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We are a firm of former journalists trained to find great stories. We can find yours. We can then tell that story in any form you need.

Words

Brand messaging
Website content
Speechwriting 
Op-eds
White papers
Newsletters

We believe that organizations that tell clear, compelling and brief stories about themselves stand out and win more business and influence. Brevity is paramount: The average person’s attention span is just 8 seconds

M. Harris & Co. wields modern marketing tools and world-class journalistic storytelling, skepticism and speed. Accustomed to distilling complex ideas down to headlines, our team of award-winning former journalists specializes in making organizations pointy and memorable. 

We’ve completed brand messaging for dozens and dozens of clients. Their feelings at the end are universal: They’re relieved that they can explain who they are and what they do in a sentence or two.

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Visuals

To connect with your audience, embrace the idea of “show, don’t tell.” We can show your audience what you’re all about through video, photography, audio, data visualization and animation. 

Our visual team is led by designer Matt Mansfield (former executive editor for digital at National Geographic), Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Alex Garcia and data visualization expert Jonathon Berlin.

Graphic design
Data visualization
Web development
App development
Commercials and PSAs
Photography
Video
Animation

Photo by Alex Garcia

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Strategy

Content strategy
Marketing strategy
Lead generation strategy
Communications strategy

We’ll build a game plan that works — one that focuses on your competitive advantages.

We like to think bigger than simply creating a step-by-step plan and providing you with the tools for reaching prospective consumers. We go even further by asking two questions: How can you build the marketing into the product? And how can we turn your biggest fans into your marketers?

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Digital Marketing

This isn’t a cure-all for everyone. Are you trying to drive awareness or action? Is your call to action “learn more” or “buy now”? We’ll help you clarify your goal and build a digital strategy to achieve it. Then we’ll measure our performance, report back and refine our approach.

Paid social media
Organic social media 
Email marketing
SEO analysis
Google search campaigns
Connected TV ad campaigns

Photo by Alex Garcia

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Other Feats
of Strength

Our job is to make your brand memorable. That means we’re going to bring you some surprising, weird ideas — like these:

The Zeal Step Count Challenge

How many steps do dairy cows walk in one day? We used pedometers to find out.

The Secret Sauce

We made hot sauce from scratch, bottled it, and, for that extra spicy kick, put our clients’ faces on the label.

The Countdown to the Shittiest Year in Recent Memory

A digital and print calendar we created to get us through 2020.