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Outsource Marketing enters Portland market

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 10, 2008Outsource Marketing is strengthening its Northwest presence by partnering with Nokes Communications, Inc., a public relations and marketing communications firm in Portland, Ore.

“We believe in responsible marketing, and Deston Nokes shares this philosophy,” said Patrick Byers, CEO of Outsource Marketing. “At Nokes Communications, he has helped organizations create communications that have successfully increased the adoption of socially and environmentally responsible practices.”

Bellevue-based Outsource Marketing provides organizations with a responsible way to get marketing done. It serves as marketing department for companies that don't have one, and offers more strategic and creative horsepower for those that do. The company helps businesses launch new products, services or companies; meet business and seasonal cycles; pursue under-served niches in the marketplace — or may serve as a client’s ongoing marketing department.

By working with Nokes Communications, Outsource Marketing will expand its operations to better help new and existing clients in the Portland/Vancouver market, and to expand public relations help for existing clients. Deston Nokes, APR is an accredited public relations practitioner with vast experience in energy, environmental, civic and nonprofit communications. 

Nokes has managed a variety of communications services for public and private entities, including PacifiCorp, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland General Electric, Recurrent Energy, PacifiCorp Foundation for Learning, and the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross. Before becoming a sole practitioner in 2000, he worked as the director of corporate communications for NW Natural, a natural gas utility in Portland, Ore.



About Outsource Marketing

Founded in 1997, Outsource Marketing is a marketing outsourcing pioneer that provides a marketing department for companies that don’t have one, and more strategic and creative horsepower to companies that do.

Services include balanced and unbiased strategic planning, market research, advertising, direct marketing, media planning, Web and new media services, public relations, sales promotion and internal communications. Contact the company at 800.803.3229 or learn more online at
www.outsourcemarketing.com.

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