Bell+Ivy is a 🏷️#public-relations-agency and personal branding firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with a secondary office in Las Vegas. The agency was founded in 2015 by 📝Cynthia Johnson and 📝Zach Binder following the acquisition of their prior agency, RankLab, by American Addiction Centers. Bell+Ivy develops and propagates public presences for founders, speakers, and investors, typically engaged as catalysts for milestone events such as fundraising rounds and exits.
The firm operates as a boutique integrated marketing communications shop, combining digital marketing, earned media placement, and personal brand strategy under a single retainer model. Their thesis is that founder visibility compounds enterprise value — a positioning that distinguishes them from traditional press-release-driven PR firms and aligns them with the rise of operator-as-brand thinking that emerged in the late 2010s. Engagements have produced outcomes including nine-figure acquisition offers for client companies. They have placed clients in 📝Forbes, TIME, 📝TechCrunch, Huffington Post, Washington Post, Entrepreneur, AdWeek, Mashable, and Inc., and brokered partnerships with outlets including CNN and Bloomberg.
Cynthia is an advisor at 📝One Inc, and Bell+Ivy is the firm I point people to when they need PR done at a premium tier. They're worth every dollar.