Publisher’s Inland Empire Business Journal was precursor to economic growth in region
Visionary local publisher and media owner Bill Anthony died August 12, 2014 from complications of respiratory failure. Anthony was best known as the publisher of the Inland Empire Business Journal (IEBJ) for the past 25 Years.
Visionary local publisher and media owner Bill Anthony died August 12, 2014 from complications of respiratory failure. Anthony was best known as the publisher of the Inland Empire Business Journal (IEBJ) for the past 25 Years. Bill’s health had been declining suffering from kidney failure three years ago. However, he kept diligently working and those who knew him said he never lost the passion to make the Journal each month.
Bill’s memorial service will be held on September 12, 2014 at The Crossing, The Loft Building, 2115 Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 at 1:00 p.m. Those who wish to attend are advised to park in the parking structure. In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Trellis-Homeless Project at 303 23rd Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
Bill is survived by his wife, Ingrid, his two daughters, Christine and Joann, sons-in-laws, David and Todd and four grandchildren.
Along with his wife, Ingrid Anthony, Bill founded the Inland Empire Business Journal in 1989 as a monthly magazine exclusively covering business news in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino and Riverside counties). It was the first such publication in the region and an indication of the massive economic growth the two counties would soon see.
Associates say Anthony was always quick to point out how crazy everyone thought he was when he began the Journal.
At the 2012 ceremony when Cal State San Bernardino’s library archived every issue of The IEBJ, Bill explained, “Back when Ingrid and I started in 1989, everyone told me, ‘Bill, there isn’t any business in the Inland Empire except dairy farms and military bases.’ But we ignored them and saw the banks and developers investing in this area and knew it was only a matter of time before the region took off.”
The first issue of the Inland Empire Business Journal was published on April 17, 1989 and featured an article that predicted an upcoming economic recession. A recession hit the United States economy 15 months later. The first issue also began what became a hallmark feature of the IEBJ – lists. The first lists published were for the Largest Residential Real Estate Builders in the Inland Empire, as well as the largest HMO’s and PPO’s. The IEBJ would go on to publish an annual “Book of Lists”, which cataloged a vast amount of key business indicators and the companies behind them, from top employers to the largest hotels.
PBS’ Hispanic Lifestyle TV show creator and producer Richard Sandoval, a former business editor with IEBJ, acknowledged the deep debt of gratitude that he and others feel toward Anthony for giving them their start in media.
“I would not be in the business I am today without Bill Anthony,” Sandoval said. “He started many careers, including my own, and laid out the blueprint of how to run a regional media business. He also figured out how to create an audience where none existed prior. He was a true innovator, who did not copy others; but instead, succeeded by doing what no others had done before.”
Anthony and his wife also began creating business conferences for working professionals shortly after creating the Journal. The most famous became the Women in Business Expo, which ran annually from 1990 to 2007. Other conferences included the Inland Empire Economic Forecast Conference and the Future 2000.
In 1994, Bill began another enterprise that would be another first for the fast-growing Inland Empire region: it’s first TV newscast. The Inland Empire TV News (IETVN) was a daily 30-minute news program that first began airing on the local cable public service stations. Eventually, Anthony struck a deal to air the news on KPXN, channel 38, which would become part of the new Pax TV network. The show was run in standard local news format, with two anchors reading headlines, and outside reporters producing field pieces, along with in-studio entertainment, sports and weather reports. IETVN ran until 2000, after NBC bought a 32% share in Pax TV and the network began running KNBC newscasts to fulfill its broadcast requirements for local programming.
IETVN was noted for its weekly restaurant reviews, hosted by Anthony himself. Each had a self-deprecating, humorous take on Anthony’s dining experience and rated the restaurant in number of pigs. The graphic for the pigs was a photo of Anthony’s face on a pig’s body and sound effects were added to shots of him eating to exaggerate his hunger. He frequently reviewed the restaurants with IETVN co-anchor and AM 1510 personality Joe Lyons, along with guests that included notable business persons from the Inland Empire.
