Inc.’s roundup highlights B2B partners that support startups across all business functions and empower growth

November 01, 2022 10:18 ET | Source: Elev8 New Media

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 01, 2022 — Elev8 New Media (“Elev8”), an award-winning boutique public and media relations firm specializing in securing earned media and press coverage for its client companies, was today named as an honoree on the 2022 Inc. Power Partner Awards list, honoring B2B organizations across the globe that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow. The list recognizes 252 firms in marketing and advertising, health and human resources, financial planning, engineering, logistics, security, and other business areas.

All 252 companies received top marks from clients for being instrumental in helping leadership navigate the dynamic world of startups. These B2B partners support entrepreneurs and companies across various facets of the business, including hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, fundraising, etc., allowing founders to focus on their core missions.

“The Elev8 team is honored to be highly recognized among other talented and service-oriented companies nationwide by Inc.’s Power Partner list,” commented Mrs. Jessica Starman, CEO & Co-Founder of Elev8 New Media. “I am incredibly proud of the exceptional work our team continues to produce for our clients. Elev8 is on a mission to provide the best service for high-growth companies while growing right alongside them.”

“Trusted B2B partners provide guidance and expertise that founders rely on at various steps of their organization’s journey. Partners that possess a demonstrated ability to deliver quality support are at the core of entrepreneurship and help bring big ideas to life,” says Scott Omelianuk, Editor-in-Chief of Inc.

Inc. partnered with leading global social and media intelligence platform Meltwater to develop a proprietary methodology that uses sentiment from online conversations about organizations and translates it into numerical scores. Companies were evaluated on commitment, reliability, trust, creativity, supportiveness, and other virtues that offer value to clients. Inc. also conducted surveys to gather client testimonials as part of the process.

To view the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/power-partner-awards/2022

The November 2022 Issue of Inc. magazine is available online now at https://www.inc.com/magazine and will be on newsstands beginning November 8, 2022.

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About Elev8 New Media

Elev8 New Media is an award-winning boutique PR firm and media relations agency that has secured a myriad of earned media placements for its clients by maintaining valuable relationships with journalists, editors, analysts and outlets.

The team elevates media visibility through digital and social marketing and consistently develops, implements, manages and monitors client coverage across various platforms. Securing media coverage and exposure is more than just talking to reporters and on-air time – it’s about creating lasting relationships that will generate ongoing engagement and excitement. We help clients garner meaningful media connections across TV, social, print, digital and new media. We don’t settle for just raising the bar, we elevate it.

Contacts
Jessica Starman, MBA
[email protected]
www.elev8newmedia.com

Elev8 New Media Wins Two Media Relations Awards at the 58th Annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Los Angeles Award Ceremony.

Elev8 was recognized for its earned media campaign work with technology companies Vuzix and Arcimoto, respectively, taking home an Award of Excellence in Media Relations and the 2022 Media Relations: Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Award

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2022 — Elev8 New Media (“Elev8”), an award-winning boutique public and media relations firm specializing in securing earned media and press coverage for its client companies, earned the following two Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) LA awards:

  1. 2022 PRSA Award of Excellence in Media Relations for its work with Vuzix at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
  2. 2022 PRSA LA PRism award in Media Relations for Travel, Tourism and Hospitality for its campaign that amplified the opening of Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle “FUV” rental facilities in key markets.

“The Elev8 team is thrilled to be recognized for its ability to continuously bridge the gap between the media and our client companies,” commented Mrs. Jessica Starman, CEO and Co-Founder of Elev8 New Media. “Our strong relationships with both the media and our clients allow us to build company narratives worth communicating. Our clients are at the forefront of innovation and we are grateful for the trust they put in our agency. These awards have overwhelmed our team with gratitude and joy, especially being among top agency talent in our field. We look forward to the remainder of Q4 and kicking off 2023 with plans to return next year.”

“The Elev8 team always brings a fresh and thoughtful approach to media relations at Vuzix. We are proud of our work together and congratulate them on their continued success,” said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix.

The PRism Awards celebrate the best in strategic public relations and communications programs and tactical execution by PR professionals in the Los Angeles area. This year’s PRism Awards occurred at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, California, conferring over 50 strategic campaigns and tactics awards across various categories.

About Elev8 New Media

Elev8 New Media is an award-winning boutique PR firm and media relations agency that has secured thousands of earned media placements for its clients by maintaining valuable relationships with journalists, editors, analysts, and outlets.

