Jenna featured in ArtsBiz

WILL USING FACEBOOK AND TWITTER BUILD YOUR AUDIENCE? Undefeated drag racer, cupcake baker and PR expert, Jenna Gruhala Oltersdorf, has practical tips for how to use social media to build your brand and grow your audience. Jenna Gruhala Oltersdorf, Principal of Snackbox Public Relations, recently presented at A&BC’s workshop “PR in the Digital Age” and she’s the mastermind behind the creation of Artsbiz. Her workshop presentation was so tactics-based and interesting; A&BC interviewed her for its newsletter. Everyone keeps talking about social media. What exactly is it? Social media, or SM, is user-generated content on the web. SM offers low-cost and free tools that enable anyone to publish or access information. Examples of SM sites include YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Wikipedia, Blogger, etc. The key factor of SM is creating conversations and building personal relationships.

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New Arts & Business Council Work Unveiled

The final eNewsletter header for the Arts & Business Council of Chicago was approved today:

Snackbox in PRWeek

March 6, 2009
Snackbox donates services to Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Author:Kimberly Maul
CHICAGO: The Arts & Business Council of Chicago partnered with Snackbox for 2009. The agency will donate its services for the year and will handle strategic media relations outreach and consult on collateral development for the Council.

Snackbox Assists Arts & Business Council of Chicago

Snackbox has committed to donating services to the Arts & Business Council of Chicago for the 2009 calendar year. Snackbox PR will assist the non-profit in strategic media relations outreach while Snackbox design will serve as a consultant for collateral development.

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Arts & Business Council of Chicago Offers an Essential Workshop

Fundraising can be challenging in a weakened economy, but not impossible. Through this workshop learn new ways to freshen up your fundraising skills, expand your donor list, optimize your brand impact and raise needed funds.

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