CINCINNATI – O’Keeffe (www.okeeffepr.com), a spe­cialty pub­lic rela­tions and social media mar­ket­ing firm that just recently launched a new Mar­ket­ing Solu­tions Divi­sion, has been selected as a final­ist by the North­ern Ken­tucky Cham­ber of Commerce’s Annual Small Busi­ness Cel­e­bra­tion Com­mit­tee for the 2011 Small Busi­ness “SUCCESS” Awards. This recog­ni­tion comes as O’Keeffe cel­e­brates its 10^th year in business.

Estab­lished in 1996, the “SUCCESS” Awards rec­og­nize North­ern Ken­tucky small busi­nesses that have demon­strated growth, finan­cial sta­bil­ity, resource­ful­ness, and cre­ativ­ity to excel in their cho­sen indus­tries. All final­ists will be rec­og­nized at the lun­cheon cer­e­mony on Thurs­day, June 16, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Draw­bridge Hotel in Ft. Mitchell, KY.

“We are hon­ored to be cho­sen as a final­ist for this award along with so many won­der­ful small busi­nesses in this com­mu­nity. We are in great com­pany,” said Dan O’Keeffe, pres­i­dent, O’Keeffe. “I am very proud of my team and what we have been able to accom­plish this year.”

For more infor­ma­tion about O’Keeffe, visit www.okeeffepr.com or call 513–221-1526.

About O’Keeffe

O’Keeffe is a Cincinnati-based pub­lic rela­tions and mar­ket­ing solu­tions firm spe­cial­iz­ing in strat­egy devel­op­ment, social media, mar­ket­ing solu­tions and con­tent devel­op­ment. O’Keeffe is ded­i­cated to telling com­pelling sto­ries that achieve brand aware­ness, sales oppor­tu­ni­ties, and calls to action for its clien­tele.  From cri­sis man­age­ment to inter­ac­tive strate­gies and viral cam­paigns, O’Keeffe is posi­tioned to cre­ate tar­geted pub­lic rela­tions and con­tent to fit every orga­ni­za­tion. Clients include Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity, Cohe­sion Busi­ness Tech­nol­ogy, Park­ers Blue Ash Tav­ern, Fis­cher Homes and Sheak­ley, and O’Keeffe is a part­ner in the Insti­tute for Social Media at Cincin­nati State.  For more infor­ma­tion about O’Keeffe, visit www.OkeeffePR.com.

CINCINNATI – As busi­nesses emerge from the reces­sion, many are find­ing the need for an inte­grated plan for how to expand and grow their busi­ness. O’Keeffe (www.okeeffepr.com), a spe­cialty pub­lic rela­tions and social media mar­ket­ing firm cel­e­brat­ing its 10^th year in busi­ness, has expanded and cre­ated a new Mar­ket­ing Solu­tions divi­sion to com­ple­ment its PR, social media, and con­tent expertise.

O’Keeffe Mar­ket­ing Solu­tions guides com­pa­nies through the process of devel­op­ing and inte­grat­ing their mar­ket­ing sys­tems by build­ing a strate­gic and tac­ti­cal mar­ket­ing plan and then sup­port­ing that plan with imple­men­ta­tion and exe­cu­tion. The focus is on ana­lyz­ing spe­cific aspects of the busi­ness, which will typ­i­cally include mar­ket­ing, sales, and oper­a­tions, and how they inter­act to add value and drive growth.

Jeff Wal­lace, for­merly Vice Pres­i­dent of Mar­ket­ing & Oper­a­tions for Stu­dent Lend­ing Works, is lead­ing the new O’Keeffe divi­sion. Wal­lace will lever­age his skills and many years expe­ri­ence at start­ing and lead­ing com­pa­nies to prof­itabil­ity for the ben­e­fit of both exist­ing and new O’Keeffe clients. Wal­lace grew Stu­dent Lend­ing Works from $0 to $130 mil­lion in five years, and started or revi­tal­ized five other businesses.

“The world has changed in the past three years,” said Dan O’Keeffe, CEO and pres­i­dent of O’Keeffe. “Orga­ni­za­tions in every indus­try are chal­lenged to adapt to new tech­nol­ogy and a cul­ture that’s dri­ven by the con­sumer more than ever before. Mar­ket­ing Solu­tions now enables us to dig deeper and help these orga­ni­za­tions stream­line their entire oper­a­tions, and then inte­grate their enhanced oper­a­tions with leading-edge mech­a­nisms for con­nect­ing them to new cus­tomers. We’re still focused on telling com­pelling sto­ries. But we’re just using new tools to tell those stories.”

About O’Keeffe

O’Keeffe is a Cincinnati-based pub­lic rela­tions and mar­ket­ing solu­tions firm spe­cial­iz­ing in strat­egy devel­op­ment, social media, mar­ket­ing solu­tions and con­tent devel­op­ment. O’Keeffe is ded­i­cated to telling com­pelling sto­ries that achieve brand aware­ness, sales oppor­tu­ni­ties, and calls to action for its clien­tele.  From cri­sis man­age­ment to inter­ac­tive strate­gies and viral cam­paigns, O’Keeffe is posi­tioned to cre­ate tar­geted pub­lic rela­tions and con­tent to fit every orga­ni­za­tion. Clients include Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity, Cohe­sion Busi­ness Tech­nol­ogy, Park­ers Blue Ash Tav­ern, Fis­cher Homes and Sheak­ley, and is a part­ner in the Insti­tute for Social Media at Cincin­nati State.  For more infor­ma­tion about O’Keeffe, visit www.OkeeffePR.com.