NEWS
Click on the coyote for free media info.In 2007, Promotions West was awarded a contract from the San Francisco Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Disease Services to coordinate a Syphilis Social Marketing campaign targeting gay men in the City and County of San Francisco.
This year the contract was renewed to further educate the targeted community about Syphilis with their Dogs Are Talking campaign. Promotions West continues to make great strides in developing community partners that promote the campaign. We developed a campaign with DeLano Market to issue environmentally green canvas grocery bags with a bold message to get tested. In addition, the campaign has obtained great spaces in the Castro district securing attention to the campaign.
Local San Francisco gay bars partnered with the Dogs Are Talking campaign to display napkins with the Get Tested message, as well as urinal pads to keep things smelling fresh where it counts. Other promotional items developed include t-shirts, frisbees, dog bowls, dog toys, and leashes as giveaways.
Look forward to seeing the Dogs Are Talking message on coffee sleeves the next time you visit your local San Francisco coffee shop. We promise you a very exciting and innovative awareness and educational campaign guaranteed to make you stop, look and get involved. For more information or to download your favorite dog model for your computer screen saer, visit us at Dogs Are Talking.
The Promotions West team continues to work with the Clorox Company in Oakland to develop a public relations campaign to empower African American and Hispanic women who are making a difference in the lives of others. Promotions West facilitated focus groups with African American and Hispanic women in Atlanta, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Oakland and San Francisco. Findings from the discussion groups has led the team to develop concepts and messages in the development of a Cause Marketing campaign targeting African Americans women and girls. Stay tuned for more information on a provocative leadership program.
Promotions West also joined forces with Gelphman Associates in Silicon Valley to fight racism and decrease discrimination and bigotry throughout the Bay Area. As a member of the Gelphman team, Promotions West is assisting in facilitating a community audit for the Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice (SVCCJ), rebranding their organization and expanding their outstanding programs targeting youth from elementary to high school. Check out SVCCJ's wonderful programs at http://svccj.org.
Promotions West serves as a member of the prestigious African American Health Disparity Project’s Hospital Council Advisory Committee. The council's mission is to improve the health status of African Americans and to eliminate institutional racism wherever it exists in the health care system in the San Francisco Bay Area. The role of the committee is to guide the the project in both the development and delivery of these efforts. Promotions West also serves on the Media Advisory committee of the California Department of Health Services African American 5-a-Day campaign.
In 2005, Promotions West was honored by KQED Public Broadcasting, Union Bank and Kaiser Permanente as one of the 2005 Local Heroes for outstanding work and commitment in the African American community.
In the same year, Promotions West expanded its reach into the Asian/Pacific Islander and Latino/Hispanic communities through a partnership with Nancy Hom of the Hom Team and with Salvador Acevedo of Contemporanea Public Relations. Promotions West continues its community outreach and strategic planning efforts into the African American community by working with professionals Marsha Pendergrass and Sally Smith at Pendergrass Smith Consulting, an organizational & strategic development firm. The team is presently conducting focus groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to obtain feedback from consumers to help the San Francisco Police Department to better address community issues and for the City to become a safer place to reside.
Joining forces with the Hom Team, a public relations firm, in the implementation of a contract with the Centers for Disease Control and the Asian/Pacific Islander Wellness Center. Promotions West assisted in the coordination of the the first national Asian/Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and the creation of the Banyan Tree Project. In a joint effort, outreach and media relations was conducted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Washington, DC and Boston under the Hom Team umbrella.
In pushing the envelope another inch, Promotions West has developed PR for Peanuts, offering public relations services to small businesses and non-profit agencies unable or unwilling to pay the excessive costs of other public relations firms. PR for Peanuts is a service providing agencies with well written press releases to promote their events or improve their community image for a reasonable flat fee guaranteed not to break the piggy bank. Promotions West also offers a variety of other items under the PR for Peanuts menu. To request a price quote please contact Promotions West at bmikael@promotionswest.com.
