BlinnPR Names New Associate.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Rita Gudgion brings 11 years of journalism, public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. and corporate public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most experience to Internet and technology public relations firm BlinnPR, Silicon Alley's premier boutique public relations firm specializing in Internet and technology, has enlisted the talents of Rita Gudgion, an 11-year veteran of media, public relations and public policy, BlinnPR Chairman Steven Blinn announced today. She will be responsible for promoting and consulting clients at all levels of their development with the BlinnPR team, he said. Mrs. Gudgion joins the team after spending a year as a Silicon Alley An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. public relations professional, first working at an Internet PR agency where she did promotional work for notable Internet companies such as: Internet.com, e-centives, Inc., and HomeworkCentral.com. Most recently she worked as a marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales manager for HotSocket, an Internet start-up company start-up company A new business. specializing in direct marketing and online sales. There, Mrs. Gudgion served as the company's first in-house marketing communications/public relations director. Among her achievements there: developing the company's core messaging from scratch; shaping the company's press kit and copy-writing its collateral; finding, hiring and managing outside vendor responsible for building the company's customized booth; targeting and securing trade show placements; managing all pre-trade show preparation; and staffing trade show with sales representatives. Mrs. Gudgion also managed the company's outside public relations firm. She supervised the transition of the company's former public relations firm to its current public relations firm. Before making her way into Silicon Alley, Mrs. Gudgion spent four years as a press specialist for the New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman administration. She spent most of her tenure with state government as a press official for former Attorney General Peter Verniero Peter Verniero (April 30, 1959, Montclair, New Jersey) is a former Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and a former New Jersey Attorney General. He presently is an attorney in private practice in New Jersey Career , who is now serves on the New Jersey State Supreme Court. She handled media relations for high-profile issues involving public policy and law enforcement for all departments and divisions of state government. Among them: the capture of David L. Smith David L. Smith can refer to:
Mrs. Gudgion also served as acting deputy press secretary for Governor Whitman prior to the kickoff of the Governor's re-election campaign season in 1998, handling all non-campaign related public policy issues. For six years prior, Mrs. Gudgion worked as a journalist covering crime and law enforcement issues in New Jersey, most notably for The Record of Hackensack, the third largest newspaper in the state. "We at BlinnPR are pleased to welcome Rita to our staff," said Steven Blinn, chairman and founder. "Her journalism and public affairs experience is a great enhancement to our staff of talented media professionals. Mrs. Gudgion can be reached at, 212-675-4777 or rita@blinnpr.com. About BlinnPR BlinnPR is a pre-IPO public relations and marketing agency specializing in technology companies. Its roster of clients include Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, DVCi Technologies, Knowledge Strategies, eOSK.com, Association for Interactive Media, (AIM), VirtualSellers.com, among others. |
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