We've researched and ranked the leading public relations firms in California that establish positive relationships, foster engaging interactions and align your brand as a leader in the industry. Narrow down your search for the best partner using our intuitive agency listing table below. Filter by team, size, reviews, budget and more.

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  • Champion of the Challenger Brand. We Help You Take on Your Industry Gorillas and Win.

    Built around Challenger Brand Marketing, Gumas has expanded into PR firms territory, adding PR support alongside brand strategy, creative, and social media for resource-constrained brands. Based in San Francisco since 1984, the agency has served SanDisk, Netgear, and the 49ers Foundation...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    2 Projects Listed
  • Results Driven Digital Marketing Services

    With a wealth of experience in the realm of digital marketing and reputation management, the WebiMax team stands as a beacon of expertise, consistently delivering tangible success to our clients in the online arena...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Reputation Management
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    10 Projects Listed
  • GR0 Turns Organic Search into a Performance Marketing Channel.

    We are focused, dedicated, and committed digital marketing experts that will GR0 your brand online...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Email Marketing
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $50/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    4 Projects Listed
  • Let Our Experience Be Your Success.

    Award-Winning Public Relations, Marketing, Multimedia Content Creation, and Video, TV, Film, & Podcast Production...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Creative Services
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Branding
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    Location
    Thousand Oaks, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • Doing It the Right Way

    Reputation X operates from San Francisco and specializes in online reputation management services. Our expertise extends globally, aiding companies, executives, and political entities in enhancing their online image. Our services encompass reputation repair, online reputation building, and adept management of...

    Top Services:

    • Reputation Management
    • Public Relations
    • SEO
    Location
    Mill Valley, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    3 Projects Listed
  • We Are Here To Focus On Your IT Needs, Freeing You To Grow Your Business.

    Caldiatech™ has over 50 years of combined experience creating custom software solutions, robust mobile applications, cutting-edge web design, SEO (search engine optimization)and SMO (social media optimization)...

    Top Services:

    • WordPress Website Design
    • Web Development
    • eCommerce Development
    • Web Design
    • Branding
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $50/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    3 Projects Listed
  • Strategies that work. Execution that's flawless.

    We are a results-driven, boutique-sized agency headquartered in Southern California with an office in New York City and a trusted global PR agency network offering international reach from a local office. Our areas of specialization are TMT (Telecom Media Technology), entertainment marketing, and we are...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Reputation Management
    • Public Relations
    • Digital Marketing
    • Event Marketing
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    Location
    Redondo Beach, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $120/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Hello, Creatives. Our Story Is Telling Your Story.

    Priya is a PR agency for creators, storytellers, and thought leaders in the advertising, entertainment, and technology spaces...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Content Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Marketing Agency That Blends Creative Branding With Emotional Advertising.

    Sagon-Phior is a full-service creative agency specializing in emotional marketing and brand growth...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Web Design
    • Package Design
    • SEO
    • Design Services
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    12 Projects Listed
  • Igniting Brands Through Creativity

    At Five by Five Global, a specialized creative agency, we pride ourselves on our diverse skill set, enabling us to deliver innovative solutions across various domains without constraints...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Creative Services
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    100 - 249
    Average Hourly Rate
    $500/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $25,000 - $50,000
    Portfolios Count
    2 Projects Listed
  • A Creative Marketing Agency

    Becca is a creative marketing agency with offices in New York + Chicago + LA. We believe in the power of elegant PR that which is largely invisible. We are skilled at identifying great stories and proficient at telling them in a variety of ways through beautiful photography, expert media relations, dynamic...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • We Are the Marketing Team You Always Wanted to Build.

    Jive PR + Digital is an award-winning collective of public relations and social media marketing collaborators who shape stories and ignite conversations. They create custom communication, PR and digital marketing strategies to elevate brands...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • PPC
    • Content Marketing
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    Manhattan Beach, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    4 Projects Listed
  • PR Excellence

    Katz & Associates specializes in strategic communication, public involvement and community relations to advance essential projects...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $18/hr
    Minimal Budget
    Under $1,000
  • PR & Marketing Agency

    We are Special Agents on a mission to provide brand-strategic communications services to creative companies...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • A Luxury & Lifestyle PR Agency

    Successful for over two decades, the Ross Group has a passion for the entertainment, fashion, and lifestyle industries. The Ross Group specializes in public relations and marketing with expert knowledge when it comes to successful product placement in films and TV shows as well as red carpet premier...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Social Media Marketing
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Navigating the World of Media and Entertainment

    MPRM navigates the world of media and entertainment. We harness strategy, experience and passion to connect clients with their audiences in order to reach their business goals. We are collaborators and consider ourselves an extension of our clients’ internal PR and marketing teams...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Modern Marketing in a Digital World

    A unique team of professionals who specialize in developing creative, personalized marketing campaigns that drive awareness, engagement and results...

