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Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in April 2025Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.Before we start, two pieces of good news at PRmoment this week. The first is that the programme for PR Masterclass: AI in PR is now complete. The PR Masterclass series are hybrid events so you can attend either in person or virtually. The event is on July 3rd and themes include:How to Integrate AI into your PR WorkflowThe impact of AI on JournalismAI as a content production toolIs LLM optimisation PR's biggest opportunity of our lifetimes?How will AI impact the agency business model?How to build and scaling AI-powered PR toolsThe legal implications of AI in your communicationsThe intersection of PR and AI for in-house communicatorsHow to move from AI experimentation to implementationCheck out the microsite PRMasterclasses.com for all the details including the speaker line-up.The other vital bit of information is that The Creative Moment Awards are now open for entries. You can see all the categories for 2025 at the microsite creativemomentawards.co.The early bird entry deadline is Friday 16th May.Also, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.Here's a summary of what Andrew and PRmoment founder Ben Smith discussed:Here is this month's run down of the biggest PR pitch wins in April 2025:“Brands are hiring for what agencies can do, they are less fussed about who the agency is.”Here is a link to Ben Smith's podcast with W's Warren Johnson that was referred to in the show. Toyota and Lexis GB appointed Hope&Glory - Another big win for the UK consumer independent PR firm, it's a strategy and creative development brief.Heineken UK appointed  Blurred – Oversee corporate social impact strategy.Tik Tok appointed  Ready10 – Consumer PR for TikTok and TikTok Shop amidst security and content moderation concerns.Tesco appointed Pretty Green and Tin Man – New creative agency roster for consumer PR.Russell Hobbs/Remington appointed B The Communications Agency – PR, influencer, and social media for a 3-year contract.Dunelm appointed  Tin Man – Consumer and influencer PR to increase brand awareness.Channel 4 appointed Mischief – Launching TV series, including Handmaid's Tale final series.Plaidis Global appointed The Romans – UK savoury portfolio PR.Aperol appointed Manifest – Global PR and influencer strategy.Trip.com appointed Rooster – UK and European PR for online travel service provider.Heathrow Express appointed Splendid – Retained PR agency following a project on language masterclasses.Mountain Warehouse – Work and Class – Integrated communications account to inform customers globally.Michael Page – Words+Pixels – Consumer and B2B PR to raise the profile of the global recruiter.LNER – Brands2Life/Mischief/One Green Bean – Creative roster for the train operating company.Sky News – Mu

How will Trump's tariff chaos impact UK public relations ? PR's H1 Review 2025 with W Communications founder Warren Johnson On the PRmoment podcast.Every six months or so I like to catch up with Warren Johnson from W Communications to talk about the financial state of UK PR.And as Q1 is done and dusted, Trump is having endless fun throwing tariffs at the global economy, and we've just finished the agenda setting PRmoment Awards season: now seems like a good time.And before we start, do check out the homepage of PRmoment. We're entering our pre summer golden events period and there is a LOT going on. We've got webinars, lunches, networking and face to face conferences and events.Everything is on the PR Calendar, which you can access from the homepage of PRmoment but do check out our next webinars:In an Era of Global Doubt: How can Brand Communications be Optimistic? On 29th April. This webinar is free to attend.And Creative Moment Creative Campaign Case Studies on 30th April, tickets are £35 + vatThanks to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.Here's a summary of what PRmoment founder Ben Smith and Warren discussed:1.30 min How does Warren see the impact of Trump's Tariff Tax on public relations?“We are going into a tariff era… He's trying (misguidedly) to shift the burden of tax from income tax to tariff tax. Anyone who has studied economics knows that is not going to work.”“The randomness of them is going to sow quite a bit of economic uncertainty.”“I fear that just as we were starting to see quite an encouraging financial year ahead of us, I think many of us had a strong Q1, I fear that we're going to slip back into the great inertia post Covid.”4 mins Warren, PR's resident economist (he did an economics degree) gives us his insight into why tariffs are unlikely to work from an economics perspective.6 mins What are brand communicators likely to do about Trump? “Whilst there are opportunities there will be unexpected threats as well. I'm not sure where comms will net out.”“I don't think we've (PR) had more than 6-8 months to have a really good run at things since 2020."8 mins Warren reviews a very good Q1 performance for UK PR.13 mins Is the PR new business market still busy?14 mins Warren on the margin pressure currently experienced by agencies?“Constant procurement overreach, to the point of bullying.”Paid media briefs: how is paid media supporting editorial ideas?15.30 mins What PR services are clients buying?“Loads of influencer and a bespoke blend of integrated marketing services. I haven't seen a press office brief for 3 or 4 years.”19 mins Warren on the evolution of paid behind earned media creative across multiple channels, including media owners.

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On the podcast today I'm chatting with Will Hart about the launch of PRmoment Leaders 3rd semester, from late Jan to April 2025.We also talk about the PR agency market currently and where it's at after an eventful 2024.Before that, the breaking news is that the PRmoment Awards final entry deadline is the 17th January. Don't miss the opportunity to create proof points of the quality of your agency's work.Thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.2 mins Will reminds us about what PRmoment Leaders is all about?5 mins What are the challenges faced by PR agency directors currently - the people who are likely to be the future leaders of their businesses.“They are too time poor… delegation is an important theme for these people.”“A  PR agency's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. People often work down a level because they are so great at individual relationships, clients don't let them go. They get trapped in their client relationships."“There is an ongoing experiment in optimising hybrid working.”“Everyone is dealing with huge ongoing disruption and change. And the pace just gets quicker.”9 mins Will, through PRmoment Leaders, has a unique perspective on the PR agency market atm:“One huge difference I see is the difference between the independent agencies and the holding company firms.”“From the people we have in our cohort, you've got to feel positive about the new business environment.”Here's the link Ben Smith mentioned to the show with Warren Johnson on a previous PRmoment Podcast.14 mins Will talks about PR agency talent trends.17 mins Will talks us through the Masterclass speakers for the third semester of the agency cohort of PRmoment Leaders. More info about this semester here.1. Jonathan Hughes Edelman, EMEA COOHow to create and lead a PR agency in a constant state of evolution2. Jonny Bentwood Golin, global head, data & analyticsWhy data storytelling matters and how to do it well3. Charlotte West, Lenovo, VP global corporate commsFuture-proofing the agency/client relationship4. Howard Jones, Telecoms sector, comms directorWhat is the role of earned media in today's integrated world?5. Jo Patterson. Zeno London, managing directorPR agency governance. Not as boring as it sounds6. Adrian Ma, Fanclub PR, founder and managing directorWhat's the point of purpose (when almost everyone is doing it)?22 mins Will talks about PRmoment Leaders In-House programme for the second semester of PRmoment Leaders:1. Caroline Fisher, ASICS, comms director How PR is taking the lead in integrated campaigns2. Sheeraz Gulsher,People Like Us & Braver, founderHow to improve the diversity, inclusion and retention of PR teams3. Marsid Greenidge. Vesuvius, group head of commsPR and Internal Comms - how does the relationship work best?4. Richard Baines, The Amber Group, founder & directorHarnessing personality types for team success5. Sian O'Keefe, FMCG comms directorHow to build and maintain great agency partnerships

What's in store for the industry in 2025? That's the focus of the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast.Gazing into their crystal balls this week are Jo Grierson, managing director at MSL UK, and Warren Johnson, founder and CEO of W Communications.Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest issues affecting communications and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or on your favourite platform.Speaking to PRWeek UK editor John Harrington, our guests give their takes on major industry trends, including:The agency model and how PR firms are likely to evolveWhat's in store for mergers and acquisitions in PRPR recruitmentWagesThe return to the officeThe future of ESG, DEI and ‘purpose' in the second Trump presidencySocial mediaAI in commsDiversity and inclusion in the industryThe summer of Oasis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's my twice yearly chat with W Communications founder and CEO Warren Johnson and today it's our 2024 PR Agency Year in Review.It's been quite the year. Some have described it as the year that never was! But could it have been worse? And has PR in this the latter half of Q3 and into Q4 actually come good?Warren founded W Communications in 2009. It now has global revenues of £20m and a headcount of 200, with 140 in London and 60 across the rest of the world.Over the next half hour or so Warren and I will discuss the ups and downs of agency life over the last 12 months.Before that, the breaking news is that the PRmoment Awards final entry deadline is the 17th January. Don't miss the opportunity to create proof points of the quality of your agency's work.Thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.2 mins Warren, on how has 2024 been for W.“The dismantling of the retainer model accelerated this year.”“We and the rest of the industry are having to re-tool into a more management consultancy style project based business”“We're seeing a greeter and greater appetite to buy more services from PR consultancy businesses.”“It's busy, I wouldn't say it's as profitable as it has been.”“We're having to work harder than ever to maintain our strong margin.”“You can often have clients bump a project with little or no notice and also no penalty and that's a drag on margin. Until we get that fixed.”“If you don't know what the world looks like in 3 months, let alone 6, why would you plan for 9 months out.”9 mins Why is retaining PR agency margins tougher than ever?10 mins What are the implications of the move towards project based fees on the talent profile of PR agencies?11 mins Is a retainer relationship ever better for the client?“If you want to partner with an agency properly, then a retainer is always better.”13 mins In which sectors is PR spend up/down? “Love a bit of B2B. No one is ever going to cut budgets driving CEO fame or lead gen.”“Sport for us has been huge. Biggest growth area. Insatiable appetite for briefs coming in.”“Travel has been strong."“We've had some very good wins over the last 5 days. It's been nice to go into Christmas with some wins under our belt."17 mins Warren's top tips for any independent PR agency CEOs out there on how to manage their businesses in this new project lead income, more agile business environment.“Challenge every way of working. Make sure it's match fit.”“Agency bosses need to get out. Get into the office. Spend time with your staff IRL, go out and see clients.”“PR agency owners are making money but not enjoying it.”20 mins What talent trends have you seen this year? “Lots of big senior names have become available, particularly client side.”“At a lower level there's bound to be a slight reduction in grad level intake just because of the cost of bringing them in and the quite often poor quality of talent coming in. The costs versus talent quality is beginning to become imbalanced.”23.30 mins Warren's thoughts on the Omnicom, IPG merger. Historically these holding companies mergers happen because of the ad agencies and the PR firms either innocent bystanders, or potentially innocent victims, depending on how cynical you're feeling at the time. Is this one the same?“The PR agencies are a rounding error of that deal.”25 mins Warren reflects on the busyness of PR's 2024 pitching Golden Quarter.27 mins How does Warren think PR will fair 2025?

2024 NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson returned to The Freak Nation minutes after his sixth championship tying him with his former boss Warren Johnson and current driver Erica Enders. Anderson won three straight titles from 2003 to 2005 then returned with championships in 2010 and 2021. Now 2024 is on his resume. Anderson stepped outside his celebrations at the dragstrip in Pomona, California to talk with The Freaks. Listen...

