we are.

We are a decentralized agency aligned with top-tier talent in various disciplines through strategic partnerships globally.

STIR-Communications is headquartered in Miami solely because we prefer a year-round tanning index of 10 to complement our creative side.

We are heavily caffeinated, highly creative, superiorly strategic and play well with others.

Our mantra is to build our clients' bottom line revenue. Our sole focus is to Sell More Things, To More People, More Often! (Well, that, and drink great wine, dine on wonderful food and stay up late laughing with loved ones.)

Principals.

GREG SALSBURG
CEO/Big STIR

Greg Salsburg has been ostracized by society since birth and became a disappointment to his family and all those who came in contact shortly thereafter. His freakish nature, early adoption of donning loud footwear and love for all things “Seussian” made him a pariah on the playground.

Years were spent in exile, with only rumors of his whereabouts. Villagers in remote areas delight of stories about how Salsburg once muttered “Just do It” while in Portland, while others point to time in the late 80’s spent in a Buddhist temple when he broke his vow of silence to postulate “it’s time to overcharge the masses for burnt coffee with confusing names, served by condescending individuals.” Authorities hired to track him, have regaled in his impressive turnaround and integration back into civilization.

Prior to founding STIR-Communications, LLC in 2004 as an initial tax loop hole, Salsburg was hailed as a “PR Wunderkid” by The New York Daily News in 1996. Further proving you can fool all of the people all of the time, his business insights and skills were also noticed by Crain’s New York in 1998 who called him “A sagacious marketer with keen tactical instincts.” TIMEOUT said of his work, “Creative, forward thinking and exciting.” Salsburg was named a business “Up & Comer 2006” by South Florida Business Journal and recently was named South Florida CEO’s “Power Player” in Florida. All of which has made his grandmother very proud and her bridge partners envious.

Yes, there were many other stops along the way, which turned this boy into a man. Like his duties as a news anchor for New York City’s all news station WINS from 1991 - 1993, the largest news radio station in the country, where he secured interviews with several high-profile political figures including former Secretary of Defense and former Vice President Dick Cheney, former New Jersey Governors Jim Florio and Christine Todd Whitman and some weird owner of a local car dealership. His reporting during this time period earned the station an Associated Press Award for excellence in journalism for an interview Salsburg conducted with the nation’s second lady, Marilyn Quayle. Salsburg never received anything as congratulations.

Next stop, Hollywood baby! Salsburg joined the newly formed Planet Hollywood where he held senior marketing, promotion and public relations positions, from 1993 -1995, and eventually rose to worldwide Director of Promotions/Marketing. Salsburg’s unique political, business, entertainment, and sports connections and uncanny good looks were put to maximum use working closely with film studios, agents, record companies and celebrities. Yes, stories of his ability to “suck up” to the entertainment elite are legendary. While there, he oversaw promotions for such Shakespearian thespians as Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Perry, Charlie Sheen, Whoopie Goldberg, Jim Belushi, Jean-Claude Van Dame, Danny Glover and many other talents. Capitalizing on his entrepreneurial nature (translation “sick of working 100 hours a week and being paid only $30k”) Salsburg left to establish his own marketing and promotions company. His client list included The World Wrestling Federation, Elle McPherson, Claudia Schiffer, Lawrence Taylor, Muhammad Ali, The New York Yankees, Mezzaluna restaurant, and Fashion World Corp. Seven months later, Fashion World acquired the firm. Salsburg joined Boston Ventures which is parent company to the renowned Motown Cafe and Six Flags Theme Parks, serving as Vice President of Marketing Sales and Communications until 2000. Although being the holder of the lowest IQ in the company, Salsburg established the Cafe’s sales department and added Six Million Dollars to the company’s bottom line. In addition to controlling the flagship New York City location, he spearheaded the company’s expansion into Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida. Both openings received worldwide media attention.

There was some successful time spent at The Barish Group, as well as a failed internet company; (like you’ve never had some misses), prior to landing in South Florida, to tackle new lofty goals; Kicking the ass of all the unimaginative sycophants piously hiding behind their marketing jargon gleaned earlier in the day from their local bookstore.

Need huggable? Did we mention Mr. Salsburg is a board member of “Toast to Humanity” and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida?

PATRICIA MICEK
Chief Number STIR'er
(Chief Financial Officer)

Patricia Micek, a chief number stirrer at STIR-Communications, brings over 15 years of managing large, multi-disciplinary outpatient programs and not-for-profit patient advocacy and research programs experience to this initiative.

Skilled at developing and managing multimillion dollar budgets and capital improvements, including the management of clinical revenue and profit/ loss evaluation; develop and implement clinical practice models: and, management of physician recruitment and contract implementation. She was the Director, Outreach Operations at NYC, hospital Columbia University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well Associate Administrator and Executive Director, Women’s Center for Health and Social Issues St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. Wondering why her bio is straight forward and sans our typical demented perverse global view point? She controls the cash and quite frankly we're a little scared.

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DEIDRE KRAUSE
Vice President of Superior STIR'ing
(Vice President)

Ms. Krause has been described as a complex juxtaposition between Good vs. Evil, between strategic thinker and sinister empress, plotting to take over the world. At least that’s what her mother told us. Remember as a child the girl in the playground that received all the attention? The one that was loved by teachers and picked first for every game but when no one was looking always sent one kid home crying with a bloody nose? Meet Deidre Krause.

She still doles out bloody noses but now it’s strictly aimed at our clients’ competition. It’s hard for Ms. Krause to fit in at STIR-Communications, against the backdrop of misfits and social pariahs that slither our hallways. However, with a sharp wit and inflated sense of superiority she prevails. Ms. Krause; I’m not referring to her as Ms. Krause to be formal; she had it written into her contract. Anyway, Ms. Krause brings a lot of perspective to the company. Working in high level marketing companies, she has worked on such notable accounts as Pepsi, Perkins Restaurants, Smirnoff Vodka, Delta Airlines, Unilever, Florida Citrus Sports and other huge global brands she mentions often when she wants others to be impressed and feel inadequate in unison.

Key Team Members

Our Secret...

Time to reveal what’s in our secret sauce; we combine amazing clients, with the best and most diverse employees, sprinkle in a stellar network and our results are powerful and drive our clients revenue and ROI. Our evangelic desire to push the bounds of the expected, combining talent, tenacity, imagination and humor into all we do, consistently delivers empirical results for our clients.

We have ZERO patience for the cookie cutter approach so often taken by others in our industries. Our clients deserve, frankly demand more and we are the firm that helps them rise above the noise! All our programs are custom programs to meet our client’s individual needs. We have numerous disciplines and are agnostic in our advice thinking solely of our clients needs for success.