Welcome to CG Communications!  You have reached your resource for public relations and social media consulting services.  CG Communications is a consulting service created specifically for small businesses and non-profits, with your budget, time constraints and unique goals in mind.  We understand the immense pressures you are under in today's economy.  Budgets are tight and you're looking for every advantage you can get over your competition.  This is the time when you have to have an effective and focused public relations and social media campaign.  Hiring a firm is costly and out of reach for most small businesses and non-profits.  Your best solution is to handle your campaigns on your own.  This is where CG Communications can help you.  Our decades of combined experience as journalists, public relations professionals and social media experts allows us a unique opportunity to help you create, organize and implement successful public relations and social media campaigns, without the added cost of hiring a firm.  CG Communications will teach you how to tell your story, write press releases that have impact, utilize multiple social media platforms, create a conversation strategy and so much more.  We offer regular seminars focused on helping you get your pr and social media efforts off the ground and in front of those who mean the most to your organizations' bottom line.

CG Communications believes in experience, knowledge, and relationships. Those are key elements to success. Whether you know nothing about public relations and social media, or you have been handling your organizations' efforts for years, there is always room for growth.  CG Communications offers one-on-one consulting as well as a wide range of seminars tailored to your specific needs.  Take some time and look around, spend some time on our blog, and then give us a call to talk about your needs and what CG Communications can do for you.  We look forward to helping you grow your organization and meet your goals so we can all thrive and enjoy success!

When: Saturday, March 6 • 10am - 2pm
Where: The Avenue Theater
             417 E. 17th Avenue
             Denver, CO  80203
             303.321.5925

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• Public relations and social media is about communication, first and foremost.  You have an organization you're proud of, one you work hard to make successful.  The trick is letting everyone else know about what you do and what you can offer.  This is where public relations and social media can help.  It's no longer an issue of sending out a press release and waiting for the phone to ring.  Today you have to have an integrated plan, one that utilizes the power of both the power of the press and the reach of social media.  CG Communications works with you to help you create a plan that will work and raise your organizations' profile both in your community and online.  Our seminars will teach you how to do it all without spending the extra money on hiring a firm.  Who knows your business better than you do?  Who is better equipped to spread your message than you?  CG Communications will help you take your ideas and put them into action so you can reach your goals and grow.


• One of the biggest concerns small business owners and non-profits have when handling their own PR and social media is lack of time.  We know you're already under the stress of the day-to-day operations of your organization.  Who has time to also manage a public relations and social media campaign?  CG Communications can help you create plans that won't cut into your already full schedule.  We'll help you learn how to use tools that will allow you to run effective campaigns without spending hours a day to do it. 


• Interactive and integrated are the watchwords for successful public relations and social media campaigns.  CG Communications will teach you how to use video to enhance your pitch and draw viewers to your social media sites.  We'll show you how to combine your public relations and social media efforts into a single, focused campaign to reach the audience you want to reach.  You'll learn how to coordinate your social media efforts with your public relations pitches as well as your events and community outreach strategies.


•  Public Relations is more than just writing press releases and pitching stories.  It's about building relationships with reporters, editors, photographers and producers.  Whether it's print, radio, television or online content providers, relationships will help you get your message out to the masses.  Learn how news-decisions are made and the best times to pitch your story.  We'll teach you the same techniques journalists use to determine what stories to publish or broadcast so you can make the best pitches possible.  You'll also learn how to meet the journalists and begin to build relationships that will help your pitches be more successful.  We'll show you how to target the right newsroom individuals, build a pitch database, how and when to make your pitch and how to access online news organizations.  You'll also have opportunities to learn from and talk with actual working journalists who will give you feedback on your public relations efforts.


• You may think you'll never find yourself standing before reporters trying to explain a crisis.  And for your sake, we hope you never have to.  But it happens and if it ever happens to you or your organization, you need to be prepared to handle the media and deal with the fallout from customers, supporters, officials, staff and the community.  CG Communications offers media training, interview training and will help you learn how to handle the tough questions from the media and the public, whether it's a one-on-one situation or at a press conference.  We'll work with you to help you craft a plan so you're prepared in the event you should ever find yourself in a crisis situation.  Plan ahead and get the training and help you need now, because if you wait until there's a crisis, it's too late.


• Social media can help you target the audiences you want to reach, without having to spend money on advertising and mass marketing.  We'll teach you the tricks major corporations use to reach out to their customers, create online buzz and launch successful viral campaigns.  Blogs, podcasts, RSS feeds and "Vlogs" will raise your organizations' profile and grow your customer base.  We will show you how to set up an interactive blog, how to use RSS feeds, shoot, edit and post video to your sites, how to launch a podcast and video blog and integrate them all together. We'll help you create a conversation strategy that will help you be interactive and get the most out of your social media efforts.  You'll also learn how to use online analytics and decipher the information to make your campaign more focused and powerful.