This agency is ready to help businesses in critical need of online marketing services. Critical Mass is a leading interactive marketing agency with about a half dozen offices in the US, Canada, and Europe. Working with such clients as Mercedes-Benz USA, Global Hyatt, Montres Rolex, and Procter & Gamble, the agency offers creative design services for corporate branding Web sites and other multimedia campaigns, as well as strategic planning and campaign management services. In addition, Critical Mass provides expertise in e-mail marketing, emerging media, and search engine optimization. The agency is 52%-owned by global advertising services conglomerate Omnicom Group; employees own the remaining 48%.

Loomis Group provides integrated marketing services through offices in San Francisco and Boston and internationally through offices in Europe and Asia. The agency melds all combinations of advertising, design, identity, direct response, and interactive services as well as event planning, media buying, and public relations with each other to create campaigns that get results. Clients have included such notable names as eBay, Nokia, Pfizer, StubHub, and Merrill Lynch.

Pioneer of the paperback, Penguin was founded in 1935 by Allen Lane, who wanted to offer novels for the price of a pack of cigarettes and published such contemporary writers as Ernest Hemingway and Agatha Christie. Today Penguin has offices in fifteen countries. Where have "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and Salman Rushdie kept company? At The Penguin Group, one of the world's top book publishers (and no stranger to controversial titles). Owned by media giant Pearson, the publisher operates through such imprints as Viking (literary fiction and non-fiction), Puffin (children's books), Dorling Kindersley (reference works), and Rough Guides(travel). Penguin authors include Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, and Nora Roberts.

The Roanoke Times newspaper serving the Southwestern region of Virginia with news, sports coverage, and lifestyle features. In addition to its flagship publication, Times-World produces specialized niche publications including HomesNOW, Inside Out, Job Market, Neighbors, and News River Valley Current. The company also publishes the regional business publication Blue Ridge Business Journal. First published in 1886 as The Roanoke Daily Times by founding publisher M. H. Claytor, The Roanoke Times was the area's first daily paper. Times-World is owned by Landmark Media Enterprises, which also owns North Carolina's News & Record newspaper through Greensboro News & Record.

Lonely Planet employs some 300 writers to update its publications, which include walking guides ("Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya"), phrasebooks, and guides for the budget traveler ("Europe on a Shoestring"). In 2007 the British Broadcasting Corp. bought a 75% stake in the firm; the Wheelers retain a 25% stake. Want to explore in Ecuador? Travel on the cheap in Chile? You're not alone. Lonely Planet Publications sells guidebooks aimed at the more independent traveler (its books once offered tips on buying good pot). Maureen and Tony Wheeler founded Lonely Planet in 1973 in a kitchen in Melbourne as they wrote a guide based on their trek across Asia. They now publish more than 500 titles covering every continent.

For the second year in a row, Murphy O’Brien ranked among the top 10 best places to work in Los Angeles among medium sized companies and one of the top independent public relations agencies in the country. We specialize in delivering high-caliber media coverage for our clients. We pride ourselves on being a place where creative ideas, strategic thinking and skillful execution come together to produce powerful results for our clients.The agency was founded in 1989. During the past 21 years, we have grown to include more than 40 talented and committed professionals who are dedicated to helping our clients build their businesses and establish their brands. With unwavering focus, we specialize in securing award-winning, high-profile media coverage for our clients. The result: We add real value to our clients’ bottom line. By securing a steady flow of feature stories and broadcast placements, we help our clients achieve success.

Owner-president John Deveney founded Deveney Communication in 1996. Deveney Communication succeeds when its clients' communication programs succeed. The firm offers its clients a variety of public relations and marketing communications services, including media relations, strategic planning, crisis communications, media training, and Internet marketing. Deveney Communication serves both large national accounts and regional clients along the Gulf Coast. Clients have included such notables names as Cox Communications, DIRECTV, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Starbucks, and Blockbuster.

Prometheus Books, Inc. company was founded in 1969. Prometheus Books lights a fire under its readers. Prometheus Books publishes about 100 new titles annually and has more than 1,500 books in print. The independent publisher specializes in books about philosophy, popular science, Islamic studies, Jewish studies, biblical criticism, women's studies, current events, and critical thinking. Its Humanity Books scholarly imprint publishes academic works, and its Pyr imprint is devoted to science fiction. Prometheus titles include When God Laughs by Jack London and John Maynard Keynes' The End of Laissez-Faire and The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

BrandLink connects the dots of corporate brand strategy through creation, positioning, support and assessment. BrandLink Corporation's disciplines include brand research and measurement, brand culture, strategy, verbal branding, and visual branding. The firm also works with clients to help license the brands and conduct the proper public relations campaign. BrandLink has worked with such big names as Georgia-Pacific, Johnson & Johnson, Time, Merrill Lynch, and Ziff-Davis.

Since 1934, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co., Tuscaloosa, AL., has turned ideas into enterprises and opportunities into successes. It was founded on innovation and entrepreneurialism. Recently ranked the sixth-fastest-growing publishing company in the nation and the 22nd largest, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. is a multifaceted, multimedia provider of communication solutions. Led by Chief Executive Officer F. Michael Reilly and Chief Operating Officer David Wright, Randall-Reilly's success is based on providing its diverse clientele superior services and unparalleled products.

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