Pelland Advertising Sponsors the Business Expo
at the Second Annual Hilltown Spring Festival

Pelland Advertising once again was the Business Expo sponsor of the Hilltown Spring Festival, held at the Cummington (Massachusetts) Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 10, 2008. This event was presented by the Hilltown Community Development Corporation. In addition to the Business Expo, the Spring Festival, which ran from 10:00AM to 6:00PM, featured artists and craftspeople, performers, good food, all day events … and spectacularly good weather. A crowd of attendees enjoyed the day, right through the final encore of the last performers on the main stage: The Charles Neville Band, featuring musical legend and Hilltown resident, Charles Neville.

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Pelland Advertising Participates in the 2008 Northeast Conference on Camping

Pelland Advertising was once again an active participant in this year’s 44th Annual Northeast Conference on Camping, held for the third year at the MassMutual Center, in Springfield, Massachusetts from March 13-15, 2008. Pelland Advertising exhibited at the event’s trade show and also sponsored the event’s Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 14th. Finally, Peter Pelland presented two CPO-certified seminars. The first seminar, co-presented along with Deb Kohls of Friend Communications, was entitled “Understanding the Web and How to Seize Its Latest Opportunities" and was presented on Friday, March 14th, from 9:30-11:30AM in the Worthy Room of the Sheraton Hotel. An online version of this seminar may be viewed by clicking here. The second seminar was entitled “Professional Tips for Taking Photos Worth a Thousand Words" and was presented on Saturday, March 15th, from 3:00-4:30PM in the Highland Room of the Sheraton Hotel. An online version of this seminar may be viewed by clicking here. For more information on the conference itself, click here.

Pelland Advertising Participates in the
2008 Mid-Atlantic Coastal States Conference for Campground Owners

Pelland Advertising was once again an active participant in the trade show at this year’s 17th Annual Mid-Atlantic Coastal States Conference for Campground Owners, held at the Princess Royale Oceanfront Hotel & Conference Center, in Ocean City, Maryland on March 4, 2008. We enjoyed meeting with both old and new clients from the family camping industry in the states of New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.

Pelland Advertising Participates in the
2007 Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association Conference

Pelland Advertising was once again an active participant in the annual PCOA Conference, held at the Sheraton Reading, in Reading, Pennsylvania from November 15-17, 2007. In addition to exhibiting at the event’s trade show, Peter Pelland presented a well-received Friday afternoon workshop on Website Traffic and Promotion.

Pelland Advertising Joins the Campground Owners of New York

Pelland Advertising is pleased to announce that, after an absence of many years, it has once again joined the ranks of business members of the Campground Owners of New York. We look forward to a greater and more direct involvement with CONY members in the coming months. As a start, the company exhibited at the recent 44th Annual CONY Convention, held from November 1-4, 2007 at the Holiday Inn, in Auburn, New York.

Pelland Advertising Participates in Website Designers Showcase

Pelland Advertising was an active participant in the recent Website Designers Showcase, sponsored by the Hilltown Community Development Corporation. The event was held on July 19, 2007, from 6:00 - 9:00PM at the offices of the Hilltown CDC. Qualifying small businesses were subsequently chosen to receive up to five hours of free consulting services, to use for planning how to develop and improve their business' websites. At least two of these businesses have chosen to work with Pelland Advertising.

Peter Pelland Co-Authors Feature Article in June 2007 ARVC Report

Peter Pelland was chosen as one of ten industry leaders to lead off the feature story in the annual technology issue of the ARVC Report. His contribution was titled “Your Campground’s Website: A Necessity, Not an Option”. Click here to download a copy of the complete feature story.

Peter Pelland Authors “Tech Talk” Column in April 2007 ARVC Report

Peter Pelland authored his second in a continuing series of “Tech Talk” columns which appear in the ARVC Report, the monthly publication of the National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds. The article was titled “Ensuring Successful Activities”. Click here to download a copy.