The team elevates media visibility through digital and social marketing and consistently develops, implements, manages and monitors client coverage across various platforms. Securing media coverage and exposure is more than just talking to reporters and on-air time – it’s about creating lasting relationships that will generate ongoing engagement and excitement. We help clients garner meaningful connections in the industry across TV, social, print, and digital media. We don’t settle for just raising the bar, we elevate it.

Contacts
Jessica Starman, MBA
[email protected]
www.elev8newmedia.com 

Elev8 New Media (“Elev8” or the “Company”), a media and public relations firm specializing in securing media and press coverage for its client companies, has been named as one of the winners in the Top Agencies category of PR Daily’s Top Agencies Awards.

“Bravo to the Elev8 team for all their incredible work and perseverance on behalf of our clients and company.”

Elev8 provides clients with enhanced exposure by maintaining valuable relationships with journalists, outlets, and more for continued media coverage. Additionally, Elev8 increases its clients’ visibility through digital and social marketing, and is consistently developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring client coverage across various platforms.

“We are honored to be named a Top Agencies Award winner at PR Daily’s 2022 Top Agencies Awards alongside other remarkable agencies across the country. We are thankful to our clients for their partnership and trust,” commented Co-Founder and CEO of Elev8 New Media, Jessica Starman. “Bravo to the Elev8 team for all their incredible work and perseverance on behalf of our clients and company.”

Elev8 provides clients with enhanced exposure by maintaining valuable relationships with journalists, outlets, and more for continued media coverage. Additionally, Elev8 increases its clients’ visibility through digital and social marketing, and is consistently developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring client coverage across various platforms.

In a brief summary of the agency’s accomplishments over the past year, Elev8 has secured print, broadcast, and digital media placements across trade, national, local, and mainstream publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fierce Biotech, Forbes, AdWeek, BevNET, Bloomberg, and many more. Additionally, Elev8 continues to manage 70 corporate social media accounts, including LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram, and marketing campaigns for clients.

Elev8 New Media represents clients across a wide range of industries such as consumer and enterprise technology, fintech, consumer products, electric vehicles, medical technology, blockchain, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, mining, and more. For more information about the agency, visit https://www.elev8newmedia.com/

Elev8 was recently named a 2021 Media Relations, Consumer Products Award winner for The Alkaline Water Company’s partnership with Shaquille O’Neal at PRSA LA’s PRism Awards and honored as a winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year, Food & Beverage category.

About Ragan and PR Daily Awards Programs

Ragan and PR Daily Award programs celebrate the most successful campaigns, initiatives, people and teams in the communication, PR, marketing and employee wellbeing industries. As the leading voice in organizational communications—both internal and external—Ragan Communications recognizes those who create and cultivate best practices.

As the lines have blurred between PR and marketing, PR Daily’s Top Agencies Awards underscore the breadth of offerings among professional services firms, providing our broader community a more complete guide to the partners that can make a reputational difference.

https://www.ragan.com/awards/events/top-agencies-awards-2022/

About Elev8 New Media

Elev8 New Media is a boutique media relations firm that effectively secures media and press coverage for our client companies by fully utilizing both traditional and modern resources. Elev8 New Media engages the media to help showcase how its clients and their management teams are key opinion leaders and subject matter experts. Elev8 New Media’s main objective is to increase clients’ media exposure in order to better position the client company and brands within the marketplace, the investment community, and the world.

Elev8 New Media, a boutique media relations firm specializing in securing earned media and press coverage for its client companies while managing effective social media campaigns, today announced it was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year, Food & Beverage category in The 20th Annual American Business Awards® today.

Elev8 New Media was nominated in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year, Food & Beverage category

More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes were submitted this year for consideration in a variety of categories, including Startup of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. Elev8 New Media was nominated in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year, Food & Beverage category for its “Shaquille O’Neal Partners with The Alkaline Water Company” campaign.

This campaign was established to bring awareness to The Alkaline Water Company’s newest partnership. Shaquille O’Neal signed on to be The Alkaline Water Company’s equity partner, member of their Board of Advisors, and marquee brand ambassador for their flagship water product, Alkaline88. The partnership signified significant growth for the company, and Elev8 New Media leveraged the media to create a conversation around this topic and more.

“We are extremely honored to be awarded a Gold Stevie® by the American Business Awards®. As the media has been overwhelmed by worldly events for the last two years, I am proud that our team has still been able to deliver impactful messaging on behalf of our clients. Collaborating with The Alkaline Water Company has further amplified the importance of the alliance between client and agency,” commented Jessica Starman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Elev8 New Media. “Additionally, we’ve enjoyed our continued collaboration with Shaquille’s topnotch team at Authentic Brands Group. This recognition has overwhelmed our team with triumph and appreciation.”

