-New Clients include A Plus Benefits, ATMequipment, EGlobal, FoodInsurance.com, MediaFORGE, Nelson Laboratories, Red Sky IT Solutions, Safe Driving Systems, Viewfinity and Wilson Electronics-
SALT LAKE CITY—March 25, 2010— Utah public relations firm, Snapp Conner PR, (www.snappconner.com) begins 2010 with the addition of ten new clients – A Plus Benefits, Grant Victor, parent company of ATMequipment and eGlobalATM, FoodInsurance.com, MediaFORGE, Nelson Laboratories, Red Sky IT Solutions, Safe Driving Systems, Viewfinity and Wilson Electronics. These new accounts bring Snapp Conner PR’s total active clients to 25.
“As a small business, we understand the value strategic public relations plan can play in helping build a trusted brand and differentiating us from our competition,” said Jonathan Bacon, Marketing Manager at Wilson Electronics and one of Snapp Conner PR’s new clients. “We also have found value of supporting business in Utah instead of farming it out to a larger New York City or San Francisco based PR agency where we risk becoming a small fish in a big pond. With Snapp Conner PR we know we’re getting the best PR advice and representation and that we’re a big fish regardless of location.”
Since signing with Snapp Conner PR, a number of Tier 1 trade and business publications and industry blogs have featured Wilson Electronics. Some of those publications include PC World, GigaOm and Gadling.com. Similarly, Snapp Conner PR has secured significant coverage opportunities for its other new clients, including contributed articles for A Plus Benefits, in key industry publications such as PEO Insider and SHRM as well as feature articles in key regional newspapers, magazines and business publications such as the Idaho Business Review and BusinessWeek.
“We knew we needed to do PR and were really looking for a PR agency that could come in and guide us on what do to and to help us understand the strategy behind what is being done,” said Rick Bartholomew, CEO of A Plus Benefits. “Snapp Conner PR has demonstrated tremendous leadership and ownership while establishing a strategic PR plan that enables us to meet our goals. They’ve gone above and beyond to deliver the results we want.”
Since its inception in 2007, Snapp Conner PR has tripled in size and has represented more than 30 companies. Along the way, the agency has achieved milestones including:
• Being named to the Utah Valley Entrepreneur Forum’s Top 25 Under Five three times • Last year, the three partners were all named to V-Spring Capital’s V-100 • Acquisition of its own office space to accommodate growth and better serve its customers
“Companies that understand the power of PR and are committed to strategic public relations give themselves a big advantage in their industries and among their competitors,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, Founder and Managing Partner of Snapp Conner PR. “With the current state of the economy, smart businesses are recognizing the need to be more strategic than ever, and public relations remains the most reliable way to build a brand, educate the marketplace and gain the confidence of prospective customers.”
For more information about Snapp Conner PR, these new clients and its PR services visit www.snappconner.com. Snapp Conner PR’s physical address is 1258 West 10400 South, Suite 301, South Jordan, Utah 84095.
About Snapp Conner PR Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness, and life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business results. For more information about Snapp Conner PR, please visit the Web site at www.snappconner.com.
-New accounts include Arellia, EnticeLabs, iPreserve, Matrix42, More or Less Inc., Riser Media, and Venafi, Inc.; Henderson hired to lead new and existing accounts -
SALT LAKE CITY—October 28, 2009— Technology PR firm, Snapp Conner PR, (http:www.snappconner.com) continues its exceptional growth by hiring Kyle Henderson as a public relations associate and adding seven new accounts to its client roster – Arellia, EnticeLabs, iPreserve, Matrix42, More or Less Inc., Riser Media and Venafi, Inc.
Henderson joins Snapp Conner PR following his work as an Account Manager at Crowell Advertising where he managed public relations for several organizations including Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill, Castle of Chaos Haunted House, Tracy Aviary and Comfort Systems USA Intermountain. His public relations experience includes organizations in the technology, telecommunications, construction, retail, restaurant, and the sports and entertainment industries. Henderson brings nearly five years of PR experience to Snapp Conner PR and holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Brigham Young University – Idaho.
“Kyle’s track record speaks for itself and with his blend of creative and strategic thinking, we’re confident our clients will benefit from his services,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, founder and managing partner of Snapp Conner PR. “Kyle is a great fit for our team and will play a significant role in our ongoing growth and produce the results for his clients that are synonymous with Snapp Conner PR.”
