Founders love to say PR doesn’t convert. What they mean is they’ve only ever done PR badly — a press release into the void, no narrative, no follow-through. Done well, earned media is the cheapest trust you can buy, and trust is what every other channel is secretly selling.
The trick is to treat PR like a growth channel: a clear narrative, a target audience, and a measurement plan tied to share of voice, sentiment and the demand that follows coverage. When PR and paid line up around the same story, both perform better.
We’ve watched a single well-placed story reset a company’s entire sales conversation. That’s not vanity — that’s leverage.
— Salma Haddad, Loudhouse