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Technology PR Firm, Snapp Conner PR, Signs Seven New Clients; Hires Kyle Henderson

-New accounts include Arellia, EnticeLabs, iPreserve, Matrix42, More or Less Inc., Riser Media, and Venafi, Inc.; Henderson hired to lead new and existing accounts -

SALT LAKE CITY—October 28, 2009— Technology PR firm, Snapp Conner PR, (http:www.snappconner.com) continues its exceptional growth by hiring Kyle Henderson as a public relations associate and adding seven new accounts to its client roster – Arellia, EnticeLabs, iPreserve, Matrix42, More or Less Inc., Riser Media and Venafi, Inc.

Henderson joins Snapp Conner PR following his work as an Account Manager at Crowell Advertising where he managed public relations for several organizations including Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill, Castle of Chaos Haunted House, Tracy Aviary and Comfort Systems USA Intermountain. His public relations experience includes organizations in the technology, telecommunications, construction, retail, restaurant, and the sports and entertainment industries. Henderson brings nearly five years of PR experience to Snapp Conner PR and holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Brigham Young University – Idaho.

“Kyle’s track record speaks for itself and with his blend of creative and strategic thinking, we’re confident our clients will benefit from his services,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, founder and managing partner of Snapp Conner PR. “Kyle is a great fit for our team and will play a significant role in our ongoing growth and produce the results for his clients that are synonymous with Snapp Conner PR.”

In addition to adding Henderson to the team, Snapp Conner PR has added seven new accounts to its roster, including:

Arellia: Arellia provides security and compliance technology for the Symantec Management Platform (formerly Altiris). Arellia’s technology has its foundation in Computing Edge (where CEO Michael Sainsbury was CTO), which was acquired by Altiris in 2000 and is now a part of Symantec.

EnticeLabs: EnticeLabs designs technology to empower HR departments to recruit top talent. Its flagship product, TalentSeekr, is an automated one-stop platform that is redefining the recruiting industry, using targeted ads and advanced artificial intelligence to engage active and passive job seekers in the websites and communities where they spend time.

iPreserve: iPreserve is an innovative franchise system that empowers owners with the training, equipment, support, marketing programs and processes to successfully own and/or run their own personal digitization business.

Matrix42: Matrix42 is an established leader in the dynamic IT market providing integrated IT service and systems management. Matrix42 is the innovator of IT-Commerce, and provides solutions that enable IT managers and administrators to manage their IT environments optimally and cost-efficiently.

More or Less, Inc: More or Less, Inc. is a privately-held company that offers business training and consulting in the areas of profit enhancement, sales expansion, market positioning and employee engagement. The company’s online Profit Proposal Generator (PPG) lets anyone create high-quality profit proposals from their cost-reducing and revenue-increasing ideas for free.

Riser Media: Riser Media provides high-end design from award-winning professionals at budget friendly prices and has forged a reputation as “a new kind of agency”—one that is equally comfortable with small business as it is with HBO, ABC, the Fox Network and Disney.

Venafi, Inc.: Venafi invented systems management for encryption to help organizations simplify the management of encryption technologies across their diverse operating systems and infrastructure environments – from the desktop to the datacenter. Its products provide automated management of encryption assets, including discovery, monitoring, alerts, lifecycle management and automated application configuration.

“More than other traditional means of communication such as advertising, public relations is playing a more critical role in helping companies differentiate themselves from competition,” continued Conner. “We’re honored to be working with these companies and look forward to helping them acquire the recognition and media endorsements that will promote growth, drive awareness and set them apart from others in their markets.”

For more information about Snapp Conner PR, visit their Web site at www.snappconner.com. Snapp Conner PR’s physical address is 1258 West 10400 South, Suite 301, South Jordan, Utah 84095.

About Snapp Conner PR
Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness, and life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business results. For more information about Snapp Conner PR, please visit the Web site at www.snappconner.com.

Snapp Conner PR Named to UVEF Top 25 Under 5; Adds Nine New Accounts

-- Agency growth acknowledged by Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum’s (UVEF) three consecutive years--

SALT LAKE CITY—July 10, 2009—Snapp Conner PR, Utah’s most progressive PR agency, has become the agency of record for nine new accounts: Advent Systems, I-O Corporation, Fishbowl, Interbank FX, Salt Lake Broadway, NCSI, SageCreek Partners, Sendside and Vucci.