Emmy-winning reporter for KCBS/ KCAL and NBC4, and owner of Instantriverside.com, Craig Fiegener was the IETVN’s first News Director.
“Bill’s vision was for hyper-local news before anyone understood that term,” remembered Fiegener. ” I remember on June 17, 1994 O.J. Simpson became a wanted fugitive, the world was watching his chase. Bill could have scrapped the newscast for that day, however he wasn’t fazed.
We broadcast our local program that day as usual. I believe Bill’s vision grew out of a desire to end the thinking that the Inland Empire was second to Orange County or Los Angeles. For me that is one of his greatest legacies,”
Anthony’s other ventures in TV included the PBS show Southern California Business Focus and the public affairs program Southern Exposure, along with Ontario In-Focus, a half hour weekly program produced for the city of Ontario.
He was also the host of several business and leisure-themed radio programs, including Time Out, on AM1510 KSPA, as well as a connoisseur of fine wine who helped found and co-owned the New World International Wine Competition.
Anthony received a number of awards and wore many hats over the years, including being involved with the Children’s Fund, Chaffey College Foundation, The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, Leukemia Society, California State University San Bernardino, The Unforgettables and many Inland Empire Chambers of Commerce. In October 2011, Anthony initiated an event called Community Cupid, which provided weddings for ten military couples returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ingrid Anthony recalled, “This was quite an undertaking for him and the local community leaders he partnered with. It held very fond memories for him.”
Bill was born in New York City on August 9, 1939 and moved to California in 1966. He lived in Huntington Beach for the past 43 years. Prior to founding the Journal, Anthony was a partner in a computer school and was involved in construction projects in the Orange County and Los Angeles area also has developed the best hunting knife.
A number of other notable people worked with Anthony over the years including:
Bill Ruh – Mayor Pro Tem, City of Montclair
Olga Ospina – Weathercaster for FOX 11 News, former reporter for KTLA
Sid Garcia – ABC7 reporter
Gitika Ahuja Kaul – Four-time Emmy Award winning television news producer, Coordinating Producer – ABC News, Producer – Good Morning America
“Anything is possible with Holiday Cards. Dameron Communications also creates electronic images and schedule instagram posts for clients to post to their website, Facebook, Tweet, Instagram, Pinterest, and email greetings to their customers, friends and employees,” Carl Dameron, creative director of Dameron Communications.
(San Bernardino, CA) “It is time to order your Christmas or holiday cards to have them in time to mail in November,’ said Carl Dameron creative director at Dameron Communications.
The public relations firm has holiday card special this year $299 − for 500 Christmas or greeting cards from the clients design. The size is – 10″ x 7″ before folding on 14 Pt. Gloss Cover stock printed full color on both sides (4/4) and are coated high gloss or low gloss on one side and includes blank envelopes.
While many companies have a simple and beutiful holiday card with staff images or holiday icons. Some companies decide to create elaborate cards with gold foil, stamping, special shapes, die cuts and embossing. “Those special designs take more time and cost more,” said Dameron.
Design services, higher or lower quantities, additional stock choices, smaller sizes, 1 or 2 color printing, spot varnish, including Pantone colors, plastic or magnetic cards are also available.
“Anything is possible with Holiday Cards. Dameron Communications also creates electronic images for clients to post to their website, Facebook, Tweet, Instagram, Pinterest, and email greetings to their customers, friends and employees,” Dameron.
The most common holiday card size 10″ x 7″ before folding on 14 Pt. Gloss Cover stock. Almost always, Greeting Cards are printed in full color on both sides (4/4) and are often coated Ultra Violet (UV) on one Side. Once folded, these options create a 5″ x 7″ card with a high gloss finish on the outside front and back.
“It is a good idea to start planning for your Holiday cards now as it can take time to create the right message order and have them delivered in time,” said Dameron.