In addition to adding Henderson to the team, Snapp Conner PR has added seven new accounts to its roster, including:
Arellia: Arellia provides security and compliance technology for the Symantec Management Platform (formerly Altiris). Arellia’s technology has its foundation in Computing Edge (where CEO Michael Sainsbury was CTO), which was acquired by Altiris in 2000 and is now a part of Symantec.
EnticeLabs: EnticeLabs designs technology to empower HR departments to recruit top talent. Its flagship product, TalentSeekr, is an automated one-stop platform that is redefining the recruiting industry, using targeted ads and advanced artificial intelligence to engage active and passive job seekers in the websites and communities where they spend time.
iPreserve: iPreserve is an innovative franchise system that empowers owners with the training, equipment, support, marketing programs and processes to successfully own and/or run their own personal digitization business.
Matrix42: Matrix42 is an established leader in the dynamic IT market providing integrated IT service and systems management. Matrix42 is the innovator of IT-Commerce, and provides solutions that enable IT managers and administrators to manage their IT environments optimally and cost-efficiently.
More or Less, Inc: More or Less, Inc. is a privately-held company that offers business training and consulting in the areas of profit enhancement, sales expansion, market positioning and employee engagement. The company’s online Profit Proposal Generator (PPG) lets anyone create high-quality profit proposals from their cost-reducing and revenue-increasing ideas for free.
Riser Media: Riser Media provides high-end design from award-winning professionals at budget friendly prices and has forged a reputation as “a new kind of agency”—one that is equally comfortable with small business as it is with HBO, ABC, the Fox Network and Disney.
Venafi, Inc.: Venafi invented systems management for encryption to help organizations simplify the management of encryption technologies across their diverse operating systems and infrastructure environments – from the desktop to the datacenter. Its products provide automated management of encryption assets, including discovery, monitoring, alerts, lifecycle management and automated application configuration.
“More than other traditional means of communication such as advertising, public relations is playing a more critical role in helping companies differentiate themselves from competition,” continued Conner. “We’re honored to be working with these companies and look forward to helping them acquire the recognition and media endorsements that will promote growth, drive awareness and set them apart from others in their markets.”
For more information about Snapp Conner PR, visit their Web site at www.snappconner.com. Snapp Conner PR’s physical address is 1258 West 10400 South, Suite 301, South Jordan, Utah 84095.
About Snapp Conner PR Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness, and life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business results. For more information about Snapp Conner PR, please visit the Web site at www.snappconner.com.
-- Agency growth
acknowledged by Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum’s (UVEF) three consecutive
years--
SALT
LAKE CITY—July 10, 2009—Snapp Conner PR,
Utah’s most progressive PR agency, has become the agency of record for nine
new accounts: Advent Systems, I-O Corporation, Fishbowl, Interbank FX, Salt Lake
Broadway, NCSI, SageCreek Partners, Sendside and Vucci.
In
addition to these nine new clients, Snapp Conner PR has been ranked 15th
fastest growing company on the Utah Entrepreneurial Forum’s (UVEF) annual Top
25. UVEF judges Utah firms on profit, growth, equity funding, job creation, and
job quality to acknowledge the best emerging companies in Utah. This marks the
third year in a row the agency has been recognized as one of UVEF’s Top 25
Under 5.
“We‘re
pleased to welcome these new clients and to see that businesses are recognizing
the strategic role PR plays during a down economy,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, Founder
and Managing Partner of Snapp Conner PR.“The fact that we’ve continued to grow and be recognized as one of
Utah’s leading entrepreneurial companies is a tremendous reflection on the
talents and dedication of our team. We look forward to continued growth in 2009
and beyond.”
Since
Snapp Conner PR’s inception in April 2007 the agency’s growth has been
tremendous; the firm has signed more than 30 new public relations accounts and has
doubled in headcount.
The
new accounts are as follows:
Advent
Systems
manufactures digital surveillance technology for the security and surveillance
industry providing unmatched speed, quality, storage and expandability.
Surveillance experts and dealers appreciate the system’s ability to upgrade and
expand to as many as 64 cameras, with full-motion 32 frames per second
recording of all channels, and 30-days of storage for all channels.
I-O CorporationI-O Corporation sells ProEdge Thin Clients,
IBM Servers, and virtualization solutions to education, SMB and Enterprise
Markets. I-O also provides host connectivity and printing solutions for IBM
Midrange and Mainframe systems.