Por un Puñado de Grapas regresa cual ave Fenix, con una nueva temporada, hablando de una nueva editorial (para nosotros). Transformers Vol. 01, es el regreso de la franquicia al mundo del comic a manos de Daniel Warren Johnson como guionista, con arte del mismo Warren Johnson y Mark Spicer. Editado por Image en Estados Unidos y en España por un de los sellos editoriales mas jóvenes Moztros. Recordad que podéis ser Fans de nuestro podcast y apóyanos económicamente en Ivoox. Gracias por vuestro apoyo y colaboración.

Gimme a hell yeah! The bookclub gang returns to give you the best there is, the best there ever was and the best that ever will be! You pencil-neck geeks better check out our listener feedback and our discussion of "Do A Powerbomb" by Warren-Johnson, Spicer and Wooton! And if you're not down with that, we got two words for ya: FRIENDSHIP! 02:56 - Listener Feedback 07:50 - Whaddya See, Whaddya Say? 15:57 - Do A Powerbomb! discussion   Watch for Ross Radke's Stomped Deluxe Anthology  https://zoop.gg/c/stompedanthology Social Media Banner by Matt Strackbein https://linktr.ee/TheLetterhack  Logo by Ross Radke https://www.rossradke.com/   opening and closing theme by https://onlybeast.com/ 

In our twice-yearly review of the UK PR market PRmoment founder Ben Smith catches up with Warren Johnson.Warren founded W Communications in 2009. It now has global revenues of £25m and a headcount of 200, with 120 in London at W, 40 at its travel PR specialist Lotus, 25 in Singapore, and 15 in New York.Do check out the agency and in-house programmes for our new education programme PRmoment Leaders.PRmoment Leaders is our new subscription-based learning programme and community, built by PRmoment specifically for the next generation of PR and comms leaders to learn, network and lead.Thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.1. 30 mins Warren reveals why and how he has just sold his business, W Communications, to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT.)“It's a government-backed business structure designed to help business owners pass on their business, realise some value from it…and pass it into the hands of the next generation.”11 mins Warren discusses the performance of the PR market for H1 2024.“It's a bit of a slog. The economy is still pretty weak. There is a lot of nervousness client side.”“Productivity is poor. The Brexit impact is ongoing.”“We (the UK) are managing our decline not very well.”“A lot of the top agencies are doing a great job of land grabbing from other industries.”20 mins Why Warren worries about UK PR's productivity.“Hybrid working has run its course…10% of the UK PR industry lost their jobs last year. If those people were all productive I just don't believe they would have lost their jobs.”“I don't know a single agency which hasn't reduced their headcount in the last 12 months.”“Hybrid working reduces productivity…in specialist roles, I can see how it can boost productivity in generalist roles, I question its value.”“At pace is how I build my business…I just think not being around each other breeds legacy behaviour. All businesses need to re-invent themselves at a quicker pace and if you can't work together to do that, you will become obsolete.”

It's been a funny old PR year. Some firms have had a tough time. Some firms have sadly gone bust, but many, possibly the majority, have seen growth of 5-10%. And in a decent number of cases, they've grown more than that.So it's a difficult year to try and sum up, but on the show today, I'm joined by W founder Warren Johnson, and we're going to talk through the key themes and challenges that 2023 has brought to the PR agency market.Warren founded W Communications in 2009, and it now has global revenues of £25m and an employee headcount of 200 globally, with 120 in London at W, 40 at Lotus, 25 employees in Singapore and 15 in New York.W has grown at low double digit growth in 2023.Before we start, The PRmoment Awards 2024 are now - OPEN! The final entry deadline is on Friday, 26th January.There are some exciting changes this year; we've tweaked the categories, refined the entry form and launched a regional champions scheme with no additional entry fee to reach the work across the UK.Do check out the PRmoment Awards microsite.Also, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.Finally, thanks to PRmoment's data and insight partners, Meltwater, for supporting this podcast.2 mins How has 2023 been for W Communications?“We've delivered our EBITA numbers, but it's felt like a real slog this year.”“We had a super strong start to the year; the summer was very flat, and we've seen a strong recovery in Q4.”4 mins Ben Smith asks Warren: “Does W have lots of fantastic clients who don't spend enough money?”“The dynamics of the industry have changed radically over the past couple of years and we're now at this weird hybrid of low retainers with projects on top…When the economy starts spluttering, that model collapses a bit.”“Nothing got cancelled. It just got delayed!”“That's why we're seeing bankruptcies; this is coming off the back of the biggest wage inflation we've seen in a couple of decades.”“There was a massive fight for talent last year. People overpaid for often mediocre talent… So you've got the highest wage bill you've looked at, just as the days of the guaranteed retainer become a thing of the past.”“A lot of PR people want to be liked… If your revenue is dropping, the only way to protect your margin is to reduce headcount. And most people don't like to do that.”9.30 mins Why are clients reducing spend?10.30 mins Are clients willing to pay for the extra specialist advice that agencies are employing? 11 mins How is PR's battle with other marketing services agencies going?“We're (PR) is doing great. It feels like there are a lot more social briefs knocking around.”“If you can apply an earned media mindset and lens to influencer, to talent, through to live, through to advertising, you are going to provide solutions that can often be more cost-effective than what their (the client) is normally getting.”12 mins Has the gradual reduction of retainer accounts and the formation of a low retainer/project hybrid client relationship made the PR agency business model less profitable than it used to be? “We're looking at a much more dynamic, agile resource-based (talent) system now for agencies.”14 mins How can PR firms rebuild their margin?“There is still the same amount of money in the market, you just need a sharper business model.”“The opportunity to go beyond PR is vast…we're increasingly doing earned advertising campaigns. Clients are interested in a more earned mindset when it comes to above the line.”“The last two ye

CAPÍTULO #351… Esta semana os traemos un especial Halloween de la mano de Otoñal, un trabajo de Daniel Kraus y Chris Sheehan que nos sorprenden con uno de los mejores trabajos del género de terror de los últimos tiempos. Una historia con mucho sabor a otros productos y que consigue trasladar la mejor atmósfera del cine psicológico a las viñetas. Además, hablaremos de toda la actualidad del mundo del cómic, desde los últimos lanzamientos de videojuegos y series, hasta todas las noticias que nos dejó la Comic Con. Y como no podría ser de otra forma, os reseñaremos las novedades más jugosas e interesantes como el Inmortal Hulk de Ewing, lo nuevo de Joe Kelly y Ken Niimura en Sargento Inmortal, el cierre de Black Hammer, La Bibliomula de Córdoba, la Liga Jurásica de Warren Johnson y muchísimo más. Gracias por estar al otro lado agentes. ¡Nos oímos! NOTICIAS [00:03:58] Lanzamiento de Marvel´s Spider-man 2 Recepción del spin-off de Gen V Próximo estreno de Invencible Lanzamiento del juego de Hellboy: Web of Wyrd Ganadores premios Harvey 2023 La caída de Krakoa arranca en enero Nuevas series del regreso del Universo Ultimate Fuga de autores a Image Vuelve Hellblazer a Universo Sandman Lanzamiento especial de cofres de ECC Novedades Norma Noviembre 2023 Barcelona rinde homenaje a Ibañez Próximas novedades editoriales NOVEDADES Y RELECTURAS [01:15:12] Marvel Deluxe El Inmortal Hulk El Ruiseñor de Dos Cabezas Spiderman: La Cacería Pérdida de Kraven Sargento Inmortal Black Hammer: El renacer El amanecer de DC: Superman Piqo Piqo y el espantoso calamar gigante de indochina Thorgal. Adiós Aaricia Capitán Bilis El Castigador de Jason Aaron Cuando no duela recordarte El Bar de Joe La Bibliomula de Córdoba Doctor Extraño: Principio y fin. Siete hijos La Liga Jurásica After School Dice Club La República de la Calavera ANÁLISIS: OTOÑAL [04:26:38] En esta ocasión, para celebrar Halloween con todos vosotros, nos sumergimos en un pequeño pueblo de las profundidades de Estados Unidos, donde acompañaremos a una madre y su hija en la desgracia de sus vidas. En esta historia descubriremos que mal se esconde en esta comunidad, que sucedió en el pasado de esta madre para que la echasen de allí, y que tiene que ver su hija en todo esto. Una historia de dos autores emergentes en el medio, como lo son Kraus y Sheehan, pero que ya apuntan maneras para dominar este género con una maestría impresionante. Y os aseguramos que nunca más podréis ver las hojas del otoño de la misma manera. CORREO DEL AGENTE [06:15:10] Leemos todos vuestros mensajes dejados en las redes y nuestra sección de la voz de los Agentes de Hydra, ¡Habla pueblo Habla! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharnos y todo vuestro apoyo y participación! Nuestro PODCAST ya está en el CANAL SECUNDARIO ¡Inflate a contenido comiquero aquí! https://www.youtube.com/@tomosygrapaspodcast Tomos y grapas es un medio de comunicación transmedia, disfruta de nuestros contenidos también en nuestra web, YouTube y redes sociales. VISITA TAMBIÉN NUESTRA LIBRERÍA En la Calle Alcalá 211 o nuestra TIENDA ONLINE con el mejor servicio y atención tiendatomosygrapas.com

On this episode of Fishing the DMV, we delve into the abundant bank fishing possibilities on the Upper Potomac River, all made possible by the C&O Canal trail, alongside the expertise of local angler, Warren Johnson. Stretching over an impressive 184.5 miles, the C&O Canal trail traces the picturesque path of the Potomac River from Georgetown to Cumberland, MD. This trail serves as an extraordinary resource for bank anglers, offering exciting opportunities to explore untapped fishing spots.With Warren Johnson, an experienced enthusiast who has been utilizing the C&O Canal trail to fish and explore the Upper Potomac for a considerable amount of time, we gain invaluable insights in this episode. Warren generously shares his time-tested tips and tricks, ensuring a higher likelihood of success on the water for all fellow anglers. If you are interested in being on the show or a sponsorship opportunity, please reach out to me at fishingtheDMV@gmail.com Links down below to Warren Johnsons sponsors. Scott JohnsonSJ Fishing Adventures.https://sj-fishing.com/(240)625-2550John Styglerhttp://snaglertackle.com/ Barlow Tacklehttps://barlowstackle.com/Jake's bait & Tackle website: http://www.jakesbaitandtackle.com/ Jake's bait & Tackle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JakesBaitAndTackle/?ref=pages_you_manage  Fishing the DMV Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Arensbassin/?ref=pages_you_manage Fishing the DMV Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/fishingthedmv/?utm_medium=copy_link  #fishing #bassfishing #FishingtheDMV

Arun Sudhaman interviews W Communications Founder, Warren Johnson, in Cannes to discuss the importance placed on creative ownership, lead roles, and the trending fluidity between PR and Advertising. 