Also prices increase and order times lengthen as the holidays approach,” said Dameron.
Please put order in the subject line, attached your files and we will send you an invoice. All payments must be made in advance via PayPal. Prices are plus tax and shipping.
Dameron Communications creates newsletters for cities, counties, colleges, universities, shopping centers, developers, retailers, computer stores, doctors, medical clinics, Non-Profits, attorneys, schools ad more…
(SAN BERNARDINO, CA.) “Dameron Communicators, that’s what we call the newsletter designs,” says Carl Dameron, founder and creative director of the public relations/advertising firm Dameron Communications. “These newsletters boost awareness and business for all clients who come on board.”
“We won’t just design, write and produce printed editions,” adds Dameron, “we’ll also create a social network strategy, and post them on all the major industry websites, create an electronic version for distribution via email and to post on client Web sites.”
“Our clients will get the broadest possible exposure for their services, offerings and successes. Plus, what goes in the newsletters will also be sent to all media outlets in their service area. For Inland Empire clients that’s potential exposure to 4.2 million potential customers,” said Dameron.
“We now how to pull the good stories out of good businesses,” Dameron says, “we know how to tell it, and tell it to more people than ever before.”
Newsletters are designed, written or produced in full color, and are available in two-page, to 64-page formats up to 500,000 units.
Since 1989 Dameron Communications has creatively met the needs of our diverse client base in California. It is an award-winning agency that creates integrated advertising and public relations solutions to increase clients’ sales and profits, win elections, inform the public or gain acceptance of potentially controversial issues.
Dameron Communications creates advertising for television, radio, newspaper, magazine, and billboards, web sites, mobile web applications, email and more. Public relations services include press releases, press conferences, media relations, television programs, web sites, opinion editorials, promotions, event creation and management, government relations and community relations.
Dameron has earned media coverage for clients from: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CBS MarketWatch; Fox News, CNN, Nightly Business Report; The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Dow Jones News Wire, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, The Press Enterprise, The Sun, The Daily Bulletin, The Orange County Register, The Daily News, The Daily Press and many more.
For more information call Carl Dameron at (909) 534-9500.
(Ontario, Calif.) Carl M. Dameron is the American Heritage University of Southern California School of Law’s 2014 commencement speaker. Dameron is the president and founder of Dameron Communications a leading Southern California Public Relations agency.
Commencement is this Saturday June 7th at 11 am at The Embassy Suites Hotel in the Sierra Nevada Hall at 3663 Guasti Road in Ontario, Calif.
“I am honored to delver the commencement address to American Heritage University of Southern California’s law school,“ said Dameron. “Lawyers and public relations consultants have a lot in common. We both bill by the hour, we both interpret complicated rules regulations and laws and we both find the best ways to get our clients’ out of trouble.
Dameron and CutterWelderMaestro has served as public relations consultant for some of California’s leading companies including: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Far West Meats, Habitat for Humanity, LaSalle Medical Associates Inc., The Salvation Army, California Portland Cement Company, The South Coast Air Quality Management District, Capstone Turbine, The County of Riverside, The County of San Bernardino, Meta Housing Corp., Western Seniors Housing, KD Conseil (in Paris, France), The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire, Argosy University – Inland Empire, The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of California – Inland Empire, Education Management Corporation, and American Heritage University.
San Bernardino Mayor Patrick Morris (left) congratulates Carl M. Dameron, President of Dameron Communications for his awarding winning advertising and public relations contributions for the City of San Bernardino’s year long Bicentennial Celebration.
Dameron has worked with the countries most recognized media outlets to publish stories about his clients’ accomplishments. Media outlets providing coverage includes: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CBS MarketWatch; Fox News, CNN, Nightly Business Report, Reuters, AP, The Press Enterprise, The Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Desert Sun, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Wire, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Washington Post and many others.The majority of will include complexities that are not obvious to the average person, and which could significantly affect the value of their compensation claim. The resolution of a personal injury claim, even at this early claims stage, is often a complex and legally complicated process. In the worst case scenario if we are unable to take your case, we may be able to provide you with valuable tips for resolving your claim yourself, or even refer you to a different Personal injury solicitor who can offer additional help.