    Top Services:

    • Graphic Design
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
    • Creative Services
    • Logo Design
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    Location
    Palm Desert, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Creative Force Ready To Take Your Brand To The Next Level

    Branding Los Angeles is a digital creative agency focused on branding and strategic marketing for the full spectrum of companies that are wanting to take their brand to the next level. We specialize in creative storytelling from logo design and brand creation to website development and commercials...

    Top Services:

    • WordPress Website Design
    • Branding
    • Logo Design
    • Video Production
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $90/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • PR, Marketing and Content for Adventurous Brands

    Public Haus is a nationally-recognized marketing, public relations and digital media agency that partners with awesome brands to implement ideas and strategies that cut through the noise, resulting in more customers, more influence and more revenue. It’s that simple.Brand communications is our sweet...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Marketing Strategy & Analytics

    As marketers, we want to take an experience over the top. Whether youre in the market for a dynamite public relations campaign, branding or a new marketing and media strategy, were here to make it happen. Our company was recently ranked in the top 10 of more than 100 consultants from Expertise.com...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Branding
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    Carlsbad, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Empower Your PR, Reach New Heights.

    PRFire is a dedicated PR agency specializing in press release writing and distribution services. With a focused team and strategic partnerships, PRFire distributes client messages to targeted journalists and media outlets. The agency's contract-free model offers flexibility and transparency to businesses...

    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    Under $1,000
  • Give a Voice to Your Vision.

    KCD PR is one of Forbes' best integrated communications firms in America...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Video Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Portfolios Count
    6 Projects Listed
  • Public Relations Company Los Angeles and New York

    D'Orazio PR and Associates established as industry expertise on provide Public Relation Services in Los Angeles and Newyork, the realm of extravagance styling, we can expertly get your item in the possession of the VIPs, VIPs and influencers who can have an enduring effect on your image's mindfulness and...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $10/hr
    Minimal Budget
    Under $1,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • Redefining Brand Communications

    Providence Strategic Consulting was founded on a passion for business – a recognition that the risk-takers, entrepreneurs and employers need creative and effective support for their endeavors...

    Top Services:

    • Graphic Design
    • Branding
    • Web Development
    • Web Design
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Bakersfield, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
  • The Last Marketing Agency You Will Ever Need.

    At Bastion Elevate we are 100% dedicated to performance and working for our clients, not ourselves. We work across various industries to bring campaigns to life and deliver metrics and data that make impact possible in todays digital age...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Public Relations
    Location
    Orange County, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $220/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Brand & Digital Design Agency for Social Good

    Visceral is a full-service creative agency specializing in brand, digital design, and development for social visionaries. We partner with organizations who are addressing the toughest challenges: philanthropists, nonprofits, educators, conservationists, health pioneers, and social enterprises that are out to...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Branding
    • Web Design
    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $25,000 - $50,000
  • Creative Strategies for Growing Brands

    We are a brand marketing, strategy, and communications consultancy group. Founded in 2004 by Caroline Rothwell, the branding and PR expert behind Von Dutch, TOMS Shoes, and 1000's of US brands that have disrupted and influenced the industry...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Creative Services
    • Branding
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • The Social Media Agency Behind the Best Brand Social Shannels

    Founded in 2008, Movement Strategy is an independent, full-service, social-led creative agency, dedicated to helping brands build the best social media channels. Our growing team of social media experts and content creators span across LA, NY, and Denver, identifying leading trends and leveraging the power of...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $50,000 & Up
  • Advancing Your Business Goals Through Strategic, Quality Communications

    Portavoce Public Relations has one focus: advancing your business goals through strategic, quality communications. That means when you come to us with a challenge, you get the full attention of an expert team whose specialty is getting your brand, your product and/or your company noticed in all the right...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    Location
    Carlsbad, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Full-Service Marketing and Event Management Agency

    Frias Agency is a full-service experiential marketing agency that connects brands with people across culture through storytelling and experiences...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Creative Services
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    Location
    Aliso Viejo, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • Real Branding.

    Creative Noggin is a boutique branding, marketing and communications agency. Having operated 100% virtually since 2001, we have been able to attract and retain a stellar team of extraordinary talent. Our work has been recognized with awards and media accolades. But our biggest kudos is the continued loyalty...

    Top Services:

    • Graphic Design
    • Branding
    • Video Production
    • Logo Design
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Sacramento, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Passionate Team. Progressive ideas. Powerful Results.

    East 2 West Collective is a bi-coastal public relations and marketing agency whose approach goes beyond the traditional...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Public Relations
    • Digital Marketing
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • An Integrated Marketing Agency

    Nuvolum was established in 2010 as an integrated marketing and public relations firm with an emphasis on healthcare. By blending industry-proven techniques with proprietary strategies, Nuvolum found fast success as a champion for oral surgery brands that delivered unprecedented results...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Video Production
    • Show more
    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
  • Powered by imagination. Driven by results.

