“I am extremely pleased with the video opener Jay and Lars produced for my Internet based business. They walked me through every aspect of the process including a precise and powerful script, guidance in the types of scenes that would really make my video stand out and interest the viewer, as well as how I could maximize the way I spoke and conveyed my message. They also did a spectacular job in editing the final product, which looked highly professional and polished. They put me at ease throughout the entire process and really delivered exactly what I wanted. I highly recommend JBC Communications.”

Dr. Jennifer Schiel
Founder of Living Lean and Healthy

We can do the same for YOUR business. Harness the power of professional video for your business with JBC Communications

Aug. 17, 2011

Media Contact: Lars Trodson, larstrodson@comcast.net

JBC COMMUNICATIONS SIGNS LIVING LEAN & HEALTHY

Program emphasizes achievable lifestyle goals

PORTSMOUTH, NH – JBC Communications, an Emmy-honored video production and public relations company, has signed the York, Maine-based company Living Lean & Healthy. Living Lean & Healthy, founded by Dr. Jennifer Schiel, offers person-to-person consultation on lifestyle goals that is accompanied by a cookbook emphasizing healthy eating.

JBC will be supporting Living Lean & Healthy’s online video promotions.

“What was inspiring to us about this project was Living Lean & Healthy’s approach to lifestyle changes. So many programs promote impossible goals that people soon grow tired of and abandon. Dr. Schiel’s approach was much more reasonable and success-oriented,” said JBC Director Jay Childs. “Our job was to capture Jen’s personality and the benefits of her program in a vibrant video format.”

The video introduction to Living Lean & Healthy will be shown at  www.liveleanandhealthy.com.

“This video gives me complete confidence in selling my product online. I feel proud. JBC did a fabulous job!” said Dr. Schiel. “You guys are the best!”

About JBC Communications

JBC Communications is one of New Englandʼs premier video production, marketing and public relations

firms. Founded in Portsmouth, NH by owner Jay Childs in 1997, JBC clients include UMass-Lowell,

Timberland, Irving Oil Marketing, Segway, The Bank of Maine, Parexel Pharmaceutical and

many others. Jay has been honored with Emmys, Tellys, and by the New Hampshire Business Review as

the Best Video Production Company for 2010. JBC has also been awarded with a Lamplighter Award by

the New England Society for Healthcare Communications. Jay Childs won the Best Documentary award

at the New Hampshire Film Festival for  “Communities and Consequences. Jay has been a member of

the New England Council since 2008. Public Relations VP Lars Trodson has been honored with awards

from the New England Press Association, the New Hampshire Press Association, the Maine Press

Association, The New Hampshire Film Festival and is also an award-winning playwright.

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July 2, 2011

Media Contact: Lars Trodson, (603) 498-4742, larstrodson@comcast.net

PORTSMOUTH, NH – TTTom Clark, one of the region’s busiest and most respected comic actors, has recently signed with JBC Communications for public relations and marketing support. JBC Communications, an Emmy-honored video production and public relations company, is based in Portsmouth, NH.

“Tom has been busy working as a commercial actor, standup comedian and motivational speaker for years. He’s a triple threat,” said Lars Trodson, VP of Public Relations at JBC Communications. “What we’re going to do is let Tom now focus on his writing and creating fulltime so he can let us worry about marketing his skills and talents.”

Clark recently signed with New Wave Entertainment, which will distribute his two CDs, “How To Be A Better Tourist”, which features his comic Downeast character C. L. Thomas, as well as “Coast To Coast Comedy”, a recording of gigs Clark performed live in Los Angeles and Portland, Maine.

For more information on TTTom Clark, please go to www.tttomclark.com.

About Tom Clark

Tom Clark is a veteran of the standup comedy circuit, having begun his career in Boston in the early 1980s. He has performed on national television, cruise ships and in comedy clubs all over the country and internationally. He is signed with New Wave Entertainment, which distributes his CDs online through iTunes and other outlets. For more information, please visit www.tttomtalks.com.

JBC TO HELP TOWN OF EXETER LAUNCH PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISON

PORTSMOUTH, NH – JBC Communications, an Emmy Award-winning video production and
public relations firm, has been hired by Exeter, New Hampshire to help launch the town’s public access cable channel.

JBC will consult on how to properly and cost-effectively equip the new studio, will develop the
policies and procedures for operations, will support public relations outreach and assist in
training residents on how to produce quality programming.

The public access channel for Exeter will be channel 98. No formal launch date for public
access has been set.

“JBC Communications is fortunate to work with the public access cable advisory committee on
multiple levels on this project. Cable access programming, produced by local residents, is an
important and timely endeavor. All participants are committed to ensuring that the public access
channel for Exeter gets up and running in a responsible and efficient manner,” said JBC
Communications director Jay Childs. “Accomplishing this requires not only technical expertise,
but civic awareness. We’re pleased to be able to help assist in a project that we feel has value
and relevance to the town of Exeter.”

