At BluePrint Strategy, we’re committed to providing a thoughtful and collaborative approach to understanding your business’s needs. We provide a set of easy-to-understand blueprints that paint the path toward your business’s success, including programs and action plans to achieve your most important objectives. Simply put, we're your business partner and we enjoy celebrating our clients. Here’s what Lauren Reed and REED Public Relations shared:
Summarize your business/company in 1-3 sentences
REED Public Relations is a full-service PR and marketing agency that develops strategies to meet clients’ business goals. Our primary services include media relations, cause marketing, crisis management, social media, public affairs and event management.
What is your favorite quote? Why?
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor." - Mark Twain
There is so much to see, do, eat and experience in this world! There are often many reasons not to do something (like, say, start a business) and sometimes the things you want to do make no sense at all to the people around you, but you know in your heart that you have to try. I’ve made it a rule to follow my passion, but not on a whim if there is great risk. Basically, it’s okay to book a really fantastic trip impulsively but don’t decide in a day to throw your house on the market, especially if your husband is out of town. It just might sell in a day. And yes, I am speaking from experience here!
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment, personally and/or professionally?
Our agency is the only PR agency in Tennessee to be invited to join the Public Relations Global Network. We were competing against the top agencies in the state for this spot. Our agency was only three years old at the time, and we certainly felt like the underdog in the process. We were told they selected us due to our energy, enthusiasm and growth potential. The fact that successful agency leaders from around the world believed in us was definitely a confidence boost, and to be able to have this network of peers to share knowledge and business with has been amazing. This has resulted in numerous professional opportunities for me—including being asked to represent Nashville by speaking to the network in Kyoto, Japan.
And for the cliché answer—my family is everything. Watching my children grow into these tiny humans with their own personalities and opinions is such a joy, and every time I watch them do something kind, creative, or entrepreneurial, I feel that I have everything I need right there.
Are there any web links that you would like to share with others (i.e., web site, news articles about you or your business, affiliated community organizations, etc.)