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Marketing Strategies, Inc. is a full-service Marketing and PR firm offering an integrated approach to marketing, public relations, and advertising. Recognized nationwide, they have twice received the nation’s most prestigious public relations award, the Herbruck-Fritsche, as well as the Dave Wilson award recognizing excellence in consumer advertising.

The 21-year old agency has been honored as “One of the Southeast’s Ten Most Reliable Web Design Firms” for five consecutive years. Agency principal, Denise Blackburn-Gay, APR is one of only two public relations professionals in South Carolina to be certified by the Public Relations Society of America in Crisis Communication and Reputation Management. She was the first woman in South Carolina to be inducted into the Organization of American Women in Public Relations. Denise is a former past-president of MCAN.