Agency Honored For Impressive 147% Growth Rate
August 31, 2021 – Raleigh, N.C. – For the third year in a row, 919 Marketing is recognized as North Carolina’s highest-ranked and fastest growing PR firm. The company is ranked for the fifth time on the Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The multi-million-dollar cause and franchise PR agency located just outside Raleigh, experienced an explosive three-year growth rate of 147 percent.
The Real Deal
The ranking is especially meaningful because it highlights the impressive and proven growth of 919 Marketing during the challenging COVID crisis. The Inc. 5000 rankings are based on audited financial statements and unbiased, documented results.
919 Marketing’s growth is fueled by its award-winning work for an impressive roster of tenured North Carolina cause-marketing and non-profit clients, and new national franchise clients, including startups, emerging franchises, and Fortune 500 companies. The company’s results-driven marketing has become so renowned outside of the state, clients across the country have signed on including a California-based e-bike retailer and manufacturer and a chain of physical therapy clinics out of Kentucky.
Work That Wins
“919 Marketing is thrilled to be the PR and marketing agency of choice for North Carolina and U.S. companies that want to grow their business with our creative and innovative strategies,” says 919 Marketing CEO and founder David Chapman. “We are extremely proud of our growth during the COVID crisis where we hunkered down, charged ahead fearlessly, and triumphed during a challenging business climate. We have earned a renowned reputation within the North Carolina non-profit sector and in the national franchising industry that has clients selecting us and staying with us year-after-year as their trusted partner. We continue to accelerate our growth with our proprietary 919 Insights platform, an artificial intelligence analytics tool that provides a roadmap for our content and proof to our clients that our marketing strategies are helping them meet and beat their growth goals. None of this would be possible without our award-winning team of top, tenacious talent that delivers game-changing results to our clients.”
“The 2021 Inc. 5000 list feels like one of the most important rosters of companies ever compiled,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Building one of the fastest-growing companies in America in any year is a remarkable achievement. Building one in the crisis we’ve lived through is just plain amazing. This kind of accomplishment comes with hard work, smart pivots, great leadership, and the help of a whole lot of people.”
Our Story
919 Marketing has been serving North Carolina cause-marketing companies and national franchise clients for more than a decade. Services include content marketing and public relations, social media marketing, digital advertising, media buying, strategic planning, brand strategy, crisis communications, franchise development, grand opening services, video, commercial and podcast production and a robust data analytics program so clients shift from “I think my marketing’s working to “I KNOW it’s working!”
Major 919 Achievements /Milestones
- Innovation – 919 introduced its proprietary 919 Insights platform in 2018 and it’s helped dozens of clients catapult their growth and dominate their industries. The data analytics tool identifies content that converts to real business results and uncovers how companies are positioned against competitors.
- Awards – The company’s full-service video production department has won 6 national Telly awards. Other honors include a One Show award, over a dozen Addy and Davey Awards and numerous public relations accolades. The firm was named one of the fastest-growing private marketing companies by Inc. Magazine five times and twice named Best Places to Work in North Carolina.
- Top Talent – Over the past decade, 919 has built a robust content marketing team, attracting top-tier talent from network TV newsrooms, boardrooms of the largest international advertising, PR and social media agencies and brand marketing departments of the world’s largest brands.
- Expansion – With clients across the U.S., 919 now has satellite offices in New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Virginia, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Ohio. The company has grown so much, it recently built another corporate office to house expanding staff.
About 919 Marketing
Formed in 1996 and headquartered just outside of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park and the capital city of Raleigh, 919 is a national content marketing firm with a proven track record of helping companies increase revenue, create a competitive advantage and improve marketing results. We provide high-powered strategic planning, public relations, social media, digital marketing, video and commercial production, business development support and full creative capabilities- each utilizing proven processes refined over hundreds of client engagements.
Our award-winning staff of marketing strategists, TV and print reporters and social media trail blazers are seasoned experts, providing content marketing firepower to excite, motivate and engage your customers and prospects. 919 clients include non- profit businesses, for-profit startups, emerging growth companies and Fortune 500 corporations from high-tech to health care, hair care and elderly care. 919 Marketing is a proven, go-to source for national companies of all sizes that want to grow their businesses. For more information please contact David Chapman, CEO, at 919- 459-8156 or email at dchapman@919marketing.com.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,647, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit online at www.inc.com.