The Publicity Show Interviews Ann Revell-Pechar with Revell-Pechar PR & Marketing

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows.This afternoon we spoke to Ann Revell-Pechar with Revell-Pechar Public Relations & Marketing.Her firm's sweet spot is in all things Internet, but Ann has extensive experience in security, storage and enterprise technologies, and has been closely involved with biotechnology and the life sciences communities. Ann spent 18 years in Seattle before she moved to Atlanta. Over her career, Ann has launched 60 companies and 100s of products, from Aventail to F5, from NetNanny to MetaInfo and Real Networks (now RealAudio). Not limiting her practice to the small, Revell-Pechar is adept at managing the reputation of established firms as well, from New Enterprise Associates to Ziff Davis Publishing. Several clients, like VoIP company Teleo, have been acquired by major corporations (in this case, Microsoft). Others are now public, and others have simply grown and continue to manage their privately held firms.Ann is Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta, where she strives to make Georgia ripe for technology entrepreneurship. She has also served on numerous non-profit and business advisory boards in Seattle, Baltimore and Atlanta. During the interview Ann shared some great tips for getting ready for the media as well as how to create your elevator pitch. For more information about Ann and her firm please go to their website www.revellpechar.com Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.