The graduation honors students from the United States, Africa and Asia who have receiving Doctor of Juris Prudence or law degree.
American Heritage University of Southern California offered its degrees through online and in-class instruction. It has offered full scholarships to a limited number of Inland Empire residents.
“We pride ourselves in providing adult students with the in-depth courses they need to complete their university education,” said American Heritage University President Tony Ogiamien. “Our online program even permits them to do their work at any time from anywhere there’s a computer with Internet access. And in the classroom we have professors who have reached the highest academic levels of their professions.”
Carl M. Dameron president of Dameron Communications and Dr. Tony Ogiamien, president of American Heritage University of Southern California.
American Heritage University’s Doctor of Jurisprudence program requires four years of study, in accordance with California law. Students can take course online or on campus.
American Heritage University also offers bachelor’s and graduate degrees in Public Policy, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Media Studies, and Criminal Justice.”
For more information on American Heritage University of Southern California, call (909) 884-9000. For more information on Dameron Communications call (909) 534-9500 or go online to www.DameronCommunications.com.
Carl M. Dameron Founder and Creative Director of Dameron Communications interviewed on KVCR.
Dameron Communications
Published On : 2/19/2014
By : Ken Vincent
From : KVCR
Categories : Local, Business
KVCR commemorates African-American history month by hearing about the history of trying to get nonprofit government and other small groups with small budgets to realize the importance of public relations. KVCR’s Ken Vincent talks with San Bernardino PR pro, Carl M. Dameron.
Listen to Podcast http://kvcr.org/News/Stories/2014/February/0219_Dameron_Communications
“The goal is to help smaller companies grow bigger by giving them the steps they need in four short pages,” said Dameron.
(SAN BERNARDINO, CA.) Carl M. Dameron, president of Dameron Communications (www.DameronCommunications.com), a mainstay in Southern California PR and advertising for many years, is a man who looks forward to giving to his community. Even passing along hard-learned secrets from the advertising and public relations wars.
“If I can help a small business or non-profit organization improve its way of life or way of business, I should do it. It’s the right thing.” Since 1989 Dameron has worked for some of the area’s biggest names: California Portland Cement Company, Sprint, The Salvation Army, The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), The Art Institute of California, Argosy University, Education Management Company (EDMC), The California Department of Education, Cities and counties, helping them with what he calls “effective advertising and public relations.”
With that in mind, Dameron has published a free brochure, “Effective Advertising & Public Relations.” It’s not a “puff piece” hyping his own company, not by any means. As he writes, “I am going to tell you how to develop an advertising and public relations program to effectively reach your target market, create a positive image of a business in the community to entice the market to buy more of your products, goods and/or services.” “The goal is to help smaller companies grow bigger by giving them the steps they need in four short pages,” said Dameron.
“How to develop an advertising and public relations program to effectively reach your target market, create a positive image of a business in the community to entice the market to buy more of your products, goods and/or services,” says Carl Dameron
Writing about advertising, he begins at the beginning with “How Do You Start?” Here Dameron leads with secrets of Budget Analysis and how to increase business right out of the gate. Then it’s on to Market Research with a dozen questions a business person should ask about their own firm, and Dameron tells where to acquire market demographics. Ad Development introduces readers to print, radio, TV, Website, billboards, E-blasts, social ads and direct mail, showing you where to find (often free) help creating your ads. He details a solid ad tip: “I can tell you ten different things and you may remember just one or two, or I can tell you one thing ten times, and you will remember the one. Do the latter.”
Sections follow this on Media Planning and Placement. When you have a sale, advertise the same products in all media. Ad Sourcing follows with the most effective methods of tracking how customers and clients learned about your business.