    Crowe PR is a national, award winning public relations agency, specializing in PR, social media and influencer marketing campaigns for leading healthcare technology, consumer goods and hospitality brands...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Public Relations
    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Local Feel, Global Appeal™

    Guiding you on the road to success using our Local feel, Global appeal™ approach. Public Relations, Branding, Web Design, Social management, and coaching...

    Top Services:

    • Logo Design
    • Branding
    • Public Relations
    • Design Services
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Sacramento, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    Under $1,000
  • Always a Good Idea

    Sunday Brunch Agency is a full-service communications company in Orange County. Founded on an exclusive custom approach to work with people and businesses we are passionate about. We provide a white glove approach for each client that’s custom & effective to meet your goals...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Logo Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Public Relations
    • Web Development
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    Location
    Orange County, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Your Crisis Management Firm

    Bernstein Crisis Management has been providing rapid, highly effective strategies for crisis management since January 1994. We work every day to prevent and respond to situations that harm people, property, business continuity, reputation, or the financial bottom line. With more than 30 years experience...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    Location
    Monrovia, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $300/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • ChicExecs is a retail-focused PR agency that not only secures press features for clients, but also uses media coverage as proof of concept to showcase to retail buyers to get brands into stores. The agency was founded by Nikki Carlson and Kailynn Bowling after they successful launched their own tech product...

    Top Services:

    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    San Marcos, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $12/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • SEO Services That Outrank and Outperform

    We offer fully-strategic, customized SEO solutions that are white-hat, Google approved and ultimately successful. Our SEO strategies are as unique as the brands we serve. We work with eCommerce, SaaS, Fintech, Global Data Providers, Colleges / Universities, and most verticals in-between...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Public Relations
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    Location
    Irvine, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $65/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Results-Oriented Communications

    Brand Orbit builds marketing and communications tools in a highly oxygenated environment of integrity and innovation. Our clients tell us their companies' programs are thriving...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Digital Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Graphic Design
    • Video Production
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    8 Projects Listed
  • We're in the Business of Growing Your Business.

    Among all the digital agencies in the world, SGD Advertising is one of the few that specializes in advertising, marketing, branding, and public relations with a spotlight focused exclusively on accounts who target seniors, boomers, and adult children...

    Top Services:

    • Logo Design
    • Public Relations
    • Branding
    • Digital Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Show more
    Location
    Novato, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
  • Public Relations, Event Production and Execution, Talent Representation

    Jane Owen Public Relations, an award winning public relations firm specializing in celebrity endorsements, Film & TV production media exposure, product placement, brand communications, event planning and media strategy for the Entertainment industry...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    • Branding
    • Advertising
    • Show more
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • Innovation & Success

    Vizard Marketing & PR is known for helping our clients achieve their business and communication goals by challenging the norms, pushing boundaries and discovering new plateaus. Founded in 2012, our mission is to develop and implement highly effective marketing and public relation strategies that engage the...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    • Branding
    Location
    Riverside, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Winning Brands Escape the Gravity of the Expected.

    Agency Rogue is a creative communications agency that helps brands break the rules and set new trends. With a focus on media and brand strategy, the agency crafts bold campaigns that synchronize messaging, media, and marketing strategy across every modern touchpoint. Their approach empowers brands to forge...

    Top Services:

    • Reputation Management
    • Branding
    • Public Relations
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Strategy
    • Show more
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • Tailored Marketing. Flawless Execution.

    The GCMG Agency was not created overnight. We are a byproduct of a 30-year evolution sparked by the broken agency model supporting a wide variety of industries. We saw our clients' frustrations and shortcomings from working with over-saturated agencies whose focus wasn't on their clients' needs. ...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • Show more
    Location
    Agoura Hills, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • A boutique public relations agency providing public relations services to fast-track, emerging growth companies, non-profit organizations and authors. And when everything goes awry, we are brought in to handle crisis management...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    • Branding
    • Direct Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    Beverly Hills, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    3 Projects Listed
  • Modern Solutions for Modern Communities

    Community Associates and Modern Press (CAMP) is dedicated to helping businesses grow by leveraging their most valuable asset: their community. CAMP takes a public affairs approach to business and marketing, utilizing community engagement and brand building through targeted advertising to effectively promote...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Advertising
    • Digital Marketing
    • Media Buying
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $149/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Full Service Personalized Press & Media Packages

    A Webby and Anthem Award Winning PR firm, Sarah Parsons Media was founded with the sole purpose of creating a more holistic, transparent, and story-based approach to public relations. Approaching each of client with an unparalleled amount of care and dedication, Sarah and her team focuses intimately on their...

    Top Services:

    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000

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