Services

VandeVrede Public Relations’ services focus on solving PR problems, whether it’s figuring out how best to raise brand awareness, change a company’s image, explain a business or technical concept clearly to target audiences, or merge social media approaches and traditional programs effectively.

The company has served software and Internet clients targeting such industries and technologies as web collaboration, information technology, software development,  e-learning, education, government, real estate,health care,  call centers, retail/supermarkets, CAD/CAM, MRP, expert systems, and process manufacturing (oil and gas, pulp and paper, food and beverage, power generation/energy, pharmaceuticals).

• PR Consulting for Technology Companies - As an independent consultant, VandeVrede has advised small startups as well as mature, globally positioned companies — and every size in between –  to help them improve brand awareness through effective PR strategies. Typically she works with the in-house public relations manager or vice president of marketing.

Linda is one of the most incredible people I have ever worked with. She’s smart and delivers. She has been a great partner through some of the most challenging assignments and always maintains a great sense of humor. Elizabeth Kollross, former director of corporate communications at OSIsoft, Inc. 

• PR Consulting for Non-Fiction Authors She also has worked with non-fiction authors to analyze their business plans and redirect efforts to incorporate both traditional and PR 2.0 methods.

Linda helped me prioritize and tackle new marketing approaches incorporating social media, and offered concrete, manageable steps I can take that incorporate my personal business style and financial position.  I recommend her services to anyone who needs an objective, no-fluff perspective on marketing a product or service in today’s multi-media, 24×7 connected world.   Pamela Waterman, Author of The Braces Cookbooks

• Business and Technical Writing Projects – By supporting companies and PR agencies with business writing and analytic projects, from PR audits and white papers to articles and case studies, VandeVrede helps offload them so they can focus on their day to day operations.

• Training — Prefer private, one-on-one training to learn public relations 101 or social media basics?  Linda has met with clients at their home and at coffee shops to teach them in a non-threatening environment.