Founded by bob gold in 1997, bob gold & associates is an independent public relations agency with offices in Los Angeles…
5.0
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PR Firms
For companies that need press coverage, media relationships, thought leadership placement or crisis communications support, and want to compare PR firms by specialism and track record.
Every day is independence day at coyne PR. With more than 135 full-time professionals, coyne is one of the top 20 independent…
5.0
1 reviews
There's a meeting that happens at some version of nearly every B2B company, usually once a quarter. The marketing team reviews…
5.0
10 reviews
Identity is a national public relations, marketing and creative agency that thrives on high expectations. By mobilizing quickly…
5.0
Iq 360® is a premier woman- and minority-owned business communication consultancy helping clients build value, manage risk and…
5.0
Mediasource is a story-centric communications agency that helps brands command the spotlight through storytelling with purpose…
5.0
Full-service boutique PR and media relations firm specializing in public relations, promotions, media training, and more. You…
5.0
1 reviews
Founded in 1999, spm is a Dallas-based PR agency - ranked in the top 100 PR firms nationally by o’dwyer’s. Spm promotes and…
5.0
Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their…
4.5
1 reviews
Msl is the most powerful influence engine for brands, companies and leaders. The agency is an award-winning global public…
4.5
1 reviews
At lci, "we believe in ideas that create change. We craft compelling stories. And, we communicate." named us' #1 PR #1 healthcare…
4.4
5 reviews
5wpr is one of the largest independently owned PR and digital marketing agencies in the us. Founded in 2003. 250+ professionals…
4.2
The PR firm for innovative and disruptive brands. Big fish PR is a boutique public relations agency that helps our B2B, b2b2c…
4.2
18 reviews
From startups to fortune 1,000 members, sparkpr specializes in helping technology focused and innovation minded companies…
4.2
Bolt PR is an award-winning public relations and integrated communications agency with offices across the u.s. Our team of PR and…
4.0
Shift communications is an integrated PR and communications agency that turns PR into business impact for B2B technology…
4.0
Sloane is a strategic communications firm with nearly 30 years of delivering meaningful results. We combine data, insights, and…
4.0
Cohn & wolfe, a global communications agency, builds brands and corporate reputations through an uncompromising commitment to…
3.8
2 reviews
6 degrees is a full-service public relations firm that specializes in serving the life sciences industry. From understanding the…
3.7
9 reviews
Since 1946 newmanpr has been committed to providing clients creative, customized and cost-effective public relations, media…
3.7
6 reviews
Pressfriendly works with seed-stage/series a startups to build engaging and effective PR programs on a budget. We’ve helped grow…
3.6
18 reviews
We are ketchum, a global communications consultancy fueled by empathy and intelligence - progress at work for innovation, our…
3.0
1 reviews
These firms are hired to get a company talked about by people it doesn't control: journalists, analysts, podcast hosts, industry commentators. The day-to-day work is pitching stories to specific reporters, drafting and placing press releases, briefing executives before interviews, ghostwriting bylines and LinkedIn posts for a founder who wants to sound like an expert, building out award and speaker-panel submissions, and running the rapid-response process when something goes wrong publicly. What changes for the customer is visible: articles in the trade press or national media, an executive quoted where their buyers actually read, a narrative that holds together across channels instead of contradicting itself.
People start looking for this when the silence around a company becomes a business problem, not just an ego one. A product launches and nobody outside the company notices. A competitor keeps turning up in the publications your prospects read, and you don't. A journalist calls about a layoff, a lawsuit, a data breach, or an executive's tweet, and there's no one who knows how to answer without making it worse. A founder is trying to raise a round or go public and needs to look credible to people who've never heard of the company. Sales keeps hearing 'never heard of you' on calls where the competitor gets name-recognition for free. None of that gets fixed by buying ad space; it needs someone with existing relationships and judgment about what's actually a story.
The firms differ mainly on who they know and what they're built for. Some are generalists running retainers across many sectors; others only work in one vertical, such as B2B tech, healthcare, fintech, or consumer, because that's where their journalist contacts and case studies actually sit. Some are built around steady media relations and thought leadership; others specialise in crisis and public affairs, which is a different skill set entirely and worth checking for explicitly if regulatory or reputational risk is the real concern. Size matters too: a boutique gives you senior attention and speed, a larger network gives you reach across markets and disciplines like SEO and paid social alongside earned media. When comparing, ask for the actual placements they've secured for clients like you, who on the team will do the work versus who sold you the pitch, how they price (retainer versus project), and what happens in the first 48 hours if a crisis breaks on their watch.