Every six months or so I like to catch up with the shy and reserved Warren Johnson from W Communications on the podcast to talk about the financial state of UK PR.And to my surprise- it's that time again. The first 6 months of 2023 are basically done and dusted.My sense is that it's been a bit of a phoney 6 months or so - the PR sector has been expecting a downturn but beyond a significant tech sector-wide wobble at the start of the year, which has in the main come back, it's been OK, not stellar but OK. And in many cases surprisingly OK.But on the show today we're going to chat about some of the recent league table results we've seen in PR, what constituted good numbers last year, and how the last 6 months have been. We'll also attempt to put some predictions on what might be about to happen next.W has a fee income of £15m, with offices in London, New York and Singapore. It employs approximately 180 people globally and 150 odd in London.A reminder that the final entry deadline for The Creative Moment Awards is Friday 30th June.Thanks to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.Here's a summary of what PRmoment founder Ben Smith and Warren discussed:3 mins Warren reviews the performance of UK PR in the first half of the year. What's up, what's down, what's flat?“What was quite alarming...was that despite the UK agencies reporting strong growth, they were falling down the international rankings”“We (the UK) are not fully aware of our own demise at the moment and what a second-rate country we're becoming”“UK PR had a strong start to the year… and there is now some preemptive belt tightening client side”Everyone had a strong Q1 with a slight softening in Q2 as the economic outlook, which doesn't get any worse but shows no sign of recovery.”“Overall H1 was relatively robust but we all (PR firms) had to work a bit harder than we were expecting to make those numbers”9 mins Bearing in mind inflation how much did PR firms need to frow last year, to increase their profits?“Our profits grow in line with our revenue…we've not had any challenges in our margin.”“It's something Graham Goodkind once told me - he said he wanted one thing as a KPI for him as a CEO and that's a margin number”“It's harder t maintain that margin than it ever has been, there's been rampant wage inflation and a requirement to offer greater benefits than there ever has been.”“We're big advocates of in-person collaboration so we're doing as much as we can to encourage people into the office but that comes at a cost.”“The other big hidden cost is mental health - which increasingly seems to be sitting away from the government (as a responsibility) and on employers.”“We just rolled out private health care for our company and extended to private mental health care - important to do but these are all costs that chip away at the margin.”“As an industry, we are very good at being inventive…as our margin gets challenged in one area we are able to find opportunities… in certain other areas.”“I certainly get the sense that people are pitching a lot less…pitching is probably the most inefficient thing you can ever do.”“The less you pitch the better…that will hit your margin more than wage inflation”13 mins  What do clients want at the moment?

Medical scribes can have a tremendous positive impact on a clinic's bottom line and on the professional satisfaction of physicians. They can also lower risk for coding audits by improving documentation and assisting busy clinicians in remembering what they did for their patients and why.Join me for an educational conversation with Warren Johnson, CEO of Scribe-X, a national medical scribe company as we talk about scribes. We explore all aspects of adding a scribe to your practice, and Warren shares experiences from many of their clients all over the country. Please Follow or Subscribe to get new episodes delivered to you as soon as they drop!Visit Jill's company, Health e Practices' website: https://healtheps.com/Subscribe to our newsletter, Health e Connections: http://21978609.hs-sites.com/newletter-subscriberWant more content? Find sample job descriptions, financial tools, templates and much more: www.MedicalMoneyMattersPodcast.com Purchase your copy of Jill's book here: Physician Heal Thy Financial Self Join our Medical Money Matters Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3834886643404507/ Original Musical Score by: Craig Addy at https://www.underthepiano.ca/ Visit Craig's website to book your Once in a Lifetime music experience Podcast coaching and development by: Jennifer Furlong, CEO, Communication Twenty-Four Seven https://www.communicationtwentyfourseven.com/

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.Today we're reviewing 2022 from the perspective of a PR agency with Warren Johnson, founder of W Communications. W has a fee income of £13m, offices in London New York and Singapore, Edinburgh, Kuala Lumpa, Los Angeles. It employs approximately 160 people globally and 126 in London. If Year in Review Podcasts are your type of thing then do have a listen to our Year in Communications show with Charlotte West, executive director of global corporate communications at Lenovo.Before we start the PRmoment Awards 2023 early entry deadline is on 16th December, check out the awards site PRmomentAwards.com for all the details. If you miss the early deadline the final deadline for The PRmoment Awards is January 27th. Thanks to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.Here's a summary of what Warren and I discussed:2 mins Despite what's been a pretty tough year for most - PR firms had a pretty decent 2022 didn't they?3 mins Have there “H1 and H2 felt quite different!”“(In H1) there were quite a few spurious pitches, second half we've opted not to pitch”“I'm a cheerleader for the industry. There are some really smart people who work really hard (in PR)...and I don't think you can say that about some of the adjacent marketing services industries.”5 mins Has PR's moment arrived?“Advertising is pretty shit now”“Best idea wins. That suits everyone, including most importantly the client.”“Taylor Herring's Peter Crouch campaign was a content piece that just got bigger and bigger”8 mins Has the dial moved in PR's market share of the CMO's budget?9 mins Warren talks us through the different phases of 2022 for PR agencies“At the beginning of the year there were lots of pitches and not many of them went anywhere.”“Q1 next year could be quite challenging…but hopefully a rosy summer!”“It looks like the government's done a half-decent job in terms of controlling inflation”11 mins When will the agency financial map of 2023 start to unfold - when do you know when it's going to be a good one or a bad one?12.30 mins Are PR firms increasingly starting to compete against in-house teams?13.30 mins How hot is the PR labour market at the moment?“There was clearly a moment of madness where we had some average people being hocked around the industry by recruiters…I'm sure we all made some bad hires at that point out of desperation. I think now things have settled down. It feels like there is equilibrium.”“There has been some mega wage inflation…we've now had time to calibrate that.”“Our wage bill is £500-600K a month, if that jumps 20% - no more Christmas party!”“We've had to have some difficult conversations with clients”21 mins How is the cost of living crisis impacting PR employees?22 mins Warren on Frankie Cory: “We've admired each other from afar.”“I saw her as a kindred spirit…who will hustle as hard as I will”Ben Smith: “So it's tag team to grow W?”Warren Johnson: “Yes” 26 mins Are the independents still having a good time or are the holding groups biting back?“We are taking money off the holding group but not often the PR division”

"The Professor" Warren Johnson joined Hidden Horsepower "live" from the Engine Performance Expo for a lesson on his life and career. Lake Speed Jr. and Joe Castello take a deep dive into the career of one of the greats in the engine building industry. Get ready for the 2023 Engine Performance Expo that will be streamed "live" on YouTube. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnginePerformanceExpo

We're joined by Warren Johnson, CEO, and Huzefa Dossaji from Scribe-X. Listen and learn about how Scribe-X transforms practices across the country by using a model that pairs physicians with highly trained scribes. They build high-performing medical scribe programs that enable health centers and clinics to reduce provider burnout, while increasing revenue and reducing documentation burdens. IPHCA members can talk to Scribe-X at their exhibitor booth during our annual leadership conference on Oct 5-7. Register here: https://www.iphca.org/annual-leadership-conference/

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Greg Anderson, 5X NHRA Pro Stock World Champion, discusses his legendary career with Keith Jones and Joe Castello. GA gives the details of his start in Minnesota, his time working with Warren Johnson, and his intense work ethic. Anderson also reveals that he wasn't an "engine guy" at first and had to learn as a necessity of becoming the winningest Pro Stock racer of all time.

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.Time flies doesn't it. We're well over a quarter of the way through 2022 - remember those plans and hopes we all had on Jan 1st? Well, it's time for a progress report!PR land seems to continue to be pretty frantic - it's a hot market both in terms of the amount of work going through in house teams, agencies are as busy as ever and the pressure for talent intensifies.That all seems kinda crazy bearing in mind the horrific scenes we see on our scenes from Putin's war in Ukraine and the imminent cost of living crisis we're about to witness in the UK.So I thought it was time to catch up with a W's Warren Johnson for PR's Q1 Report!Before that - just to let you know tickets are genuinely flying for the PRmoment Awards in London on April 28th. I've no doubt the London Awards is going to be our biggest ever event and an absolute who's who of the UK PR scene - so make sure you get your ticket.Also, thanks to our PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.Here is a summary of what Warren and I discussed:2 mins How are you seeing the PR market now that Q1 2022 is done and dusted?2.30 mins “The resourcing game has got expermentally harder!”4 mins “In terms of the overall marketing mix, PR still offers phenomenal bang for buck”4.30 mins Warren updates us on W's purchase of travel communications specialist Lotus Communications.5.30 mins The headcount of W in London is over 100, with revenues of over £10m and 20% growth.6.30 mins The PR industry is yet to understand how to run a business in a high inflationary market.7 mins Warren talks about the importance of a return to growth of live events and hospitality for PR.9 mins Warren outlines the implications of Rish Sunak's change to entrepreneurs' tax law for PR entrepreneurs looking to sell their business.10 mins How is W defining the metaverse and what is the metaverse opportunity for PR firms?14 mins Is the metaverse just another channel?16 mins “Once the new generation of hardware launches, and is adopted, we'll see scale.”17 mins What does a PR agency's metaverse strategy need to look like?

