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2008 Awards -- Bayou City Public Relations for media placement and writing

Bronze Quill Award of Excellence – International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

2006 Awards – Bayou City Public Relations for media placement and writing

Excalibur Award – Public Relations Society of America

Lone Star Award – Houston Press Club 2005 Awards – Bayou City Public Relations for media placement and writing

Gold Excalibur Award – Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)

Certificate of Merit – International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) 2004 Awards -- Bayou City Public Relations for media placement
and writing

Bronze Quill Award of Excellence – International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

Gold Excalibur Award – Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)

Certificate of Merit – Texas Public Relations Association

2003 Awards -- Bayou City Public Relations for media placement
and writing Silver Excalibur Award – Public Relations Society of America Certificate of Merit – Texas Public Relations Association

About Us

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:26:58 GMT

Meet Sharon Dotson Bayou City Public Relations Sharon Dotson, APR, is an award-winning Houston publicist and public relations expert Accredited Houston publicist Sharon Dotson, APR, is president of Bayou City Public Relations. Her boutique PR firm specializes in securing positive media coverage for successful niche businesses. She is a former newspaper reporter, magazine editor and freelance copywriter for hire, whose clients have seen print in Entrepreneur, USA Today, Inc., Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Priority, Cosmopolitan and many others. Bayou City Public Relations Serves Small to Mid-Sized Companies In her years as a Houston publicist, Sharon has worked with an array of business, health and nonprofit clients including Aker Maritime, Inc., Public Company Management Corp., Edible Software, Intelligent Office, Massage Envy, Gulf Marine Fabricators, Border Billbard, Vickie Milazzo Institute, Boy Scouts of...

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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:16:10 GMT

"Massage for the Cure Day would not have been successful without Bayou City's great PR work! Thanks!

Lance O'Pry
Houston Regional Developer
Massage Envy clinics

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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:44:13 GMT

Before switching PR firms, we compared Bayou City Public Relations to the Top 100 PR firm we had been using...In 2004, Sharon and her firm helped my company see coverage in USA Today, Inc., Priority – and also a beautiful cover story in Houston Woman Magazinee. More > Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD Owner and CEO Vickie Milazzo Institute, a division of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. Houston INC. Top Ten Entrepreneur We cant put a price on the credibility our company has gained since Bayou City Public Relations arranged a feature article and picture in the Houston Chronicle. Thanks again for your terrific insight into PR angles that work . Anne Glover - Franchisee/Owner Massage Envy Locations: River Oaks, Galleria, Memorial, West U. Houston Thank you for all your work to make the first (2007) Massage for the Cure Day a huge success! What an amazing...

Houston Copywriting

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:34:13 GMT

A Houston copywriter reveals . . . a surprising fact most small business owners don’t know Poor writing can be the hidden reason one company thrives and another just gets by – or worse, goes out of business. Consider the following sad – but true – copywriting story about one Houston business owner: Once upon a time . . . there was a hardworking businessman named Jack, who needed all manner of copywriting services in order to promote his company. He needed to write a monthly newsletter. He needed to write a new brochure. He needed to rewrite his outdated website content. He needed to write his year-end report. And, every now and then, he needed to write a press release or contribute an article to an industry trade magazine. He needed to update and rewrite outdated copy on his website While Jack had lived in Houston for many years and knew lots of people, he had never once met a copywriter, a fact that made him uneasy about hiring...

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Margo Mateas
The Media Relations Maven

Columnist for "Tactics,"
the official newspaper of the Public Relations Society of America

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:52:04 GMT

...Finely-tuned media skills make Sharon Dotson and Bayou City PR a tremendous asset to any client or team wanting to increase their visibility and press coverage...

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:50:00 GMT

"Bayou City contributed substantially to a favorable outcome."

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:44:53 GMT

Sharon knows right where to get the most leverage for your media relations activities. She put me onto one simple stratey that resulted in a dozen items or national-level media coverage that includes the direct results and the follow-up coverage.

