New York-based Copper Development Association and Three Other Companies Select c21®

July 27, 2011 - PRLog -- ATLANTA – June 19, 2011 – communications 21® (c21®), a full-service, marketing public relations and interactive firm in Atlanta, adds four new companies to its growing list: 1iX, Copper Development Association, Geronimo! Vacation Rentals for Charity and My Baby Compass. c21 is providing a range of services, including media relations, social media marketing initiatives and paid search advertising for these diverse brands.
1iX is an Atlanta-based IT consulting company founded in 1996. Through a combination of remote monitoring, information and communication services and onsite support, 1iX manages and maintains IT systems for small and mid-sized companies. c21 is assisting 1iX with its website redesign, including content and search engine optimization. c21 also will implement a comprehensive paid search advertising strategy.
New York City-based Copper Development Association (CDA), a proponent of the use of copper and copper alloys since 1962, improves and expands copper markets in North America through research, education, technical and consumer support. CDA supports the efforts of copper producers worldwide and brass mill, wire mill, copper and copper alloy fabricators with production facilities in the United States. c21 will implement both media relations and social media strategies to build consumer awareness of the variable uses of copper materials in sustainable, efficient applications for business, industry and the home.
Geronimo! Vacation Rentals for Charity allows vacation property owners to increase booking revenues and charitable giving at the same time.  Co-founded by Georgia Tech alumnus, Mike Last, and vacation rental property expert Michael McFadden, the site helps property owners donate specific weeks at their vacation homes, and then directs at least half of the rent proceeds to nonprofits selected by the owner and/or renter. c21 is managing media relations for Geronimo! and has already secured coverage in Travel Girl, national women's travel and lifestyle publication.
The My Baby Compass program, developed by speech development specialist Kathryn Thorson Gruhn, M.A., CCC-SLP, enables parents to measure their child’s growth and development. Kathryn has more than 35 years of child development experience and is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). The My Baby Compass program is composed of three, age-related booklets containing more than 275 skills in speech development areas. c21’s marketing PR plan includes media relations and social media services (Twitter andWordpress.com).
About communications 21®
communications 21®, founded in 1992, is an integrated marketing public relations and interactive firm dedicated to helping clients communicate effectively in the 21st century.  The company and its practice areas, c21i and c21e, use strategic combinations of traditional, interactive and green marketing tactics to build visibility and drive sales for corporations, professional service firms, nonprofit agencies, trade associations and more.  For more information on c21, call 404.814.1330, visit www.c21pr.com or subscribe to our blog, The C-Word.