FOUNDED IN 1949, Rowman & Littlefield is an independent press committed to an editorial mission increasingly sacrificed in a publishing era marked by corporate takeovers and university budget constraints. With the freedom to determine our own financial goals, we devote our resources to cultivating superb scholarship and innovative teaching in the academic disciplines we serve. Our renowned publishing tradition demonstrates that the calibre of authors, bookmaking, distribution, and creative interaction with scholars brings success. And we plan to carry this independent tradition far into the next century.

Airfoil Public Relations specializes in using new media and communications technologies to enhance the effectiveness of its clients' public relations initiatives. The firm works with a variety of companies including start-ups and established businesses, specializing in the technology, online marketing, retail, health care, financial services, automotive manufacturing, and alternative energy development industries. Specific clients include Microsoft, Sprint, Starbucks, and Wireless Toyz. Airfoil's services include research and planning; marketing communications; analyst and media relations; brand identity programs; and editorial services.

The heart of advertising and marketing firm WHITTMANHART lies on the Internet. Through WHITTMANHART Interactive WHITTMANHART company assists clients with brand development and digital communications issues by providing application development, Web site design, online marketing, and strategic planning services. Customers -- which have included HBO, Budweiser, Harley-Davidson, and Johnson & Johnson -- typically come from the ranks of the FORTUNE 1,000. In mid-2008, in order to focus exclusively on its interactive marketing offerings, WHITTMANHART company sold its WHITTMANHART Consulting unit, which offered information technology and process improvement consulting services, to software consulting firm Rolta TUSC.

The agency was founded as Fallon McElligott Rice in 1981 by partners Pat Fallon, Tom McElligott, and Nancy Rice. Fallon is a subsidiary of Paris-based advertising conglomerate Publicis. This company might be able to lend a hand if your brand has fallen on hard times. Fallon Worldwide is a leading creative ad agency, serving such clients as Travelers Insurance, Sony, Holiday Inn, Purina, and NBC, and operating through offices in Minneapolis, London, and Tokyo. In addition to creative development, the firm offers marketing and branding services, brand and corporate identity consulting, and campaign planning services. Fallon also provides interactive marketing services and Web site development.

Established at the end of the 1980s, Communica has three offices located in Detroit; and Toledo and Columbus, Ohio. Communica offers advertising and marketing communications serving regional and national clientele in such industries as health care, education, financial services, and consumer products. The firm's services include sales promotion, direct marketing, public relations, design, and strategic planning. It even helps customers to integrate social media such as Facebook and Twitter into their marketing mix. Clients have included Putnam Investments, Bowling Green State University, the Toledo Museum of Art, and Calphalon.

Founded in 1993 by Rochelle Newman-Carrasco and Isabel Kilroe, Enlace Communications is privately owned. Advertising agency Enlace Communications is focused on one thing: the Hispanic consumer. By incorporating Latino culture and diversity, the company creates marketing and advertising campaigns aimed specifically for the Hispanic market. The agency's portfolio includes Spanish-language television and radio commercials as well as print ads. Clients include Farmers' Insurance, Jack in the Box, and Macy's.

Founded in 1978, the Rogers Group is one of Los Angeles' largest independent public relations firms. The Rogers Group (formerly Rogers & Associates) offers public relations, public affairs, and strategic communications to business, government, as well as non profit organizations. Services include media relations, crisis communications, multicultural marketing, and government relations. It also has Internet and social marketing expertise. The Rogers company has worked with clients such as Junior Blind of America, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Watt Commercial Properties.

Bradley Marketing Group is bent on improving performance, sales and profits through better relationships. The promotional marketing firm specializes in designing and implementing relationship marketing programs that include incentives, loyalty marketing, and sweepstakes. Bradley company also helps clients improve their organization through programs designed to drive employee performance. Bradley Marketing Group also offers a wide variety of business products and services, including commercial printing, inventory management, promotional products, and interactive marketing development.

As the third-largest comics publisher in the US, Dark Horse Comics has become a safe bet. Dark Horse publishes a number of original titles, but most of the publisher's revenue comes from comics based on licensed entertainment properties including Alien, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Conan, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars. Dark Horse company also publishes books and sells collectibles such as action figures and lithographs. In addition, the firm even its own film production studio, Dark Horse Entertainment, which made the big-screen adaptation of Hellboy and its sequel, Hellboy 2.

Founded in 1991, R. Walt & Company (dba Walt & Company) provides strategic planning, media relations, corporate and marketing communications, as well as conference and trade show services to companies in the technology and financial services industries. It also helps clients to better align their communications strategies with online social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Walt & Company serves customers ranging from start-ups to industry-leading conglomerates. Clients have included such notable names as Dell, Dow Jones & Company, Microsoft, Sprint, and SSH Communications Security.

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