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Racing Girls Rock Podcast with Judy Dominick December 4, 2021   Hello, everyone. This is Melinda Russell with Racing Girls Rock podcast. And it's my honor today to have Judy Dominic as my guest. I met Judy two or maybe three years ago. Now time flies, doesn't it, Judy? I met her at PRI in Indianapolis, and I reached out to her to see if we could have her as a guest on the podcast, because I know she's been involved in motorsports, and I want her to tell us how she got involved. But first we're going to learn a little bit about Judy, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. Whatever you're comfortable sharing, where you live, your family, pets, whatever you're comfortable with. And then we'll go from there.   JUDY: I currently live in Winston Salem, North Carolina. But I was born in Colorado and lived on a cattle ranch out in Eastern Colorado when I grew up. Then I've lived all over the country ever since. Indianapolis, Kansas City. I can't even remember where else? New Mexico, whatever. And the reason truthfully, my grandfather was a rodeo rider, and my dad was a race car driver. And so I grew up in the boys locker room no matter what I did. And I decided that I liked cars better than bulls.  Bulls think they're smart cars don't. So I started being with my dad and his racing, and then it just evolved. I took a few stops along the way to be a banker and to be a lobbyist. Then I owned a motorcycle dealership, and the racing started for real at that point when I bought the motorcycle dealership.   MELINDA: You've had a lot of fun over the years then I can tell.   JUDY: Probably too much, but that's okay.   MELINDA: And you can never have too much fun, I don't think…that's important. So, Judy, you started a little bit of your story, how you got involved in motorsports. So you owned a motorcycle dealership. So how did that lead then to you getting involved. I know you've been very involved in motorsports for a number of years. How does that go from owning a motorcycle dealership to getting involved in motorsports?   JUDY: Well, my motorcycle dealership allowed me access to some various kinds of motorsports in Colorado, world racing, sidetrack, motocross. And then I had some friends who owned a midget and a sprint car that I sponsored. And then a friend of mine named John Harmsen owned Jolly Rancher Candy. And I grew up with the Vandermere family because my dad raced against Johnny Vandermere up Pikes Peak and in different what they called big cars then, which are now champ cars. Well, champ dirt cars. And John Harmsen called me one day and he said, I have a driver I want you to meet and see if you think I should sponsor him. And I said, Why me? And he said, because you have good instincts. And I said, okay, so I drove down to Jolly Rancher. I was in Boulder, my dealership was in Boulder and Jolly Rancher was in Westminster, Colorado, and I walked in John's office, and there sat John Force… John Force, 1983; John Force, who hadn't washed his hair or put on a clean T-shirt or owned a decent pair of tennis shoes.        From there, I ended up being John's very first PR person. I'm very glad that it worked out well for Jolly Rancher. He won the Mile High Nationals that year, and they went on to sponsor him on the Western Tour. And he won two out of the four because that's when they went from Denver to Seattle to Portland to Sonoma. And then Mr. Harmsen was so impressed with that, he said, Well, what else can we do? And I said, USAC Midgets needs a title sponsor. So Jolly Rancher Candy became the title sponsor of USAC Midgets and my friends from Fort Collins with their midget, we all went to Turkey Night at Ascot and finished second. But I was the representative for Jolly Rancher and got to give away a ton of candy and found out that I really liked that. That was a lot of fun. I had a motorcycle road race team. So John sponsored my motorcycle road race team in the AMA, and we did pretty well for a privateer team. And along the way, I met this kid named, Well, I did some work in the truck series with Carelli's because they were from Denver. Rick Carelli and Kathy Carelli and Marshall Chesrown owned the truck when he left us at what was then the Winston West Tour, and they started in the NASCAR truck series at that point and went to winter heat out in Tucson for four races with them and Remax. And through them, I met some other people. I met Jeff Gordon's stepdad, and he introduced me to some people. And eventually I met this guy named Tony Stewart. And we were on the track just before the start of a race at IRP.        I was introduced to Tony, and he looked at me. And he was that skinny little kid with all that black curly hair. And he and Kenny Irwin started on the front row. So Kenny Irwin saundered over and Tony said to me, he said, You're going to want to know me someday. And Irwin says, no, you don't want to know him. You want to know me. And I ended up working basically with the both of them for quite some time until Kenny went to NASCAR as well. And then he had his own PR.   But then I was with Tony, and I was a business manager and his PR person. And chief babysitter for seven years. So that's kind of what started the whole thing. And then I went from Tony, did some contract work for Weld Wheels and for some different entities and different kinds of racing World of Outlaws, USAC Silver Crown, different places that I really loved. And Chevrolet called and said do you want a job? And I said, really? And they said we are going to start a factory truck program in the NASCAR truck series.   And one of our drivers, Jack Sprague, really wants you to be a PR person. And we want you to manage the program, which is where I met my business partner. And we want the two of you to manage it. And the rest is history. Sam and I hit it off. We became business partners. We did that program, and then it has grown. Our involvement then has grown from four factory Chevrolet trucks to covering NASCAR, Indy Car, IMSA and NHRA for Chevrolet and for Shell. And that's where we are today at trackside. And we have six employees. And we do all of the track side PR for those two companies in those four series.   MELINDA: And there's no downtime. Is there really?   JUDY: No, but it's okay. I don't know what else I would do. I really don't. I'm very blessed to have a great family in Minnesota, two brothers and lots of nieces and nephews, tons of friends. But I don't have children or grandchildren or any of that. So my family is at racetracks everywhere. So I've been lucky enough to help my family when I can and then have been lucky enough to work with some amazing, amazing drivers and all of those series throughout the years. And I feel unbelievably blessed because every year, I think, can it get any better? And somehow it does. Most of my focus now is on sports cars and Indy Car, but I still have my fingers NASCAR and NHRA.   MELINDA: And when you say about family, I hear this over and over from people. It's just such a family. And it's funny how you think that racing is huge. But when you really start to meet people like I met someone in Phoenix this weekend after the race, we went somewhere to get a bite to eat. A guy and his son had NASCAR shirts on. Daniel Hemrick had just won the race. And what a great race.   JUDY: It was an amazing race.   MELINDA: And what a great finish. And so I struck up a conversation like I always do. And we start to talk. And the young man and I have a lot in common because we're both media people. And then the dad says, do you know so and so and I looked at him… I said, yes. And then we start talking and we know several people the same. And it's amazing and surprising and wonderful all at once that you can just strike up a conversation because it said NASCAR on his shirt, and then find out you have mutual friends. And now the son goes to school here in Arizona, which is where I am for the winter. And we're going to get together. So now I have more friends and family, and I love it. I absolutely love it.   JUDY: Well, that's how we grow the sport.  My goal has always been since I started in this because when I started in this with Tony and was really thrust into the middle of the NASCAR garage at the height of it, because I took Tony from USAC from winning his Triple Crown in USAC. To Indy cars, winning the pole for the Indy 500, coming within 29 laps of winning the Indy 500 before he blew an engine to what was Busch Series then and probably the prettiest race car I've ever seen anybody drive, which is that number 44, Shell Pontiac, the black and white and red and yellow one, and then to Cup with Home Depot and Joe Gibbs Racing. And when I came in there, there were very few women. There were not even a lot of women in the media. And you had to prove yourself every minute of every day, and you had to stay above the fray to make sure that you were respected for why you're there and what you're doing and the job you do. My goal has always been to make it better than it was when I got there and make it easier for young women, not only young drivers, young women to come in and be accepted and have the opportunities. But not every woman can be a driver. They can be a person. They can be an engineer, they can be in marketing, they can be in public relations, and they all need to have the opportunity to excel at it because they have a passion for the sport, no matter what series it is, whether it's the dirt track at Houston or Knoxville or Daytona or Indy. It's the same game.   MELINDA: When I talk to gals, of course, a lot of them, especially if they're younger, what is it you want to do? What's your goal? They want to be the next World of Outlaws champ or the NASCAR, this or that. And I always talk to them, especially if they're younger, still in high school or whatever, and I'm like, I love your passion. But what else do you enjoy? Because everybody can't be the driver? We need engineers. We need tire specialists. We need PR and bookkeeping and travel and all the things for those teams. And to be realistic, we have to think, what else can I do? What's my plan B if I can't be the driver and that's something that I try to encourage and talk to women about. It takes so many people to put that driver on the track. And if you're not the guy or the gal driving the car, how can you stay involved in motorsports? For me, I never had the desire to be the driver. My son was a race car driver, my granddaughter's drive race cars. I never had that desire. But I love the marketing and the PR and the people I meet. It takes all of us, doesn't it?   JUDY: Yeah, it does take the village and what I always tell these young ladies and young men, for that matter, the young boys, who they go, I want to be the next Tony Stewart or I want to be the next now Kyle Larson or the next Elio Castroneves or the next Scott Dixon or John Force pick a sport, and I always tell them, why don't you be the first authentic you?   MELINDA: I love that.   JUDY: The most important thing is to be authentic, to be yourself. The way people will connect with you is if you're real, if you aren't real, if you put on a facade that you can't maintain. And unfortunately, you and I both we've been here a day or two. We've seen drivers that flame out because they can't keep up the image that they think they should be or who they think they should be. Then you look at somebody like Elio Castroneves, who has done this for the better part of 30 years. He wouldn't want anybody to know that, but you look at his age and realistically, and he does it at the same level he's always done it. And he is because the Elio that you watch on TV, that exuberance, that passion, that fire, that everything is the same Elio that you'll have a cup of iced coffee or a cup of iced tea with in the paddock during the quiet time on the track. They're the exact same guy. That's why everybody connects with him and so on and so on and so on. So the young kids need to be authentic. They need to also know if this road doesn't work, try another one. Okay. If you're not meant to be Steve Kinzer or Donny Schatz who I've had the pleasure and the honor of knowing Donnie Schatz since he was 14 years old and watched him race his very first race and was fairly convinced he wasn't going to live long enough to do what he's done. But somehow he figured it all out. And he had the great support of his family, his parents and his family. But not every kid that climbs in a sprint car is going to be Steve or Sammy or Donnie or Logan Schuchart or whatever. So. Okay, that doesn't work. What about a dirt late model? What about a pavement midget in the Midwest or a non-wing sprint car where there's 360s running everywhere, where they have 30 to 50 cars in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on a Saturday night of kids who are just trying to learn how to do it, and they do well,   MELINDA: Absolutely. And I love what you say about being authentic, because that doesn't just apply to race car drivers. That applies to everyone. The people that you know and you like and you connect with it's typically because they're real. I say that they're real. They're who they are. Day-- night, Christmas Day, July 4. Whenever it might be, they're the same person and know when you talk to them who you're getting. You never know sometimes with a NASCAR driver which one you're going to get on a certain day…   JUDY: There's a couple of them that come to mind.   MELINDA: I know. I probably have some KB stuff somewhere here. I mean, I have several favorite drivers. He just happens to be one of them. But you never know which one you're going to get. Which one you're going to get. And yet there are other drivers. Chase Elliott. He's pretty much the same guy every day unless you ruffle his feathers.   JUDY: Yeah. Martin Truex is the same thing. Martin Truex is the most true to himself human being I've ever met. He is. And he has a heart bigger than is measurable because he stayed with Sherry. He's been with her by her side as she goes through all of that. He's a big supporter of Sherry Strong and helping raise the money for the charity. And yet he is the same guy. One of the Corvette drivers that I've had the pleasure to work with is a young man named Antonio Garcia, and he drives the number 3 Corvette. And Antonio is the most soft-spoken, quiet, he's a Spaniard, but he's very soft spoken, very quiet young man. He gets in that car and he's like a transformer. He pushed that shield down and locks it, and a whole, another human being comes out behind the wheel. I mean, not bad, just unbelievable talent, aggression when he needs to have it controlled aggression. He's a winner. He's a champion. He takes the helmet off, pulls the shield up, takes the helmet off, and he's back to the really quiet, soft-spoken guy. There are those who do that very very well. They do what they need to do in the car. But on the outside of the car, they're people. They're real people.   MELINDA: They are real people. And that's the thing that NASCAR fans and people that watch the sport put people on a pedestal. And that's not fair, either, because they are real people and they have real lives. And they have ups and downs just like you and I do. And we say, oh, well, don't take your work home and don't take your personal life to your job. That's a lot of times impossible. And so we don't always know what's happening in their personal lives behind the scenes. And I always try to think where they might be coming from because everybody has bad days, right? Whether it's driving the car or working with the fans or whatever. But we forget that they are real people with real lives, with real problems, and we shouldn't put them on a pedestal and expect them to be perfect or so much better than, yes, they set an example for thousands of other young men and women.   JUDY: Yeah, they do.   MELINDA: I get that. But we also have to remember that they're human beings   JUDY: And they deserve the room to be human. You don't know if someone's grandma is ill, right? You don't know these things about them. They are subject to the same things we are. We're 4000 miles from home and the neighbor calls and says your burglar alarm just went off. Well, they probably have the same thing happening. They're just lucky enough to maybe have caretaker who can go over or a good friend. But they are. And the person who has shown us that more. I mean, a lot of drivers are really good at that. But I tell you, one person this year that I've had the absolute honor to work around and get to know is Roman Grosjean. And here is a man who looked like the Phoenix rising out of the fire by all intents and purposes, he probably should have died in that F1 crash last year, the last race, but he didn't, for the reasons that none of us know and probably will never know. He has come to America. He has turned into an incredible Indy car driver. The fans love him. He is gracious to them. He is adorable to be around. The media love him. And last year he was an F1 driver, and we all would have said, oh, he's an F1 driver, don't pay any attention to him. Not true. He is an amazing human being. And when he started telling us all stories about buying the motor home and putting his wife and kids in the motorhome, once they got done with school in France and going all over the country in the motorhome so they could decide where they wanted to live in America. And it was adorable. It was all the things that we forget. It's like Scotty McLaughlin does America. It's like he's in awe of Bed, bath and beyond. I'm like, I go into Bed, Bath and beyond and go, oh, my, I got to go. But Scotty McLaughlin says, Judy, we don't have this where I come from. And Roman Grosjean talked about going to Mount Rushmore and how staggeringly beautiful that was for him. And he'd never seen anything like that. And I'm thinking to myself, you have the Eiffel Tower in the arc de triumphe and a few, million other things, not to mention Longlaw, but he was absolutely mesmerized by Mt. Rushmore. So it's been really fun because we all got to get back, brought back to the reason we do this. And then you see somebody like Pato and Rinus who win with such joy...such joy! And you went, oh, yeah, that's why we do this. Oh, yeah. That's why we do this.   MELINDA: One of the reasons that he might find joy in the motorhome and all that is because he did survive. And he has a different outlook on things and the fact that the people drove in the motorhome looking for where they want to live, what a smart thing to do.   JUDY: I know I would have never thought of that.   MELINDA: I would have never thought of that. And then, like Mount Rushmore, how many people that live in the United States and maybe even live within 3 hours let's say of there have never been there. Because you tend to take for granted the things that are close by.   JUDY: Or that they'll always be there.   MELINDA: It'll always be there. I live less than an hour from Lake Michigan. And do you know, it's been three summers since I've even been there.   JUDY: And it's such a beautiful, but we all do that. So it's really fun to watch in all of these series. We get a Indy car and sports car, but it's happening in every NASCAR. It's happening a little bit in NHRA. These people coming in from I wanted to try this. I don't know if I can do it or not. And the people they remind you that there is a reason why we are all still so passionate about it. So it makes me want to work even harder to make sure there is a place for this to go on. After I've finished running around to 30 race tracks a year, I'm proud of what I've accomplished, and I'm proud of the people that I've worked with. Some of them, I put my face in my hands and went, oh, my gosh, it's been a great ride. And I'm very very grateful to a lot of people who gave me a chance when they didn't have to.   