“There has been an emergency reported in this building”

Jun52010
Maximillian Hill

Do you ever have one of those days where everything goes wrong? You spill coffee on yourself, you’re late to work, you rear-end a cop at a red light. Well imagine that but with a flat tire on a plane and being in the airport during an emergency evacuation. It’s pretty awesome.

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Celebrity Internships: We All Start Somewhere

Jun42010
Brianne Dabiero

OprahAs I’m wrapping up my second week as an intern here at Howard Merrell & Partners, I’ve been doing a bit of reflecting on what I’ve learned here and at my past two internships and where these experiences may lead me. Continue Reading >

Welcome Maria Martinat!

Jun22010
Stephanie Styons

A 2010 graduate of N.C. State, Maria Martinat is proud that her first job out of college is as an Account Coordinator in the PR department at Howard, Merrell & Partners. We are excited about it too.

We found out how great Maria is while she interned with us last summer. She is intelligent, resourceful and diligent — and is a real team player. Maria will use what she learned in college as well as her other internships to help her teams provide the highest quality service to our clients. Before graduating, Maria not only interned at Howard, Merrell & Partners, but also with the Governor’s Office and NBC 17 WNCN in Raleigh. She has been busy!

Welcome to the team Maria!

Read the announcement here.

Harper Joins Media Assets Department

Jun12010
Jessica Redman

HM&P welcomes Christina Harper as the newest addition to its Media Assets team.  In her role as planner and buyer for all digital media, Harper will primarily service the Georgia-Pacific Professional, BASF Plant Science, LLC and INVISTA CORDURA® brand accounts.

Read the announcement here.

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Intern Intro – Meet Brianne

May272010
Brianne Dabiero

facebookHi everyone! My name is Brianne Dabiero and I am one of the new social media interns at Howard, Merrell and Partners.  I will be contributing to the HM&P blog and I look forward to sharing my perspective on current events in social media with you!

I’m from Greensboro, NC and I recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While attending UNC, I majored in journalism with a concentration in advertising and Spanish.  Although graduating was a bit of a bummer, I’m looking forward to my internship at HM&P. Continue Reading >

B2B Blogging Tips Fit for the Queen (City): Jeff Cohen presents at Charlotte’s Business Marketing Association

May212010
Sarah Findle

This past Wednesday, our own Social Media Marketing Manager Jeff Cohen presented “16 Best Practices of B2B Corporate Blogging” to the Business Marketing Association Carolinas Chapter.  I was lucky enough to attend the lunch in downtown Charlotte, N.C. with a diverse audience of large and small business owners, agency execs, HR reps and freelancers, among others. Continue Reading >

Job Search: Tailoring your online presence to intended career path

May202010
Kimberly Burke

Earlier this week, Jeff Cohen, social media marketing manager, and I were discussing my post about the benefits of an online presence.

Jeff reminded me while an online presence is important during a job search, it is critical to tailor your sites to your intended career path. An interviewer would be more impressed with a candidate’s blog about industry-related topics, opposed to a personal blog about sports. Continue Reading >

Online Meet and Greet with Kim, HM&P social media intern

May52010
Kimberly Burke

Hi everyone! My name is Kimberly Burke (better known as Kim) and it is my first week as an intern in the social media department at Howard, Merrell and Partners. I will be providing you with a weekly blog on the latest social media trends in public relations, so I figured you should get to know a little about me. Continue Reading >

Giving Back

Apr292010
Lisa Powell

Last week at the annual NutriDense kick-off meeting, HM&P coordinated a service project – to give back to the community and have some team bonding at the same time. We spent the afternoon at Three Square a relatively new, state of the art Food Bank that supports Southern Nevada.

The team packed more than 40,000 pounds of frozen meat into 40 pound boxes for the local agencies. It was a great experience.

Ann Neely, HM&P Art Buyer, to have work featured in local art gallery.

Apr222010
Steve Olshansky

Raleigh’s 5th annual ‘Local Color’ Plein Air Paint Out was held on Saturday, April 17 in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood of Raleigh.
The ‘Paint Out’ was open to all 2-dimensional artists, except photographers.
Paintings were completed on location and framed between 9am and 5:30 pm, Saturday.
Quite a challenge!
Our art buyer and producer, Ann Neely took part, painting in Devereux Street. Her work will be displayed at the Local Color Gallery on Glenwood South during May with a wine and cheese opening reception on First Friday, May 7th.

Here’s a link to the info: http://www.localcoloraleigh.com