Hanser & Associates Wins National Award of Excellence

PR Firm Recognized for Video News Release

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (July 24, 2007) – Hanser & Associates has received a national Award of Excellence in the APEX Awards 2007 competition. The Iowa-based public relations firm was honored for excellence in creation of a marketing/PR video news release for New York-based client, megabus.com.

Hanser & Associates was honored along with an elite group of winners among almost 5,000 entries in the nineteenth annual APEX Awards program. The awards, sponsored by Springfield, VA-based Communications Concepts, recognize excellence in electronic publications work by professional communicators. Other winners in the 2007 awards are from all 50 states, and include IBM, Lockheed Martin, National Association of Realtors, Roche Diagnostics, U.S. Department of Energy and Xerox. 

"It is an honor to have Hanser & Associates' creative work recognized among America’s best," Hanser said. 

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ABOUT HANSER & ASSOCIATES 
Founded in 1996, Hanser & Associates (H&A) is a national public relations firm that helps companies build and maintain relationships with the people who are important to their future. H&A is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, has an office in Omaha, Neb., and affiliated offices in 36 countries worldwide through the firm’s partnership in Pinnacle Worldwide, Inc. The firm has been nationally ranked among the top independent PR firms in Midwest cities, named “Best Public Relations Firm” in Central Iowa seven consecutive years and has won nearly 50 international, national and local awards for its public relations work, including the Public Relations Society of America's "Best of Show" and two national Bronze Anvils - the "Oscar" of PR. H&A has a strategic alliance with Redstone Communications, an Omaha-based advertising agency. The two firms share offices in West Des Moines and Omaha. Visit www.hanser.com for more information.