FAQs

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:42:08 GMT

Frequently Asked Questions about getting media coverage What is the difference between advertising and PR? Do the media really want to cover stories about smaller companies? Aren’t they more interested in big Fortune 500 companies? Should every company hire a PR firm? What is the best strategy a successful small company can use to hire a PR firm? Hire a big-name ‘Top 100’ firm with a national reputation – or a boutique-size shop with a proven track record? What questions should you ask before hiring a PR firm? Is hiring a PR firm expensive? Why is a former journalist a good choice for a PR consultant? Can PR firms guarantee media coverage for their clients? What important tactic do PR pros use to help companies get good media coverage? What is a hook and how do PR...

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Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:09:20 GMT

	'Massage for the Cure Day' is back for 2008 . . . Bayou City Public Relations will lead all 23 Houston-area MASSAGE ENVY clinics in making big-time media coverage for the September 15th event that benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FAMILIES IN GLOBAL TRANSITION gets top coverage in L.M. Sixel's Houston Chronicle column and on Houston public radio. Welcome ROUND TOP REAL ESTATE, selling luxury country property in Round Top, TX - soon to be featured in a 2-color spread in Pinnacle magazine.
	*Congratulations ENERGY PEOPLE CONNECT* on the launch of your new social media website for members of the energy industry, www.EnergyPeopleConnect.com.**
	*THE HOUSTON PRESS CLUB* awards Bayou City PR with media award for excellence in writing and media relations.**

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Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:04:00 GMT

There are 23 Houston-area Massage Envy clinics

Testimonials

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:24:56 GMT

Sharon Dotson is an award-winning publicist . . . Ive been offering Sharons releases as great examples in my press release workshops and in my free email tutorial 89 Ways to Write Powerful Press Releases. Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound Port Washington, WI Publisher -- numerous PR books and The Publicity Hound Tips of the Week (worldwide circ. 30,000) Former Editor - Milwaukee Business Journal Bayou City Public Relations has assisted us on numerous occasions. Sharon Dotson’s extensive connections and professionalism always add value to our activities and programs. Her style and enthusiasm are a bonus. Dr. Zachary Hodges President Houston Community College Northwest Technology and the Internet have vastly changed the PR landscape. Sharon Dotson delivers . . . PR strategies . . . built around industry technology available only within the last several years. Her small firm is a role model for the new PR. Leonard Saffir Author - PR on a Budget –...

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Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:28:04 GMT

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Author of: "I Am Not a Number"
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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:59:36 GMT

ARE YOU GETTING THE POSITIVE NEWS COVERAGE YOU DESERVE? WE CAN HELP

A Press Release Any Other Name . . . Might Be An Optimized Press Release

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:16:49 GMT

A new development in the world of marketing and public relations is the advent of the optimized press release. An optimized press release can make its way to the top of Google and Yahoo! News in less than 24 hours for relevant keywords. Other optimized press releases stay perched on the first page of Google for six months or longer. For those of us whove made a living distributing these informative little documents, the question is: Can there be anything new in the world about the venerable press release? Yes, thanks to Internet technology. Exactly what is an optimized press release? Optimized press releases are a relatively little-known development in the world of search engine exposure. Optimized press releases differ from regular press releases because they are written with selectively researched keywords embedded within the copy. The keywords target a specific audience and attract search engine spiders. The use of keywords drives traffic to a companys website and...

Bayou City PR News Coverage

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:18:47 GMT

A Publicity Insider’s Success Story

Published In: Bill Stoller's "Free Publicity"
www.publicityinsider.com

Dotson Wins ‘Woman of Excellence’ Award
Published In: Bulldog Reporter's PR People in the News
www.bulldogreporter.com

Houston, We Have an Agency
Published In: Bulldog Reporter's PR People in the News
News on Accounts and Accomplishments at Top U.S. Agencies
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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:41:15 GMT

. ..BAYOU CITY PR CLIENTS ARE NEWSWORTHY. . . Energy People Connect takes Facebook.MySpace concept to oil/gas industry with launch of www.EnergyPeopleConnect.com, then gains placement in Wall Street Reportercom, Forbes.com and Houston Business Journal . . . PR legend Leonard Saffir lists Bayou City Public Relations as one of the nations top boutique PR firms in new book, PR On a Budget. . . Edible Software grabs headlines in Seafood Business News after latest software launch . . . Families in Global Transition conference coming soon one month away . . .