Zito Partners expands team with financial PR experts Zito Partners announced it has added two financial public relations experts to its expanding team with industry veterans David Allan and Amiee Watts joining the organization as partners. Allan joins Warren-based Zito Partners from Ketchum where he was senior vice president, investor relations, and a senior member […]
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Zito Partners Announces Additions in RE-NJ
Zito Partners announces additions to financial, real estate teams Zito Partners has added to its team of public relations professionals with two new hires, including a partner who will work on the firm’s real estate accounts. The Warren-based PR, marketing and crisis communications firm announced the addition of David Allan and Amiee Watts. Both are […]
Zito Partners Founder Weighs in on Amazon HQ2
Has Amazon lost control of its story? Was HQ2 just genius marketing move? Our experts weigh in By Tom Bergeron Bob Zito brings an interesting perspective to the chase for the Amazon HQ2 project — and the series of unending reports speculating on what is going to happen and the questions of whether Amazon has […]
Col. Jacobs remembers John McCain
Col. Jack Jacobs John McCain’s military record and legacy: A warrior who learned from his mistakes If the legendary politician represents anything, it is the productive notion that one can’t repair the past — but one can influence the future. During World War II, the American service that suffered the highest casualty rate was the […]
Col. Jacobs on POTUS and NATO
Trump’s tough NATO talk is ‘all theater’: Retired Army colonel “Trump went in tough with sharp elbows and then came out saying ‘I’ve succeeded’ and went off to the next thing,” says retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Jacobs. However, allies likely have no intention to do more than they want to do and at the […]
New Zealand Breakers' New Marketing Effort Tips Off
IPZ and Zito Partners to Assist The New Zealand Breakers, a professional basketball team that competes in the National Basketball League (NBL), Australia’s top-league, has teamed up with IPZ and Zito Partners (ZP) to assist in its branding and marketing efforts. The New Zealand Breakers organization was founded in 2003 and has made seven NBL […]
Zito Partners Founder Discusses the Rebranding of Atlantic City on Bloomberg Radio
Zito Partners Founder Discusses the Rebranding of Atlantic City on Bloomberg Radio
IPZ Newsletter Highlight Featured in NJBiz
‘The Pearl’ signs with IPZ Basketball Hall of Famer and former New York Knicks star Earl “The Pearl” Monroe has signed for representation with IPZ, the management, representation and consulting company aligned with Warren-based public relations and marketing communications Zito Partners, the company announced. Read more here: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20180427/NJBIZ01/180429851/the-pearl-signs-with-ipz
IPZ Adds a Pearl
Earl Monroe Joins IPZ | FOX Sits Down with Oleg Prudius | Basketball Insiders: Darius Adams, Around the World in Seven Years | Alexey Oleynik in Men’s Health | Five Basketball Players Choose IPZ | Jamie Cherry Joins the IPZ Family | Dan Gargan Selects IPZ
Kostroun to Moderate GSI Conference
GSI to host Economic Policy Forum on May 2 Panelists include noted economists Moore and Wetzler, along with Byrne, Oroho and Greenwald Regina Egea wasn’t surprised when she heard about the op-ed in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, one that predicted huge problems for high-tax states such as New York and California — and, of course, […]
First Impressions Go a Long Way
A guy walked into a room… No, not a joke. It’s about first impressions. We deal with clients every day…and meet potential clients regularly. How someone enters a room sets the tone for the meeting. Consider our experience last week. A major American brand exec is late for a dinner meeting. But he is so apologetic […]
IPZ Launches Combat Sports Group
Oleg “Alec” Savitsky To Lead IPZ Combat Sports Group | Cynopsis Sports Q&A With USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis | Jack Elliott Trains With English Premier League Club | Miah Spencer Named Player of the Week | Paul Christensen Selected By Atlanta United FC | Matt Danilack Drafted By The Philadelphia Union | Alec Savitsky Talks To MMA Crossfire About New Position
Deborah Kostroun Featured in NJ Business Magazine
Deborah Kostroun Promoted to Managing Director of Zito Partners Deborah Kostroun, a valuable member of the Warren-based Zito Partners’ team for the past four years, has been named managing director of the firm, the company announced. Kostroun, a Mahwah resident, a former television reporter for Bloomberg and before that a public relations manager with the […]
IPZ Newsletter: New Year, New Additions
IPZ Adds Patricia Stark & Tony Dutt – Meggie Dougherty Howard Joins IPZ – Matt Danilack Signs With IPZ – Declan McCabe Selects IPZ – Jack Elliott Named 6th Best Centerback in MLS
Good News to End the Year
The end of 2017 brought some good news to Zito Partners and IPZ. At Zito Partners, Deborah Kostroun has been promoted to Managing Director of our firm. Deborah has done outstanding work for our clients, and her work ethic on their behalf has been exemplary. It is well deserved for the Texas native, who spent […]
Patricia Stark Joins IPZ to Head Media & Entertainment Practice
