OWC’s Tracy Williams to serve as Morgan Stanley panelist
As part of The Nonprofit Breakfast Series presented by Morgan Stanley, Tracy Williams, president of Olmstead Williams Communications, will serve as a panelist at 7:30 a.m. this Friday at a seminar at the Luxe Sunset Hotel in Los Angeles titled “Driving Revenue: Tuning up Fundraising.” Nonprofit board members and executives, please join Williams and the [...]
So, what does this have to do with public relations?
Marie Ebenezer is from Germany and has been interning at OWC since November. Last week, I wrote about my time here in Los Angeles and the intercultural challenges I’ve faced so far. Olmstead Williams Communications received a lot of positive feedback about my post, and it encouraged me to keep writing. One of the responses [...]
Bulldog Reporter writes about XapNews launch
Olmstead Williams Communications announced yesterday the launch of www.XapNews.com, a user-friendly “pitch engine” designed for attention-hungry small businesses, reported Bulldog Reporter. Unlike most PR and advertising, XapNews “narrowcasts” messages to the right people. “You get personal attention from a full-service PR firm for less than services that simply post press releases through auto-feeds that are buried [...]
An unforgettable summer experience
By Talia Zimmerman Unlike some of my friends’ internships, filled with coffee runs and paper filing, my summer internship with Olmstead Williams Communications has involved client meetings, brainstorming sessions, media pitching and learning the true art of public relations. Having done prior PR internships in the fields of entertainment and fashion, my time at OWC [...]
Reminders for protecting and promoting your brand
OWC compiled these tips from recent PR Daily articles to keep top of mind in today’s rapidly-changing news and social media environment. Get your message out, but don’t annoy journalists: Avoid sending long pitches, large attachments or mass emails. Tailor your pitch to the right reporter. Follow through on requests, keep appointments and respond to [...]
OWC’s Tracy Williams moderates panel with AP, Reuters, CNN and LA Times on social media in newsrooms
In a world of ever-emerging social media sites and tools, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogs are still the go-to social media sources for newsrooms across the country, according to the top-tier journalists who spoke on July 19 at the panel “The ‘New’ Newsroom: How Social Media Has Impacted the Way Newsrooms Operate.” According to the [...]
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 [...]
Leveraging top business awards — Each step of the way
Public Relations and marketing professionals learned the do’s and don’ts of getting their company (or client) nominated for major business awards and leveraging the recognition each step of the way during a networking panel and breakfast at The Olympic Collection in West Los Angeles. Panelists included Patrick Hainault, vice president of SMB Marketing at Inc. magazine; [...]
LABJ features OWC as one of just 7 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 Nieto.
