Marketing & Media

BizTimes Milwaukee has received notice that it has won six Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism from the Milwaukee Press Club.

BizTimes Media LLC today unveiled the inaugural edition of “WisconsinBiz,” a special magazine and website to promote Wisconsin as a place to do business.

For years, clients have been asking me if they needed to get on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Google Plus. Now everyone's asking about Pinterest. My answer has never changed: “Don't even think about any of them until you define your strategy.”

Capstone National Partners, a full service public affairs firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Milwaukee, announced the addition of Joshua Morby and Kate Venne and the launch of its public relations division.

Internet security experts are warning consumers about a “Facebook Black” scam that is quickly and widely spreading across the World Wide Web.

Radio station 88Nine RadioMilwaukee (88.9 FM) has purchased a two-story, 14,000-square-foot building in Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward neighborhood near downtown to house its studios, offices and a new 100-seat broadcast performance space.

Brian Bennett is a partner and founder of STIR Advertising + Integrated Messaging, a national integrated advertising and marketing communications firm based in Milwaukee. Successful, bold businesses have some key characteristics in common, he says.

Facebook and Twitter are no longer content to take a back seat. Finally, brands and agencies are taking notice and advantage by producing fantastic content that is, at its best, timely, humorous, sentimental and uber-shareable.

Hartland-based Charleston|Orwig announced the promotions of Mark Gale to chief executive officer and Marcy Tessmann to president of the communications and marketing agency.

The onslaught of political ads on television during the recall election of Gov. Scott Walker, the presidential campaign and the U.S. Senate race provided a major boost for Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. The company today reported a significant increase in earnings and revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter, and for its 2012 fiscal year.