Liza returns from the beach next week. Yay! I have missed our e-mails and phone calls throughout the week. Also, we might have the opportunity to work on a project together and I’m super excited about that – so I can’t wait to get an update from her when she returns!
This week’s Palmetto PR Diva [...]
May 31, 2008
Categories: APR, PR Diva Dish, PRSA, Palmetto PR Profiles, SC, media relations, public relations, public relations counseling . Tags: APR, Christian Blind Mission, LHWH Advertising, PRSA, Upstate SC . Author: kimbanks . Comments: Leave a Comment
Liza and I sometimes get in a rut when we meet. We typically go to the same coffee shops for morning meetings and regurlarly visit the same old haunts during lunchtime. Admittedly, we like routines, and it’s also convienient for both of us to meet in certain areas at certain times…not that there’s [...]
May 29, 2008
Categories: Greenville . Tags: brand building, espresso shooters, Liquid Highway, marketing . Author: kimbanks . Comments: Leave a Comment
This Friday we are happy to feature Beth Thomason, APR of Thomason PR for the Palmetto PR Diva Dish section. Liza and I had lunch with her this week – where she introduced me to Corporate Deli (love it!) – and also shared recent photos of her two boys! Read on to to learn more [...]
May 24, 2008
Categories: APR, PR Diva Dish, PRSA, Palmetto PR Profiles, public relations . Tags: APR, Corporate Deli, Thomason PR . Author: kimbanks . Comments: 1 Comment
So, I was jogging in a local park during my lunch break this afternoon, listening to the radio on my horribly un-hip and outdated walkman from 2004, and I hear New Kids on the Block’s “Step by Step” come on. Not only did I NOT change the station, I turned up the music! [...]
May 23, 2008
Categories: Charlotte, Uncategorized . Tags: New Kids on the Block, reunion tours, Tom Petty . Author: kimbanks . Comments: Leave a Comment
Identity theft is a huge problem these days. (Don’t get me started about how social security numbers were never meant to be used as personal identification devices, but that’s another post for another day). But hackers and thieves continue to steal innocent people’s identities to assume fraudulent personas, steal money and generally wreak [...]
May 23, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: fear, identity theft, Lifelock . Author: lizajones . Comments: 5 Comments
A while back I decided Simko Communications needed a brand identity. I started working with a designer and, after a few months, am proud to say I have a new logo, just received my new business cards and launched a new web site. Yipee!
This was also around the time Liza and I decided to start a blog, so [...]
May 22, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: art director, brand identity, logo . Author: kimbanks . Comments: 6 Comments
Weddings can be a pain in the butt. There are a bazillion details to iron out, they take forever to plan and all your worlds seem to collide when family on both sides and friends at very different stages in your life all come together to celebrate your big day.
Of course, I can’t speak from [...]
May 19, 2008
Categories: public relations . Tags: wedding features, weddings . Author: kimbanks . Comments: 2 Comments
Are you a fan of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition?” I am! My husband makes fun of me because I always cry at the end of each episode…but really, how can you not? They do a fabulous job of giving back to the community and helping families all over the nation.
Well, I just got an e-mail from someone [...]
May 17, 2008
Categories: public relations . Tags: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, New Orleans, Progress Lighting . Author: kimbanks . Comments: 7 Comments
Happy Friday, folks! I’m excited about this weekend, as my husband is a groomsman in a wedding…This is probably the first – and only -time I will ever see him in a tuxedo. Needless to say, I’m taking a lot of pics.
O.K. Well, this week’s Palmetto PR Diva Dish is with Beth Doughty, director of [...]
May 17, 2008
Categories: Charlotte, PR Diva Dish, PRSA, Palmetto PR Profiles, public relations . Tags: Charlotte, Corder Philips, Kiawah Island Resort, public relations, Wray Ward . Author: kimbanks . Comments: Leave a Comment