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Berkshire Chamber, Neal Hosting Facebook for Business Workshop
03:21PM / Monday, March 24, 2014

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A free workshop is being offered to local businesses trying to understand how to use Facebook to promote their products and services.

Facebook's "Small Business Boost" program will offer more than 100 small-business owners lessons in how to optimize their presence on the world's largest social network. U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal will kick off the event and meet attendees.

The event will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 28, at the Crowne Plaza; registration begins at 8:30.

"I am very pleased to be a part of this exciting event with Facebook in Pittsfield that will be a great benefit to many small businesses in

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Winstanley Wins Big at Annual ADDY Awards
07:33PM / Friday, March 21, 2014

LENOX, Mass. – Recording the most wins of any single agency of the evening, Winstanley Partners garnered four gold and 10 silver ADDY awards this month at the annual competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federation and hosted by the Albany AdClub in New York.

The ADDY awards honor creative work in the fields of marketing and advertising in several forms, ranging from print design to television, web, and radio production to elements of advertising, such as logo design and photography.

Winstanley Partners, based in the Berkshires, earned its awards for work completed in 2013 for a wide range of clients, both national and local. The agency competed against other

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Winstanley Nationally Competing to Win $10K for Berkshire Theatre Group
10:20AM / Thursday, July 11, 2013
LENOX, Mass. — Sports brackets and the performing arts are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, but this summer, marketing agency Winstanley Partners is trying to win $10,000 for the Berkshire Theatre Group in a national endeavor dubbed "Social Madness."   In March when most people were paying attention to the NCAA brackets, Winstanley Partners entered Social Madness, a contest hosted by American City Business Journals designed to measure the social media and networking performance of companies across the country. Weeks of promotion and competition followed as the playing field narrowed to 43 businesses that will advance to the final, national round on

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Berkshire Trendsetters Being Honored
02:48PM / Tuesday, May 29, 2012
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Visitors Bureau and 1Berkshire will present the second annual Berkshire Trendsetter Awards on Thursday, June 7, at 6 at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in Lenox.

The awards recognize individuals, businesses and communities for their outstanding marketing and economic development efforts in the Berkshires and will be presented as part of the Celebrate the Berkshires event.

A catered cocktail hour reception will include a preview of approximately 30 select items from the Berkshires Dream Auction. Following the reception, awards will be presented in the categories of Overall Marketing, Workforce Development, Marketing on a Shoestring,

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Chamber Sets Free Workshop on QR Codes
Staff Reports,
04:11PM / Monday, August 22, 2011

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce will offer a workshop designed to help area business owners utilize cutting-edge marketing techniques to generate leads, sales, and overall interest in their business.

"Mobile Marketing 101: Decoding the QR Code" will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Beacon Cinema on North Street.

Julie Fruscio, business development and marketing coordinator at Excelsior Printing Co., and Ashley Sulock, director or marketing and communications at the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, will lead the presentation.

The presenters will discuss QR Codes and help attendees understand how to best leverage these

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