Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing Lands Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament

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Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing Lands Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament
Local Marketing Firm Contracted By Intercollegiate Basketball Program

Cary, NC – Jim Tobin, Partner at Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing, announced today that the firm has been contracted by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to provide marketing and advertising services for the basketball tournament, which will be held in Raleigh, NC for the first time in the tournament’s history. In support of the upcoming 2006 event, Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing will work to boost ticket sales and attract corporate sponsorships. The MEAC Basketball Tournament will be held March 6-11 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C.

“Our sports marketing and tourism marketing background was a good match for the MEAC Basketball Tournament’s needs,” said Tobin. “This conference has a wonderful tournament that should grow quickly in Raleigh. We are proud to ensure its future success.”

About the MEAC:
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), an NCAA Division I conference, was established in 1970 and is enjoying its 35th year of operation. Located in Virginia Beach, VA, the MEAC is made up of 11 historically black higher educational institutions spanning the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.); Coppin State University (Baltimore, Md.); Delaware State University (Dover, Del.); Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, Fla.); Hampton University (Hampton,Va.); Howard University (Washington, D.C.); University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (Princess Anne, Md.); Morgan State University (Baltimore, Md.); Norfolk State University (Norfolk, Va.); North Carolina A&T State University (Greensboro, N.C.); and South Carolina State University (Orangeburg,S.C.).

About Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing:
Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing, established in 1984, specializes in marketing, advertising, PRIZM®-based media planning/buying, public relations, customer and prospect research, web-site development, online marketing, diversity marketing, and publications. The ninety million dollar firm has a staff of over seventy, in Cary, North Carolina and Detroit, Michigan as well as service offices in Washington, D.C. and Naples, Florida and an affiliated office in Chicago, Illinois. Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing has been voted One of the Best Places to Work, a Workplace of Tomorrow, and a High-Performance Workplace and most recently was ranked seventh largest advertising agency in the Triangle in the Triangle Business Journal’s Book of Lists 2004. For more information, please call 919-653-2580 or visit the Website at http://www.brogan.com.


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Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
Patty@mmimarketing.com

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