Perry & Banks Marketing, Public Relations, Web, Inbound, Outbound, Online, Offline

November 10, 2011 – Portland, Maine – Perry & Banks Integrated Sales and Marketing is pleased to announce Elaine Scott has joined the company as Director of Account Services and Public Relations. Scott will help foster future prospects, manage existing clients and play a key role in branding and public relations endeavors.

We should all take inspiration from Steve Jobs’ “insanely great” entrepreneurship, innovation and lasting contribution to our lives. I’ll forever associate his spirit with this commercial:

PB’s Senior Project Manager Ann Blanchard has combined two of her favorite things (outside of being here!) –- her love for her 12-year-old son and her love of sailing on the waters of Maine –-

Consumers today are a pretty sophisticated bunch. We’ve all learned to dodge the hard sell, weave through vague claims and parry “Trust Me” attempts. But there is one thing we all still crave – a good customer experience.

We recently told you about our newest addition to the PB staff, Suzanne Hodgson, a former reporter for The Kennebunk Post and the South Portland Sentry who plays an important role here as an Account Coordinator for a number of Perry & Banks clients.

Portland, ME — April 6, 2011 — Suzanne Hodgson, 25, former daily news writer for The Kennebunk Post and the South Portland Sentry is now an Account Coordinator at Perry & Banks in Portland, Maine. Hodgson (pronounced Hod-son) joined the firm in 2010 and is now responsible for coordinating the work for clients like Wright Express, Androscoggin [...]

Yes we know all the social media statistics. They include millions of users or members, massive growth and new outlets springing up on an almost daily basis. But as a CXO I would want to know a lot more before I committed company resources to a social media strategy.

22 years ago today Lee Perry and I started Perry & Banks Advertising. It was at the tail end of a recession caused by a housing bubble (sound familiar?). Previously, Lee and I had worked together at Chellis, Conwell and Gale, one of the great Maine houses of advertising, he as the copywriter and I [...]

It should go without saying that today, the web is the first place business owners and real estate professionals go to find the information they need when they are looking for relocation options. In order to compete, states and regions need to have their best economic development foot forward online.

Perry & Banks is on the hunt for our next PR wiz. If you have 5 years of agency experience, play well with others, write clearly and efficiently, and can find the hidden gems in business-to-business companies we should meet.