MAYO Communications

MAYO Communications is a full service public relations agency based in Los Angeles with a niche in social media, media placement and Online marketing.
FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK.COM/MAYOPublicRelations On TWITTER.COM/MAYOPR or /gmcquade -GOOGLE+ https://plus.google.com/114300093198490234271/posts.

MAYO helps small and large business grow and make money by making clients newsworthy and getting them placed in newspapers, on the radio and TV. We also design and maintain websites for small and large business that are media friendly with daily original and industry headline content. MAYO's homepage gets more than 1 million visitors per month with an average visit of 5-10 minutes in clickthroughs.

MAYO has offices in San Diego, New York and It recently launched an office in Bern, Switzerland: www.MayoPRSwitzerland.com, which will handle arts, music and entertainment clients in Europe. Our blog posts are performed in four languages.

Other company sites include: LAentertainmentPublicity.com, LACountyGreen.com and MayoPRSwitzerland was launched in this year to feature MAYO's new global music, movies and entertainment clients. All company sites include
technology companies, too.

MAYO was founded in May 1995, by Vice President George McQuade, who has revolutionized the way the media receives client information on and off the Internet. He is the past president of national organization - Entertainment Publicist Professional Society (EPPS), which has member chapters in Los Angeles and New York (www.eppsonline.org). Before that he served as a board member for several years on PRSA-LA and worked as its publicity committee chairman. He also serves a board member on the International Trade Education Programs (ITEP), The City of Los Angeles Cable Access Content Screening Committee and does inkind work (second year) for the publicity committee on the World Trade Week Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

MAYO Communications has entertainment, technology, business, political media resources which can not be matched. MAYO has formed a strategic public relations partnerships with other public relations firms and marketing communications agencies when needed. MAYO has a bureau in San Diego and New York and spans the globe in services and outreach.

MAYO Communications is a 100 percent woman-Spanish owned firm registered with the California Dept. of General Services as a business enterprise, with Los Angeles County as a WMBE and with the California Public Utilities Commission as a minority owned certified Business Enterprise.. Our database of minority media and high tech media grows daily from 10+ years of relationships. MAYO has more than one million editorial contacts and several thousand high tech editorial contacts among a
mainstream database worldwide, which includes all social, Online and mainstream entertainment media. Our social media influence is also high if you need a Facebook Landing page, Twitter and Google+ accounts set up we do that complimentary with our clients services.

McQuade has 15 years of award-winning broadcast news experience and over the last decade has successfully netted high profile awards from PRSA leaving the competition of 500+ other agencies in the dust. Before that he garnered journalism awards in broadcast news for his Television reporting, producing and investigative work in radio and TV News (half of it in the number two market of Los Angeles).

MAYO Communications is also the West Coast Bureau office for Jack O'Dwyer Publicatiions (www.odwyerpr.com), and articles on the the industry are posted
on both company blogs: http://mayocommunications.wordpress.com and the MAYO PR at:http://mediaguru-mayopr.blogspot.com and http://mayobuzz.wordpress.com. Last year MAYO record 250 million media impressions, and 85 million during the Writers Guild Strike (3 mons.)

Over the last decade of serving clients in business-to-business, high tech, publicity, marketing and creating a buzz for businesses and products, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has awarded MAYO Communications with scores of PRism Awards including:

"Best Media Placement" (3 years-in-a row)
"Best Corporate Communications" (2 years-in-a-row)
"Best Educational Campaigns"
"Best Media kits"
"Best Online tactics"
"Best Websites"
"Best Public Affairs Programs"
"Best One Time Media Event"
"Best Nonprofit Campaigns"

said Public Relations Society of America.

"Best Governmental Relations" and "News Letters"
"Best Media Campaigns" said National Assn. of Housing
and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO).

maycommunications.com

Status
Private Company
Founded
1995
# Employees
14

Company History

MAYO Communications

MAYO Communications, a Los Angeles based agency, has been serving its clients' media and public relations needs with the niche knowledge of Online and Social media, strategic legal and mainstream media relations, entertainment, high-tech, economics, housing, business-to-business, government and politics for more than a decade.

Over the last decade MAYO earned: “2003-2004 Best Media Placement,” “2004 Best Corporate Communication,” and “2004 Best Educational Campaigns,” and “Best Media placement,” said Public Relations Society of America. MAYO received Awards for Wal-Mart Superstore campaigns to nonprofit community outreach. MAYO also provides award-winning website design and maintenance. MAYO's staff of independent experts provides content for 100+ blogs in every industry and the average experience is 10+ years in each field.

MAYO Communications offers solutions to help you achieve your business goals and ROI. In every assignment – whether it is holding news conferences, launching a new product, communicating with key stakeholders, taking part in public debate, or providing media strategic counseling on communications issues or crisis communciations. MAYO also offers real time media training Oncamera drills and powerful presentation executive coaching.

MAYO is a board member of the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society, serves on Entertainment Business Industry Council, is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-LA). MAYO is a past member of the Radio TV News Association and is a current member of LA Press Club and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

MAYO is 100 percent Spanish and Woman owned business registered as a WMBE with Los Angeles County. MAYO is a certified California Business Enterprise.

2000-2010 Clients

PERI Software Solutions, Newark, NJ, LA, San Jose, CA, India.
The CABINET, LLC.
Entertainment Attorney David Bortman, Beverly Hills
Music & Entertainment Lawyer Robert Greenstein
International Trade Education Programs (ITEP)
Community Distribution Center, Los Angeles
Celebrity TV Anchor Janeen Mansour
All4Media.TV, Dubai, UAE
Actress Sol Romero
Warrior Records
Hydra Properties - SHowtime' "Hydra Excutives" Live Reality TV Show
SafeMedia Corporation, Boca Raton, Fl
Saints of The Underground-S.O.T.U. (Alice Cooper, Warrant, Ratt)
Singer-Songwriters: Eddie Money, Benny Mardones; Seven Silvasy; Aron Cowen, and Stevie Wonder (*benefit concerts); Barry White Jr.
80-Year old Comedian Jack Rothman
Authors Thomas Ruck; keith Hudson and Gary Hankins
Los Angeles County Economic Develop Corporation (LAEDC) downtown LA. (www.laedc.org)
World Trade Center Association of Los Angeles/Long Beach (www.wtcanet.org/)
Actress Stefanni Brass (www.stefannibrass.com)
Advantage SCI (www.advantagesci.com)
Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee, Los Angeles
Union Station Foundation, Pasadena, CA
The Gas Company- (Sempra Energy) Alternative Energy Expo (2 years)
California Fashion Assn.; Asian Pacific Business Assn. and British American Business Assn.
MTA (www.MTA.net); SoCal Rail Authority (www.metrolinktrains.com);
METROLINK, SCRA, BNSF and 5-County Joint Venture Group

Partners and Friends of MAYO Communications include:
Economic Alliance of SFV; Westside Economic Collaborative; South Bay Economic Dev. Corp.;Gateway Cities Partnership; Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance; Central City Assn.;Paul Hastings International Law Firm, LAUSD, Los Angeles County and City of LA. Telemundo and Univision TV, People Magazine, Brazil; Newsweek Magazine, Germany. Argentine Embassy. Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles. Sands & Associates, LLP, Walter Lack, and Ronald P. Slates law firms.

For more about MAYO visit: www.MayoComunications.com.