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Peter Mayer Celebrates 40th Anniversary

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PLANTS FIRST OF 40 TREES IN CITY PARK TO COMMEMORATE MILESTONE

WHAT: Peter A. Mayer Advertising celebrates 40th anniversary with ceremonial tree planting in City Park.

WHEN: Thursday, September 6 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: City Park, area adjacent to Bayou Metairie in the front of the park.

(NEW ORLEANS, LA- August 28, 2007 ) – Peter A. Mayer Advertising Inc., the region’s largest full-service agency with more that 120 professional employees and staff members, will celebrate the agency’s 40th anniversary on Friday, September 7th.

The agency will celebrate the milestone by planting 40 trees in New Orleans City Park. The trees will serve as a reminder of the deep roots the agency has in New Orleans and its continued commitment to grow with the community.

On Thursday, September 6th at 2 p.m., Peter Mayer, the agency’s founder, will plant the first of the 40 trees with his sons Mark Mayer, agency president, and Josh Mayer, creative director.

“For 40 years, we have been passionate about our community,” said Mark Mayer. “We hope that by replanting trees lost in Katrina, we can not only reaffirm our commitment to this city, but also contribute to the growth we see here.”

“Peter Mayer Advertising and the Mayer family have been actively contributing to the community for 40 years,” said City Park CEO Bob Becker. “The philanthropic actions of the Mayers and their employees have helped nurture City Park and the community at-large.”

The mix of trees planted will include 20 pine, 2 live oak, 2 sycamore, 3 red swamp maple, 7 oriental magnolia, 3 ilex opaca, and 3 cypress trees. The entire grove of 40 trees will be planted in November of this year. The grove will be in the front of the park, in an area adjacent to Bayou Metairie.

Peter A. Mayer Advertising Inc. was founded in 1967 with three employees and $200,000 in annual billings. Today it is one of the largest full-service advertising, public relations and marketing agencies in the Gulf South, with a staff of more than 12

Peter Mayer Awarded Excellence for Entergy Campaign

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(NEW ORLEANS, LA-August 23, 2007) – Peter A. Mayer Advertising, Inc., the region’s largest full-service agency, has recently been recognized for design excellence for its work on Entergy’s website (http://www.entergy.com).

 

Agency president Mark Mayer reports that Entergy’s 2005 online annual report (http://www.entergy.com/content/investor_relations/html/2005_ar/intro.html ) won an APEX Award and a Magnum Opus Award. The APEX Awards are an annual competition for publications staff and business, writers, editors and nonprofit communicators. The annual Publications Management newsletter Magnum Opus Awards honor the top custom media efforts in the world.

 

Entergy’s 2005 online annual report won an Award of Excellence from the APEX Awards for Publication Excellence in the “Annual Reports, Web and Electronic” category, and the Silver Award in the “Electronic Annual Report/Best Overall Design” category at the Magnum Opus Awards.

 

“This is a great team accomplishment,” said Mayer. “The client and agency worked together in true partnership to make this happen. We look forward to continuing our award-winning work with Entergy.”

 

The Peter A. Mayer team that worked on this award-winning report includes Ellen Kempner, Vice-President and Management Supervisor; Anne Miller, Senior Account Executive; Beth Ann Brannon, Account Executive; Val McKay, Interactive Producer; and Rob Chappell, Interactive Creative Director.

 

Peter A. Mayer Advertising Inc. was founded in 1967 with three employees and $200,000 in annual billings. Today it is one of the largest full-service advertising, public relations and marketing agencies in the Gulf South, with a staff of more than 120 professionals and annual billings of more than $70 million. Peter A. Mayer Advertising specializes in all areas of advertising, marketing, direct response, interactive, public relations and promotions. Its client list includes local, regional and national accounts.