Virtual Marketing Agency, The Bernhardt Agency, Leads the List of Oregon's Top 50 Small Businesses.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PORTLAND Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 Top-ranked, High-tech Strategic Marketing, 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 and Public Speaking Services Agency Ranked as the Number One Small Business to Work For in Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. ; Pioneered the Virtual Agency The Bernhardt Agency, Inc. (TBA TBA See: To be announced ), a Portland, Oregon-based strategic marketing and communications agency, specializing in strategic marketing program development, 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 , public relations and public speaking services, announced today it has been recognized as Oregon's Number One small business and the top ranked marketing agency to work for in Oregon Business Magazine's March editorial feature, "100 Best Companies to Work For." This is the third year The Bernhardt Agency has been in the top ten. In 2001, TBA was ranked as the number seven small business, and in 2002 TBA moved up the ranks to the number four spot. Achieving the number one ranking as Oregon's top small business to work for highlights a string of successes achieved by the agency, widely recognized as the leading public speaking services agency in high-tech. The agency also received top rankings in six out of nine categories, scoring number one in "Leadership", "Performance Management", "Decision Making & Supervision", "Working Environment", "Organizational Communication Organizational communication, broadly speaking, is: people working together to achieve individual or collective goals. [1] Discipline History The modern field traces its lineage through business information, business communication, and early mass communication ", and "Employee Benefits". Founded in 1994 by high-tech marketing veteran, Michael Bernhardt, The Bernhardt Agency was a pioneer in implementing the virtual marketing agency, a model that lets employees work from satellite offices in their homes, independently or as teams, setting their own hours and assuming measurable responsibilities for client projects. The agency offers services such as strategic marketing and communications planning, strategic and tactical public relations programs, advertising and branding programs, business and technical writing services, special event management, full-service public speaking programs and speaker training to companies of all sizes around the country. "This is a great organization to work for, and I'm proud to see it recognized as the best in the state," said Isaac Lopez, an account executive at TBA. "The Bernhardt Agency is just as committed to its employees as it is to its clients. The results are a work environment enriched with trust, partnership, and productivity. I'm proud to be a part of it." The Agency's strong mentoring and hands-off management approach encourages creative problem solving Creative problem solving is the mental process of creating a solution to a problem. It is a special form of problem solving in which the solution is independently created rather than learned with assistance. Creative problem solving requires more than just knowledge and thinking. by the employees, and according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. management, is a primary reason for the high level of confidence and success this company has experienced with its clients and partners. "Clearly it's the people on our team that have enabled us to flourish in our virtual environment," said Mike Bernhardt, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are extremely careful in our hiring practices because of the level of trust and freedom bestowed upon each employee. Trust and respect among management and employees flows both ways. And, we adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. the same philosophy when hiring contractors to support our clients. As a result, we have been able to attract and hire some of the best people in the business." "This award demonstrates the true key ingredient to TBA's success: our team," said Heidi Olson, vice president of public relations and executive speaker programs. "Our clients and partners consistently praise the dedication of our team, and that extends to all of our agency "family" -- our employees and our contractors. We believe this unusual commitment and energy is fueled by our hands-off management style, which has created an environment in which team members are encouraged to strive for the very best, while being able to balance work and family life. Even without this award, I would still say this is the best company to work for." Agency founder Mike Bernhardt is a sought after speaker on the topic of the virtual business model, and offers consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to organizations exploring their own options for virtual or distributed teams. Bernhardt is also widely recognized for his strategic marketing expertise and serves on advisory boards for companies of all sizes. During his twenty eight-year career, he has worked for a number of leading computer manufacturers and prior to starting The Bernhardt Agency in 1994, was a marketing director for Intel where he helped launch the company's supercomputer supercomputer, a state-of-the-art, extremely powerful computer capable of manipulating massive amounts of data in a relatively short time. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized scientific and engineering applications that must handle very division. In addition to running the agency operations, Bernhardt also delivers the agency's speaker training workshops and works with a growing number of top corporate executives as a mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. / coach for public speaking and public appearance skills. About The Bernhardt Agency (TBA) The Bernhardt Agency (TBA) was founded in 1994 by high-tech marketing veteran, Michael Bernhardt. In addition to working with numerous emerging business ventures, TBA enjoys an elite roster of well-established high-tech clients including Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , National Semiconductor, Silicon Graphics (SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ), and Sharp Systems of America. TBA has an unusually strong network of strategic alliance partners that drive a steady flow of new business projects to the agency, while allowing the agency to offer a tremendous breadth of services through its consulting partners. Information on TBA's strategic alliance partners can be found at: http://www.bernhardtagency.com/agency_pages/partner.htm Catapulting Out of the Down Economy During the first two months of calendar year, 2003, TBA has realized an 82% growth in Gross revenue (compared to the same period last year), and greater than 150% growth in Net revenue. The agency's speaker services division, one of the top speaker placement agencies in the country, works with companies of all sizes to secure speaking slots at trade shows and conferences around the world. In a typical year, the agency secures more than one thousand speaking slots for its clients. More information on The Bernhardt Agency can be found at http://www.bernhardtagency.com, http://www.speakerplacement.com, and http://www.speakertraining.com The Bernhardt Agency is a veteran-owned small business. |
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