Vintage Motor Club Selects BRANSTORM As Agency of Record
BRANSTORM INC., one of Charlotte’s fastest growing public relations and marketing firms, today announced it has been named agency of record for Vintage Motor Club, the Charlotte area’s newest special events venue.
“In this economy and competitive category, we needed big thinking,” said Tom Cotter, managing partner of Vintage Motor Club LLC. “That’s what Branstorm is known for. In just one month’s time, we’ve already witnessed that creativity as well as an increase in showings, bookings and overall brand awareness.”
Vintage Motor Club is a 15,000 square foot banquet facility located in Concord, N.C. just minutes from Lowe’s Motor Speedway, I-85 and Highways 20 and 49. Housed in a 100-year old classic red brick Southern Mill, the Vintage car- themed facility is ideal for corporate events, charity galas, weddings and race functions. With dividable space, capacity of 1,000 and ample parking, it is an event planner’s dream. For more information, visit their new website at www.vintagemotorclubnc.com
BRANSTORM PR & Marketing, Inc. was founded in early 2006 with a mission of strategic creativity and the goal of helping companies build their brands and business in a measurable way. For more information, call (704) 378-0123.
Brannan Named Finalist for NAWBO Rising Star Award
Colleen Brannan, president and owner of BRANSTORM PR & Marketing, was announced today as a finalist for the Rising Star award, presented annually by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Charlotte Chapter. Winners will be announced at the organization’s annual awards celebration on May 20 at the Mint Museum.
The Rising Star Award is presented to a NAWBO member who has demonstrated entrepreneurial creativity and determination in successfully managing a business that is less than five years old.
NAWBO Charlotte, with more than 200 members, is the only organization specially designed to serve, support and strengthen women-owned businesses in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. To learn more or to register for the May 20 Awards Celebration, visit www.nawbocharlotte.org.
BRANSTORM Opens Uptown office
BRANSTORM Inc., one of Charlotte’s fastest-growing public relations and marketing firms, today announced a move Uptown to 112. S. Tryon St.
The 3-year-old firm, founded by 18-year public relations and marketing veteran, Colleen Brannan, has been booming in a tough economy largely due to Brannan’s non-traditional definition of public relations.
“PR does not stand for press release,” said Brannan, president of BRANSTORM and a Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Charlotte board member. “I’m building my firm on the idea that public relations is a sophisticated form of business development and, given our growing client roster, that thinking seems to be catching on here in Charlotte.”
BRANSTORM’s new offices on the 14th floor of the recently-renovated Tryon Plaza, once known as the First National Bank Building, gives the firm the Uptown presence it desired with a historic Trade and Tryon business address. BRANSTORM was previously located in Myers Park.
