Marketing Vendors
See also Branding Firms
These PR Firms below have offices in Singapore and cover ASEAN
Name | Used by Portfolio? | Size | Website | Locations | Clients | Notes | Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute PR | Small | https://www.absolutepr.com.sg/ | Singapore | BeautyLifestyleFashion | |||
AsiaPRWerkz | Small | http://www.asiaprwerkz.com/ | Singapore | Jungle, Open Space, Qualgro | Speak to Anu Gupta. | ||
bcw | Large | https://bcw-global.com/ | SingaporeIndonesiaKoreaJapanHK | Tom's of Maine, Sharpie, Carlsberg | |||
Citizen Relations | Med | https://www.citizenrelations.com/ | Duracell, Old Spice, kpmg, netflix, spotify | owned by Blue Focus Group | F&BWellnessRetailTechnology | ||
Coco PR | Small | https://cocopragency.com/clients/ | SingaporeASEAN | Edit Suits, Ce La Vi, Style Tribute | LuxuryFashion | ||
Craft Communications | Small | https://craftc.com/ | SingaporeChina | 1880, FiveGuys, Calvin Klein, Foodpanda, | Singapore focused | LifestyleLuxuryRetail | |
Edelman | Large | https://www.edelman.com/ | IndonesiaKoreaJapanSingapore | Global, Tech, Business, ... | |||
Ellerton | Small | https://www.ellerton.sg/ | Singapore | Singsaver, pocketmath, decathlon, INSEAD, shangri-la, | |||
Flame Comms | Small | https://flamecomms.com/ | Singapore | propguru, jobsdb, nets, lattice80, mozat, netapp, temasek foundation, | They do Investor Relations type PR | Investor Relations | |
Golin | Yes | Large | https://golin.com/ | SingaporeIndonesiaJapanKorea | worldpay, unilever, economist, panasonic | ||
Hill+Knowlton Strategies | Large | https://www.hkstrategies.com/ | SingaporeIndonesiaThailandKoreaJapan | Activison, HSBC, Coca-Cola | Expensive, good for legwork but not strategy | ||
Inform | Small | http://www.infom.asia/ | |||||
Ketchum | Large | https://www.ketchum.com/ | SingaporeThailandKoreaJapanChina | ||||
Milage | Small | http://mileage.com.sg/ | SingaporeIndonesiaVietnamKorea | Samsung, Waze, CNA, Visa, Unilever, Cathay, htc, huawei, Petronas, True | Started in SG, spread across Asia | ||
Mutant | Yes | Small | https://www.mutant.com.sg/ | SingaporeMalaysia | Hmlet, Jobstreet, lazada, lime house, | ||
Oglivy | Large | https://ogilvy.sg/ | SingaporeGlobal | Changi, Philips, Unilever, IBM, Singtel, Twitter, Google, Lego | |||
Omnicom | Large | https://www.omnicomprgroup.com/ | |||||
Priority Consultants | Small | https://priorityconsultants.com/ | Singapore | AWS, Adobe, Merrill Lynch, Rabobank, MTV, Capella | |||
Redhill | Yes | Small | https://redhill.world/ | ASEAN | Jungle, Vickers, RHL | ||
SG Story | Yes | Small | https://www.sgstory.com/ | Singapore | |||
Tulchan Group | Yes | Med | https://www.tulchangroup.com/ | SingaporeLondon | |||
Vero | Small | https://vero-asean.com/ | IndonesiaVietnamThailand | Booking.com, Daikan, Netflix | Great for ASEAN into VN/Indo. has won awards | ||
Wachsman | Med | https://wachsman.com/ | SingaporeUS | SEA Group, Singlife | International team in SG, pulled from int'l PR firms | FinanceTechnologyBlockchain | |
we are social | Yes | Large | https://wearesocial.com/sg/ | SingaporeGlobal | consumer | Consumer | |
WE Worldwide | Large | https://www.we-worldwide.com/ | SingaporeChina | Tencent, Cisco, MS, | |||
Weber Shandwick | Large | http://webershandwick.asia/ | SingaporeIndonesiaKoreaJapanASEAN | ||||
Ying Finn | Small | https://yingcomms.com/ | indeed, redhat, tableau, cybersource |
Some Startup PR firms in the US:
- SparkPR - (H2 partner) (works with lots of startups, incl'ing YC comps)
- Highwire - Worked with VCs, on the order of US$7k/mon, min 3 month retainer (Pete J prev)
- Clarity - Sami. Worked with TradeGecko. Will do one-off projects, but a major launch is 125-200 hours at US$225/hr (>$30k)
- PRServe - Very expensive, need an intro. (Nitrous didn't have great experience)
- Derris & Co - worked with Warby Parker from Day 1
- Sunshine Sachs - alt recommended by Warby Parker employee
- http://www.publicisxp.com/
- https://thehatchagency.com/ - works with Benchmark and their portfolio
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