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PRC (formerly Precision Response Corporation) provides telephone-based customer relationship management services, typically for big companies, from about 15 or so locations. PRC's business-to-consumer unit specializes in handling inbound sales orders, service requests, and customer questions and complaints. Its business-to-business unit helps clients acquire and keep customers and supports their sales and marketing efforts. PRC customers have included such big names as AT&T, DirecTV, eBay, Expedia.com and US Airways. In mid-2010, PRC was acquired by California-based call center operator Alorica.

Red Flannel hopes companies that want to enhance their images will quickly warm up to its work. A marketing communications firm, Red Flannel Design Group specializes in brand consulting and design services, helping companies create print ads, direct mail brochures, Web sites, and other marketing collateral pieces. Clients have included such companies and organizations as Chubb, Jersey Shore Medical Center, OceanFirst, and New Jersey Natural Gas.

The Phelps Group was founded in 1981 by CEO Joe Phelps. The Phelps Group offers advertising, branding, sales promotion, media relations, and customer relationship management (CRM) services. It also offers Internet marketing services, such as website design and online media planning and buying. The Phelps Group serves national and regional clients in a variety of industries, including health care, retail, travel and tourism, technology, and packaged goods. It has counted Panasonic, Roland Corporation, and Innova Electronics among its portfolio of clients.

Greenough Communications is a leading independent communications firm focused on tech, consumer tech, clean tech, gaming, and professional services programs. We develop and execute marketing communications and public relations campaigns that are strategically aligned with your business goals, tailored to the precise needs of your customers and prospects, and built for sustained engagement across all forms of earned media.Greenough FUSE methodology, the foundation for every campaign, provides a benchmark of your current position, guides the development of a tailored and creative strategy, outlines in detail a clear-cut plan for rapid and sustained engagement. Just ask clients such as Virtusa (its social media program was recently recognized for its excellence by Forrester and Gartner) or Quick Hit in the gaming space; its program was cited in PR Week for stellar results.

Intandem Films is a fully integrated, dynamic, International Sales and Executive Production company. Our principal aim is to support credible commercial film makers to produce a quality film. We source and structure finance and create the effective marketing campaigns required to launch their film worldwide.Intandem is a London based International sales company and executive production film group, formed in November 2003 by Gary Smith and Andrew Brown with Billy Hurman joining in April 2004. The shares were admitted to the Alternative Investment Market of The London Stock Exchange in April 2005. The Management Team has over fifteen years experience in international sales and financing and pays particular attention to selecting quality commercial films for the international marketplace with the objective of building a valuable library.

Seismicom serves clients such as AT&T, AOL, and Boeing through its office in San Francisco and plans to open offices internationally; in 2008, it launched an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The name suggests this agency will move the heavens and the earth (or at least the earth) for its clients. Seismicom offers marketing and promotional branding solutions such as sales promotions, direct marketing, and merchandising. The agency also provides event marketing and sponsorship consulting services.`

Founded in 1984 by former "Mr. Florida" Jordan Zimmerman, the agency operates through 20 offices in 10 states. Zimmerman is a unit of advertising conglomerate Omnicom Group. Marketing products and promoting brands is one and the same for Zimmerman Advertising. One of the largest retail ad firms in the southeastern US, Zimmerman offers creative development and branding services to a variety of clients, with particular expertise in the automotive retail sector. Its creative philosophy centers on the idea of "brandtailing," the merging of branding strategy and retailing to promote products and services while building brand identity. Its ZTRAC online product allows users to measure and track customer traffic.

Bailey Gardiner wants to get creative on the West Coast. The San Diego agency provides integrated advertising, marketing, and public relations services for clients in such sectors as consumer goods, hospitality, entertainment, not-for-profits, and automotive. The agency offers expertise in interactive advertising, trade show support, collateral materials creation, media buying, social media marketing, and event marketing. Clients have included such notable brands as Royal Caribbean Cruises, Bucca di Beppo, House of Blues, and the AIDS Foundation San Diego.

The Chicago Reader is Chicago's largest free weekly newspaper, nationally recognized as a leader in the alternative press. Since 1971, the Reader has served as Chicago's political conscience, cultural guide, and music authority. With a highly targeted-circulation of 100,000 and a consistent return rate of less than 2%, the Chicago Reader is the city's most essential alternative media resource. Known for its in-depth coverage of Chicago politics and culture, the Reader explores and exposes news, events and issues that affect city living. The paper has won numerous journalistic awards and honors, both local and national, and is well-known as a showcase for Chicago's most talented writers, critics, photographers, and illustrators. With a readership of 450,000 and some of the industry's lowest advertising rates, the Chicago Reader is one the largest and most successful alternative weeklies in the country.

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