Room 214 Wins PRSA's Gold Pick Award for Social Media Marketing Campaign

Room 214 Wins PRSA's Gold Pick Award for Social Media Marketing Campaign

Boulder firm recognized for outstanding work promoting the Travel Channel

BOULDER, Colo., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Room 214, a leading social media agency, took top honors in the social media category of the Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) Gold Pick Awards. The award recognized Room 214's work building the Travel Channel's word of mouth marketing program via social media communities.

"Our work with Room 214 has been extremely beneficial for Travel Channel as we create, maintain and grow our presence via social media programs," said Pete Dorogoff, Vice President of Digital Media at Travel Channel. "We have seen tremendous value in having established a tight and conversational relationship with our fans."

The prestigious awards were held May 7 at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Denver, acknowledging the best programs from the past 18 months. The Gold Pick awards celebrate the successes of public relations professionals and organizations that meet the highest standards of performance in the profession.

"The Travel Channel is doing a great job of connecting with viewers through social media communities and we are proud to be part of their team," said James Clark, Room 214 co-founder. "It's great to see the PR community embrace and recognize social media as a critical component of a public relations service offering."

The Public Relations Society of America is the world's largest organization for public relations, advancing the profession and the professional. The Colorado Chapter, based in Denver, is one of 100 chapters nationwide. PRSA has nearly 32,000 professional and student members - nearly 500 of whom belong to the Colorado Chapter.

About Travel Channel Media

Travel Channel Media is an integrated travel media business, and is wholly owned by Cox Communications, Inc., a leading multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company. Travel Channel Media includes: the Travel Channel television network, available in 94 million U.S. cable homes; Travel Channel HD, the network's high-definition simulcast; travelchannel.com, the network's broadband travel hub; Travel Channel's video-on-demand (VOD) and HD VOD offerings; its mobile content platform, Travel Channel GO; World Hum (worldhum.com), a leading online travel blog; and FlightDeck, an innovative content-sharing and advertising network for online publishers and advertisers.

About Room 214

Room 214 is a social media agency offering online word of mouth marketing services that include: viral and social media campaign development and execution; online reputation management and social media monitoring; social networking strategies, management and implementation; Post Zinger blog and podcast development; Apple-approved iPhone application development; RSS/syndicating online press rooms; optimized press releases, search engine optimization; Google-certified search marketing; landing and conversion page development and management. The company's blog can be found at CapturetheConversation.com

Contact:
Erin Pickard
303-444-9214
epickard@room214.com

Source: Room 214

CONTACT: Erin Pickard of Room 214, +1-303-444-9214,
epickard@room214.com

Web Site: http://www.room214.com/

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