The Savvy Marketers -- Marketing Courses for Small Business

Tim Hart knows a good story when he sees one. An award-winning print journalist and seasoned marketer, Tim has developed and executed communications programs for a variety of industries including technology, healthcare, science & biotechnology, nonprofit and food & wine.

Capping more than 15 years combined newsroom, agency and in-house experience, he founded San Francisco public relations firm Hart Communications in 2005. In 2008 he launched The Savvy Marketers -- Web courses in marketing for small business owners.

Tim has led teams large and small at some of the industry's most noted PR firms including Ketchum, Golin/Harris International, The Weber Group/Weber Shandwick Worldwide and Koa Communications, representing clients including Constellation Wines U.S., Recchiuti Confections, Aidells Sausage Company, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Argonne National Laboratory, Genentech, Chiron, Levi Strauss & Co., Fleischmann's Yeast, Mattel, Visa, AAA, SGI and Sybase. Tim also served as Strategic Director, Communications for the American Cancer Society, negotiating media sponsorships, promoting health education campaigns and cause-marketing partnerships, as well as supporting fundraising campaigns and acting as the organization's media spokesman.

Tim began his career as a reporter at The Oakland Press, a Detroit-area daily newspaper. There, he covered crime and the courts, local government, education, food/restaurants and the environment, along with special projects including a series on American business in the former Soviet Union. The Associated Press and UPI awarded Tim several journalism prizes for breaking news and continuing coverage of crime stories, including stories on "suicide doctor" Jack Kevorkian and the abduction-murder of a local couple.

Tim earned his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and has been active in industry organizations including Investigative Reporters & Editors, The Council of PR Firms, the Public Relations Society of America and the International Association of Business Communicators. He is also an active member in the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Business Association.