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When Shakespeare wrote 'Brevity is the soul of wit',
had he any idea just how hard he made it for us?

...Probably not, but luckily for our clients, we've demonstrated just how quickly one's attention can be attained, and retained; or so we're told. CarterTodd & Associates isn't your run-of-the-mill Public Relations firm. If you're looking for traditional commodity-based PR firms, we'll happily point them out to you. If you're looking for an engaging consultant who listens and produces results, maybe you should come in and chat.

Then again, you may not be ready for us quite yet...

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The following Press Releases are presented in PDF format, and will require a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat to open.

SC Pharmacy Association Wins Best in the Business Award for PR Program Category

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Central Carolina Real Estate Association Retains CarterTodd as PR Agency of Record 

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Grant Hughes Joins CarterTodd & Associates 

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The Colulmbia YMCA Retains CarterTodd & Associates as PR Agency of Record           View Release
Dennis Butt Joins CarterTodd & Associates as Marketing & Special Projects Manager

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CarterTodd & Associates Selected as SC Launch! Resource Partner

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CarterTodd & Associates Announces the Addition of Nicole Grubbs to PR & Marketing Team

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AIG Technology Retains CarterTodd as Agency of Record

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Client News

The following Press Releases are presented in PDF format, and will require a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat to open.

"Know Your Medicine, Know Your Pharmacist" 
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Jennifer Rubin Receives USC School of Alumni Association 2010 Compleat Lawyer Award
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Reggie Corley Appointed to the Board of Senior Resources, Inc.
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RTT Selects Two New Shareholders
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Ellie Floyd to Attend SC Bar's Leadership Academy
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The SC Women Lawyers Association Board Elects Two Attorneys from Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
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Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Merges with Kellam & Pettit of Charlotte, NC
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Four New Attorneys Join Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
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Spectrum Medical's VIPER-VISION Brochure 

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City Center Partnership's 2008 Annual Report 

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World Beer Festival Columbia Announces Bands and Brewers for 2009 Festival

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Ben Brantley Appointed President of the Board of Directors for CCRA 

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Spectrum Medical's System M Brochure 

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Central Carolina Real Estate Association Helps Raise Money for Two Local Organizations 

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City Center Partnership's 7th Year Anniversary Celebration a Huge Success 

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Keep the Midlands Beautiful Joins CCP to Continue to Keep Downtown Clean

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Central Carolina REALTORS Association Announces 2008 REALTOR of the Year 

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2009 World Beer Festival will Donate Proceeds to The River Alliance and Columbia Opportunity Resource 

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Central Carolina REALTORS Association Delivering Holiday Bags to the Children's Garden 

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Uptown on Main Celebrating Grand Opening

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The National Association of REALTORS Hosting the 2008 REALTORS Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida 

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City Center Partnership Awarded Contract 

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Central Carolina Real Estate Association "Putt Out Poverty" Golf Tournament Raises Over $25,000 for Habitat for Humanity 

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City Center Partnership's VP of Retail Recruitment Appointed to USC Board 

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City Center Partnership Board Members & Columbia Leaders Involved in Founding Class of the ULI SC Center for Sustainable Leadership Progam 

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Karel Givens Promoted to VP of Administration & Development for CCP

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Downtown Columbia Retail Brochure 

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The Oliver Gospel Mission Brochure 

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City Center Partnership's Summer Newsletter 

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Business Revenue Continues to Increase in the Downtown Business Improvement District  

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Hospitality Team Ramps up for the Spring

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City Center Partnership's March/April Newsletter

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YMCA Corporate Brochure 

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VC3 Releases TestView 6.0, a Web-based Tool for Educators in K-12

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City Center Partnership Hires Retail Recruiter to Revitalize Downtown Columbia

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City Center Partnership Annual Overview 

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Terry Brown, CEO of Edens & Avant, is Appointed Chairman of City Center Partnership 

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VC3 Selected as One of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies in South Carolina

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Uptown YMCA Membership Brochure

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NorthWest Family YMCA Membership Brochure 

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Lexington Family YMCA Membership Brochure 

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Jeep Rogers YMCA Membership Brochure

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The New Jeep Rogers YMCA Opens at Lake Carolina

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City Center Partnership's November/December Newsletter 

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The Jeep Rogers YMCA Holds Peek-a-BOO for the Community & Sneak Preview of Facility  

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Primawave Implemented in New Jersey 

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City Center Partnership's September/October Newsletter 

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VC3 Announces Parent Portal for K-12 School Districts         View Release
City Center Partnership Donates T3 Scooters to the Columbia Police Department 

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The Columbia YMCA and Palmetto Health Form Health & Wellness Partnership         View Release
Wavefront Energy & Environmental Services Enters into Agreement with Energex Oil, Inc.          View Release
Strategic Partner Ranks in the Top 10 of 200+ Sandler Sales Offices Throughout the World         View Release
City Center Partnership's July/August Newsletter 

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VC3 Acquires Georgia-based Excelsio Communications          View Release
VC3 Opens Office in Georgia         View Release
VC3 Announces Enhanced Disaster Recovery Solution          View Release
AIG Technology's Summer Newsletter

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City Center Partnership's May/June Newsletter

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AIG Technology's Spring Newsletter

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DP Professionals Celebrates New Location and Ten Years of Service

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City Center Partnership's March/April Newsletter

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AIG Technology Releases Enhanced Version of EMMA --  Biometric Technology Product Monitors & Manages Employees’ Attendance

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Brewer Insurance Information Service Offers  Series 6 and Series 63 Courses - the First in South Carolina

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DP Professionals Announces the Addition of Merrill McGregor as Administrative Assistant

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City Center Partnership Announces the addition of  Greg Lapointe, Karen Brosius, Jeff Prioreschi, and  Chuck Beaman to the Board of Directors

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DP Professionals Promotes Rebecca Gaetz to  Account Manager

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Brewer Insurance Information Service Adds Classroom Instruction to Rock Hill Location 

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Brewer Insurance Information Service Announces New Location in Myrtle Beach

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AIG Technology's Winter Newsletter

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City Center Partnership's January/February Newsletter 

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About CarterTodd…

With over 40 years of combined industry experience, CarterTodd & Associates has the PR and marketing experience you are looking for.We have a proven success record in working with a variety of vertical industries. CarterTodd has been named Technology Specialist by leading PR trade newsletter The Holmes Report and is a Resource Partner of SC Launch.  The SC Launch program is a collaboration among SCRA, Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, and the Medical University of SC to strengthen South Carolina's emerging Knowledge Economy. We've worked with companies in industries such as non-profit, information technology, legal, real estate, construction, government, environmental, economic development, financial services, retail, insurance, manufacturing, hospitality & tourism, healthcare, education and transportation.

CarterTodd & Associates is a full service agency.  CarterTodd is also the Publisher of Columbia Home & Garden magazine.  We would like to thank all of our advertisers for supporting Columbia Home & Garden! When visiting these businesses, please mention that you saw their advertisement in our magazine.

Agnew Lake Services
Air Waves Heating & Air
Aquanut Pool Care
Atlantic Pools & Water Features
Ben Lippen School
Birchwood Veterinary Hospital
Bohemian Home
Carolina Countertop
Carolina Fine Jewelry
Carolina Refacers
City Center Partnership
Corked
Creative Tile
Cynthia Pace Photography
Edisto Kitchens & Baths
Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery
Hemlock Inn
Jeffers-McGill
John Wrightenberry Photography
KFC
Lexington Medical Center
Marvin Window & Door Showplace
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Palmetto Health
PASCON
Providence Hospital
Remodeling Services Unlimited
Russell & Jeffcoat REALTORS
Ryan Goforth, REALTOR
SCE&G
Schrader Kitchens & Furniture
Service Printing
Shandon-Wood Animal Clinic
SourceLight
Sox & Freeman
The Clearwater Company
Villa Tronco
Wallpaper Additions
Window World of the Midlands
Wingard's Nursery & Garden Center
World Beer Festival
WXRY Radio
YMCA



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Our Crew

To view more detailed information, please select a member.

   As founder, president and CEO of CarterTodd & Associates, Lorri-Ann Carter has worked with organizations within industries ranging from information technology to professional services, economic development and non-profit groups for over 15 years. She is also the Publisher of Columbia Home & Garden magazine. Carter is regularly quoted in national publications, and is a featured speaker for many local and regional public relations, marketing, and business development organizations. In 2005, she was selected from a group of 150 nominees as one of The STATE newspaper's 20 under 40 award recipients. Contact: la@cartertodd.com
   Alicia Morgan is an Account Manager at CarterTodd & Associates, where she actively leads client accounts and sets and implements PR and media relations strategy.She is responsible for directing and managing special events for the agency's clients and is Advertising Director for Columbia Home & Garden magazine. Contact: alicia@cartertodd.com
  Grant Hughes is the agency's Art Director, and is responsible for creating and overseeing all graphic design solutions for our clients including overall branding, logos, interactive and printed marketing pieces, trade show exhibits, advertising and direct mail campaigns. He is also the Art Director for Columbia Home & Garden magazine. Contact: grant@cartertodd.com
  As Creative Director, Matt Hudson directs all website design, online marketing, and new media initiatives.  Matt manages a team of web consultants, creative designers, writers, programmers, and online marketing professionals to develop the best integrated solution for our clients. He also oversees as Creative Director for Columbia Home & Garden magazine. Contact: matt@cartertodd.com
 
Sam Morton is a 1985 graduate of The Citadel, co-author of four fiction anthologies, author of a collection of short stories and poems, and author of a novel, Disavowed. He is a former editor of Greater Columbia Business Monthly and the Florence Business Journal. He is currently a contributing writer for Columbia Home & Garden magazine.  Morton writes speeches, case studies, trend articles, and technical white papers for CarterTodd's clients.  Contact: sam@cartertodd.com










































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Representative Client List

Acrosoft
AIG Technology
   World Beer Festival-Columbia

Brewer Insurance Information Services
Carolina Carillion Parade
   Central Carolina Realtors® Association
City Center Partnership
   Columbia Home & Garden
   DigitalDerm
   DP Professionals
Dyadic Financial Management, LLC
Impact Technologies Group
Integrated Business Systems & Services
   Kinetic Energies
Lancaster Children's Home
   Pearce Land Company
Mac's on Main
National Association of Home Builders
   The Oliver Gospel Mission
Palmetto Center for Women
 
Rogers Townsend & Thomas
   South Carolina Pharmacy Association
Sensible Living
   South Lake Cycles
   Spectrum Medical
Shift Technologies (thinmind)
SMB Consulting
USC Columbia Technology Incubator
   U.S. Tennis Association/South Carolina
VC3

 Columbia YMCA
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At CarterTodd & Associates, we put our experienced team of creative minds to work.  As a full-service agency, we offer a diverse list of client services.  We make things happen.

PR & Media Relations
  • News Media Liaison & Press Tours
  • Press Release Generation
  • Article Development & Placements in Technology, Trade, Business, and Consumer Media
  • News Placements in National & Local Broadcast Media
  • Development & Placement of Customer Success Stories
  • Editorial Calendar Development
  • Product Review Placements 
  • Industry Analyst Relations
  • Internal Communications
  • Executive Coaching
  • Strategic PR Consulting

Speaker Program Management

  • Speaker Placements at Local, Regional, and National Conferences & Trade Shows
  • Speaker Abstract Development
Event Planning
  • Trade Shows
  • User Group Meetings
  • Grand Openings
  • Special Events

Marketing & Creative  

  • Brochures & Newsletters
  • Logo Development
  • Web Design & Maintenance
  • Email Campaigns
  • Direct Mail & Advertising Campaigns
  • Trade Show Booths
  • Video Production 
  • Multimedia/Interactive
  • White Papers
  • Annual Reports
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We could sit here

...and tell you that we're the best in the business, or that our customers have chosen us over our competition for years because of our undying loyalty, our willingness to commit and see jobs finished, or that our quality of service far exceeds that of similar companies.

...but that certainly wouldn't satisfy you.

What you need is proof. What you need is CarterTodd & Associates.

Please choose a starting point to preview our work by clicking an item to your right, or below.
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Media Placement


  Company: AIG Technology

Publication: Campus Technology

Company: Thinmind

Publication: eWeek

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: CRN

Company: Macs On Main

Publication: Southern Living

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: Campus Technology

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: The Journal

Company: Thinmind

Publication: Accounting Today

Company: DP Professionals

Publication: Greater Columbia Business Monthly

Company: City Center Partnership

Publication: Greater Columbia Business Monthly

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: findBiometrics (.com)

Company: Thinmind

Publication: Projects @ Work (.com)

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: Albany Herald (.com)

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: The Outlook (.com)

 

Company: AIG Technology

Publication: University Business

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7 Doors Salon



Acoustical Design



Brooke Green



Creative Tile



Edisto Kitchens & Baths



Flower Pot Company



Hennessy's



Jungle Taming



Mac's on Main



Turf King



Rocky Tops Granite & Marble



Turf King



Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel



Uptown



Villa Tronco



Wallpaper Additions



City Center Partnership





 

 

 


 

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AIG Technology


City Center Partnership


DP Professionals


Palmetto Center For Women


SMB Consultants


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Web Development

Thermal Engineering Corporation

 

 Palmetto Center for Women

 Lexxia

 The Price Group

 Dutch Square

 Lemontree Interactive

 Community Medical Clinic of Kershaw County

 Infinity Diabetic Supply

Columbia Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament

 Cogdell Spencer Group

 WXRY 99.3

 Hammerhead Design

 RPRN

National Development Institute 

   
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City Center Partnership



 

 

Brewer Insurance Information Service
 

International Downtown Association


Spectrum Medical 




Russell & Jeffcoat

Lancaster Children's Home

Oliver Gospel Mission



Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PL

 

 YMCA











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mo·dus op·e·ran·di  (mō'dəs ŏp'ə-rān'dē, -dī')
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  1. A method of operating or functioning.
  2. A person's manner of working.


We are Relationship Architects. We build relationships between a multitude of organizations and those that they serve. We take the concept of communication and evolve it into a method of building lasting, loyal relationships with companies and communities alike. Every press release, every advertisement, every campaign we implement, every aspect of what we do contributes to a higher goal: constructing a bond between your organization and its patrons. Whether you're developing new relationships or stifling controversy, we put forth every effort to ensure your continued success.

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Our office is located at:

1233 Washington St.
Suite 101
Columbia, SC 29201

Contact Information:

Phone (803) 779-4005
Fax (803) 978-7543
info@cartertodd.com  


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