FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 30, 2005

Pioneer Strategies' Email Newsletter Recognized

at Sir Walter Raleigh PR Awards Banquet

     RALEIGH – Pioneer Strategies’ monthly e-mail newsletter, The Pioneer Strategist, was recognized with an Honorable Mention at the Raleigh Public Relations Society’s Sir Walter Raleigh Awards Banquet on Wednesday, June 29.  The newsletter, which provides more than 800 subscribers with Public Relations tips they can use to promote their business, was recognized in the HTML presentations category of the Audio/Visual Communications division.  Interested parties can subscribe or view past issues of the newsletter, which was called The Pioneer Communicator through December 2004, at www.pioneerstrategies.com.  There is no cost to receive the newsletter.

     “It is an honor for our email newsletter to be recognized by our peers in the Public Relations profession,” says Frank Williams, president of Pioneer Strategies.  “Our newsletter provides us with a simple, effective tool to communicate with our clients and other businesspeople.  This is exactly the type of solution we develop for our clients.”

     The Sir Walter Raleigh Awards competition is held annually to showcase exemplary work by Public Relations and communications professionals throughout North Carolina.  All awards were judged by an out-of-state association to ensure independent, unbiased evaluations and winner selection.  A total of 51 nominations were received for this year’s competition.   The Sir Walter Raleigh Awards competition is sponsored by the Raleigh Public Relations Society (RPRS), which was formed in 1959.  Visit www.rprs.org for more information about the Raleigh Public Relations Society.

     Pioneer Strategies is a Raleigh-based Public Relations agency that provides small and mid-sized businesses and non-profit organizations with strategic Public Relations counsel and cost-effective communications services.  Pioneer's services and expertise include communications planning, media relations, campaign planning, community relations, special event planning, copywriting and speechwriting.  For more information call 919-833-4345 or visit www.pioneerstrategies.com. 

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