Caster Communications, Inc., a RI-based PR and social marketing firm, has brought back Nick Brown and added both the IOGEAR and PS Audio accounts to the agency.

Nick Brown, who worked at Caster from 2004 until August of 2009 is rejoining the team as Director of Account Services. Nick spent the past year as Community Manager for Warwick-based Astonish Results, where he managed blogging/multimedia-heavy social networking and SEO programs while consulting and creating a library of educational materials for insurance industry clientele. Nick’s return strengthens Caster’s presence in the custom channel by adding SEO expertise and leveraging his existing industry relationships and overall channel experience.

As we welcome Nick back, we’re also saying goodbye to Ashley Daigneault. Ashley is leaving Caster to join RI-CAN (Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now) as government relations manager. Read Ashley’s last blog HERE.

“We’ve seen an up swell in marketing activity particularly around social networking among our clients,” stated Kimberly Lancaster, Caster’s owner, chief strategist and toilet paper stocker. “Bringing back a talented team member who understands our core business, knows our clients and has existing relationships is such an advantage. Working as a community manager, Nick gained an arsenal of social networking experience that strengthens our capabilities in Web 2.0. We’re really fortunate to have him back on our team.”

Both IOGEAR and PS Audio have named Caster agency of record. Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA, IOGEAR offers consumer electronics and IT solutions that enable convergence through connectivity in residential, commercial, IT and mobile applications. Caster will implement a national PR campaign to broaden awareness of IOGEAR and AVIOR branded products. PS Audio, located in Boulder, CO, will be using Caster’s services to promote its high end audio and digital music products to the specialty CE channel.

Caster Communications provides public relations and social marketing services to companies engaged in consumer, commercial and personal technology, as well as clean energy and sustainable business products and programs. Caster’s unique experience in these channels provides its clients a partner who understands the subtle nuances of marketing in specialty channels. Want more Caster? Check out CasterBlog or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

The popular social media news site, Mashable.com recently announced its 4^th annual Mashable Awards and so far has gained over 30,000 nominations for more than 10,000 unique companies, apps and individuals in just one week.  The Mashable Awards celebrate major innovations and achievements in the digital and social media landscape by companies, people and projects via an open, multilingual, international, community-nominated voting platform.

Nominations and voting can be done by going to the category page of the Mashable site to pick a certain category and then logging into Facebook or Twitter to nominate or vote for someone/something. Nominations and voting are strictly done through the social media sites Facebook and Twitter. You can Tweet, Email, Post to Facebook, etc. to promote and help spread the word on voting for someone/something.  It only seems right to have voting done solely through social media from the top social media news site. I also believe it is a great way to help promote and get people talking about the nominee’s rather than just casting a quick vote.

There are 25 categories for which you can nominate any Company, Brand, Person, Website, Hyperlink, Page or Product that is publically available. You can nominate submissions or vote once per day until the nominations close. Nominations will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, November 29. The top five nominees with the most nominations will move forward to the “Final 5 Voting Round” starting Wednesday, December 1.

Winners will be announced at Mashable Awards Gala on January 6, 2011 at the Cirque du Soleil Zumanity stage in the New York New York Hotel during the 2011 International CES in Las Vegas.

For more information click here. Also, check out the #MashableAwards trend on twitter to see current nominees.

Via www.mashable.com