In addition to these nine new clients, Snapp Conner PR has been ranked 15^th fastest growing company on the Utah Entrepreneurial Forum’s (UVEF) annual Top 25. UVEF judges Utah firms on profit, growth, equity funding, job creation, and job quality to acknowledge the best emerging companies in Utah. This marks the third year in a row the agency has been recognized as one of UVEF’s Top 25 Under 5. 

“We‘re pleased to welcome these new clients and to see that businesses are recognizing the strategic role PR plays during a down economy,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, Founder and Managing Partner of Snapp Conner PR.  “The fact that we’ve continued to grow and be recognized as one of Utah’s leading entrepreneurial companies is a tremendous reflection on the talents and dedication of our team. We look forward to continued growth in 2009 and beyond.”

Since Snapp Conner PR’s inception in April 2007 the agency’s growth has been tremendous; the firm has signed more than 30 new public relations accounts and has doubled in headcount.

The new accounts are as follows:

• Advent Systems manufactures digital surveillance technology for the security and surveillance industry providing unmatched speed, quality, storage and expandability. Surveillance experts and dealers appreciate the system’s ability to upgrade and expand to as many as 64 cameras, with full-motion 32 frames per second recording of all channels, and 30-days of storage for all channels.

• I-O Corporation I-O Corporation sells ProEdge Thin Clients, IBM Servers, and virtualization solutions to education, SMB and Enterprise Markets. I-O also provides host connectivity and printing solutions for IBM Midrange and Mainframe systems.

• Fishbowl makes it possible for every small to mid-size company to have the level of flexible and mobile inventory control solutions large organizations enjoy. Since 2001, Fishbowl has become the #1 requested inventory solution for QuickBooks. For QuickBooks users, the flexible and cost-effective combination of QuickBooks and Fishbowl can grow along with you as your company grows.

• Interbank FX (IBFX) is a worldwide provider of online foreign currency (Forex/FX) trading services, offering individual traders, money managers and institutional customers proprietary technology, tools and education to trade spot foreign currency online.

• Salt Lake Broadway: Music and the Arts is a new program that will bring a weekly music and arts festival to Downtown Salt Lake. Like New York’s Broadway, Salt Lake’s own Broadway district along 300 South is becoming the focal point for a myriad of diverse and abundant artistic experiences that celebrate the accomplishments of the people of Utah. The vision of Salt Lake Broadway is to create a gathering place for Utah’s finest artistic offerings, and to make this sumptuous array of music, art, theater and culinary experiences available to all.

• Network Consulting Services, Inc., (NCSI) is an expert solutions provider that helps clients achieve maximum possible efficiency, security and business results from their computer networks. NCSI is one of only five Platinum LANDesk resellers that differentiates itself as a source of strategic technology and security education and network support. NCSI provides selected solutions from Websense, LeftHand Networks, VMWare, Computer Associates, CheckPoint and others.

• SageCreek Partners is creating and driving a new category of service: Mentor Capital. Working as a companion to technology companies and their investment partners and boards, SageCreek Partners is comprised of seasoned executives in the U.S. Instead of money, SageCreek provides the strategic guidance, the mentoring, and the direct connections (to funding, key hires and merger and acquisition partners) to help emerging and growth companies succeed.

• Sendside has pioneered an Advanced Communications Network that addresses all of the functional and security deficiencies of regular email. Sendside’s patent-pending technology is ideally suited for organizations looking to optimize their sales and marketing effectiveness and provide a differentiated customer experience enabling organizations to accelerate sales and grow revenue more quickly, gain immediate insight into the effectiveness of their communications, reduce costs and realize greater efficiencies across the organization.

• Vucci Technology Solutions is a leading provider of business technology services focused on providing IT infrastructure and support at a price that delivers positive return on investment and business agility. Vucci specializes in virtualization, client solutions for consolidating IT infrastructure, reducing energy consumption, automating IT operations, and protecting the data center from outside threats.