MELINDA: Well, especially, like you say, when you started a woman doing what you did or anything in motorsports was pretty much unheard of. And you broke that. You broke through and you showed them that it doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman doing that job. It's about credibility. It's about knowledge. It's about being capable of doing what you need to do. And that's the same as a racecar driver. I talked to so many girls. I'm like the car doesn't know if you're a girl or a boy. Just get in and drive.   JUDY: Yeah. And do your best. And if it doesn't measure up to where you think it should take a step back and go, is it me? Is it the car? Do I just not know enough and keep in mind that there are some of these guys that have been at it of 20 years. Yeah. Donnie Schatz has ten Championships and ten Knoxville National wins because he worked hard at it. Same with Sam and Steve and all those guys. But I do have one story that's really funny. I think it's funny. When Tony was in the Busch series, we were running Indy car because he had to fulfill his contract to John Menard. And finish out his Indy car contract, which was actually IRL then, but he had to honor his contract to John Menard and then also run the Busch series for Joe Gibbs. So we were getting toward the end of the season. We were done with IRL, and he was going to run the last, like, ten, eight races of the NASCAR Busch Series.   So I went to the NASCAR trailer, and I knocked on the door, and Mike Helton came to the door and he looked at me. And he said, who are you? And I introduced myself, and I had the Shell shirt on then because he was in the Shell in the Busch Series. And I said, I was just wondering if I could speak to you and Mr. Hunter about Tony Stewart, because he's going to come to Cup next year. And he's not Jeff Gordon. He's Tony Stewart. But he has an incredible amount of talent. And I just want everybody to give me a chance. And I'm going to make sure that he is worthy of it and he earns what I can control. But I'd like for you guys to know that. And Mike Helton, who is giant. He is such a big man. He towers over me, almost twice as tall as I am. And he looked at me and he said, wow, I said, what? He said, I don't think I've ever had anybody ask to come into the red trailer. I said well, Dale Senior comes here all the time. That's Dale Senior. That's a whole different thing, he said. I don't think I've ever had anybody else ask to come in. So I went in. I sat down with Mr. Helton, Mr. Hunter and Bill Jr. He was still alive. And I told him I asked him to give him a chance. And I told him that he might not be the easiest to work with because he was very passionate about what he did. And I would work on that as best I could, but to give him a chance because I thought he would be good for NASCAR and that he would do something.   Of course, he and Robbie Gordon get in a fist fight the first day of practice at Daytona. And I'm like and Helton says to me He's going to be good huh. And I went, oh, but we survived. And he did. And when I was at his Hall of Fame dinner, I was invited. I was honored to be invited there. And Mr. Helton was there. And he was with a group of people. And I was walking by, and he said, you aren't going to say, Hi. You were talking to all these nice people. And he said come here and he put his arm around and he said, I want you to meet Judy Dominic. He said, She's the one we have to blame for Tony Stewart. If she hadn't brought him here, we wouldn't have to put up with all that. I looked up at him. Really? He went, no, he said, thank you. He was everything you said he would be. And then some, sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and just hope that you have to believe enough in yourself to know that you can do it.   You have to be authentic. And I was me. I went in there with, like, oh boy this could go whatever way and I could be in big trouble. But if you don't take that leap, you don't ever know what might happen.   MELINDA: Oh, that's so true. And one of my husband's favorite things is, what's the worst that could happen? They could say, no, we don't want to talk. There's 100 things they could have said. And look at the fun and the joy and the excitement and the drama that Tony Stewart brought to NASCAR. Yeah. There's never going to be another Tony Stewart.   JUDY: No. And people say to me, Well, Kyle Larson is as good as Tony. And I said in some aspects, he might be a better driver. But what he doesn't have.. his fire is just channeled way differently. And while he's going to win a lot of races and a lot of Championships, but he will never bring the fireworks with it. He will just be that guy who puts his helmet on and goes and does it better than anybody else. One of these days, I was just like, we never thought Jeff Gordon had a temper. And we never thought Jeff Gordon got mad. And all of a sudden, we're looking at Jeff Gordon running over the hoods of three cars to get to Kevin Harvick, at Bristol and try to beat the tar out of him… and get in a fight with Jeff Burton on the back stretch at Charlotte. And you go, so maybe in Kyle somewhere, there's just a teeny bit of fire. But there's a ton of talent, talent that we haven't even tapped yet.   MELINDA: We haven't even seen the scope of the talent in that young man. And I followed him when he was in NASCAR before, and I always just thought he's so versatile. And I like that about him that he drove a lot of different kinds of cars and everything. But the thing about Tony Stewart, when he sat down to press conference, we never knew what he was going to say.   JUDY: And I would just be standing in the back of the room like this, and the media would turn around and they go, Way to Go Judy! So they would goad him and they did it on purpose. And he would take the bait sometimes. And it was like, we'd walk in and I'd go now, don't let them. No, I won't. I got this. I got this. But it was okay. It was fun. I would not trade one minute of the seven years with that man for anything.   No, or any of the other drivers I've worked with, and now it's a whole new crop. Indy car is so fun now because we have all these kids that are just crazy fast. And they don't know what it feels like to show the wall at 240 miles an hour yet. Hopefully they don't find out. But, I mean, we have ten kids under the age 25 that are rock stars. And the old guys are going hmmmm where did they come from? But ten years ago, they were those kids. What's going on in racing right now is awesome. Chevrolet has the youngest average age of drivers in NASCAR. So between all of our teams, we have the youngest group of drivers, which is exciting, because that means long term. We can do something, and hopefully they'll do something.   MELINDA: Didn't Chevrolet let's plug them a little bit. Didn't they just win the manufacturer's Championship, correct?   JUDY: Yes. Drivers and owners in cup. They won the manufacturers in Xfinity as well. And we're about to win manufacturers, drivers and team and IMSA with Corvette Racing, and they'll finish one, two. And then Cadillac, we've won the manufacturers. But it's going to be a heck of a battle down to see whether we can get the driver's title and the owner's title. The 31 Wheeling Cadillac is going to have to beat that Acura of Michael Shank Racing with Ricky Taylor in it. And so it will be a great race at Motul Petit this weekend.   Yes. And Brittany Force is second in the points going into top fuel for going into the final. And then Greg Anderson and Erica Enders are 38 points apart, and both of them going for their fifth title. Greg is already the winningest pro stock driver ever. So he broke all Warren Johnson's records except titles, but he broke all the rest of them. But he has more wins than Warren. Nobody else has more wins than Greg in pro Stock. So even Bob Flynn, I thought maybe Bob Flynn would have more wins, but he didn't.   But they didn't run as many races back then either, when Glenn was racing. So we have a lot that can happen this weekend, too.   MELINDA: I listen to Sirius radio and I'm pretty sure it was there that I heard a gentleman from Chevrolet.   JUDY: That was Mr. Campbell. He's my boss. Big boss.   MELINDA: Okay. All right. That was telling about their success and everything. He said that our goal every year is to win the manufacturer's Championship and everything. I loved hearing from that side of it. It's not just the racers, it's the people like him, and it means a lot to the whole team, everybody involved. And I can't say enough about motorsports and how much I love it.   JUDY: Well, you do a great job with this. And I know the women in racing appreciate everything you do. And thank you so much for doing this. And don't give it up. It has such value. You just don't know how much value it would have.   MELINDA: I appreciate that, especially coming from you, because that's a huge compliment, Judy. That really makes my day.   JUDY: Well, thank you for having me.   MELINDA: Absolutely. So is there anything I haven't asked you about that you'd like to share. I just don't want to leave anything out. You're so fun to talk to.   JUDY: Well, when you go back when I had the motorcycle dealership, I had an AMA race team, and I had 2-750 super bikes, and I had a 1000 CC endurance bike, 2-600 super sports and a TZ 250. And we went and ran the AMA circuit as a privateer team, which would be like being Furniture Row Racing in Cup. And against all the factory Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, you know. And then when I was in the motorcycle business, I had Yamaha, BMW and Ducati in my dealership, and I was fortunate enough to have been voted the President of the US Dealer Board for each one of those brands because I was the only female that owned a dealership. And Yamaha, the Japanese were a little like what?... the Italians loved it, which was sometimes problematic, but we worked our way through it. And the Germans were like, seriously?... but when I sold a lot of motorcycles for them, then they got over the fact that I was female and I loved motorcycle racing. I still to this day, I sit and watch Moto GP, or I tape it if I'm not home because that's such a skill set that if you're not around it, you don't understand the skills that go into that. And those not that to take anything away from anybody that races on four wheels. But they have two wheels in road racing or flat track. They have a one inch patch of tire on the track surface, and they have two wheels, and they are the roll cage. There is no roll cage around them. So when it goes wrong, it usually goes really wrong. But on the other hand, when it doesn't, it's the most amazing thing to watch. And so I've stayed attached to that. I was really lucky back in the day to have been the only importer in the United States for Maverick wheels, Marc Senior Wheels and Brembo Brakes for motorcycles. And I sponsored Team Roberts in what was then called 500 CC Motor GP for Wayne Rainey and Eddie Lawson and John Krasinski and Kenny Roberts Jr. And to this day, I get to call Wayne Rainey, a friend, and I'm really proud of that. He and I had a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun together, as well as all the kids that road for me. And I don't know, I love midgets. I love Sprint cars. It's hard to do when you do the job I do.   You have to make sure that you don't walk over the fan line. But when I go to a motorcycle race or I go to a dirt track or I hopefully get to go someday to an F1 race. But if I don't, I'm watching on my television. I geek out. And I am the biggest race fan on the planet. When I do my job, you can't do that. You have to maintain that distance of professionalism, and sometimes things go awry that you have to respond to. So you have to be a professional. But I am still a huge fan of racing. And the day I don't work on a pit road or a pit lane or whatever. I will go, and I will cheer my brains out. Just like all the rest of the grandstands.   MELINDA: I have an interesting story to share with you. So I met my second husband, and he was a big motorcycle fan. He had ridden motorcycles since he was little. He has a Yamaha FZ1 still to this day, it has, I don't know, 77,000 miles on it.   JUDY: Wow.   MELINDA: And it's as good today as it was when he bought it. It's a great bike. But anyway, so when I met him, he said, the fun is not on the back. And so one day on my lunch hour I went to the Secretary of State's office, and I took the written test, and I passed it. I had my little card so I could ride with a seasoned driver. So I took it home and showed it to him. And he was blown away. And I was 50 years old. And we went and bought a little Honda 250 or something little to learn how, so I could learn how to ride, then I had a Honda Shadow. And then I had Honda VTX 1300R. And I rode it and I had that until I had back surgery. And I just couldn't drive the bike anymore. But we used to go to Mid Ohio to the motorcycle races. Year after year, best track. I bet, ten years in a row we went there. It was like the thing we looked forward to the most the whole summer. Nikki Hayden, the Bostrom Boys, Miguel Duhamel.   JUDY: Yeah. Miguel,   MELINDA: We absolutely loved those guys and going there.And fast. Oh, my goodness. It was just I had to go at 06:00 a.m. To put your thing up. So you'd have shade. It was just our favorite thing to do. And now we're into all kinds of racing. But that still is where our hearts are.   JUDY: It's hard to shake it. Those things… you sit there and listen to them go through the gears and that thing screaming at 14, 5, 15 thousand RPMs. It's really hard to beat that.   MELINDA: And Michael Jordan had a team. Yes, he did at the time. And then when he became involved in NASCAR, I had people say, wow, he's interested in racing. I said, oh, he's been in racing a long time. You just didn't know it because you didn't follow motorcycle racing. And I really never had a lot of fear. And so the one time at Mid Ohio, they were offering you could pay to ride on the back, and they would take you around the track. Right. And how many fast? I don't know. But it was fast.   And so I kept saying to my husband, I want to do it. I want to do it. He said, go do it. As I start to walk over to where you go to pay your money, it starts to rain. I never got to do it. And I said, God was telling me I was too old. I shouldn't be doing it. So it caused the rain to come. I would have loved it. I would have loved to do that to ride on this.   JUDY: Yeah, I was writing a piece because I did a lot of writing also during the motorcycle days, the truck series days. Then it became I couldn't do any. I didn't have time. I did a radio show for a while out of Denver, Colorado, and I loved that. But I was doing a piece for Yamaha's International magazine. And it was when the whole Moto GP was at Laguna Seca. And so they asked me, do you want to ride around the track? And I said, with who? And they said, With Johnny K?   And I said, yeah, I will. And they looked at me and I said, how am I supposed to write a story about what they do if I don't? I've watched them for years and years and years. I buy all the stuff that makes them do what they do for my guys and other guys. But I don't know how they do what they do.   MELINDA: I know.   JUDY: So they put me on. It was a super bike. It wasn't his GP bike because they weren't that dumb. And it was a world Superbike, and it was a Yamaha, but I'm on the back because they only have the one little saddle. So he said, okay, squish down in here as far as you can behind me. And so then back then, we have the quickfills on the tank where the quickfill dropped into the tank. So I pushed it in and I held on with my fingers like that and have my arms around him.   And I had full leathers on my helmet, my boots, my gloves, the whole thing knee pads and everything. And he said, okay, just move with me. I said, no problem. So we take off out of the pits, head up that Hill at Laguna Seca,and I'm thinking to myself, Who's going to call my mother and tell her I died on a motorcycle? No, I did the right thing. So we went the first lap and came down through the corkscrew and I'm screaming at the top of my lungs because it is the coolest thing I've ever done. Oh, my God. We pulled down Pill Lane, and he said, he turns around. He goes, Are you okay? I said, do another one. He looked at them all and they went, you want to do it? And he said, She's perfect. She knows exactly what to do. He said she leaned when I leaned, she did everything. And he said sometimes they get people on there that go all around and they'll just back it off and wick it down and just coast around. And so we took another lap.   And I will never forget that that was the most incredible ride. The second best ride I probably ever had was in a stock car with Dale Earnhardt, Sr. at Daytona. We were giving some customer rides, and he looked at me and he went, hey, I said, yes. You want to go for a ride? Yeah. And he looked at my boss and boss said, if she's dumb enough to go ride with you, go ahead. And I got in. And he did everything he possibly could to try to scare me because I'm watching the third turn wall coming at him.   And we're only like this far from the back stretch wall, I swear. And it was a hoot. And then the other best ride I ever had was in a Corvette with Juan Pablo at Indy. And that was just crazy. He is so crazy. good, it's unbelievable. Really.   MELINDA: I'm so jealous of your experiences because I would have gotten in all three of those rides without thinking, because I just don't have the fear. I mean, when you get on and you're going that's a different story. But I just would not have hesitated because it's just, oh, my gosh. I can't even imagine.   JUDY: I've been very, very blessed. I've been very lucky. I worked hard, but I'm grateful for every opportunity I've had. And I'm not done yet. I'm not done yet.   MELINDA: Oh, I know you're not. I still see the fire in your eyes.   JUDY: It's there… Yeah. I'm sad that this coming weekend is the last weekend. Jeez. But then January will be here before we know it and we'll be scrambling to get to Rolex, right?   MELINDA: It just goes so quick. 36 races of NASCAR went by in a flash, and we had two weeks off for the Indy race, Judy, in Nashville this year.   JUDY: Awesome. So awesome. Amazing.   MELINDA: It was amazing. And I've got my tickets for my first Indy.   JUDY: Good.   MELINDA: So I'm so excited about that. You know what? I'm not sure because I reached out to somebody that I know, but I'll let you know where they are. They're good seats because I had a connection that I met with this.   JUDY: Well, we do. Yeah. There's one thing about the Indy 500. All of the other races, the big races in any series are amazing. But there is just something about the start of the INDY 500 that you don't see any place else. You don't feel it when that place is full of 300,000 plus people, the drivers feel it. Everybody feels it. It's just crazy how fun it is.   MELINDA: Well, I'm told that the pre-race, the whole pre-race thing is worth everything to go. I can't wait.   JUDY: Kleenex in your pocket, though, because some of them make you cry. It's just so touching. Some of the things they do. I'm so good about honoring the history and honoring those who came before us. They're very good about that.   MELINDA: Well, Judy, I could talk to you for hours, but I know that you probably need to go have dinner and we will definitely see each other again.   JUDY: I hope so.   MELINDA: I'm so honored and pleased that you agreed to be on my podcast. I love the stories you've told and your passion and what you've shared, and we're going to have to do this again because we didn't get through near the stories I'm sure.   JUDY: No, we didn't. But I'd love to. Maybe we can talk again before the season starts next year, and we can see what we got in front of us with the new cars. All right. Well, thank you so much.   MELINDA: Thank you, Judy. You have a good evening.   JUDY: You, too.  

