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Len Gutman is president and founder of Open Door Communications, a full-service public relations and communications company based in Phoenix, Ariz.

Open Door Communications was founded in 2000 on the belief that every client deserves to be treated like the only client and that high-level public relations and strategic communications should be open to businesses of every size.

Past and present clients include General Dynamics C4 Systems, Trammell Crow Company, Atomic Comics, Best Western International, Full Circle Autowash, Raytheon Missile Systems, Microchip Technology and many more.

Prior to founding Open Door Communications, Len was General Manager of Airport Customer Service Communications at Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, Ga. Additionally, Len worked for Insight Enterprises in Tempe, Ariz., where he directed all facets of corporate communications for this $2 billion reseller of computers, hardware and software and was Manager of Communications at AlliedSignal Aerospace in Phoenix. Len’s background also includes five years of positions of increasing responsibility in communications at TRW Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., and jobs as an investor relations consultant, a magazine editor and a sports journalist.

Len is a member of both the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and served as president of IABC Phoenix in 2003-04. Len earned his accreditation from IABC in 2002, a designation achieved by less than 5 percent of the organization’s 13,000 members worldwide. He is an alumni of Valley Leadership, was named as one of the “Forty Under Forty” up-and-coming community leaders by The Phoenix Business Journal, and is an advisory board member for the American Lung Association of Arizona. Len is the author of Giving Time: Making A Difference in Your Community (Llumina Press, 2003) and is a longtime columnist and contributing writer for the Arizona Republic. His writing has also appeared in various publications including The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Ahwatukee Monthly and Raising Arizona Kids.

Len has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from San Jose State University and a master’s degree in English from Northern Arizona University. He lives in Phoenix with his wife, Leslie, and son Connor.

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What is Your PR Agency Doing for You?

dartsThe bottom-line goal of public relations is to spread the word about your business to increase sales. To reach this goal, PR tacticians use a variety of standard tools including media relations, event promotion and eMarketing. Public Relations firms come in various shapes and sizes, from the national mega agencies to the local-area big names to the solo practitioner and everything in between. The question is, what type of firm is best?

Open Door Communications provides clients with the power of a large agency, combined with the client service and agility of an independent consultant. The key is our network approach.

Whatever the scope of your project, you’ll be working with only skilled, experienced professionals. The Open Door Communications network encompasses a wide variety of disciplines with experience in virtually every industry.

Our services include:

  • Public Relations Planning and Program Development
  • Media Relations
  • Event Management and Promotion
  • Marketing Communications
  • eMarketing
  • Advertising
  • Direct Mail
  • Community Relations

Whether you’ve worked with public relations agencies for years or you’re just starting to think about how PR can help take your business to the next level, Open Door Communications can help you achieve the results you deserve. Best of all, working with us is like working with a firm made up entirely of principals – your account will never be passed down to a junior-level novice.
Open Door Communications was founded in 2000 on the belief that every client deserves to be treated like the only client and that high-level public relations and strategic communications should be open to businesses of every size.

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Hear Len Discuss PR on RSSRay Radio

Len Gutman was a guest on the RSSRay radio show in June 2009 where he discussed public relations best practices for small and medium sized businesses. To hear the interview, follow the link in the box below:

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Folks are all atwitter about Social Media, but what tools should you be using? Open Door Communications can not only design a Social Media program specifically for your business, but we can do the work as well. Yep, we'll blog for you and Twitter for you and even manage your Facebook fan page.

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Testimonials

Len came in like a ball of fire and quickly took our public relations efforts to the next level. He had limited knowledge of the commercial real estate industry when he started working with us, but it didn’t take long for him to become a subject-matter expert and for him to build solid relationships with the real estate media. He also has developed successful working relationships with our staff of brokers and support personnel. — Craig S. Henig, Senior Managing Partner, CB Richard Ellis

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