Denver Peacock
Peacock Group, ComGroup, mhp.si Honored Along With Ghidotti at PR Event
The Peacock Group of Little Rock, led by Denver Peacock, won the top award for its support of the Walton Family Foundation’s grand opening of the Market Center of the Ozarks. read more >
A Growing Team, Telling Lexicon’s Story
With billion-dollar projects and a growing team, Lexicon Inc. is raising its profile while staying grounded in people-first values. read more >
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Grace Marsiglio Joins The Peacock Group
She's the company's first employee based in northwest Arkansas. read more >
The Peacock Group Takes Top PR Prize, the Bob Sells Award
The Peacock Group of Little Rock won 15 of 21 communications industry awards Sept. 19 from the Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. read more >
The Ad Bowl (There Was Also a Football Game)
Brands brought big stars, special effects and laughs. But local ad pros say the products were lost in the mix. read more >
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Amanda Hoelzeman Named PR Manager at The Peacock Group
Media and communications professional Amanda Hoelzeman has joined The Peacock Group of Little Rock as the strategic communications firm’s public relations manager. read more >
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A Girl and Her Dog Won the Super Bowl, Local Ad Pros Say
Most advertisers played it safe this year. One marketing exec described the crop of ideas as "remarkably ordinary." read more >
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Peacock Group Hires KATV’s Katelyn Deckelbaum
As a top manager of the Sinclair-owned station, she oversaw nightly newscasts, day-to-day operations, content and copywriting, as well a script approval. read more >
A Tight Family’s Ties in Public Relations
Allyson Pittman Gattin represents a rare third generation in one family to gain accreditation from the Public Relations Society of America, a first in Arkansas and perhaps in the nation. read more >
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A Born Entrepreneur Atop LSW Strategic Communications
Lucy Speed Whiteside is one of many in her family to start her own business. read more >
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From Lemons to Hoodies, Arkansas Ad Pros Score the Super Bowl
Falling lemons hit the nail on the head, and other heads as well, in the most-praised ad in a funny, fractious and fraternal yearly assessment of Super Bowl commercials by Arkansas advertising pros. read more >
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You Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without PR
Tom Brady was the hero and 30 seconds of commercial time still sold for about $5.5 million, but in most ways Super Bowl 55 on Sunday was like no other. read more >
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Sells Agency, Ghidotti, Peacock Honored at Virtual PRSA Prism Awards
Mike Sells was giddy, Natalie Ghidotti was delighted, and the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America was all virtual as it celebrated its annual Prism Awards. read more >
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Arkansas PRSA Chapter Accredits 2 More, Building on Tradition
When Kristen Vandaveer Nicholson was promoted in February to vice president of public relations at Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI in Little Rock, she had a special request for the story about it on ArkansasBusiness.com. read more >
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IABC Honors Mayor Frank Scott, Retired CALS Director Bobby Roberts
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. received the Communicator of the Year Award from the International Association of Business Communicators' Arkansas chapter. read more >
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Like the Game Itself, 2019 Ads Not So Super
Nice ads outnumbered good plays in Super Bowl LIII, a record low-scoring affair that left the New England Patriots champions again, 13-3 victors over the Los Angeles Rams. read more >
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Three Little Letters That Say ‘A’ Lot in PR
What do the initials APR stand for, beyond some vague notion of achievement in public relations? Several Little Rock communications pros explained, and their answers were surprisingly fervent and personal. read more >
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New PRSA Officers Plan Big Year
The Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America installed new officers last month, including some of the most recognizable names in the Little Rock communications industry. read more >
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Parks, Streams & Woods: 50 Years of Arkansas Tourism and the Ad Man Who Saw It All
Shelby Woods with his marketing agency, Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods, became the state’s top tourism marketer, publishing the Arkansas Tour Guide for 50 years and helping rebrand Arkansas as a “Natural State” for visitors. read more >
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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 >
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