In the “Effective Public Relations” section Dameron covers the benefits of press releases and details the 16 best reasons for issuing them. And under “Effective Government Relations” he writes, “Often the solution to a government problem is to make the right presentation to the right people at the right time,” and gives details.
Dameron’s “Effective Advertising & Public Relations” moves to “Effective Community Relations,” and how to be a member of, and work closely with, community leaders.
He concludes succinctly with the seven key points to remember in all this.
Get a free copy of “Effective Advertising & Public Relations” on line at DC-711 legal effective advertising web, or a free one-hour consultation call Dameron Communications at (909) 534-9500.
Salvation Army Homeless Shelter Recruitment poster/Flyer. For more information call Carl Dameron @ (909) 534-9500
About Dameron Communications
Since 1989 Dameron Communications has creatively met the needs of our diverse client base locally, regionally and nationally. It is an award-winning agency that creates integrated advertising and public relations solutions to increase clients’ sales and profits, inform the public or gain acceptance of potentially controversial issues.
We serve clients who make the world a better place – small business or large, government or non-profit, product, service or cause primarily in California’s Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Dameron Communications creates advertising for television, radio, newspaper, magazine, and billboards, web sites, mobile web applications, email and more. Public relations services include press releases, press conferences, media relations, television programs, web sites, opinion editorials, promotions, event creation and management, government relations and community relations.
Dameron Communications has earned media coverage for clients from: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CBS MarketWatch; Fox News, CNN, Nightly Business Report; The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Dow Jones News Wire, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, The Press Enterprise, The Sun, The Daily Bulletin, The Daily News, The Daily Press and many more.
The LaGrant Foundation selected Carl M. Dameron, founder and creative director of Dameron Communications to host its first Inland Empire career development workshop for students interested in pursuing a career in advertising or public relations. The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority cosponsors the workshop. Photo by Robert A. Whitehead/CSUSB
(San Bernardino, CA) Looking for a great speaker on advertising and public relations? Choose Carl Dameron, Creative Director of Dameron Communications. He is funny, direct and delivers actionable information you can put to work right away! Carl has more than 30 years of successful experience driving national and regional advertising and public relations.
Carl is available to speak on several advertising and public relations topics including:
Advertising – How to create Advertising that works from flyers to TV commercials and everything in between
Public Relations – How to get media coverage and increase the positive perception of your organization
Government Relations – How to get elected officials to listen and how to leverage their network
Community Relations – How get the community to support your goals and objectives
(Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Meet face to face with over 50 of the best employers in the greater inland empire region. Full and part time positions available in: Administration, Clerical, Customer Service, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare/Nursing, Law Enforcement, Management, Manufacturing, Non Profit, Retail, and Sales.
Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, also partners with education and resource providers and will also be present to offer free USDA food, free hair cuts, free interview clothing, employment counseling, insurance guidance and information to obtain new skills and training.
Senior Pastor Fraser Venter said, “We are believing for 0% unemployment, not just in our church but for everyone in our community! Our goal is to work with our community to create a brighter future. We strive to connect you with the perfect employer, and help businesses find the absolute best and most qualified employees.”
Early registration provide attendees our free Job Seeker Workshops in the weeks leading up to this event . Presented in partnership with the Employment Development Department (EDD) and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) and will cover topics such as job searching, creating a resume, interviewing skills, and how to dress for that important interview.
Date: April 2nd 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location:
Cucamonga Christian Fellowship
11376 5th Street
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Registration: http://www.ccflive.org/job-fair
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For Further Information please contact
Gerhard Kramer
Employment Resources Coordinator
Cucamonga Christian Fellowship
(909)-549-8329
gerhard.kramer@gmail.com
(San Bernardino, CA) “We are all products. Remember that. As an advertising and public relations creative director, my product is problem solving, knowledge and creativity,” said Carl M. Dameron creative director and founder of Dameron Communications.