The complete list of Stevie® Award winners can be found here: https://stevieawards.com/aba/public-relations-awards

About Elev8 New Media

Elev8 New Media is a boutique media relations firm specializing in increasing awareness for public and private companies through traditional and modern media. Elev8 New Media maintains valuable relationships with journalists, editors, analysts, and outlets giving our clients the best exposure.

Our team elevates media visibility through digital and social marketing, and is consistently developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring client coverage across various platforms. Getting the coverage and exposure you’re looking for is more than just talking to reporters and having on-air time – it’s about creating lasting relationships that will generate ongoing chatter and excitement. We help clients garner meaningful connections in the industry across TV, social, print, and digital media. We don’t settle for just raising the bar, we elevate it.

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com. Sponsors of The 2022 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

Elev8 awarded 2021 Media Relations, Consumer Products Award for The Alkaline Water Company’s partnership with Shaquille O’Neal

LOS ANGELES–Elev8 New Media, a media and public relations firm specializing in securing media and press coverage for its client companies, earned the 2021 Media Relations, Consumer Products Award for The Alkaline Water Company’s partnership with basketball Hall of Famer and entertainment icon Shaquille O’Neal at the 57th annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Los Angeles PRism awards.

Elev8 New Media earns the PRSA-LA 2021 Media Relations, Consumer Products PRism Award for The Alkaline Water Co.’s partnership with Shaquille O’Neal.

The PRism Awards honor the best in strategic public relations and communications programs and tactical execution by PR professionals throughout greater Los Angeles. This year’s PRism Awards took place at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, California.

“Communicating amid troubling times has proven to be a puzzle worth solving. Our team has proven their abilities to cut through the noise and deliver impactful messaging that yields tremendous results for our clients. Collaborating with The Alkaline Water Company on best practices amid this ongoing campaign has illustrated the importance of alliance between client and agency,” commented Jessica Starman, Chief Executive Officer of Elev8 New Media. “Working with Shaquille’s team over at Authentic Brands Group has been incredible. This award has overwhelmed our team with gratitude and joy. We look forward to fueling these efforts into 2022.”

“Congratulations! We at The Alkaline Water Company couldn’t be happier for Jessica and Elev8 New Media. We love working with her and her team. They’ve taken the time to truly know our people, our brand, and our objectives, and the results have always exceeded our expectations. This award proves what I’ve often told other business leaders, that Jessica and Elev8 New Media are simply the best,” commented Ricky Wright, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Alkaline Water Company.

Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a brand development, marketing, and entertainment company, is a strategic partner of the Shaquille O’Neal brand.

About Elev8 New Media

Elev8 New Media is a boutique media relations firm specializing in increasing awareness for companies through traditional and modern media. Elev8 New Media maintains valuable relationships with journalists, editors, analysts, and outlets giving our clients the best exposure.

Our team elevates media visibility through digital and social marketing, and is consistently developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring client coverage across various platforms. Getting the coverage and exposure you’re looking for is more than just talking to reporters and having on-air time – it’s about creating lasting relationships that will generate ongoing chatter and excitement. We help clients garner meaningful connections in the industry across TV, social, print, and digital media. We don’t settle to just raising the bar, we elevate it.

About The Alkaline Water Company

Founded in 2012, The Alkaline Water Company (NASDAQ and CSE: WTER) is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its flagship product, Alkaline88®, is a leading premier alkaline water brand available in bulk and single-serve sizes along with eco-friendly aluminum packaging options. With its innovative, state-of-the-art proprietary electrolysis process, Alkaline88® delivers perfect 8.8 pH balanced alkaline drinking water with trace minerals and electrolytes and boasts our trademarked label ‘Clean Beverage.’ Quickly being recognized as a growing lifestyle brand, Alkaline88® launched A88 Infused™ in 2019 to meet consumer demand for flavor-infused products. A88 Infused™ flavored water is available in six unique all-natural flavors, with new flavors coming soon. Additionally, in 2020, the Company launched A88 Infused Beverage Division Inc., which includes the Company’s CBD water and flavor-infused water. For the Company’s topical and ingestible offerings, A88 Infused Products Inc. includes both the Company’s lab-tested full-spectrum hemp salves, balms, lotions, essential oils, and bath salts, along with broad-spectrum hemp, powder packs, oil tinctures, capsules, and gummies.

To purchase Alkaline88 and A88 Flavor Infused products online, visit us at www.alkaline88.com. To learn more about The Alkaline Water Company, please visit www.thealkalinewaterco.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.