After reaching an impasse with his own DIY PR efforts, Brad Ramsey happened upon the agency that has proven instrumental to refining his firm’s image.

When Brad Ramsey first tried to get his work published, he was met with crickets. “I was trying to contact editors through my photographer, or through other designer friends, but it felt like a blind pitch,” says the Nashville designer, who founded his eponymous business in 2013. “A lot of times, I wouldn’t hear back, so I didn’t even know if [I was writing] a good email.”

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