Buzzflikr Blogs: Debra’s Interviews

Gorgeous Gunmetal Rules for Fall

Black Cherry and Ancient Amber Liven Things Up!

Celebrity hair stylist and eco beauty advocate Susan Henry has announced her eco color forecast for Fall 2009. The vibrant hair color palette is the first-ever non-toxic color line in the market and debuted at the First Annual Fall Into Fashion Event held on September 17, 2009 at SHADES by Susan Henry’s all-green salon in Beverly Hills.

The new colors are Black Cherry, Ancient Amber, Golden Apricot and Gunmetal Gorgeous and were paired with selections from Los Angeles designer Elaine Kim’s cutting edge fall apparel range.

Invited guests, editors and a growing circle of environmental advocates attended the event and were treated to organic California wines, snacks provided by The Den of Hollywood and The Farm’s famous all-natural brownies.

For more information, please visit  Shades Natural Color or browse the company’s paperless online media kit at Buzzflikr/Shades.  Follow this and other company news on Facebook or  Twitter.

Buzzflikr Client CRATE INTERIORS Uses Twitter to Reach Clients

Featured on the cover of this month’s Conde Nast Traveler (”21 Twitterers to Follow”), social media has become the go-to platform for branding building and messaging.

Although lampooned on late-night shows like SNL, social networks like Facebook and Twitter provide instant gratification to a technology obsessed world. Even if it’s just about the mundane minutes of our lives, we crave connection, information and above all entertainment.

And day by day our buzzworthy team observes small businesses, growing brands and corporations jumping into the game. After all it’s a great platform for announcing time-sensitive special offers, exclusive deals, insider scoop and insights from the moguls we most admire.  Our client CRATE INTERIORS uses Twitter and Facebook actively to reach clients in Southern California and resort markets thru Mexico. Check out our handy feed that displays social media updates directly onto their landing page:  

But in chat rooms across the net, the debate continues. Is it a valid form of marketing, advertising and PR? Will it survive the present fad? Well, we says yes. Think about it - it’s a real-time conversation reaching directly to phones and desktops all day long. Big business indeed, so get in while it lasts. Twittter is the new crack!

Our wings are a-flutter with pride to be featured by Apparel News. Web Editor Connie Cho describes our media hive as follows:

“Using strictly the power of the Internet, Buzzflikr offers clients such features as paperless media kits, search-engine optimization and tagged images. The public-relations agency also offers various packaged services to serve both emerging and established brands alike.”

“What Buzzflikr understands about the Web, we use to help our client base to tell their story more effectively. We believe a presence on the Web is just as important as a presence in the real world.” Read the full article here>>

This month Buzzflikr had the pleasure of announcing yet another exciting collaboration on behalf of our home furnishings client, CRATE by Carlos Alberto.  The upscale turnkey furnishings brand has collaborated with Rio Amapas, the first and only ecological resort residence in Puerto Vallarta to bring a new level of sustainable luxury to the region.

Partners of the two companies are lifelong friends and created an eco-friendly furnishings concept available exclusively to residents of this low-impact jungle retreat. The soup-to-nuts package includes organic hemp upholstery, luxury bamboo linens, reclaimed driftwood accessories and comes move-in ready with the company’s signature White Glove Installation.

The news generated 39402 impressions and 648 reads thru our newswire service, catching the attention of our favorite glossy magazine, Costa Vallarta.  We couldn’t be more pleased!

We’re buzzing with pride this morning at the media frenzy created by Buzzflikr member, Carlos Alberto of CRATE.  Launching his turnkey furnishings brand in the US this past weekend set off the whir of media wings as newswires picked up our press release announcing his collaboration with EVO South in Los Angeles.  The long-awaited eco-friendly luxury development is the first and only LEED certified highrise community in downtown LA and features a stylish CRATE by Carlos Alberto model home.

Buzzflikr’s media efforts generated over two pages of Google coverage, including The Washington Post, The New York Daily News and The Environment blog. “This announcement improved our brand’s US debut dramatically,” offered Carlos this morning from his West Hollywood design studio.  Now those are buzzworthy results we can be proud of…..!  Read an excerpt from The Industrial News here:

Great news, Buzzflikr Pollinators! (that means all of us buzz-building bees here on the hive): Our affiliate, Fashion Business Inc. is featured in today’s Apparel News in a story about Samsung’s recent visit to Los Angeles. The Korean multinational giant sent two executives to explore West Coast business opportunities for its numerous fashion brands and participate in private training with FBI’s industry experts. Read the senior editor Deborah Belgum’s well-researched piece here. How can Buzzflikr help tell your compelling brand story and gain important placement in the media? Let’s talk!

Our favourite WeHo pop-up shop, SHOE BLISS, graces the front page of LA.com in the Style & Beauty section this weekend. For the best in designer footwear at factory-direct pricing run don’t walk to this stylish outpost.

This is exciting: Buzzflikr has been live for barely 30 days and already our iconic name produces over 215 results on Google. Our unique media outreach platform enables our colonists to reach new media channels, the traditional print world and consumer sites from one very buzzyworthy hive. Follow our progress here on our blogs as we generate buzz for our emerging fashion and lifestyle brands.

We are committed to taking the sting out of PR!