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07 · PR & Influence

Earned, not paid.

Earned media, founder positioning, and creator partnerships chosen for fit, not follower count. No spray and pray. No transactional influencer briefs. Influence with teeth.

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Discipline 07 of 07
Brands in motion
What it is

Influence with teeth.

Earned + relationships
Built over years

Most PR is volume. Press releases blasted to mailing lists. Creator briefs sent to whoever's available. We work the other way. A small list of people who actually have reach with your audience. A real point of view to put in front of them. Relationships built over months and years, not transactions priced by the post.

Where the line is

What this isn't.

The no list
Be sure first

No press release wire services. No purchased coverage. No pay-for-play. No mass creator outreach with templated briefs. The list is small. The relationships are real.

Process

How we run PR.

04 phases
Compounding
Phase 01≈ 1 to 2 weeks

Position

What the brand has to say. Where the founders should be on the record. The angle no one else is taking.

Phase 02Ongoing

Outreach

Targeted media list, creator vetting, pitch development. Quality, not volume.

Phase 03Ongoing

Relationships

Sustained over months, not one-shot blasts. Real conversations with real journalists and creators.

Phase 04Ongoing

Compound

Earned coverage and creator equity build over years. The brand becomes a known quantity.

Deliverables

What you get.

Strategy + relationships
No volume metrics
01PR strategy
02Targeted media list
03Creator program
04Founder positioning
05Monthly outreach report
06Standing relationship review
Engagement

How it runs.

Long retainer
6-month minimum
Duration
6-month minimum
PR compounds slowly. Anything shorter and the relationships never have time to land.
Team
Lead + creator strat
PR lead handles media; creator strategist runs the partnership program. One principal across both.
Format
Standing retainer
Monthly retainer with weekly outreach cadence. You own the relationships and the press list.
Often paired with

What goes with it.

03 of the seven
Voice in, channels out
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Build influence with teeth.

Earned media, founder positioning, creator partnerships. A small list of real relationships, built over months and years. If your PR is volume without traction, this is the conversation.

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