Archive for the ‘Health & Wellness’ Category

Todd Dezen- March of Dimes and D S Simon Productions Win Big Apple Award

Friday, May 28th, 2010

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Doug Simon, President and CEO of D S Simon Productions spoke to Todd Dezen, Associate Director, National Media Relations, March of Dimes about how winning the PRSA-NY Big Apple Award for Use of Broadcast, can serve as a platform to help March of Dimes combat premature births.


Some of Todd’s Vlog Views:
“We hope the recognition for this campaign will help to increase public awareness of the seriousness of premature birth”

To learn more visit:
www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity

Media Links:
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Health Day
WebMD
iVillage
YourUpdate.com

Pam Becker, Manager, Brand Public Relations for General Mills

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Pam Becker from General Mills discusses the strategy for promoting the company’s Gluten Free products. Recorded at Editor Showcase: Health & Nutrition.

Some of Pam’s VlogViews:

“(Meeting with media) is much harder than it used to. Staffs are being cut and they have more work on their plate then they used to.”

“We are doing more and more video not so much for broadcast but to embed in websites and in messages that we are sending out.”

*Disclosure: D S Simon will be presenting on March 9, 2010 as part of the Editor Showcase: Modern Moms and can offer a 10% discount to clients that want to participate. Go to www.editorshowcase.com for more information and mention D S Simon for the discount.

Editor Showcase: Health and Nutrition Series

Pam Becker

Pam Becker

Jacqui Stafford

Jacqui Stafford

Erin Henry

Erin Henry

Lindsey Benjamin

Lindsey Benjamin

Jennifer Eastman

Jennifer Eastman

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Michelle Metter

Michelle Metter

Jacqui Stafford, Executive Style Director for Shape Magazine

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Jacqui Stafford from Shape Magazine shares with us what editors are looking for in news stories that come in from pitches from PR people at the Editor Showcase: Health & Nutrition.

Some of Jacqui’s VlogViews:

“We’re all about value about finding news that we haven’t had before about ways we can improve our lives about how we can make everything in life better, easier and simpler.”

“For the Today Show, when I do style, fashion, trend lifestyle pieces it’s very important for me to find new, new, new. We are looking for compelling stories that the viewer wants to relate to.”

*Discloser: D S Simon will be presenting on March 9, 2010 as part of the Editor Showcase: Modern Moms and can offer a 10% discount to clients that want to participate. Go to www.editorshowcase.com for more information for more information and mention D S Simon for the discount.

Editor Showcase: Health and Nutrition Series

Pam Becker

Pam Becker

Jacqui Stafford

Jacqui Stafford

Erin Henry

Erin Henry

Lindsey Benjamin

Lindsey Benjamin

Jennifer Eastman

Jennifer Eastman

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Michelle Metter

Michelle Metter

Erin Henry, Porter Novelli representing the Almond Board of California

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Erin Henry discusses getting media coverage for your client at the Editor Showcase: Health & Nutrition and including your brands spokesperson with your message.

Some of Erin’s VlogViews:

“An editor showcase event is an amazing way to get in front of and have a face to face conversation with up to 30 editors in one evening… It’s really just a relaxed environment that is open to discussions and how you can work together”

“Bringing a spokesperson to an event brings credibility”

*Disclosure: D S Simon will be presenting on March 9, 2010 as part of the Editor Showcase: Modern Moms and can offer a 10% discount to clients that want to participate. Go to www.editorshowcase.com for more information and mention D S Simon for the discount.

Editor Showcase: Health and Nutrition Series

Pam Becker

Pam Becker

Jacqui Stafford

Jacqui Stafford

Erin Henry

Erin Henry

Lindsey Benjamin

Lindsey Benjamin

Jennifer Eastman

Jennifer Eastman

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Rachelle Deal & Jessica Matthews

Michelle Metter

Michelle Meter