Clarence O'Banner
Director-Strategic Directions
BellSouth

"Working with The Leatherbury Group was a pleasure. Their knowledge made the process of building my web site easy for me, and they handled all aspects of putting the site together - on time and on budget - with great skill and professionalism. Additionally, they were able to distill a large amount of information about my company into the essence of what really needed to be communicated, which is critically important in today's competitive business environment."

Terri Theisen
President
Theisen Consulting LLC

"The Leatherbury Group has provided public relations support in the Southeast for Lucent Technologies and Avaya for 6 years. Linda Leatherbury and her team have done an outstanding job with media relations, newsletters, community involvement profiling and sales support for us. Their service to their clients is as impeccable as the quality of their work."

Ruthanne Suttles
Marketing Manager
Avaya

Our Successes

• Media coverage secured in 131 outlets during 2001-02 enhanced Avaya's customer relationships, established the brand locally and generated business leads for the company

• To showcase Avaya's portfolio of eBusiness solutions, we organized a press conference with student demonstrations to officially announce the University of Maryland's eDorm - a model for future higher education technology implementations. Our efforts resulted in 15 articles published in local and national broadcast and print media, reaching a total audience of more than 700,000.

• Our planning and coordination of a series of five BellSouth TechKNOWLEDGEy ™ educational conferences branded BellSouth as a player in the educational technology marketplace and resulted in continuing sales opportunities.

• In 2002, we successfully placed eight articles in vertical trade publications for the Georgia Spit Tobacco Education Program; produced a series of Public Service Announcements that aired on 13 stations and reached 3.6 million listeners; and developed an interactive web site with pro bono support from ImageServe.

• A series of print collateral produced for Georgia-Pacific's Chemical Division enhanced the company's brand image in key local markets. The capabilities brochure was reprinted twice for continuing use with sales teams and executive management.

• Our research of awards opportunities and development of a comprehensive essay-oriented application resulted in the selection of our client, Wendy Reed, CEO of InfoMentis, as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition.