The Daily News Tribune
Sunday, December 10, 2006
SMALL BIZ: Newton Franchise Sells PR Products From a Storefront BY BOB TREMBLAY The retail store comes with bright colors and large posters. The interior features red, modernistic stools to sit in while looking at the merchandise. But the products aren’t jewelry or makeup or furniture. In fact, they’re not even tactile. That’s because this store sells something not found …Read Full Article...
Boston Herald
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Brochure to Go, Hold the Logo. Store Serves Up Biz Marketing BY JESSE NOYES Paul Bennotti is looking to be the one-stop shop for businesses in need of buzz. Order up. Bennotti, 55, recently opened his own PRstore in Newton, a retail outlet where small businesses can walk in and purchase everything from a press release to a TV ad, …Read Full Article...
Fortune Small Business
Sunday, October 1, 2006
PR For The Rest Of Us – A fast-growing franchise aims to simplify marketing for small businesses. BY RON STODGHILL On a rainy morning in Charlotte, Mike and Kathy Butler, founders of the PRstore, are hunkered down in a conference room, teaching the intricacies of logos, letterheads, and lamination to some new franchisees. “Let your customers know that you’ll help …Read Full Article...
Greater Knoxville Business Journal
Monday, September 18, 2006
Founder of Knoxville PR Agency Looks to Build on His Franchise BY RONDA ROBINSON Public relations veteran Mike Butler plies his trade these days from storefronts, and he sells the concept to others looking to start their agencies. The founder of Butler Communications and later a partner in Butler Ackermann Public Relations in Knoxville now lives in Charlotte, N.C. He …Read Full Article...
Charlotte Observer
Sunday, January 1, 2006
What’s New The founders of “We the People,” a national franchise specializing in low-cost legal document preparation, have acquired rights to develop 20 PRstores in Southern California, including the Los Angeles market. Ira and Linda Distenfield opened their first PRstore location in Santa Barbara. They will open 19 additional units in Los Angeles, Ventura County and San Luis Obispo County …Read Full Article...
Santa Barbara News-Press
Sunday, January 1, 2006
We The People founders turn strategy to PR By Frank Nelson The Santa Barbara couple who founded We The People, grew it into a nationwide network of more than 170 offices and then sold the company for around $14 million, are hoping to duplicate that success with a new venture they’re launching later this month. Ira and Linda Distenfield are …Read Full Article...