IBTimes Spotlight

Pivot PR is a full-service public relations firm based in Charlotte, NC. They focus on communication services and digital advertising which they implement through an extensive PR campaign. 

The firm specializes in developing quantifiable strategic marketing solutions that lower marketing costs while improving market reach and engagement. The PR services they offer are strategic planning, content creation, media relations and social media management. 

They also provide graphic design, event promotion, and email marketing services to startups, SMEs and non-profit organizations. Their biggest clients are Dunkin’, Getzner, Avid Xchange and Heart Math Tutoring.  

Phase 3 has been serving startups and SMEs for nearly 2 decades since its founding in 2001. The agency is a digital marketing firm that offers branding services to companies wanting to improve marketability and boost sales in the fastest and most sustainable way possible. 

Through the years, Phase 3 slowly expanded their clientele to bigger companies and non-profit organizations as they integrated new digital marketing strategies into their system such as social media, email marketing and SEO. They are composed of print experts, marketing analysts and programmers who ensure that the quality of their branding and PR services are kept to the highest standards possible. 

Phase 3 won numerous awards such as the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Top 10 Marketing Services Firm and the 2015 Chronicle’s Pacesetter Award. The firm is also included in Inc’s 5000 List for Fastest Growing Private Companies of 2017.  

Social Ape Marketing is a digital marketing company that specializes in advertising, PR, social media, and events branding. The company approaches business branding by creating a humanized and narrative theme to bring customers closer to the business. 

This strategy improves engagement and trust between the customers and the company. They implement the latest PR strategies using current market trends and technologies that improve cost-efficiency and conversion. 

The company has over 15 years of experience in boosting business brands through PR, social media marketing, influencer marketing and virtual consultation.  

MSquared is a one-stop-shop for companies wanting to boost conversion through aggressive digital marketing. The company meets these demands by offering PR, strategic planning and web design and development services mostly to companies in the emerging tech sector. 

The company combines science with art, enabling them to develop performance-driven marketing strategies that improve customer engagement with as little effort as possible. MSquared has recently expanded their services to cater to retail, tourism, food and real estate markets. 

The PR firm won the 2011 Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta’s Social Media Award and the Atlanta Business League’s Home Office Business Achievement Award.  

At SPARK, we help define that promise and garner awareness and growth for your company. 

Our mission is simple: To grow businesses, people and ideas. We do that through a deep immersion into who your company is and by putting together an integrated strategy for advertising, media planning and buying, creative, public relations, social media and digital services. 

Over the years, we’ve taken on some really tough marketing challenges…and have loved every minute of it. With our optimistic spirit and focus on exceeding expectations, we’ve been busy carving the “im-“ out of impossible.