In the parenting arena, RL&A hit several home runs with placements for Lansinoh breastfeeding products in key publications reaching the target audience, pregnant and new moms, including BabyTalk, American Baby and Pregnancy magazines.

In the parenting arena, RL&A hit several home runs with placements for Lansinoh breastfeeding products in key publications reaching the target audience, pregnant and new moms, including BabyTalk, American Baby and Pregnancy magazines.
As the cold and flu season gets underway, coverage for client Cold-EEZE and spokesperson Suzy Cohen, R.Ph., registered pharmacist and author, The 24-Hour Pharmacist (HarperCollins, July 2007) and the popular syndicated “Dear Pharmacist” column, is starting to take off with a feature on colds on the Fox News Channel Web site, as well as a segment on the new Fox syndicated TV show, “Mike and Juliet.” (To view segment please click link below) (more…)

A great “guy” placement was garnered for OXY Bar Soap in Men’s Fitness September issue. And OXY PR coverage directed at moms is gaining steam, as well, with a Womansday.com product giveaway and a great local New Haven TV segment with OXY doc, Richard Antaya, M.D.

Rohto V® Redness Relief Original Formula Eye drops and the ever-cool make-up artist, Nick Barose (on behalf of the brand), were featured in the November People Magazine Style Watch as “Best Eye Drops” in its “Best Drugstore Products” feature story. About a gazillion eyeballs saw this key placement (actually, just 2.2 million!), as coverage for Rohto gathers steam.
There were numerous stellar beauty placements for pHisoderm and Softlips (see Promotions in Motion) and many other RL&A clients. Stay tuned for more placement highlights in the next issue of the RL&A Newsletter.
Recently, we also took over additional space in our building to enlarge our Mount Kisco office by about a third – which is a good thing, since we’re launching our new Social Media division, Chatter RL&A, to bring the latest New Media options to our client programs through cost-effective tactics. You can read more about Chatter RL&A and our new Social Media Coordinator, John Whitcomb, in our Chit Chatter news below.

On the personnel side there’s some exciting news..Alyson O’Mahoney, RL&A partner, takes on a new title as Executive Vice President.
And we snagged a PR “Super Girl,” Christina Occhipinti, our new Assistant Account Executive, who was most recently a respected reporter for the Westchester-Fairfield Business Journal. Christina was given “super girl” status by the Association for Women in Communications local chapter at the October 10 Matrix Awards dinner.
The Softlips® Picture Perfect Lip Search celebrates its second year, as thousands of young women (13+) nationwide enter their photo on the brand site to vie for the title of America’s most perfect lips. Not only does this contest tie in with the brand’s messaging of soft, beautiful lips, but it provides RL&A with a “product” to reach out to media outlets that would not traditionally cover beauty and/or lip balm, and it is a vehicle to drive Web traffic. The contest has traveled to college campuses, retailers, and fun women’s night out events nationwide.
One of the biggest complaints of those who suffer from excessive underarm perspiration is that they can’t wear what they want. Since Certain Dri Antiperspirant can help get rid of the problem, we wanted to offer another life-changing offer….a $1,000 “sweat-free” shopping spree to buy the wardrobe you always wanted, now that the excessive perspiration is under control. Through traditional PR, online efforts and an exclusive editorial offer via Woman’s World magazine (the top read magazine by Wal-Mart shoppers), tens of thousands of entries came rolling in.
Promotions in Motion
Strategic, creative promotions, including contests, giveaways, sampling, events and more, that tie into the news and messages of your brand can go a long way in engaging your consumer with something fun and interactive, while keeping on point with your messages and driving consumer Web traffic.
Some current RL&A promotions include: