ABOUT

Rebekah Brown is CEO of The Marketing Square, a Winter Park, Florida, website and advertising services agency.

Brown provides clients with results-driven strategy to increase revenue and sales. From website builds, rebuilds or brand launches to refined e-commerce systems, TV, radio, public relations or events, clients receive outstanding results.

Services  include website super sites, website SEO, event planning, writing, content, photography, video, graphics, design, media relations and social media to provide clients with turnkey campaign management and support for initial or long-term market impact.

Complete program activation is available or training can be given to business owners and staff who want to engage in their own website and marketing management.

Before The Marketing Square, Brown was Director of Account Services with Urban Sports & Entertainment Group and generated new business through the sale of large sports events and media to Fortune 500 companies. Clients included Advance Auto Parts, Alltel, American Cancer Society, Bank of America, Best Buy, Budweiser, Honda, McDonald’s, MillerCoors and the Navy. Events included The Honda Battle of the Bands (60,000 attendees, 2,500 participants), and The CIAA Basketball Tournament (180,000+ attendees).

Prior, Brown was Senior Account Executive with Caponigro Public Relations driving agency new business and media relations. Clients included Rieter Automotive, the University of Michigan Aphasia Program, Mindworks Learning Center, and the Oakland Community College Combined Regional Emergency Services Training Program.

Brown was Events and Proposals Manager, Agency Proofreader, and Senior Copy Writer for GlobalHue. She created TV, radio, print, outdoor, direct mail, PR and advertising campaigns. Brown also planned, managed and executed events and promotions. Clients included Ameritech, Carson Beauty Products, The Chrysler Group, Corona, Domino’s Pizza, General Mills, Kmart, Michigan Lottery, Miller Brewing, Navy, Verizon Wireless, Western Union.

Brown was a Sports Reporter, Boxing Columnist, Layout and Copy Editor for The Detroit News. She was Sports Editor of The Michigan Chronicle. Brown was the Purdue University Beat Reporter for The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. She was a Sports Reporter for The Kansas City Star & Times and was a Sports Reporter for The Wisconsin State Journal.

Awards and achievements include:

  • Author of three novels
  • Sandler Presidents Club Member
  • Best Attitude Award Caponigro Public Relations
  • Executive Editor Pine Lake Country Club Centennial Book
  • PRAME Awards TV, Radio, Direct Mail Copy Writing
  • Best of Gannett Headline Writing Award
  • Ring 32 Boxing Writer of the Year
  • Two-time NNPA Best Sports Section of the Year
  • Babbitt Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Madison Pen & Mike Sports Writer’s Award

Brown earned a B.A. in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a member of the Benzie County Chamber of Commerce, the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, the Central Florida Romance Writers, The Romance Writers of America, Leadership Winter Park Class XXI, Board Member of Hollow Creek Farm Equine & Canine Rescue, and The Florida Opera Theatre Board Member At Large.

Brown is the author of three sports-related novels. She enjoys writing, fishing, opera and growing roses. She lives and works in Winter Park, Florida.