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.

Founded in 1985 by Hal Brierley, Brierley+Partners has a history of creating proven, prominent customer loyalty programs. A true pioneer in the industry, Brierley entered the customer Relationship Management® arena nearly a decade before the competition – trademarking the term long before it was in vogue. Over the years, we have created, managed and supported some of the world's most successful loyalty programs – including Hilton HHonors®, Hertz #1 Club Gold®, the My Sony™ program, BLOCKBUSTER® Rewards, United Airlines' Mileage Plus®, the UPS Preferred Customer Program and many others.

Gale®, part of Cengage Learning, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform. The Gale family of publishing imprints includes such noted reference brands as Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons® and Primary Source Media™. Gale also serves the K-12 market with its U·X·L®, Greenhaven Press®, Lucent Books®, KidHaven Press and Sleeping Bear Press™ imprints. Thorndike Press®, Christian Large Print™, Wheeler Publishing™, Five Star™ and Large Print Press™ serve libraries' large print collections. Major brands include InfoTrac, Gale Virtual Reference Library — the company's eBook platform — and the unparalleled Gale Digital Collections such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online. In addition to serving the school and library communities, Gale also licenses its proprietary content for integration within Web-based information services. Nearly 100 organizations — including Looksmart, Borders, Dow Jones and Thomson Financial — presently enjoy strategic business distribution partnerships with Gale. Gale is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with additional offices in the U.S., and in the following international regions: Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America.

Established in 1967, employee-owned GA Communications has offices located in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. GA Communications Company produces advertising for retail clients which have included Lowe's, S.P. Richards Company, and Michaels. Also operating through its PureRed Creative subsidiary, it offers photography, prepress, print management, website design and development, set design and fabrication, visual merchandising, printing, and broadcast services.

McClenahan Bruer Communications (McBru) provides integrated advertising and public relations services for business-to-business technology companies. The agency's services revolve around three objectives: brand building and awareness; lead generation; and customer penetration and retention. In addition to advertising and public relations services, McBru also offers collateral materials creation, trade show support, interactive marketing, and direct marketing. The agency landed prominent power semiconductor designer ON Semiconductor as a client in mid-2006.

" Austin Chronicle Corp. publishes a weekly newspaper in Austin, Texas, boasting a circulation of more than 90,000 and featuring comprehensive coverage of the city's lively music and cultural scene. The tabloid-sized Austin Chronicle is also a source political and environmental reporting. In addition to its newspaper, the company serves as a sponsor for such annual events as South by Southwest (operated by SXSW), the Austin Music Awards Show, and The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival. Publisher Nick Barbaro and editor Louis Black led a group that started the paper in 1981.

The Music Sales Group is an international organisation. Based in London, it is active in many music-related fields and has offices worldwide. Principally Music Sales owns, manages and exploits over 200,000 music copyrights. It is also Europe’s largest printed music publisher, distributing products worldwide from centres in the UK, the USA, Australia, Japan and Europe. The source of Music Sales’ copyright activities is the ownership of numerous international catalogues that include Campbell Connelly, The Sparta Florida Music Group, Bosworth & Co., Chester Music, Novello & Company, J. Curwen & Sons, G Schirmer, Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Unión Musical Ediciones (UME). Music Sales also owns a chain of retail outlets in the UK supplying them and numerous independent music stores with a wide range of printed music and related music products such as tutors and musical accessories. The group’s Omnibus Press imprint is a prestigious world leader in books about music, covering everything from Grand Opera to contemporary pop music. Altogether Music Sales maintains a vital and influential presence in the worldwide music industry, ranging from active membership of international copyright organisations to global publishing imprints.

The Brand Union has worked for companies in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, energy, healthcare, retail, and sports and entertainment. Customers have included Bank of America, SABMiller, and Vodafone. The Brand Union unites its forces to help companies create and revitalize their corporate brands. Part of the WPP Group, the branding specialist provides research and consulting services for both corporate and consumer brands. Brand Union company operates from more than 20 offices around the world, and it aims to use its geographic scope to provide clients with unique perspective on local markets.

SHIFT serves small to medium size clients and offers such services as crisis management, product launch support, lead generation, and brand building. The firm's communications programs, including blogs and social media news releases, focus on generating revenue for customers in addition to creating publicity. SHIFT provides its marketing and PR services through offices in Boston and San Francisco to clients that include Travelocity.com, Shimano, Novell, Akamai, Quantum Corp., and Oakley. Principals Jim Joyal, Todd Defren, and Ed Weiler founded SHIFT in 2003.

Leo Burnett company, which does business as Leo Burnett Worldwide, is owned by ad conglomerate Publicis. This company has come up with some gr-r-reat ideas to promote brands. The #2 ad agency in the US (behind WPP Group's JWT), Leo Burnett has helped create some of the top consumer brands, including Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal and its Tony the Tiger icon. It offers creative development and campaign planning services through about 95 offices in almost 85 countries. Its Arc Worldwide subsidiary provides promotional and direct marketing services, as well as multimedia and interactive marketing development. Vigilante acts as an urban marketing firm, while Lopiz Integrated Hispanic Marketing targets Spanish-speakers.

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