Makovsky + Co. Wins Three Bulldog Awards

Wins Silver Bulldog for “Midsize PR Agency of the Year”, President Ken Makovsky Wins Gold Bulldog for “PR Blogger of the Year” and Bronze for “PR Agency Professional of the Year”

New York, NY – May 3, 2010 – Makovsky + Company, one of the nation’s largest independent public relations firms, today announced that it has won three Bulldog Awards: the firm won the Silver Bulldog Award for “Midsize Agency of the Year,” and Kenneth D. Makovsky, the agency’s founder and president, was honored with the Gold Bulldog Award as “PR Blogger of the Year” and the Bronze Bulldog Award for “PR Agency Professional of the Year.” The award winners will be celebrated at the Bulldog Reporter Media Relations Summit held on Monday, June 28, in New York.

 “We are honored to be recognized as the ‘Midsize PR Agency of the Year’ by The Bulldog Reporter,” said Ken Makovsky.  “As a firm, we are passionate about helping our clients win. We go to great lengths to deliver the highest caliber of strategic thinking and creative solutions to our clients on a daily basis.  This award is a testament to the quality and depth of our firm’s people who bring the power of specialized thinking to bear on each and every client situation.”

Fay Shapiro, SVP, Group Publisher at Bulldog Reporter, said, “In addition to building a truly great firm, Ken Makovsky is one of our industry’s great leaders and luminaries.  He has been one of the industry’s pioneers in recognizing the power of social media for both clients as well as personally and his blog, ‘My Three Cents,’ has become one of the industry’s favorites due to his unique insights and perspectives. It comes as no surprise that our judges recognized him as the top blogger in the industry.”

About Makovsky + Company
Founded in 1979, Makovsky + Company is one of the nation’s leading independent global public relations and investor relations consultancies, specializing in integrated communications programs for the financial, professional services, health, technology and energy sectors..  The firm attributes its success to its original vision:   that the Power of Specialized Thinking™ is the best way to build reputation, sales and fair valuation for a client. Based in New York City, the firm has agency partners in more than 25 countries and in 37 U.S. cities through IPREX (IPREX.com), the second largest worldwide public relations agency partnership, of which Makovsky is a founder.
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