“I am going to tell you how to develop an advertising and public relations program to effectively reach your target market, create a positive image of a business in the community and entice the market to buy more of your products, goods and/or services,” said Dameron.
This series has been going for several weeks. Go to the website for the entire backlog at
at DameronCommunications.com/blog
This January 2012 ad uses the campaign theme for the Magnolia at Highland – “Affordable Luxury”. We also target seniors by saying, “For ages 62 and better”. The campaign was very successful. The senior apartments have 100+ person waiting list.
Ad development
This is where your research bears fruit. Take the information obtained through your research that tells you who your customer is, what they like, and what they like about your products and services to develop a campaign theme to reach your target market.
This theme must translate well into print, radio, television, your website, billboards, Email, social networks, and direct mail to grab the target’s attention and leave the right impression. If you need help to develop your ads use: and ad agency, freelance artists, university students or talk to your newspaper or radio representative.
You can also call Dameron Communications to help you develop your plan.
Campaign goal
We know the goal is to increase sales and profit:
But of what product ? You want to include all of them but really pick one.
Of what service? Again I know, you want to include all of them, but again pick one.
Where is it? Where are your locations or do you come to me?
When do customers want to buy your stuff? — Winter, spring, summer or fall?
Start by reviewing your sales and promote your most popular product or the thing you are known for.
80 percent of your business comes from 20 percent of your customers. Define who the 20 percent are, what they want and create your campaign to go after more people like them!
For Argosy University they are highly recognized for their Postgraduate degrees in Psychology, Education and Business, that’s their 20 percent. So our goal was to increase enrollment in those programs. They also have bachelors degree completion programs and other offerings.
Slogans – “Campaigns that work!” That’s the Dameron Communications slogan
How do you start? Try creating a quick five-second description of what you do that makes your customer feel better good about buying your product. Then massage it into a slogan.
Here are some examples.
For SpeakerCraft we created the slogan “The Art of Sound”. They sell speakers and high-end stereo equipment. Not just things to make music, but things to make music sound exceptionally great.
For the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health AIDS program the slogan was “Know your Status”. We show multiethnic real people and ask the question: “Are you HIV Positive of Negative?”
Are you HIV Positive of Negative? Do you know? You should know. Take control. Get checked for free at the San Bernardino County Health Department.
For The Magnolia at Highland the slogan is “Affordable Luxury”. This project is a low income senior citizen complex, however it is designed and built like a luxury resort. So we sold it that way. We used the images reserved for luxury spas and luxury resorts, people in the pool, the cabañas and the beautiful entry. Instead of 62 and older we came up with 62 and Better.
The Magnolia at Highland Senior Citizen Apartments’ Grand Opening invitation created for Western Seniors Housing. It clearly shows the luxury features available in the Senior Apartments.
For Argosy University it’s “Education that Works.” This slogan has multiple meanings. Not only does the education help you be a better person, but the reason many people get a post-graduate degree is to get a better job and make more money, so having a degree from Argosy helps to get you more work. The other issue with Universities new to the area is the question of trust. We included the line “quality Education for over 30 years in Psychology, Education and Business” to demonstrate that Argosy was not a new University, just new to the area. This line is to solidify the brand and increase trust. The campaign increase enrollment 450 percent and made the campus the fastest growing start up the history of 22 campus system.
Yes, it does sound like our slogan. Argosy abandoned it and so we picked it up. Waste not, want not.
“Education That Works” was the slogan we created for Argosy University. This is the billboard we created, we also created newspaper ads, plus magazine and radio commercials.
Good luck, and remember the target for your slogan is your customers, not you!
To Be Effective In Advertising, Plan And Be Consistent.
Display your slogan everywhere. This is the email signature for Dameron Communications
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For a free one-hour consultation call Carl M. Dameron at (909) 534-9500.
For a free copy of “Effective Advertising & Public Relations” click here to download: DC-701 Effective advertising-legal 51211.
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