Will Join Col. Jack Jacobs in Helping IPZ Clients WARREN, NJ, December 20, 2017 – Patricia Stark, a former television anchor and current media trainer and presentation coach, has joined IPZ as managing director of the media & entertainment group, the company announced today. Stark, who also heads Patricia Stark Communications, will lead the IPZ […]
The Kids Are Alright
Don’t go looking at the lyrics from The Who’s often-covered song, one that always made me wonder if I was actually listening to The Beatles. This has nothing to do with that song. Years ago, the firm I was with brought in a college intern from Rutgers. He was excellent. So good he was hired […]
Cento Amici featured in ROI-NJ
Nonprofit Profile: Cento Amici, the ‘100 Friends’ Cento Amici (100 Friends) was founded 30 years ago by Thomas Zito, executive director of the Bayonne Housing Authority, and Robert Zito, then an executive at the New York Stock Exchange. The two had been members of Tiro a Segno, a New York organization that was both a […]
Bloomberg Looks at NFL Controversy
NFL’s $205 Million Man Is Hated by Everyone But Those Who Matter The matter “has been allowed to fester,” said Bob Zito, founder of Zito Partners, a crisis management firm. “Goodell has to be able to find the best solution to get this off the front-page, as soon as possible.” That’s important for the league, […]
Zito Partners in NJBiz
PR and marketing firm Zito Partners launches business incubator Small and startup companies looking for assistance with branding and communications have a new place to turn: Zito Partners. Read more here: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20161026/NJBIZ01/161029858/ pr-and-marketing-firm-zito-partners-launches-business-incubator
Zito Partners Launches Incubator for Small Businesses and Start-Ups
Warren, NJ, October 26, 2016 – Zito Partners, a public relations and marketing communications firm, today announced it has launched a new division to help small and startup companies. The Zito Partners Incubator will work with young companies seeking guidance on brand development and positioning, providing management consulting, public relations, advertising and marketing communications services. “The […]
Bob Z. and Bob D. talk PR industry trends
Bob Zito and Bob DeFillippo spoke with NJBiz about modern day public relations. Read the articles on NJBiz.com: The Brand: Making it personal The job: Is it marketing, PR or branded content?
Gorkana spotlights Bob D.
Behind the Headlines with Bob DeFillippo Bob DeFillippo, Senior Consultant at Zito Partners on choosing morals over money during 9/11, coming out of retirement and journalistic principles that have carried through all of the chapters of his career. Bob DeFillippo, recently took a senior consulting role at Zito Partners, a public relations and marketing communications […]
Bob DeFillippo Joins Zito Partners
Former top Pru communications exec joins Zito Partners Bob DeFillippo, who retired as Prudential Financial’s chief communications officer earlier this year, has joined the Zito Partners public relations and marketing communications firm, it announced Tuesday. Read the article here.
Bob DeFillippo Joins Zito Partners
Thrilled to welcome Bob DeFillippo to the Zito Partners team. Bob DeFillippo Joins Zito Partners WARREN, N.J. – Bob DeFillippo, most recently the Chief Communications Officer for Prudential Financial, Inc., has joined Zito Partners in a senior consulting role. Mr. DeFillippo brings more than 40 years of senior leadership experience in corporate communications, journalism, government […]
Zito Partners Response to KrebsonSecurity blog post
Zito Partners response, sent to Brian Krebs on May 20, 2015, following a KrebsonSecurity blog post: As you know, root9B Executives Eric Hipkins, John Harbaugh and Mike Morris all offered to get on the phone with you on the record about the information in the report and share information on background about the Nigerian issue […]
Trying to give back to the FDNY
I’m standing in a midtown firehouse a few weeks ago watching – over a two-hour period – the guys suit up and answer six different calls. Last week, in a different midtown house, it was three calls in 45 minutes. Yet the guys (yes, in these particular houses and during these shifts it was all […]
The Truth’s Not Always Easy…
Playing the game on the side of the angels is always fun. Truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org for short), one of our clients, fights the good fight each day, educating consumers about scams, challenging organizations that mislead the public, and outing bad apples in every industry. In the “what you don’t see” category, TINA has had numerous “quiet” […]
Jamie DeVivo Joins Zito Partners
(WARREN, NJ) – Jamie DeVivo has joined the New Jersey office of Zito Partners as its newest associate. DeVivo, a graduate of Rutgers University, earned her BA in Communications in May of 2012. Prior to joining Zito Partners, and while attending Rutgers, DeVivo held internship positions in Manhattan at Versace and Burberry, working with traditional […]
Richard “Richie” Grasso joins Zito Partners
Richard “Richie” Grasso joins Zito Partners NEW YORK (September 13, 2011) — Richard “Richie” Grasso is the newest member of the team to join the New York office of Zito Partners. Before becoming a partner at Zito Partners, Richie was a Project Manager with Visible Technologies’ marketing department. In his assignment at Visible Technologies, Richie […]