Vicksburg Association of
Marketing Professionals

Please come to the Vicksburg Association of Marketing Professionals Meeting the first Wednesday of the month from noon – 1 p.m.

The speaker for our June 2 VAMP meeting at Billy’s Italian Restaurant will be Catherine Hadaway. Catherine, as The Vicksburg Post’s publisher, oversees the business operations of the newspaper. She is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Business and Religion. She is a Director of Boone Newspapers, Inc., the family company that owns The Post. Catherine comes from a long line of newspaper publishers, starting with her grandfather, Buford Boone, who served as publisher of The Tuscaloosa News and earned journalism's highest honor when he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his editorial titled "What a Price for Peace." Catherine is a member of The Rotary Club of Vicksburg, Junior Auxiliary, The Heritage Guild and The Vicksburg Warren County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Executive Committee.

Guests are welcome!

Location: Billy’s Italian Restaurant, 4000 S Frontage Rd. (Outlets at Vicksburg), Vicksburg, MS.

Cost: $14, which includes entrée, salad, dessert, tea, tip, and tax.

Please go to our VAMP  facebook group and  LinkedIn page to  connect with us!  Hope to see you at our meeting!

Bring yourself, your marketing item for our speaker, and your business cards for networking!

As most all mask mandates are lifted, you may or may not choose to wear one at our meeting.  We will try to keep spread out the best we can in our meeting room.  Hopefully you have had your vaccinations by now, if not, are encouraged to do so.  Things are looking brighter as we roll into Summer!

What We Do

The purpose of VAMP shall be to advance the development of effective marketing and public relations.

Objectives:

Conduct educational programs and activities to strengthen and develop the marketing and public relations function and promote professional development.

Provide a medium for the interchanging of ideas and dissemination of professional information and materials.

Provide a forum on the marketing and public relations function and explain the impact of this function to other appropriate parties.

What is VAMP?

• A fun and exciting way to network and grow your business!

• VAMP strives to promote education in the fields of Marketing, Public Relations and/or Advertising.

• VAMP's purpose is to advance the development of effective marketing and public relations.