Posts Tagged ‘pr’

Beth Graham Joins Gourmet Business Solutions to Expand Public Relations Services

August 13th, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Beth Graham Joins Gourmet Business Solutions to

Expand Public Relations Services

(August 10, 2009) — Beth Graham has joined Gourmet Business Solutions as Vice President, Public Relations and will run the company’s Gourmet Food PR (http://www.gourmetfoodpr.com) division. Beth brings over 25 years of strategic public relations experience and has worked with food associations, restaurants and gourmet products, representing clients in the pasta, dairy, liquor/wine and organic food industries.  Beth’s expertise lies in her traditional approach to media relations with clients being featured in the nation’s top newspapers, consumer magazines and in many other top publications.  She also has a successful approach to social media helping to build sales through social networking sites, food blogs and online media.

“Beth will add a whole new element to our process of helping gourmet food start-ups bring their product to market,” said Ryan Montague, Founder and CEO of Gourmet Business Solutions. “So many clients don’t realize the importance of conducting media and public relations to get the added exposure and buzz they need in the market to drive sales.”

Beth will also oversee Gourmet Food Reviewed (http://www.gourmetfoodreviewed.com), which provides extensive business and taste reviews of new products.

Gourmet Business Solutions, established in 2006, is a management consulting firm specializing in new product launches, brand and business development, marketing, and internet/technology solutions for companies in the gourmet, specialty, organic, and natural food industries.   http://www.gourmetbusinesssolutions.com

Food Fête is Full

June 25th, 2008

From Jeff Davis’ blog: http://foodfete.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/food-fete-is-full/

Boy, I hadn’t expected to write this post.

The media response to next Monday’s Food Fête media event has been so high (50% more than last summer), that media RSVPs have reached the venue capacity.

That means we find ourselves in a position to evaluate all additional media requests even more closely. As someone who produces media events for a living, the idea of potentially turning away journalists is hard to get my arms around.

Sure, there are always some no-shows at events — freeing up space for a few on-site registrations — so we hope to accommodate as many media as possible.

Food Fête has always focused more on quality than quantity, but it looks like we’re accomplishing both this year.