About professional PUNCH
Professional PUNCH is a consulting business offering services in the areas of marketing, PR, and professional writing.
Many businesses do not have the time or resources to do the Marketing, PR, or Customer Relationship Management, or the newer version, Customer Experience Management that will help them to build their business while still expanding their current business.
We provide strategic consulting that will give actionable initiatives that will increase reach, improve your company’s brand and will result in more business. In addition to the consulting, we provide the resources that will help you get the initiatives done when you can’t.
President’s Profile
Kathleen O’Brien Thompson is president and owner of professional PUNCH, a marketing and business development firm that provides expert consulting and specializes in all forms of writing: copy writing, advertorials, press releases, client blasts, ghostwriting, video scripting and content development, website content including: articles, newsletters, and teasers.
Prior to establishing her own company, Ms. O’Brien Thompson was the vice president of Express Interactive Solutions, a leading provider of audience response systems, meeting design, and interactive communication consultation in the global marketplace.
Other significant positions held include her tenure as tour manager for American Idol, where she worked in conjunction with Kellogg’s, AEG Live, and American Idol stars, and crew to ensure plentiful, ideal and unique branding and sponsorship opportunities. In addition, she was vice president of business development for Steil Direct, a special event marketing company servicing clients such as BP Amocco and CITGO. She was the director of the Interviewing Center for WestGroup Research, a leading market research firm in Phoenix, Arizona, in charge of employment and training and development for their largest division. In that capacity, she was responsible for developing WestGroup’s first Best Practices Program.
Ms. O’Brien Thompson graduated summa cum laude and holds a bachelor’s degree in English and communications.
Consulting Specialties
Personal areas of expertise include freelance writing, interviewing, moderating, business development, marketing, and public relations.
Clients include AMLAW 100 Firms, finance/banking Industry, real estate, Fortune 500 corporations and small businesses, educational institutions, and associations.
