David Martin
Nabholz to Remodel First Security Office in West Little Rock for $39M
This week’s offering of million-dollar real estate transactions and construction contracts leads with a west Little Rock office remodel. ► Conway’s Nabholz Construction Corp. secured a $39.29 million contract to […] read more >
Through The Years: The 2010s (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
See highlights from Arkansas Business from 2010-2019. read more >
Massana-Crane to ‘Create Opportunity’ as New MWOBE Chief
Esperanza Massana-Crane is named as the new director of the state’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Division. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Black River Tech Faculty Recognized (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Jessica Alphin and Shana Akers were honored as outstanding faculty members at Black River Technical College in Pocahontas during the recent Arkansas Community College Outstanding Faculty & Awards Banquet. read more >
Ex-CEO Sues Leisure Arts
The former CEO of Leisure Arts Inc. of Maumelle is hauling the company into court, saying he was fired without cause in June and he’s now owed at least $2 million. read more >
Job Law Evolves as Reopening Begins
As COVID-19 has upended the economy and caused more than 100,000 deaths across the country, it also has altered employment law from safety to workers’ compensation issues. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Allegiance Forms Alliance With Mississippi Firm
Allegiance, David Martin’s reputation management, crisis communications and business development consultancy, is teaming up with Brick + Mortar of Tupelo, Mississippi, to help communities retain and increase sales tax revenues. read more >
Little Rock PR Pros See Moral in Tale of 2 Red Hens
Little Rock PR and reputation management professionals see the Red Hen incident and its aftermath as teaching moments. They’re lessons of the modern age, when social media can be judge, jury and reputational executioner in days or even hours. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Super Bowl Commercials: Tide Cleans Up, Alexa Speaks
Tide scored nearly a clean sweep, Alexa’s voice came through for Amazon and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s voice was hijacked by Dodge Ram. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
David Martin Pledges Allegiance to New Name
David Martin, the chairman and CEO of Martin-Wilbourn Partners is leading the Little Rock communications firm into a new era as Allegiance. read more >
PR Alliance Offers Preventive Health Care for Doctors’ Reputations
When people want reviews on the internet, the most-searched topics are restaurants and physicians, David Martin says. In that, he sees both a problem and an opportunity. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas PR Pros on Pepsi, Hitler and Unfriendly Skies
Arkansas PR and advertising professionals were already scratching their heads over Pepsi’s silly ad featuring the model Kendall Jenner and video of a bloodied man being dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight, when presidential spokesman Sean Spicer oddly lifted Hitler from the bottom of history’s list of worst dictators. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Long After Going Cellular, David Martin Still Selling
When Alltel Corp. first considered getting into cellphones, David Martin had to figure out not just how to sell them, but truly whether they could be sold at all. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Receiver Appointed for Clarion Hotel Medical Center on University
A receiver has been appointed to run the Clarion at 925 S. University Ave. while it makes its way through a foreclosure lawsuit. read more >