Sirr interviews one the best, young, tag-team wrestling duos out. Fly Def! Straight-out of Reality of Wrestling (owned and run by the WWE Hall of Famer Booker-T) these star pupils, Warren Johnson and Zack Mason make up the astronomically talented duo! Listen as we discuss their commitment to the art, their sacrifices and best memories thus far! Zack Mason: @Zack_Zilla Warren Johnson: @flybrothawarrenj Sirr: @Nawcuz 20/20 Podcast, LLC: @2020_podcast #Pleasesaythellc --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the2020podcastllc/support

Bentoranati sul Friday Comic Book Podcast! In concomitanza con l'uscita italiana, in questa puntata parleremo di Beta Ray Bill, l'ultima fatica di Daniel Warren Johnson. La miniserie dell'autore di Chicago traccia un nuovo inizio per il Korbinita, in un turbine di azione esagerata e momenti intimisti che delineano, con garbo e tatto, i contorni della personalità di Beta Ray portando avanti la pesante eredità di Simonson. Siamo di fronte ad uno dei lavori più ispirati di Warren Johnson, un'odissea cosmica che rispecchia la poetica dell'artista in una commistione di metal, sci-fi e arte orientale capace come al solito di spiccare rispetto alla maggior parte delle attuali produzioni Marvel. Contatti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friday_comic_book_podcast/ Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRPWgaXQ/

Greg Anderson and Ron Capps join NHRA Insider Podcast host Brian Lohnes to talk about their success at Texas, their championship hopes, and in the case of Capps an interesting upcoming weekend at Bristol Dragway.    Greg Anderson made history at Dallas last weekend, winning his 98th career pro stock racing and supplanting Warren Johnson as the all-time leader in class history. It has been an amazing year for Anderson so far but he knows that there's no time to lift off the throttle with the likes of Erica Enders hot on his heels for the pro stock championship. Anderson talks about his season, his career, and where his inner drive to win comes from.    Ron Capps ruled the funny car roost in Texas and now trails Matt Hagan by a small 33 points headed into the last three races of the season. This is a fun conversation that touches on many different points from the Dallas win, a championship mentality, and the potential pitfalls to avoid this weekend in Bristol.    Pair all this up with some Insider news from an explosive week of NHRA breaking reveals and things are going to get really interesting, really quick!

