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Forbes Ranks 919 Marketing as Top PR Firm 919 Earns Highest 5-Star Ranking Based on Client Surveys 919 Marketing is proud to be recognized as one of the nation’s top PR firms by ranking on Forbes’ prestigious 2021 inaugural list of America’s Best PR Agencies.  The company competed against thousands of national PR firms to [...]

919 Recognized on Franchise Today Podcast 919 Marketing got serious props from Pete Baldine, President of Moran Brands, during his recent guest appearance on the Franchise Today podcast. Pete thanked 919 Marketing for getting 18 of his automotive-repair franchise locations on several television news networks through our PR services. The news segments promoted how his [...]

919 Marketing CEO David Chapman Reveals 5 Marketing Strategies You Need for the Next 90 Days It can be difficult for even the biggest companies to know how to react in a crisis. How a company chooses to confront a crisis, big or small, speaks volumes about both the company and its leadership. It turns [...]

Podcast: Show Me the Money…Through Marketing and PR with Graham Chapman When he was younger, 919 Marketing’s VP of Account Services, Graham Chapman, wanted to be a sports agent, like Jerry Maguire. Instead, he became…Graham Chapman, which is good when you consider how well he has helped 919 Marketing’s clients grow their franchises. On some [...]

919 Marketing Recognized as America’s-Fastest Growing Franchise PR Company Agency Experienced Impressive 100 Percent Growth Rate RALEIGH, N.C. – (August 2019) – 919 Marketing is proud to be recognized as the fastest-growing franchise PR firm in the country. The company is ranked for the third time on the Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing [...]

Dear PR Graduate: Now The Real Education Begins. America’s institutions of higher learning are letting their public-relations graduates down. And as a result, you recent graduates have little choice but to let America’s marketing and PR agencies down. Big time. There’s no other way to look at it. Here at 919 Marketing, we take a [...]

Don’t Find Yourself on the “Ridiculist” – Get Your Facts Straight. A few weeks ago, my son was working on a report for school.  He showed me what information he had gathered so far, and when I questioned one of the facts he told me, “Dad, it’s ok, I found in on the internet.”  Sure [...]

The Art of “Spinning” Stories To The Media. Often times, we PR pros are referred to as “the Spin Crowd.”  And no, I’m not talking about the reality show spin-off of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.  Unfortunately, PR is not all “Sex and the City” so to speak (as this blog post suggests, many a PR pro [...]

How I Became A Franchise PR Pro in Kindergarten. “When in doubt, go back to the basics.”  In my experience, it’s never a bad idea and, typically, returning to the basics helps give you a much needed fresh perspective. This mentality works wonders in the business world.  A lot of people get wrapped up in [...]

How To Nail Your Next TV Interview Credit: Flickr Mike Renlund Opinions are flying about an interview between Lauren Green and best-selling author Reza Aslan. For 10 minutes, news reporter Lauren Green interviewed best-selling author and noted scholar Reza Aslan with probing questions concerning his motivations for writing his book Zealot. As they spoke, she left no [...]