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The most successful PR campaigns don't end when the package is delivered.
One of my favorite projects was working on PR seeding for #Clinique hero products, where we coordinated gifting across 100+ beauty editors, media contacts and beauty KOLs in India.
Most people think PR seeding is simply sending products.
It isn't.
Behind every successful gifting campaign is a strategy:
• Understanding which products suit which creators and publications.
• Maintaining an organized media and creator database.
• Tracking deliveries and follow-ups.
• Building relationships beyond a single launch.
• Ensuring every touchpoint feels intentional not transactional.
The spreadsheet behind the campaign was hundreds of rows long (unfortunately I can't share it due to client confidentiality), but it reminded me of something important.
PR isn't built on one launch.
It's built through consistency.
The strongest media and creator relationships are developed over months and often years of meaningful interactions.
As beauty brands continue investing in creator marketing, I believe relationship management is becoming just as valuable as campaign execution.
Because people don't remember every product they receive.
They remember how a brand made them feel.
What's one brand that you think consistently does relationship-building well rather than just product launches?
#PR #BeautyMarketing #InfluencerMarketing #BrandStrategy #PublicRelations #CreatorEconomy #BeautyIndustry
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Audited existing content to identify which post types (behind-the-scenes, recipes, product shots) got the most engagement
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A founder came to me recently with a brand that looked great. Clean logo, nice colors, solid packaging mockups. And it still wasn't converting.
This happens more than people think. Here's the pattern I keep seeing:
The identity was built around what the founder liked, not what the customer needed to feel to trust the brand and buy it
The visuals shifted from project to project — packaging, social, website all "on brand" in isolation, but with no system tying them together
There was no answer to the real question: why should someone choose this over the five other options next to it on the shelf
A logo isn't a brand. A brand is the reason someone picks you at $12 over the version next to it at $9.
That's why I always start with strategy before a single visual gets made — positioning, the customer's actual decision-making moment, what the brand needs to communicate to earn that pick. The identity and packaging come after, built to carry that answer through every touchpoint.
Most brands look good. Few actually sell. If yours is stuck in the first category, I'd love to help you get to the second — message me and let's talk about what's not landing.
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