Message from Pastor Warren Johnson on October 3, 2021

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Greg Anderson wins his 97th NHRA event and ties Warren Johnson for most wins in Pro Stock history! Greg will give the details on WFO Radio with Joe Castello

We had the pleasure of interviewing Knifes over Zoom video! Knifes are back with their next installment of virulent riffs and contagious melodies. “Serial killers, cocaine, and car crashes,” exclaims Knifes singer and guitarist, Ben Young. These are the themes that found their way onto Knifes second EP, Regression To The Mean. Young goes on to explain, “This EP is a feral house cat pretending to play nice so it can come indoors. Don't let your guard down.”Regression To The Mean stays loyal to the 90s alt rock influences that Knifes have come to be known for, continuing to subvert catchy pop melodies with time signature changes and monumental riffs, yet it's also is a natural evolution into more transgressive themes and new approaches to songwriting. “These songs are what we wanted to sound like on our first EP, but we didn't know how to get here at the time.”Knifes members, Ben Young, Brian Diaz, and Warren Johnson, all met while touring, working as roadies for the world's biggest rock bands. Young and Johnson met in 2015 while working as backline techs for Linkin Park. Knifes came to fruition after Young filled in for Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson. “Playing lead guitar for a handful of Linkin Park shows gave me the confidence to start working on my own material,” Young explains. Diaz joined the band a few years later when they were all working for Fall Out Boy. Collectively they have worked for the some of the best rock bands in the world including Guns 'n Roses, Slipknot, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots…the list goes on.“We were supposed to be onstage tuning guitars with Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer last summer,” laments Diaz, “but then we suddenly found ourselves with extra time on our hands to finish these songs.” This is not a quarantine album though. Knifes had been working on recording these songs long before being confined to their homes. “We were lucky enough to record drums in the private studio of one of the world's richest billionaires. The rest was recorded in various places around Los Angeles wherever we could steal time,” explains Johnson.Regression To The Mean was produced by Knifes and mixed by Ethan Mates.We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #knifes #FOB #LinkinPark #Slipknot #FallOutBoy #TheMatches #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

Knifes is a punk/alternative-rock trio formed by BEN YOUNG (vocals, guitars), BRIAN DIAZ (bass) and WARREN JOHNSON (drums) met while working on tours for some of the world's biggest rock bands including Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Guns N' Roses, Slipknot, Deftones and Stone Temple Pilots. After YOUNG was asked to fill in for Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson on a series of dates, he started working on his own material and the rest is history.The guys discuss creating their sound while also fulfilling their duties with Fall Out Boy, Guns N' Roses & Linkin Park, being heavily influenced by 90's rock, including Nirvana & Pearl Jam, separating personal feelings from writing personal lyrics, not letting fame get the better of their egos & so much more! Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

When Kelly Wade talks about writing and motorsports - you can hear the passion in her voice... Especially when it comes to Pro Stock! On this episode of Women Take the Wheel we talk about the book she wrote about Warren Johnson, and the joy she gets from sharing stories about racers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NHRA Atlanta Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson celebrated with The Freaks Sunday night. He'll forever be the last Pro Stock winner at Atlanta Dragway because the NHRA is closing the track after this weekend's last event. Anderson is a four-time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion (2003–05, 2010). He also was crew chief when Warren Johnson won three world titles. All of that was part of Sunday night's conversation along with a cameo appearance from Anderson's wife Kimberly. Listen...

NHRA Atlanta Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson celebrated with The Freaks Sunday night. He'll forever be the last Pro Stock winner at Atlanta Dragway because the NHRA is closing the track after this weekend's last event. Anderson is a four-time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion (2003–05, 2010). He also was crew chief when Warren Johnson won three world titles. All of that was part of Sunday night's conversation along with a cameo appearance from Anderson's wife Kimberly. Listen...

Rex explains why the new CDC announcement is good for Drag Racing, gets you caught up on last week's action, and talks Warren Johnson's new Biography. Even better, Nitro Joe Jackson and Hall of Famer Bret Kepner talk about the origins of Top Sportsman and Top Dragster! Great stuff from both of them!!!

On the show today I'm talking to Warren Johnson, chairman and founder of W Communications about the state of the UK public relations market at the moment.W had a turnover of £10m in 2020 and despite the COVID economy, it had its most successful H1 ever in the second half of 2020. Warren appointed Rachel Friend as W’s CEO in July 2020, so 9 months in, it seems like a good time to catch up about how things have changed at W.Before we start, just to say thanks so much to the podcast sponsors, the PRCA.Here’s a summary of what Warren and I discuss:1 min Why there’s been a lot of big pitches over the last few months, specifically in Q4 2020.4 mins Why Warren is surprised that more businesses are not seeing now as an opportune time to “land grab” market share.6.30 mins “Advertising/creative agencies modus operandi is to make TV ads and while everyone gave up watching (ads) a few years ago, we’ve suddenly had to because it’s either that or go for a walk.”7 mins “We’ve seen a re-emergence of a newer breed of creative agencies.”9 mins Why W hired a lot of PR people last summer but in a very different way.12 mins Why we’re about to enter a period of wage inflation in PR.13 mins Which clients have W won in the last 6 months?15 mins Warren gives an update on how W has changed since Rachel Friend joined as CEO in July 2020.19 mins Warren talks about W’s M&A strategy, exclusively revealing that W has appointed a head of M&A who has a “long shopping list...and a decent war chest.”20 mins Warren reports on W’s international revenues which are now between 10% and 20% of the business’s revenues.24 mins New York has been a tough place for UK consumer PR shops to launch - why should W be any different?27 mins "PR of all industries thrives on interaction, creativity, collaboration and you just can’t do it on Zoom, I don’t care what anyone says.”28 mins “The idea of having ambitious, high growth businesses, and having it enshrined that people only have to spend half the time in the office, it’s certainly not the way I think we could run our business successfully.”29 mins “We’ll offer more flex on start and leave times, I think that's the thing that will improve people’s lives much more than working from home.”30 mins “There will be several tracks of career development: A lot of people have decided that they like to work from home because it suits their lifestyle...I think that shows a lack of ambition.”“There are other people who thrive on the hustle and bustle of the office and the adrenaline and you can’t replicate that at home, and they are often slightly more ambitious people.”

Warren Johnson is "The Professor", and when he talks, we listen. WJ gave an exclusive interview at the Engine Performance Expo. Many topics were covered in a way that is uniquely, Warren. You will love this one...

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W Communications founder Warren Johnson believes spring will be a crunch time for many PR agencies, predicting a "smaller second wave" of business closures. In a brutally honest discussion, Warren explains how the Government's timeline to ease lockdown will impact the industry and broader economy, as well as why he believes social media companies are in need of greater scrutiny and regulation.

W Communications founder Warren Johnson believes spring will be a crunch time for many PR agencies, predicting a "smaller second wave" of business closures. In a brutally honest discussion, Warren explains how the Government's timeline to ease lockdown will impact the industry and broader economy, as well as why he believes social media companies are in need of greater scrutiny and regulation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tom Martino, a drag racer who expanded into highly competitive Modified racing discusses bringing the drag racing mentality to round track engine building in the Northeast. Martino discusses his road to being successful and drops some stories about legends Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, Bob Glidden, and Warren Johnson.

This week, we're starting a new series called PR Reset, where I'm catching up with the CEOs of some of the UK's most prominent PR firms to talk about how they see their business, the PR world and the wider economy resetting post the Covid-19 lockdown. First up, we've got the founder of W Communications Warren Johnson. Frankly, Warren’s on even more punchy form than ever! Here’s a summary of what we discussed: 2.12 mins How Warren has managed the coronavirus lockdown crisis for W. 2.50 mins Warren describes the first week of lockdown as “the worst of his professional career.” 2.52 mins How Warren and his FD had to renegotiate “something like 42 client contracts in the first two or three weeks” of lockdown. 3.20 mins How he saw his “job as trying to make sure money didn’t leave (W Communications) for good.” 3.40 mins How W took an “aggressively commercial approach to its cost base” during the lockdown. 3.52 mins How W’s “EBIT didn’t take much of a hit during the lockdown, but revenues were 8-10% down.” 4.16 mins Warren denies that W was spending £4K a month on cereal, beer and flowers pre-Covid. And how not being in the office actually “saves a vast amount of money”. 07.05 mins Why being independent and being able to make quick decisions helped W during this period – for example getting out of the office before lockdown started reduced a lot of costs. 07.48 mins Why W has not reduced any of W’s staff salaries during lockdown, but instead took this as an “opportunity to trim the herd a little bit from some underperforming staff.” 08.10 mins W has brought in new CEO inn Rachel Friend (she started 1 July). Why did Warren decide that now was right the time was right to bring in an outsider into that position? 08.46 mins Warren explains he wants “W to be an agency as big as Weber, I don’t know what that looks like, so I need someone who does.” 08.59 mins Warren says: “There are very few people that we can work in partnership with. but when I put that list together, Rachel (Friend) was number one on that list.” 09.35 mins Warren says independents have had a better lockdown than the group owned forms because of their agility. 10.15 mins Warren predicts a two-speed recovery for the PR sector: “the better operators are already back on their A-game” 10.45 mins Warren says: “There is a slight nanny state evolving where people believe they need to be as far away from the office as possible.” 10.58 mins Why after three months of working from home people need to come back into the office to collaborate. 11.04 mins “Zoom is not the right format to be creative.” 12.11 mins Many PR firms are looking to return the office in Sept – but W returned to the office from 1 July in a “beta” phase. 13.51 mins Warren’s “fog of lockdown has already lifted” and why he’s “keen more people experience that.” 14.09 mins How W’s employees were about “a third, a third, a third” when it came to their keenness to return to the office. 14.34 mins Most of the employees who were concerned about returning to the office were worried about the travel. 15.17 mins Some of W’s younger employees have given up flats in London and have moved back to their parents’ homes. 16.55 mins Warren says he’s “not sure whether we (W) can be in a position where we can have people working remotely permanently...s o that is going to present a few problems.” 17.05 mins PR people, especially junior PR “people have become overconfident in their sense of job security”. 18.05 mins This should be a

3 May 2019, 16:56Each year PRWeek analyses the top 150 consultancies in the UK and some of the key trends in the market. In this special podcast, Ketchum's Jo-ann Robertson, Golin's Bibi Hilton and W's Warren Johnson joins PRWeek's John Harrington to debate the major findings, including opportunities and challenges, talent and diversity, pitching, and the service areas that agencies are increasingly investing in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Brock is joined by fellow pro wrestler, Warren Johnson, to roll out a fresh edition of The Hooligan Wonders segment and then Brock recaps Week 5 of the 2019 NFL season and previews Week 6. Leave us your 5-star rating below (PRETTY PLEEEAASSSEEE) and enjoy these audio waves! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson stops by Nitro Notes presented by WIX Filters this week to talk about his return to the Big Go!