Snapp Conner PR is also the agency of record for the Accend Group, Broadcast International, Celio, Cemaphore, ContentWatch, CompletexRM, DirectPointe, Fairway Divorce, Footnote.com, Franchise Foundry, FranklinCovey Products, Grow Utah Ventures, InteliSum, MountainWest Capital Networks (MWCN), Ogden Pioneer Days 75^th Anniversary Celebration, ProPay, Spoon Me, Timpanogos Technologies, and the Utah Technology Council (UTC).

For more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit www.snappconner.com. 

About Snapp Conner PR

Snapp Conner PR's Partners Named to the vSpring Capital 2009 v100

-- The v100 honors the region’s outstanding entrepreneurs --

SALT LAKE CITY—April 1, 2009—Snapp Conner PR, Utah’s most progressive PR agency, announced today that all three partners, Cheryl Snapp Conner, Jeremy Kartchner and Clayton Blackham, have been named  to vSpring Capital’s 2009 v100.

The v100 list was created in 2004 as a way to recognize the region's outstanding entrepreneurs and to support and promote collaborative partnering and mentoring among top entrepreneurs in the region. The v100 has been designed to help entrepreneurs and vSpring Capital locate and cultivate relationships among top CEO and CTO talent in the region. Members of the v100 are chosen through a peer-nominated and peer-selected process.

“We are honored to be recognized by our peers and vSpring in this group of outstanding Utah entrepreneurs,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, Managing Partner of Snapp Conner PR. “In today’s economy, public relations is more important than ever before. This recognition is tremendous validation for the role PR plays in Utah’s thriving businesses and for Snapp Conner PR.”

In related news, Cheryl Snapp Conner was also named Trustee of the Year by the Utah Technology Council (UTC). UTC President Richard R. Nelson announced the Council’s 2008 recognitions during the most recent meeting of the Board of Trustees. Cheryl has headed UTC’s Communications Council for the past six years and has played an integral role in shaping and promoting UTC’s accomplishments in the regional and national press.

Snapp Conner PR recently moved its headquarters to 1258 W. 10400 S., Ste. 301, South Jordan, Utah 84095 to accommodate future growth. For more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit www.snappconner.com. 

About Snapp Conner PR

Born out of 23 years of specialized experience in the technology industry, Snapp Conner PR provides all aspects of strategic and tactical PR execution for companies in the technology, health and wellness and life sciences space. Snapp Conner PR assists organizations ranging from start-ups and growth companies to established ventures and public companies in creating and executing PR programs to achieve maximum possible business results.

Snapp Conner PR Kicks Off 2009 With New Headquarters, New Hire, and Nine New Accounts

-- Agency welcomes AmberAlertGPS, FranklinCovey Products, Franchise Foundry, Fairway Divorce Solutions, Big-D Construction, JyzeFit, MountainWest Capital Network, Nexeo and the 75^th Anniversary Celebration of Ogden Pioneer Days --

SALT LAKE CITY—January 26, 2009—Snapp Conner PR, Utah’s most progressive PR agency, started 2009 with a new headquarters in South Jordan, UT. In addition, the agency added PR Associate Jason Timpson and became agency of record for 9 new accounts:  AmberAlertGPS, Big-D Construction, Fairway Divorce Solutions, Franchise Foundry, FranklinCovey Products, JyzeFit, MountainWest Capital Network, Nexeo and the 75^th Anniversary Celebration of Ogden Pioneer Days.

The company will celebrate its new headquarters at 1258 W. 104^th S. in South Jordan with an extended Open House on Thursday, February 5 from noon to 5:30. Attendees can RSVP by emailing Kenny@snappconner.com.

Since Snapp Conner’s inception in April 2007 the agency has experienced record growth. The company’s headcount has more than doubled, and the agency has signed more than 30 new public relations accounts. At just under two years old, the agency has already been named one of UVEF’s Top 25 Under 5, and most recently, was named Utah’s top PR Agency by Business Connect Magazine.

“The rapid growth we’re experiencing has allowed us to solidify our role in the Salt Lake City and Mountain West market by purchasing our permanent headquarter space,” said Cheryl Snapp Conner, founder and managing partner of Snapp Conner PR.  “It also underscores the strategic importance of strong public relations, particularly during these times of rapid change and economic challenge.”

The new Snapp Conner location, just west of the 106^th offramp of I-15, is easily accessible from Utah, Salt Lake and even Davis County.

