Carino's Italian, Rudy's “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q and Get Lucky Restaurants Retain VASQ PR

May 7, 2010 - PRLog -- Carino’s Italian, Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q and Get Lucky Restaurants have named VASQ Public Relations as their agency of record.  The new start-up firm founded by New York City PR veteran Joseph Vasquez will be involved in developing and executing various PR programs as well as support social media and marketing initiatives for all three clients.  

“Joe’s years of experience in PR and thorough understanding of social media are a great fit for our organization as we embark on a new communications strategy,” said Creed Ford III, CEO and co-founder of Fired Up Inc., owner of Carino’s Italian restaurants.  “We’re confident Joe will be able to help us navigate the new media landscape so we can reach our key audiences with the right messages.”

Joe Vasquez, who is now based in Austin, was most recently a vice president for an award-winning agency in New York City.  He has more than ten years of public relations experience managing clients from various industries including food and beverage, technology, consumer electronics, education, trade associations and non-profit organizations.

“We’ve been working with Joe for a couple of months now and have seen results to our bottom line with the PR activities he’s rolled out in our key markets,” said Pete Bassett, VP of Operations for Rudy’s Bar-B-Q, a popular chain of Texas Bar-B-Q restaurants in the Southwest USA. “We look forward to working with him as we expand and launch new products at our online store.”

Joe is also a guest blogger for PR Breakfast Club (http://prbreakfastclub.com), one of the top 100 blogs on social media and Internet marketing as ranked by Cision, a media research company.  He can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PRFlipside.


Established in 2009, VASQ PR was founded by New York City PR veteran Joseph Vasquez.  Its primary goal is to develop trustworthy relationships for clients with its key audiences utilizing both traditional and social media. More information about VASQ PR can be found at http://vasqpr.com.

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Established in 2009, VASQ PR was founded by New York City PR veteran Joseph Vasquez. Its primary goal is to develop trustworthy relationships for clients with its key audiences utilizing both traditional and social media. More information about VASQ PR can be found at http://vasqpr.com.