Design solutions by Jeffrey Alec have nothing to do with redecorating. Jeffrey Alec Communications provides such advertising and design services as creative development for print or broadcast, direct mail, event marketing, and branding, as well as Web site design, logo design and annual report creation. Market research, public relations, and media planning services round out the boutique agency's repertoire. Clients have included J.D. Power and Associates, Weyco Group, and Johnson & Johnson..

Learfield Communications started with just a few people almost 40 years ago and now there’s a bunch of us, working in offices and newsrooms throughout the country. Most of our networks and sports properties have their own websites, so this is something of a portal, a jumping off point.

Urbanomics is a boutique cause marketing and public relations firm, specializing in strategic issue management. We believe our size is a competitive advantage. It has taught us to value RESPONSIVENESS in meeting client needs. It also reaffirms our belief that taking RESPONSIBILITY for our customers' success is critical in satisfying their expectations. Simply put, our clients return because we are effective and efficient at delivering agreed-to RESULTS.

West Business Services stands in for a business-to-business (B2B) staff when you don't have one. The contract sales and marketing firm, a subsidiary of telemarketing giant West Corporation, provides direct marketing, sales territory coverage, customer service, product support, and consumer affairs, as well as market research. It can augment or substitute for a company's sales force. Clients are in retail, consumer services, foodservice, and health care (among other industries), and have included such notable names as Bayer, Reckitt Benckiser, Coleman, GlaxoSmithKline, and 3M. The business services firm partners with West Asset Management to offer B2B management of receivables and debt recovery.

Hat Trick Productions is one of the top independent TV producers in the UK, specializing in comedy and other light entertainment aired by the BBC and other networks. Among the company's hits are "The Kumars at No 42", "Have I Got News For You", "Father Ted", and "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (The company produced both UK and US versions of the latter.) Investment firm Kleinwort Capital owns about 45% of Hat Trick Productions; the remainder is owned by former spouses (and current co-managing directors) Jimmy Mulville and Denise O'Donoghue, who founded the production company in 1989.

Participant Media produces movies that put human and social issues in the spotlight. Possibly best known for the 2006 Al Gore documentary on global warming An Inconvenient Truth, the media company releases documentaries and feature films and creates social marketing campaigns to coincide with the release of those films. They have included The Kite Runner, Murderball, and Syriana. Participant works with not-for-profit and social sector organizations to create action, discussion, and education programs. It is also involved in television production. The company was founded in 2004 by chairman Jeff Skoll, eBay's founding president.

Carmike Cinemas has stakes in about 2,300 screens at nearly 250 theaters in 35 states. Carmike's theaters are located mostly in small to midsized communities where the chain hosts the only theater in town. The company's revenues come from the sale of admission tickets and concessions. The firm also owns two Hollywood Connection family entertainment centers, which feature multiplex theaters along with skating rinks, miniature golf, and arcades.

Coolabi produces and distributes primarily children's shows in the UK; it also licenses its catalog of films, television shows, books, and other intellectual property. Its current properties include The Large Family, Poppy Cat, Fungus the Bogeyman, and "The Worst Witch". Coolabi also licenses brand properties (unrelated to TV programming) for use on merchandise; its properties include the Purple Ronnie line, the Internet animated characters iloveegg, and the Hammer Films brand, from the studio famed for its 1960's horror flicks. Coolabi began as Alibi Communications in 1999, merged with Coolebah in 2004, and took its current name in 2005.

The California Table Grape Commission (CTGC) provides both domestic and international advertising and marketing services for California table grape farmers. The CTGC was created to maintain and expand the markets for California grapes in the state, in the rest of the US, and around the world. Established by the California Legislature in 1967, the CTGC works in five areas: research, trade management, issue management, education and outreach, and advertising. Concerned with all things relating to California table grapes, the commission disseminates information to growers, government agencies, retailers, and restaurants, as well as to consumers.

Arctic Music Group was formed by company president Scott Hecker with Malevolent Creation guitarist Phil Fasciana in 2000. Nothing easy about listening to bands on the Arctic Music Group label. The record label specializes in extreme heavy metal and hardcore music. Through its three separate imprints -- Arctic, Frozen North, and Punktuation -- the company releases records by acts such as Malevolent Creation, Closer Than Kin, Hateplow, and Kult ov Azazel.

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