Client News Blog

As a Pittsburgh writer, Randy Strothman has published a total of 38 blog posts on this site since he began posting.

The 2011 ‘readers poll’ winner among all the posts is one that used the word ‘Avatar’ as a metaphor, in both the title and copy.  It drew a lot of people who didn’t stay long!  My, my, the power of keywords. He changed the blog title and copy this year, removing the powerful word to deflect avid movie fans.

Read more about our top marketing blog posts and ones of our top client, for whom Randy also blogs. You’ll notice that he likes to make the posts very visual!  That theatricality probably has something to do with his film and video background.

While our community has been revitalizing and reinventing itself since being sliced in half by the construction of I-279 in the 1980s, recent community branding, marketing and outreach efforts are having an impact. This fall, two events here—our 4^th Deutschtown House Tour and our 20^th annual PumpkinFest—helped demonstrate that and build on three decades of prior renovation work.

Our Deutschtown House Tour was competing with several high-profile Pittsburgh events that day, including Little Italy Days, the Shadyside House Tour and The Great Race.  So we were especially pleased by the “sell out” crowd… and even more pleased by the comments we got afterwards.

This year has already proven to be an exciting and busy one for our associates’ Flex Teams, with many and diverse marketing, PR and fund raising efforts going on simultaneously.  Most in Pittsburgh, but also one in Ellicottville, NY and one in Leechburg, PA.  Clients range from 2 restaurants to a contractor, from a public park to a public market.

For these clients, each team member is hand-picked to meet the unique needs of the individual client. Each associate brings unique talents and experience to this wide range of projects, involving social media, websites, design and branding.

EllicottVillas invites you to enjoy fine wine and cheese at our Open House and Tour of our vacation homes this weekend in Ellicottville.

• Tour our 3,000 sq. ft. model luxury vacation home, The Jackson Hole.

• See floor plans for 3 and 4 bedroom units, including 1/6 fractionals

• See plans for a clubhouse and pool. (artist rendering below)

EllicottVillas is the first and only private residence club in Ellicottville. Join us and find out how owning a vacation home here can be carefree and affordable. RSVP info@EllicottVillas.com

Master Remodelers swept the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh 2010 remodeling contractor competition with 4 awards:  a bathroom, two kitchens and a home addition. This brings their total number of awards to 18 for home remodeling in the Pittsburgh region.  Congratulations to this great client.

Randy Strothman & Associates helped to assemble the BAMP application, orchestrated photo shoots, posted two blogs about the awards competition, promoted the awards with social media, and sent out electronic press releases to the media.