Marissa Levin explains government contracts

Would you like to obtain a federal contract? Working for the federal government can be a lucrative proposition for public relations agencies, advertising agencies, marketing firms, and creative services firms, as well as independent consultants.

However, the process of getting on the GSA Schedule is complex and competitive. In this Conversations in Public Relations video interview, Marissa Levin, CEO of Information Experts (http://www.InformationExperts.com) and DC Women’s Entrepreneurship Examiner for Examiner.com (http://www.Examiner.com/x-12152-DC-Womens-Entrepreneurship-Examiner) provides helpful tips for communicators who would like to obtain federal agency clients.

Jim Krol explains the GSA Schedule

Have you wondered how communicators and agencies obtain federal contracts? Would you like to get on the GSA Schedule? This video interview features Jim Krol, Vice President of Xenophon Strategies, a communications firm headquartered in Washington, DC. Jim will talk about the GSA Schedule, and the business opportunities it presents for communications professionals.

Jim manages a GSA scheduled contract for Xenophon. Xenophon (http://www.XenophonStrategies.com) is particularly distinguished as the winner of the 2009 Silver Anvil Award for Public Affairs Campaign of the Year.

Jim formerly worked for GSA, and managed the agency’s national public relations and marketing efforts.

This video is part of the series Conversations in Public Relations, produced by Mary Fletcher Jones. Please visit the Conversations in Public Relations blog http://prconversations.wordpress.com