Fishbowl makes it possible
for every small to mid-size company to have the level of flexible and mobile
inventory control solutions large organizations enjoy. Since 2001, Fishbowl has
become the #1 requested inventory solution for QuickBooks. For QuickBooks
users, the flexible and cost-effective combination of QuickBooks and Fishbowl
can grow along with you as your company grows.
Interbank FX(IBFX) is a
worldwide provider of online foreign currency (Forex/FX) trading services,
offering individual traders, money managers and institutional customers
proprietary technology, tools and education to trade spot foreign currency
online.
Salt
Lake Broadway: Music and the Arts is
a new program that will bring a weekly music and arts festival to Downtown Salt
Lake. Like New York’s Broadway, Salt Lake’s own Broadway district along 300
South is becoming the focal point for a myriad of diverse and abundant artistic
experiences that celebrate the accomplishments of the people of Utah. The
vision of Salt Lake Broadway is to create a gathering place for Utah’s finest
artistic offerings, and to make this sumptuous array of music, art, theater and
culinary experiences available to all.
Network Consulting
Services, Inc.,
(NCSI) is an expert solutions provider that helps clients achieve maximum
possible efficiency, security and business results from their computer
networks. NCSI is one of only five Platinum LANDesk resellers that
differentiates itself as a source of strategic technology and security education
and network support. NCSI provides selected solutions from Websense, LeftHand
Networks, VMWare, Computer Associates, CheckPoint and others.
SageCreek Partners is creating and
driving a new category of service: Mentor Capital. Working as a companion to
technology companies and their investment partners and boards, SageCreek
Partners is comprised of seasoned executives in the U.S. Instead of money,
SageCreek provides the strategic guidance, the mentoring, and the direct
connections (to funding, key hires and merger and acquisition partners) to help
emerging and growth companies succeed.
Sendside has pioneered an
Advanced Communications Network that addresses all of the functional and
security deficiencies of regular email. Sendside’s patent-pending technology is
ideally suited for organizations looking to optimize their sales and marketing
effectiveness and provide a differentiated customer experience enabling
organizations to accelerate sales and grow revenue more quickly, gain immediate
insight into the effectiveness of their communications, reduce costs and
realize greater efficiencies across the organization.
Vucci Technology
Solutions
is a leading provider of business technology services focused on providing IT
infrastructure and support at a price that delivers positive return on
investment and business agility. Vucci specializes in virtualization, client
solutions for consolidating IT infrastructure, reducing energy consumption,
automating IT operations, and protecting the data center from outside threats.
Snapp
Conner PR is also the agency of record for the Accend Group, Broadcast
International, Celio, Cemaphore, ContentWatch,
CompletexRM, DirectPointe, Fairway Divorce, Footnote.com, Franchise Foundry, FranklinCovey Products, Grow Utah
Ventures, InteliSum, MountainWest Capital Networks (MWCN), Ogden Pioneer Days
75th Anniversary Celebration, ProPay, Spoon Me, Timpanogos
Technologies, and the Utah Technology Council (UTC).
For
more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit www.snappconner.com.
About
Snapp Conner PR
Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the
technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and
tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness, and
life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from
start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in
creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business
results. For more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit the Web site
at www.snappconner.com.
The v100
list was created in 2004 as a way to recognize the region's outstanding
entrepreneurs and to support and promote collaborative partnering and mentoring
among top entrepreneurs in the region. The v100 has been designed to help
entrepreneurs and vSpring Capital locate and cultivate relationships among top
CEO and CTO talent in the region. Members of the v100 are chosen through a
peer-nominated and peer-selected process.
“We are honored to be recognized by our peers and vSpring
in this group of outstanding Utah entrepreneurs,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, Managing
Partner of Snapp Conner PR. “In today’s economy, public relations is more
important than ever before. This recognition is tremendous validation for the
role PR plays in Utah’s thriving businesses and for Snapp Conner PR.”
In related news, Cheryl Snapp Conner was also named
Trustee of the Year by the Utah Technology Council (UTC). UTC President Richard
R. Nelson announced the Council’s 2008 recognitions during the most recent meeting
of the Board of Trustees. Cheryl has headed UTC’s Communications Council for the
past six years and has played an integral role in shaping and promoting UTC’s
accomplishments in the regional and national press.
Snapp Conner PR recently moved its headquarters to 1258
W. 10400 S., Ste. 301, South Jordan, Utah 84095 to accommodate future growth. For
more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit www.snappconner.com.
About
Snapp Conner PR
Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the
technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and
tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness and
life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from
start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in
creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business
results.
