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Amy McKeag of Veggie Patch on Marketing to Moms

Monday, October 18th, 2010

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How do you get your children to eat their vegetables? Doug Simon of D S Simon Productions spoke to Amy McKeag, Brand Manager of Veggie Patch, at Editor Showcase: Green Living on their marketing strategies to reach moms and help them accomplish just that.


Some of Amy’s Vlog Views:
“We’re a vegetarian line of food products and we’re both chilled and just recently launched in frozen. We are basically partnering with mom to provide a little vegetable goodness in her kids and family’s life.”

“We have a very tech-savvy consumer so mom is definitely going online, going to blogs, looking at things like WebMD to find out about health and wellness for her family.”

“Of course we’re looking at traditional things like print but we understand we need to be where our consumer is so social media certainly, Facebook and things like Twitter, we’re talking to moms there.”

“Certainly it (video) is important , as we grow we’re starting to use online and dong some cooking classes with media and with media bloggers and then using that content on our website.”

Links:
www.tribehummas.com
www.veggiepatch.com

*Disclosure: D S Simon presented on October 13, 2010 as part of the Editor Showcase: Green Living and can offer a 10% discount to clients that want to participate in the next Editor Showcase: Health and Nutrition on February 9, 2011. Go to www.editorshowcase.com for more information and mention D S Simon for the discount.

Bora Samman of bioserie on Protecting Your Apple Device with Plants

Monday, October 18th, 2010

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Doug Simon President & CEO of D S Simon Productions spoke with Bora Samman at Editor Showcase: Green Living about bioserie’s Apple product cases made entirely out of plant products and how bioserie markets a greener way to protect your gear.


Some of Bora’s VlogViews:

“We’re a company based in Hong Kong producing the world’s first bio-plastic protective covers for Apple devices. What this means is all our products are made of annular renewable resources, mostly plant materials.”

“Being here (Editor Showcase: Green Living) is great because it gives you the opportunity to meet with multiple media sources at once. We’re a new company, it’s only been six months, and it’s a great way to reach out to the media in the U.S.”

Links:
http://twitter.com/bioserie
http://www.bioserie.com

*Disclosure: D S Simon presented on October 13, 2010 as part of the Editor Showcase: Green Living and can offer a 10% discount to clients that want to participate in the next Editor Showcase: Health and Nutrition on February 9, 2011. Go to www.editorshowcase.com for more information and mention D S Simon for the discount.

Eliot Mizrachi of the Entertainment Software Rating Board

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

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Douglas Simon, President and CEO of D S Simon Productions, spoke with Eliot Mizrachi, Director of Communications for the Entertainment Software Rating Board, about the upcoming Supreme Court case involving California law limiting access to violent video games as well as the role of communications in education campaigns. The interview took place at the PR News Digital PR Next Practices Summit.


Some of Eliot’s Vlog Views:

“A big part of what we do is educating parents and other consumers about the tools and information we provide so that they can make informed decisions about the games for their children.”

“We’ll team up with a group like Game Stop to do public education campaigns through their stores, in store signage. We’ll work with the New Orleans Saints or state officials to do state wide PSA campaigns that are on TV and radio. It’s really a question of finding the right partners and putting good tactics in the proper places that are going to educate the public about the ratings.”

“The issue is really a question of can a state impose a law that restricts access to constitutionally protected speech and that’s why the Supreme Court is looking at it. One of the issues that they’re going to have to weigh is, is there a less restrictive means that the state could use to achieve its purpose. So if we don’t want kids playing games that are inappropriate for them, how can we go about doing that? The rating system is really the answer.”

Links:
http://twitter.com/eliotmiz
http://esrb.org
http://twitter.com/OKtoPlay

Pete Codella of Codella Marketing

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

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Douglas Simon President & CEO of D S Simon Productions skyped with Pete Codella about the importance of Digital PR and tips on how a CEO or spokesperson can get their message across to the public effectively. Doug and Pete will be speaking together at the PR News Digital PR Next Practices Summit on October 6th, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in NYC.

Some of Pete’s VlogViews:
“The whole term Digital PR to me means sharing key messages with key publics using technology, and there’s really not a better way to do it than video.”

“It’s the perfect platform for having someone do a demo of a new product, just to introduce and have a background and show the human side of a company, something that you can’t really do in a written press release.”
“I think the video needs to share pertinent facts, important information that people need to know that traditional broadcasting may gloss over or not cover completely.”

“I think video can be a key component in a crisis situation to share those key messages and the important facts that you’ve got to get out there and that you need people to know. Keep it short and brief and get to the point and share the information that’s most pertinent.”

“If a CEO or spokesperson is hesitant about talking in a video, you work with them, you coach them…perfect practice makes perfect.”

Links:
petecodella.com
twitter.com/codella
codellamarketing.com
prnewsonline.com/resources/digitalprsummit2010.html