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Shire Pharmaceuticals, a Simon PR client, has expanded its ADHD Scholarship Program to 50 winners, twice as many as 2011. It includes a $2,000 monetary award and offers a prepaid year of ADHD coaching services. The deadline to apply is March 30.
Putting you in the media spotlight every day; that's what our clients expect and it's what we do best. We match our clients' news with today's hot topics, apply our creative magic and leverage our relationships with reporters, editors and producers to deliver the stories that matter most.
Applaud Visiting Nurses on Quasquicentennial
For the Visiting Nursing Association of Philadelphia’s 125th anniversary, Simon PR asked The Philadelphia Inquirer’s editorial board to write about the VNA’s history and impact as the region’s largest “hospital without walls.” Today, VNA serves over 50,000 residents annually. Read more.
A Taste of Italy Taking Hold
The Bravo/Brio Restaurant Group recently opened BRIO Tuscan Grille at The Promenade at Sagemore in Marlton, NJ. The Burlington County Times featured the opening of the Tuscan-inspired restaurant chain’s latest eatery on the front page of its business section. Read more.
Plan to plant sleek streetlights up the center of North Broad
Avenue of the Arts, Inc.’s bold new plan for North Broad Street was front page news in The Philadelphia Inquirer on September 21st. That’s when reporter Jeff Gammage unveiled AAI’s plan for iconic, 55-foot tall light masts that will become a nighttime landmark for the City. AAI is a client of Simon PR. Read more.
Interesting Factoids
According to Veronhis Suhler Stevenson:
• Annual U.S. spending on combined public relations and word of mouth marketing services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 14 percent between 2010 and 2015, to $10.96 billion.
• Annual spending on traditional public relations services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent, to $5.4 billion.
• Annual spending on word of mouth marketing services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 22.3 percent, to $5.6 billion (up from $2 billion in 2010).
-Industry Facts & Figures, PRSA
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