Recommendations/References
John Kirk
Director of Communications, International Sportsmen's Exposition
"We
have five consumer events in five states, have been in business since 1975 and
each year work with more than 1000 companies in the outdoor-sports industry,
bringing them nearly 150,000 qualified consumers for face-to-face sales
opportunity. Getting the word out is essential. In addition to advertising, we
increasingly fuse publicity and promotions with social media.
This year we selected Scott Kelly of Black Dog Promotions to handle publicity
for our Arizona event.
Scott is the most responsive, connected, aggressive, hardest-working, informed
and, it appears, successful publicity person I’ve ever worked with in more
than a decade.
However, it’s hugely inaccurate to limit him to PR. He’s a promotional force
of nature—that’s a very, very good thing.
Never in our Phoenix show's history have we had so much pre-show PR or as much
PR lined up for the show this early.
I not only hope to work with Scott in Phoenix, but other markets next year.
He’s that good, and a blast to work with, too."
Robert Page
VP of Operations and Co-Owner MedToGo International
Details
of the Recommendation: "Scott gets it done!
We had our second interview with him December 22nd, 2010 and phoned him later
that evening to inform him that we would be hiring Black Dog Promotions to
manage our PR. The next day he called me to schedule a TV interview with Fox
News.
He has officially been on our clock for 19 days and has already landed us 3
Arizona TV spots. We have a fourth tomorrow and an interview with the AZ
Republic a few days after that.
He has about 3-4 other opportunities about to jump on.
The great thing about all this PR is he followed the news, found a niche related
to our industry that would drive interest, and he jumped on it. He is creating
opportunity where most would struggle to think outside the box.
In the short time I have known and worked with him, I am impressed and would be
happy to speak with anyone considering Scott Kelly and Black Dog Promotions for
PR services. January 19, 2011
Ed Martinez
Editor-in-Chief,
MyTekLife Magazine
“I’ve
had the pleasure of working with Scott Kelly on several projects. His incredible
commitment and passion for promoting my business, has yielded remarkable
results. Recently, Scott covered the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) for my
magazine. He demonstrated great professionalism and was responsible for creating
key contacts. These new relationships are now helping to grow my business. I
highly recommend Scott and Black Dog Promotions.” March
22, 2010
Ed Martinez
Editor-in-Chief,
MyTekLife Magazine
“As
editor of MyTekLife Magazine, I have the pleasure of working with many people
with diverse and extraordinary life experiences. I’m thrilled with our
decision to have Scott Kelly working with MyTekLife Magazine as director of
marketing. Not only has Scott dramatically increased visibility for our media
company, but he has also helped us gain the recognition and reputation necessary
for success. Scott is reliable, honest, dependable, and has a great deal of
integrity. His ability to generate ‘buzz’ is admired and respected in the PR
and marketing industry. I’m grateful for Scott for all the help he has
provided to MyTekLife Magazine and me.” June 6, 2010
Kim Devery
Adjunct
Faculty,
“I would highly recommend Scott Kelly for future teaching
and classroom presentations. He delivered a dynamic presentation to my
Advertising-MKT263 class on March 29, 2010, and I was very impressed with his
speaking ability, professionalism, punctuality, and scope of experience. The
content Scott presented was up to date, as he relayed up and coming advertising
trends to the class and shared his years of expertise and knowledge of what
works in an advertising campaign. I liked how Scott was able to connect with the
students and how he gave them helpful tips and advise to apply in their life.
Overall, a complete success! April 21, 2010
Rachel
(Carasso) Van Nortwick
Director
of Marketing and Events, Buddy Stubbs Harley-Davidson
“Scott
delivers. If you are looking to get PR exposure for a client, social media
marketing hits and and foot traffic to boot, hire Scott. He has relationships
with media and expertise that are some of the best I have ever come across. He
was also a pleasure to work with!” June 28, 2010
Katheryne Mitchell
Owner/President,
Signing Hands Outreach
“Scott
combines his dedication and enthusiasm to serve others along with his
experience, knowledge and skills. Scott's vision and passion to expand Christian
Professionals of Arizona shows a genuine heart for the Lord. I look forward to
future opportunities to work with Scott and building a lasting business
relationship. I highly endorse Scott's services.” February
25, 2010
Christina
Wagner
Marketing
Director, KFNX
“Scott really has a
complete handle on social media, marketing and networking. He has done a
fantastic job of putting together people with similiar interests and making
everyone feel welcome. I look forward to being part of his future events.” February 26, 2010
Letter of recommendation letter:
To Whom It May Concern,
This letter is in reference to Scott Kelly. Scott is involved with Junior
Achievement of Arizona and has been working as a volunteer on our behalf since
2006. Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that teaches young people
financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness skills to inspire and
prepare them to succeed in a global economy. Scott has facilitated JA programs
for six classrooms and also acted as a volunteer consultant in both JA BizTown,
a simulated economy and “town” run by 5th and 6th grade students and JA
Finance Park, a simulation for 8th and 9th grade students to increase their
financial capability. Scott also recently led the JA You’re Hired! Preparatory
program for a high school class in
Scott serves as a role model to students, and when volunteering in the classroom
meets with them weekly for one class period for 5-7 visits. During each visit,
he was required to teach his assigned classroom a JA lesson. Prior to each
lesson, he spent time reviewing the activities and incorporating his personal
and professional experiences into the lesson. During JA BizTown and JA Finance
Park he spent a full day consulting with a small group of students to help them
meet their goals and objectives including balancing a budget, running a business
and paying off a business loan. With JA You’re Hired! he worked with the
teacher to identify which lessons best met the students developmental needs and
would best prepare them to compete at our JA You’re Hired! Challenge where
they would enter into workplace skills competitions and seek internships or
summer jobs. He led activities to help improve efficacy, build confidence and
practice employability skills such as interviewing, maintaining your work ethic,
and dressing professionally. Our feedback from all the teachers that Scott
worked with was very positive. As someone who is able to present effectively to
a variety of students and who follows through with his commitments, Scott is a
wonderful asset to Junior Achievement. We appreciate his commitment to youth and
to this important mission.
Sincerely,
Melissa S. Leasher
Director, Program Development
Junior Achievement of
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