Calif. His panel session, “Twitter, Facebook & Social Media – Transforming Marketing, Transforming the World,” focused on ways social media – along with social media tracking and analytics tools – is changing the [...]
Tracy Williams of OWC among ‘Women CEOs of LA’s Hottest Emerging Companies’
From the “Women CEOs of LA’s Hottest Emerging Companies” event hosted by Broads Circle — which brings together women in a variety of industries who share the same career and personal drivers to generate revenue and assume leadership positions — recently at the Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif.: Pictured from left to [...]
Newspaper circulation on the increase
U.S. newspaper circulation is on the increase despite all of the doom and gloom projections, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a media industry group. The Los Angeles Times reported that circulation increased 1.9% to 616,575 daily, and 0.4% to 952,761 on Sunday. Most of the increase was in digital readership, which is a [...]
OWC named finalist for 2012 PR Daily Awards
Los Angeles-based Olmstead Williams Communications, a business-to-business public relations and social media firm focusing on technology and professional services, has been named a finalist for the 2012 PR Daily Awards. The firm is joined by three other finalists – the Department of Labor, LIMRA, and NETGEAR/Weber Shandwick – in the “Best Speech” category for its [...]
Olmstead Williams Communications named finalist for 2012 PR Daily Awards in Best Speech category
Los Angeles-based Olmstead Williams Communications, a business-to-business public relations and social media firm focusing on technology and professional services, has been named a finalist for the 2012 PR Daily Awards. The firm is joined by three other finalists – the Department of Labor, LIMRA, and NETGEAR/Weber Shandwick – in the “Best Speech” category for its [...]
OWC honored by Los Angeles Business Journal for 3rd straight year as one of 25 largest PR agencies in LA
Olmstead Williams Communications has been honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal for the third straight year as one of the 25 largest independent PR agencies in L.A. County. The agency earned the No. 18 spot on the list, which ranked agencies by their 2011 county fee income. “We’re thankful to be recognized by the [...]
Not all news media is for sale in China
Much of the media coverage in China is apparently for sale, according to an article this week in the New York Times. The practice is pervasive with PR consultants divided on how much to embrace the practice. How pervasive? Try $20,000 per page in in the Chinese version of Esquire, $4,000 per minute on state-run [...]
Networking breakfast & panel: How to get nominated for top awards programs and tout your success
Public relations and marketing professionals: Please join us from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, for a free five-star breakfast, networking and panel discussion about major awards programs such as Inc. magazine’s prestigious “Inc. 500/5000“ and Ernst & Young’s global “Entrepreneur Of the Year” awards. You’ll learn the do’s and don’ts of getting [...]
Los Angeles Business Journal features OWC as one of just seven multi-win agencies
Joel Russell of the Los Angles Business Journal features Olmstead Williams Communications in his “Advertising and PR” column this week for winning two PRisms from the Public Relations Society of America in LA earlier this month. The other agencies winning more than one award are: GolinHarris, Citizen Paine, Hill & Knowlton, Edelman, Ketchum and Calvin [...]
