Just one month after the debut of BV Radio last Fall,Burgerville expanded its reach into the local music scene with the launch of Burgerville Records. Burgerville Records’ first album, “Shakers Sessions” was a compilation CD benefiting the Brian Grant Foundation. The album was created by local singer and songwriter Rob Barteletti, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s [...]
The historic Heathman Hotel, one of LANE’s long-time clients, honored chef Philippe Boulot last month for being selected as an Officer in the National Order of Agricultural Merit (Ordre National du Mérite Agricole). The ceremony, which was held in the Heathman’s Tea Court and orchestrated by LANE PR, recognized Boulot’s dedication to perfecting French cuisine [...]
The LANE PR team had the joy of meeting with the Oregon FFA Association student leadership team today, including state president Ryan Kelly, state secretary Grace Wildhaber, state reporter Caleb Forcier and state sentinel Nicole Lane.
The group chatted with LANE PR vice president Angie Galimanis, vice president of social media Amy Patterson, account director Shannon Riggs, account director [...]
LANE PR has worked on nearly 50 acquisitions for clients over a broad range of industries. Recently, however, I had the opportunity to be part of the team on a very unusual deal that involved working with two foreign stock exchanges. LANE PR was brought in by Infinova, a global provider of complete video surveillance [...]
On Monday, Dec. 5, LANE PR was honored to join the culinary community in celebrating Portland’s Rising Stars together with sponsor (and LANE client) Wines from Spain.
The event, which took place at the Nines Hotel, named the best-of-the-best on the Portland food scene, including:
Chefs:
• Aaron Barnett, St. Jack
• Greg Perrault, June
• Sarah Pliner, Kat Whitehead & Jasper Sheen, Aviary
• Naomi [...]
More than a dozen PR agencies have made the final cut for the 2011 Inc. 500/5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies.
The PR agencies included in the list are as follows: Mitchell Communications Group; DiGennaro Communications; LaunchSquad; Beehive PR; Formula PR, Spark Public Relations; Krupp Kommunications; Linhart Public Relations; Lane PR; rbb Public Relations; Jaffe PR; Identity Marketing & Public Relations; Saxum; CJP Communications and Levick Strategic Communications.
It was a long and smoky road, but LANE PR and Tree Top’s nationwide search for the best, most mouth-watering BBQ recipe has come to an end.
America’s Best Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off launched in April with the makers of 100 percent apple juice and applesauce asking firehouses across the country to put their grilling skills to the test and use Tree Top products to produce the best original BBQ recipe. From the tangy and sweet to the rich and savory, it was a challenge to narrow down the recipes to just 10 finalists – but, alas, it had to be done.
Finalists were sent a Sony Bloggie video camera to capture their unique firehouse personality and share their recipe with the world. Voters nationwide were allowed to select their favorite firehouse video and vote up to once a day, and we are proud to announce the two winners of this all-American contest:
• Spokane Fire Station #13 - $10,000 Grand Prize winner
• Yakima County Fire District 6 - $1,000 People’s Choice award (most online votes)
LANE PR garnered some impressive traditional and social media results with this fun and fiery campaign, and engaged BBQ enthusiasts nationwide via the online voting platform, making this food and beverage client one hot topic.
This July, I attended the Fancy Food Show on behalf of LANE PR. The Fancy Food Show, organized by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, is the country’s largest specialty food and beverage marketplace expo. For the first time in the show’s history, it was held in Washington DC—attracting attention to DC as a foodie destination, and bringing a new spotlight to the importance of food in America’s culture.
Besides sampling new food and beverages (tough job!) and meeting some of the nation’s and the world’s most interesting and innovative purveyors, I was able to spot some of the hottest trends in the food and beverage industry today.
Two trends I spotted from exhibitors across the board? Gluten-free. Gluten-free snacks, meals, and drinks were everywhere—and many attendees were even asking specifically for gluten-free goodies. On the high-brow trend side, truffle also seemed to be one of the “hot” ingredients of the year. Besides the traditional truffle salts and oils, truffles even popped up in jams and on popcorn. Not the most original trend we’ve ever seen—but one that I’ll certainly be enjoying nonetheless.
Cheers!
As PR professionals, we often forget that our everyday tasks and excitements might seem a bit odd to others not in the industry. PR Daily recently published a list written by David Brimm of BrimmComm Inc., of some funny signs that you work in the PR industry (click here).
I’ve supplemented his list of ten with a few of my own.
#11: Your new BFF is your contact at Cision.
#12: Your friends often refer to you as the one who “does advertising.”
#13: (closely tied to #12): You often get asked, “What exactly is it that you do?”