Fifty years ago, President Nixon appointed Warren Burger as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Nixon would go on to appoint three additional justices. Nixon believed these appointments to be one of the central pillars of his presidential legacy. On this edition of the Nixon Now Podcast, we explore this topic with Michael Bobelian, contributing writer for Forbes.com, and author of “Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court.” Read the transcript here: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/08/podcast-michael-bobelian-fortas-warren-johnson-nixon-shaping-modern-court/ Interview by Jonathan Movroydis. Photo: President Nixon visited the Supreme Court on June 23, 1969. In this photo, he is accompanied by outgoing Chief Justice Earl Warren (left) and incoming Chief Justice Warren Burger (right). (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)

Adam Mack, the UK CEO of W tells the Echo Chamber what it takes to be an agile agency. Mack joined W founder Warren Johnson at the agency in January this year after leaving Weber Shandwick, where he was chief strategy officer for EMEA for six years. He also spent time at Freuds as director of strategy. He joins the Echo Chamber to talk about what business buzzword “agility” means in the context of PR agencies.

We shake things up a bit in Episode 9 of The Hooligan Hour podcast. Johnny is back and ready to deliver a fantastic interview with Zack Mason & Warren Johnson, collectively known as Fly Def. They are the hottest tag team in the State of Texas, and maybe all of independent professional wrestling. Check into the podcast to learn about them and hear a bit about their journey. The podcast also welcomes Fabio Estrada! He is another independent professional wrestler on the slow, but steady rise and he hops on to the Bo-Bo UFO this week to whip up a nice little recipe for all of you Hooligans to enjoy. So lace up, ball out, and cool down by checking out this week's episode of The Hooligan Hour podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, on the PRmoment Podcast, I’m pleased to welcome founder and managing director of W Communications Warren Johnson. Warren established W nine years ago and the business now has a fee income of circa £7.5m. W is the largest of a group of independent consumer agencies in London which are leading PR’s fight for creative work. Here is a flavour of what Warren and I discussed: Why he once left a career in PR to be become a builder Why if you’ve worked for someone for 10 years – you don’t really know what you know. Why he didn’t want to start W Communications Why Warren fell out of love with PR – first-time round Why Warren is a better senior PR person than a junior PR person Why Warren is ultimately driven by commercial success, not the quality of work Why people who confuse PR as a form of art are misguided Why Warren decided to self-fund his business, rather than taking backing or getting a partner What the growth path was of W Communications, from year one to now Why you work harder if you don’t have a backer Why PR firms shouldn’t need investment Why a sole owner business is often more collaborative Why Warren is more proud about his business success, than PR success. How W has kept growing and broken the £7m fee income barrier Why Warren has never written a business plan for W Why Warren believes any proper entrepreneur has to blend their business and personal lives Why social energy creates opportunity Why W bought in Mark Perkins as executive creative director and Adam Mack as CEO about a year ago Why W has bought a number of smaller PR firms in recent years Why W has managed to win larger clients in the last 12 months How PR firms with circa £1m fee income often struggle to grow Warren’s regrets and learnings about the House PR integration with W Communications Why Warren doesn’t want to buy firms and merge them into W Communications Why Warren has not sold W Communications Why, if an independent business is growing, most deals mean that the buyer is paying the founder from his or her own profits Why Warren expects a new wave of buyers for PR firms in the next five years Why PR people are the most agile and entrepreneurial of all the marcoms disciplines Why Warren believes PR firms will be competing with ad agencies for the big creative budgets sooner than people think Why the PR industry needs more swagger

The Hell's A-Roarin' Horse Drive started in 1982 as a way for outfitter Warren Johnson to move horses from Gardiner, MT to his ranch. Since then it has turned into an annual Memorial Day Weekend Event. This year's proceeds will be used to purchase an Action Trackchair for a disabled Montana Veteran. These chairs are custom built and allow folks with disabilities to reclaim their freedom, independence, and mobility in the outdoors! The horse drive will be held rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, evening activities will be held indoors at the Hell's A-Roarin' Ranch. http://hellsaroarinhorsedrive.com/index.html Picture By: Jean Modesette/Hell's A-Rorain' Outfitters Music by audionautix.com

Warren Johnson - Saturday Evening, January 6, 2018 by First Baptist Church of Hammond

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Warren Johnson - Sunday Evening, January 7, 2018 by First Baptist Church of Hammond

Warren Johnson - Monday Evening, January 8, 2018 by First Baptist Church of Hammond

Warren Johnson - Tuesday Evening, January 9, 2018 by First Baptist Church of Hammond

Warren Johnson - Wednesday Evening, January 10, 2018 by First Baptist Church of Hammond

In this episode, Dr. Josh Hurwitz and Warren Johnson of Scribe-X discuss how scribes are being used at the point of care to improve the experiences of patients and physicians along with delivering financial benefits for clinics. Learn how to listen to The Hospital Finance Podcast on your mobile device. Mike Passanante: Hi, this is Mike Passanante. Welcome Read More

Episode 211: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings VideoCast|PodCast for Week Ending Jan 8, 2017 features our interview with Ken Sinclair, owner and editor of Automated Buildings, who in his January, 2017 edition, continues his prescient insight into the future of our industry and talks about AB’s new Mission Statement to create a change in thinking and attitudes — and bringing satisfaction and comfort to the forefront as the new Measured Variables. Additionally, we review five more nominees for the 2016 Most Impactful Video category. Make sure to Vote for the 2016 ControlTrends Awards, which will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe, January 29, 2017! 2016 ControlTrends Most Impactful Video of the Year: Introducing FIN 4.0. A lot has been going on here at J2 Innovations! We recently announced our game-changing technology FIN 4.0 along with exciting new FIN Certified Hosts platforms. Check out the video below to experience first hand how FIN 4.0 uses tagging, data modeling, and HTML 5 to fundamentally change our industry. Energy Department Launches New Manufacturing USA Institute Focused on Recycling and Reusing Materials. As part of the Manufacturing USA initiative, today the Energy Department announced its new Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, which will be headquartered in Rochester, New York and led by the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance. REMADE will leverage up to $70 million in federal funding, subject to appropriations, and will be matched by $70 million in private cost-share commitments from over 100 partners. Ken Sinclair’s Automated Buildings January, 2017 Theme: “Our Assets are People, not Technology.” Don’t miss this prescient interview with Ken Sinclair. We might suppose that it was the relentless rays of disruptive IoT light recently shone on our industry, that inspired Ken Sinclair, owner and editor of Automated Buildings, to rewrite his Automated Buildings’ mission statement, entitled: “Be the Catalysis/Harbinger of the IoT Future of Building Automation.” Yet, the real focus of the AB’s January, 2017 edition is the concept that people are still our greatest asset, not technology. As Ken reminds us, “We need to focus instead on our only assets, our people who have all been through several technology shifts in their life. They have seen hardware evaporate into software and become data in the IoT cloud or processes acted on at the edge.” 2016 ControlTrends Awards Details for Attendees. The 2016 ControlTrends Awards will be held on January 29, 2017 from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Hard Rock Café on the Las Vegas Strip. Please note that the Hard Rock Café is not part of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The address of the venue is: 3771 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109. Please plan to arrive on time as we have a packed show this year that will kick off with a special treat, and you will want to be in your seat when it starts. If you have not voted yet, VOTE NOW! You have until January 19th, to cast your vote. 2016 ControlTrends Most Impactful Video of the Year: Contemporary Controls’ Understanding BACnet Part 1. Thanks to George Thomas and the team at Contemporary Controls for putting together this eight-part video series “Understanding BACnet.” Contemporary Controls is a leading global manufacturer of system building blocks for networking, integrating and controlling automation processes where performance and reliability are important. 2016 ControlTrends Most Impactful Video of the Year: Johnson Controls Smart Connected Chillers. Monitor Johnson Controls Smart Connected Chillers performance from anywhere. With buildings consuming 47 percent of global energy and about half of that coming from chillers, keeping on top of chiller performance is critical, not just for efficiency, but for occupant comfort and productivity. New technologies that form the Internet of Things (IoT) are making it easier than ever to stay on top of chiller maintenance – with data available anywhere, remote monitoring and diagnostics allow service technicians to proactively tackle potential issues, making preventative care and maintenance scheduling easier than ever. MG350 SmartX Actuator offers great havoc control 2016 ControlTrends Most Impactful Video of the Year: Schneider Electric’s SmartX Actuator MG350. The Schneider Electric SmartX MG 350 is the first NEW SmartX Actuator released globally. It is designed to control two and three-way globe valves in a wide range of applications. The MG350 SmartX Actuator is the platform for the future, acting as the foundation of both a SmartStruxure solution and SmartStruxure Lite solution. The critical information delivered by the actuator helps the BMS operate at optimal efficiency. 2016 ControlTrends Most Impactful Video of the Year: Johnson Controls, A New Evolution. In 1885, long before anyone talks about carbon footprints or climate change, Warren Johnson launches a company to explore new ways to harness and conserve precious energy resources. In doing so, he also launches a tradition of customer-focused innovation — a tradition that has inspired thousands of employees for more than 130 years and that continues to drive the success of Johnson Controls. The post Episode 211: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings VideoCast|PodCast for Week Ending Jan 8, 2017 appeared first on ControlTrends.

At MIDEM 2014 I had the pleasure to catch up with Warren Johnson, head of W Communications and Ronnie Traynor head of Vision Artists. The two companies have joined forces recently to create a new venture WVA which specializes in working with brands on music-based marketing campaigns. We chat about the role of brands in […] The post Artists & Brands with W Communications & Vision Artists (DMT at MIDEM 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

The Arrogant Healthcare Marketing Bastards were podcasting live from SHSMD 2013 in Chicago, Sep. 29 to Oct. 1. In this session we speak with Jim Rattray, Principal of Jim Rattray Strategic Marketing, Peggy Kane, Vice President of Business Development for GLC and Warren Johnson, Corporate Marketing Director at MidMichigan Health.

With guest Warren Johnson, we discuss the mind of today’s healthcare marketer - how marketers need to be looking at healthcare with a wider lens - and a recent MN court ruling involving online physician reviews.