About JBC Communications

JBC Communications is one of New England’s premier video production, marketing and public relations firms. Founded in Portsmouth, NH by owner Jay Childs in 1997, JBC clients include UMass-Lowell, Timberland, Irving Oil Marketing, Segway, Living Innovations, Bank of Maine, Parexel Pharmaceutical and many others. Jay has been honored with Emmys, Tellys, and by the New Hampshire Business Review as the Best Video Production Company for 2010. JBC has also been awarded with a Lamplighter Award by the New England Society for Healthcare Communications. Jay Childs won the Best Documentary award at the New Hampshire Film Festival for  “Communities and Consequences. Jay has been a member of the New England Council since 2008. Public Relations VP Lars Trodson has been honored with awards from the New England Press Association, the New Hampshire Press Association, the Maine Press Association, and is also an award-winning filmmaker and playwright.

JBC Communications Signs UMass-Lowell

PORTSMOUTH, NH – JBC Communications, an Emmy-winning video production and marketing firm, has been awarded two important projects for the University of Massachussetts Lowell.

The first project is a video news magazine program featuring students and faculty that will be used to update the Board of Trustees about progress on important strategic and academic initiatives at the university.

JBC Communications has also entered production on a new recruitment and admissions project for UMass.

“Clients are very finding real value in our approach of shooting once and then deploying video across multiple platforms,” said Jay Childs, owner of JBC Communications. “With new technologies and marketing savvy, there are an exploding variety of ways to leverage existing video content to tailor messages to specific audiences, and to maximize our clients’ return on their investment with JBC.”

About JBC Communications

JBC Communications is one of New England’s premier video production, marketing and public relations firms. Founded in Portsmouth, NH by owner Jay Childs in 1997, JBC clients include UMass-Lowell, Timberland, Irving Oil Marketing, Segway, Living Innovations, Bank of Maine, Parexel Pharmaceutical and many others. Jay has been honored with Emmys, Tellys, and by the New Hampshire Business Review as the Best Video Production Company for 2010. JBC has also been awarded with a Lamplighter Award by the New England Society for Healthcare Communications. Jay Childs won the Best Documentary award at the New Hampshire Film Festival for  “Communities and Consequences. Jay has been a member of the New England Council since 2008. Public Relations VP Lars Trodson has been honored with awards from the New England Press Association, the New Hampshire Press Association, the Maine Press Association, and is also an award-winning filmmaker and playwright.

PORTSMOUTH In his award-winning 2008 documentary, “Communities & Consequences,” producer, director and writer Jay Childs examined the growing disparity between older and younger residents in New England.

“In many communities, especially in New Hampshire, it was beginning to happen, in part, by design,” Childs said. “Enabling younger adults to get a toehold in the region was becoming a problem.” One solution Childs’ film featured was the rise of organizations for young professionals, such as Catapult Seacoast, launched in Portsmouth in 2006. Catapult’s mission resonated with Childs. “I thought it was important to assist Catapult any way I could to get their message out,” he said.

In December, at a party at The Red Door on State Street marking its fourth anniversary, Catapult honored Childs with its J.T. O’Donnell Award.

“Jay has been a great friend and supporter over the years, and we wanted to thank him for his contribution of time and resources to help our organization,” said Helen Donington, Catapult chairwoman and co-founder.

“I’m shocked and humbled,” said Childs, who founded JBC Communications in 1996.

Childs’ film won the 2008 New Hampshire Documentary Film Award at the New Hampshire Film Festival, aired numerous times on N.H. Public Television and traveled the state, attending screenings that often included panel discussions to spark discussion on talent retention.

The film helped put Catapult in the vanguard of organizations helping young professionals set roots in their community.

Childs calls JBC a “video production, interactive design, and consulting firm,” one that serves clients of all sizes, including Irving Oil, New England Footwear, Segway and Timberland.

“Most of our training is in communications and storytelling, and video just happens to be the primary outlet of that,” Childs said. “We bring a filmmaker’s sensibility to each project and serve people who value having high-quality video.”

In 2010, New Hampshire Business Review named JBC New Hampshire’s Best Video Production Company award winner.

Childs recently videotaped responses to Catapult’s signature question: What’s the number one thing somebody can do to catapult their career? This was filmed during Catapult’s new business seminar series featuring established local professionals such as filmmaker Chase Bailey, creating promotional clips to post on Catapult’s Web site, and his own.

“Even though I’m 45 and technically out of their demographic, I try to support their endeavor in any way I can,” Childs said.

