San Francisco Agency

Our San Francisco team is a Nordic affair. Today, our Swedish comms and PR expert Per was finding inspiration at the coworking space down by the Hammarby canal in Stockholm! 🇸🇪

We are hiring a Sales Hacker (SDR) based in Helsinki for San Francisco Agency and Valosan 🚀

The application period is still open until this Wednesday, 15th of May. Please find the link in the comments :)

Thank you to everyone at who came to our PR bonfire session today! Our crew members and got great questions from the participantsz and we hope everyone left with some useful tips and insights 😄

Today, it was once again time for our monthly meeting! The sun greeted us for the afternoon session 💜☀️

"Finland is once again the world’s happiest country." 🙌

These are the world’s happiest countries in 2024 | CNN The World Happiness Report is out, and once again the Nordic countries are humming along with the highest scores. Finland ranks first.

Our team members Tim and Reetta are at Tech Arena in Stockholm today and tomorrow! Come and say hi 👋🏻

This week, our amazing VP for International Growth, , spoke to startup founders about how to break into U.S. media at the New Nordics Pitching Competition, organised by Silicon Vikings in collaboration with Platform6!

Today, we got to celebrate our portfolio client 's success at the Cannes Lions Awards 2023. Congratulations to the whole team at Musti ja Mirri and Erma & Reinikainen 🏆✨

This week, our crew member Gillion has had the opportunity to hear all about new deep tech innovations at ✨ thank you for having us!

Happy weekend from team SF! ✨

This week Theo and our CEO, Juhani, went to the Nordic Business Forum in Helsinki! Such an incredible event bringing together business leaders, and the biggest regional and international business media under one roof.

What's going on here? Stay tuned! 👀🎥

This week, two of our PR pros, Chris and Theo, have been in Copenhagen for 🇩🇰🎉 Denmark's largest startup event with over 8000 people attending. Safe to say, it's been a blast!

Today, it was once again time for our monthly meeting! One half of the crew at the office, the other half working remotely. That's how we roll! 😎 As a bonus, our Chief Wellbeing Officer Meiko demonstrates how we will relax during the weekend 🐶

Happy August! 🌻 Are you ready for new challenges? San Francisco Agency is looking for a new team member to join our international team of PR professionals. Read more and apply! ✨

Our team is growing! 🎉 San Francisco Agency is looking for a Finnish-speaking Senior Comms & PR Specialist! Is it you we're looking for? Apply now!

Finnish-speaking Senior Communications & PR Professional San Francisco Agency is Finland’s most international PR agency, with a growing client base in the New Nordic area. Our mission is to help companies and brands spread their honest stories to the world

Aaaaand off she goes! SF crew member Kristiina is heading to the city of angels for the next six months. During her stay, she will be meeting with local journalists, attending events, and connecting with companies operating in the United States – all with the aim of gathering more insight on this exciting market 🇺🇸

Tere Eesti! 👋🇪🇪 Our team is happy to meet and mingle with local ecosystem people. Come and say hi! 🤝

Writing press releases can feel like quite the task. Press releases have a bit of a bad reputation, and they are unlike any other piece of content you’ll write in marketing.

Well, we’re here to tell you how to write a press release that the media will love – and we’re even going to give you the exact same template we use every day! Read our newest blog 👉🏻

How to write a press release that the media will love - San Francisco Agency Learn how to write captivating press releases that the international media love, and get your free press release template.

Our team is in Riga! 🇱🇻 Meet Reetta at TechChill. 👋

What's the secret ingredient to building awareness in new markets? We're spilling the beans!

When no one knows who you are or what you do, PR is your best weapon to create awareness. But what even is PR? Why should I do PR? Where do I start? 😧

No need to worry, we've got your back! ✌🏻 Download our brand new International PR guidebook to learn all about it: https://sanfrancisco.fi/free-international-pr-guidebook/.

Thanks for the great event, SaaSiest 2023 organizers! Between frukkost and fika, we had great discussions, heard awesome keynotes, and made maybe a few new friends. We will be back! 🇸🇪👋

Our team is participating in SaaSiest in Malmö, Sweden! 🇸🇪💙💛 Say hello to Tim or Reetta if you want to talk about global earned media, PR software, or how to tell compelling stories. 👋

Ok, so you saw your competitor get that amazing piece in VentureBeat, and you really, really want a media hit like that for your company. Like, yesterday. ⏰

We love ambitious goals, but most companies that set out to do ambitious PR quickly march into the pitfall of wanting to go from zero to The New York Times or TechCrunch without a realistic plan on how to get to the top-of-mind of those journalists.

We tell you how to do it, step by step! 👇🏻

How PR in smaller media outlets can pave the way to Tier 1 media coverage - San Francisco Agency PR pros always want to get that tier-1 coverage, but writing op-eds and guest articles for smaller media is what helps you get there.

Yes, we know reaching out to journalists can be scary. But the benefits are so large, your company needs to get going!

In our latest blog, we tell you why media relationship management is key to getting your business growing, and how to get started. 💡

PR Strategy - Why good media relationships are your business's best friend - San Francisco Agency A PR strategy without a plan for media relationship management isn’t a PR strategy. We tell you how to do it, and why it’s important.

PR isn’t marketing! Even though they are cousins, they require very different thinking to be effective. 👀 When creating your PR strategy, you have to think about what media outlets are interested in, not just what you want to say. So think like a journalist, not like a marketer. We’ll guide you through it in our latest blog post:

For PR strategy - think like a journalist, not like a marketer - San Francisco Agency A PR strategy is key to building company awareness. But it isn't a marketing tool. Working with the media means thinking like a journalist.

It all starts with a line.

Every brand renewal has to have a purpose. A new brand isn’t something anyone should create out of boredom or “just because we need a new brand”. Your brand is the core of your identity, the personality of your company.

As we’ve grown over the past few years, we realized that our old brand no longer represented us.

That’s the reason why we created our new brand. 🌱 Read all about it in our blog:

"It all starts with a line" – what we learned during our rebranding process Every brand renewal needs to have a purpose – a new brand isn’t something anyone should create out of boredom or “just because we need a new brand.”

Your company exists for a reason. You have invested in it – if not money, then your time. In the present day, every organization needs to constantly prove its reason for being.

So, why should your company be the one staying in business, or even growing? And how can you, as a company, affect the future? Furthermore, why should anyone even care? 🤔

Read our answer from our blog: https://sanfrancisco.fi/article/the-why-how-and-what-of-telling-your-company-story-during-turbulent-times/