Practice area — public relations

Reputation-led public relations

We are not a volume PR agency and we are a poor fit for a product launch calendar. What we do is earned coverage where the objective is standing rather than awareness.


The distinction

Most PR sells attention. This sells standing.

A conventional agency is measured on placements and reach. We are measured on what occupies page one for your name in twelve months, whether a diligence team finds a record that holds, and whether AI assistants describe you using your framing.

Those objectives frequently conflict. High-volume coverage in low-authority outlets looks productive on a monthly report and does almost nothing for either measure.

Where we fit

  • Founder and executive profile programmes
  • Bylined commentary and expert reaction on your sector
  • Announcement counsel where the announcement carries reputational risk
  • Media handling during and after an incident
  • Awards, recognition and speaking placements that generate independent coverage
  • Preparing leadership for hostile questions before they are asked

Where we do not

  • Consumer product launches and influencer campaigns
  • Monthly press release distribution by volume
  • Paid advertorial dressed as editorial

How it runs

Arguments, not announcements

Editors in Singapore receive a very large number of announcements and a small number of arguments. The second category is the one that gets published.

01

The argument

Two or three positions you can hold for a year and defend under challenge, drawn from what you know that others in your category do not.

02

The evidence

Proprietary data, operating results, deal experience. This is what separates a placement from a pitch that gets ignored.

03

The relationships

Correspondents on the beats that matter to you, worked properly — small lists rather than mass distribution.

04

The readiness

Drafted positions on the events we know are coming, so reactive commentary goes out on the journalist's deadline rather than the day after.

05

The compounding

Every placement cited, syndicated and linked into your owned assets so it becomes search authority rather than a good day that disappears.

06

The measurement

Page-one occupancy, inbound quality, and how the answer engines describe you. Not impressions.

Common questions

Straight answers

Can you guarantee coverage in a specific publication?

No, and an agency that does is describing paid placement. Editorial independence is what makes earned coverage worth having. We commit to volume of qualified pitching, quality of argument and a realistic target list based on what has landed for comparable clients.

Do you do press releases?

When there is genuine news, yes. As a monthly deliverable, no. A release with nothing in it consumes the goodwill you need for the announcement that actually matters.

We need PR for a product launch.

Then we are probably the wrong firm and we will tell you in the first call. Singapore has strong consumer and technology agencies for that work, and you will get a better result from one of them.

Related

Thought leadership

The commentary programme in detail.

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Crisis management

Media handling when it goes wrong.

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Executive reputation

Where most of our media work originates.

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Private enquiry

Tell us what you need said, and to whom.

If a conventional agency serves you better, that is a two-minute answer and it is free.