The award is named for career expert J.T. O’Donnell, founder and president of Careerealism.com, who was a key contributor and mentor to Catapult’s founders during its first year. O’Donnell received the inaugural award in 2007 and has presented at many of its seminars.

“We decided to name the award after her and annually acknowledge someone from the community who goes above and beyond to further Catapult’s mission,” Donington said.

Past recipients of the J.T. O’Donnell Award include Stephen Reno, former University System of New Hampshire chancellor and catalyst for the 55% Initiative, who won in 2008, and Craig Davis, Catapult’s longest-standing volunteer, who won in 2009.

Marketing and PR services now include:

Writing and distributing press releases
Securing press coverage
Planning press conferences
Serving as company spokesperson
Strategic thinking
Media training
Crisis management and communications
Brand development and strategy
Media relations and counsel
Social media development and outreach
Product launches

Trodson was previously a public relations manager for Griffin York & Krause in Manchester, and the Public Relations Manager for Irving Oil Marketing Inc. Trodson was also the Managing Editor of The Portsmouth Herald for many years. He has won multiple journalism awards from the New Hampshire Press Association and the New England Press Association. He is also an award-winning playwright and film-maker.

He has worked for such clients as St. Mary’s Bank, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission, the New Hampshire Lottery, SubCom 2007, Reilly Studios and many more.

Trodson can be reached at ltrodson@jbccom.com or by phone at (603) 498-4742

“We are proud to be honored for this award”, said JBC Communications Director Jay Childs. “We accept this award as a testament to our clients who voted for us and who time and again trust us to communicate their stories through video and interactive media. It is a responsibility we take very seriously. It also happens to be our passion and I think our clients sense that.”

“With more than 2,400 ballots cast for the 2010 awards, the BOBs have really become a standard of excellence in New Hampshire’s business community,” said Jeff Feingold, editor of New Hampshire Business Review “If other business owners have named your business a BOB business, it really says something about the high caliber of the company you’re running.”

“Video is coming into its own in terms of a primary media tool in a company’s or non-profits communications arsenal. There are so many more innovative ways to deploy video content from advertising, sales and PR, to training, fundraising and branding. We look forward to continuing this commitment to excellence, and to also continuing to give back to the community through our strategic partnerships with Cross Roads House and Catapult Seacoast in Portsmouth, and the Forum on the Future, through the NH College and University Council in Concord.”

The Best of Business Awards are presented by NHBR and are sponsored by: FairPoint Communications, Centrix Bank, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Charter Trust, Comcast Business Class, Walden University, RAM Printing, Southwest Airlines, NH Business Resource Center and WZID. New Hampshire Business Review is the state’s only business newspaper, reaching over 50,000 readers every other week. It is part of McLean Communications of Manchester, a publishing company that also includes New Hampshire Magazine, ParentingNH and New Hampshire Home Magazine.

JBC Communications has 20 years experience telling its clients’ stories affordably through video, delivering high quality and value to our clients’ bottom line. Now we are making it easier for clients to harness the power of a professionally produced video program at truly affordable rates.
All projects are shot in vivid FULL 1920×1080 High Definition video, making the footage ideal for potential repurposing at a later time.

JBC provides 3 Budget Video Packages where the scope of services and costs are defined
right up front.

Option 1. Intro video/Simple online video ad. 60 – 90 seconds.

• 1/2 day HD video shooting at client location, full lighting/audio package, 1 person crew (travel within 35 miles portal to portal), (not all clients will qualify for this package)

• 1/2 day digital video nonlinear postproduction including graphics and effects,

• compression and encoding of file for web-enabled use,

Budget: $1,985

Option 2. Program length up to 3 minutes.

• 2-3 hours preproduction with client, including script editing from client provided script,

• 1/2 day HD video shooting at client location, full lighting/audio package, 1 person crew (travel within 35 miles portal to portal), (not all clients will qualify for this package)

• 1 day digital video nonlinear postproduction including graphics and effects,

• 1 music cut from digital music library, (nonbroadcast/webcast)

• compression and encoding of file for web-enabled use,

• full resolution client reference file of final program for archiving

Budget: $2,985

Option 3. Program length 3 – 5 minutes.

• 1/2 day preproduction with client, including script editing from client provided script,

• 1 day HD video shooting at client location, full lighting/audio package, 1-2 person crew
(travel within 35 miles portal to portal),

• 1 day digital video nonlinear postproduction including graphics and effects,

• 1 music cut from digital music library, (nonbroadcast/webcast)

• compression and encoding of file for web-enabled use,

• full resolution client reference file of final program for archiving

Budget:  $3,985

Of course these packages will not be suitable for every type of project, but we are targeting them to be affordable, with no compromise on quality, for a broad range of clients.

Contact us today to discuss your potential project, scope of services and pricing for each package, and decide which one is right for you.