Snapp Conner’s newest team member is Jason Timpson, who joins the company as PR Associate. Timpson obtained his PR background from Utah State University where he majored in Public Relations and Journalism and worked as an intern in the university’s Public Relations and Marketing office. Prior to joining Snapp Conner PR, Timpson was employed by SNG PR, where he worked on accounts including Silex Technologies, UCN, Family First Federal Credit Union, and Interbank FX.

The agency’s newest accounts include the following:

• AmberAlertGPS is a GPS child locator system to give parents 24/7 peace of mind. The upcoming v2.0 model will be wrist, ankle and belt compatible. The Amber Alert GPS was founded by Russell Thornton, a seasoned senior executive and also a concerned parent who has experienced the desperate panic of temporarily losing a child. 
  

• Big-D Construction Corporation has 40 years of experience in providing Design-Build, General Contracting and Construction Management services to customers from a wide variety of industries. As one of the largest construction companies in the country, Big-D employs more than 600 associates throughout the western United States.  The corporation’s headquarters are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional offices in Ogden and Lindon, Utah; Pleasanton, California; Phoenix, Arizona; and Jackson, Wyoming.

• Fairway Divorce Solutions offers a first-of-its-kind alternative to the traditional system of divorce through a new divorce paradigm that saves money, time, stress and protects children. Charging a flat fee, Fairway Divorce Solutions uses a common sense step-by-step proven approach called The Fairway Process™. The company recently began offering franchise opportunities of its process in the U.S.

• Franchise Foundry is a venture capital firm that is also a franchise partner. Franchise Foundry focuses on helping new concepts with high growth potential. In the early stages of a new franchise’s development, Foundry ensures that the fundamentals are in place for a successful sales program can be launched. Software design, web design, marketing, sales, financial modeling and business planning, legal and compliance work are among the core services that Franchise Foundry offers.

• FranklinCovey Products helps individuals and organizations worldwide achieve greater productivity, effectiveness and success. Some of the Company’s best-known consumer products include the popular FranklinCovey Planning System™, PlanPlus Planning Software™, PlanPlus Online™, as well as a line of binders, business cases, totes, other productivity and organizational tools and accessories.
  

• JyzeFit is a private company that develops the Jyze exerciser product to enhance fat-burning and fitness results for any level of workout and for any fitness lifestyle from beginner to expert. Jyze adds full fat-burning aerobic conditioning to walking-type workouts by giving participants a safe, convenient and fun way to burn more calories during their workout time.

• MountainWest Capital Network’s objective is to support entrepreneurial success and enable business growth through networking activities which foster synergistic relationships, educating and mentoring one another in innovation and excellence, identifying and reporting on the dynamic flow of information about business growth through capital formation and distribution, and recognizing and rewarding performance. It is Utah’s first and most effective business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success. MWCN fosters the building of relationships through signature activities and events, such as the Entrepreneur of the Year, the Utah 100, real-time Deal Flow reporting and recognition, and presentations by industry experts.

• Nexeo, with offices in Salt Lake City and Orem, Utah, simplifies the complexity of human resource functions for businesses, enabling clients to focus on their core practices. Nexeo acts as an extension of its clients’ HR department by providing customized, outsourced solutions for staffing, HR administration and consulting. With a hands-on, personal approach, Nexeo provides unmatched service and quantifiable results for each client.

• Established in 1934 Ogden Pioneer Days celebrates 75 years of western life, bringing real meaning to the slogan “A tradition… make it yours.” Nominated “The Best Rodeo in America” by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), Ogden Pioneer Days 75th Anniversary Celebration combines the excitement and heart-pounding action of professional rodeo with the beauty and historic scenery of the Ogden valley. Ogden Pioneer Days 75th Anniversary Celebration is the best the west has to offer.

Snapp Conner PR is also the agency of record for the Accend Group, AxisPointe, Broadcast International, Celio, Cemaphore, ContentWatch, CompletexRM, DirectPointe, Footnote.com, InteliSum, ProPay, Timpanogos Technologies, Grow Utah Ventures, and the Utah Technology Council (UTC).

For more information about Snapp Conner PR please visit www.snappconner.com. 

About Snapp Conner PR