Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/4/2020

"Very Postitive Experience - Great Team"

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

We wanted to build brand awareness for a B2B SaaS company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

Their team had great ideas, always arrived to meetings prepared. They did a great job of increasing their domain expertise to add additional value. Very creative approaches. You could tell they thought things through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

Nothing to add here. They exceeded our expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

BLASTmedia filled a critical role for us early on in our lifecycle, putting stepping stones in place to help us grow our brand awareness that still pay dividends. Their media contacts are deep and helped us earn credibility with valuable industry partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2020

"Great firm"

4.5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BlastMedia helped us with a broad set of PR related projects ranging from traditional releases to facilitating interviews with industry leading publications, content features and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

They are super organized and very proactive. Our regular check-in calls were always productive and kept me and my team on track. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

Nothing really comes to mind at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PANBlast:

Excellent firm. Give them your vision and the information they need to be successful and they'll do a great job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're a small company and don't have the budget for someone full time in a PR / Marketing Communications role. That being said, building brand awareness is really important to us at this stage. Working with BlastMedia has really helped generate exposure for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emily M.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/7/2020

"BLASTmedia has exceeded our expectations and has become a true strategic partner for our company."

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BLASTmedia was hired to provide strategic PR support aimed to increase brand awareness and establish our organization as a thought leader in (and beyond) the security industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

BLASTmedia is easily my favorite vendor - the team is professional, enthusiastic, organized and incredibly talented at what they do. They always come to meetings prepared with ideas to solve problems and make an impact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

There is nothing I dislike about BLASTmedia. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PANBlast:

Hiring BLASTmedia should be a no-brainer. They're a delight to work with and truly deliver results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

BLASTmedia has helped us increase our share of voice and has established excellent relationships with industry trade publications that now look to us as a source for insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Justin K.

Vice President of Revenue Marketing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/29/2020

"I've worked with a lot of PR agencies– BLASTmedia is nothing like them."

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BLAST oversaw the total scope of Sigstr's PR and Comms strategy for several years. They developed annual and quarterly plans with clear owners and indicators of success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

BLAST is the best agency I've ever teamed up with. I've worked with PR agencies of all stripes and sorts– from massive Manhattan-based agencies to niche-specific boutiques– and I experienced the same thing with all of them: copy+paste PR plans that promised the woerd and were then overseen and executed by a rotating cast of AEs, none of whom tried to truly dig in to understand our company, our personnel, and what our company's mission and vision were.

What BLAST offers is a high level of dedication, thoughtfulness, and throughput. The level of service and the results they repeatedly achieved were always impressive– and they didn't achieve it by working harder or throwing more bodies at challenges: they did it because they cared about us and our business a remarkable amount. The team at BLAST truly gives a damn about their clients and it absolutely shows up in the results they deliver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

Honestly– not a thing. I had an amazing relationship with BLAST and can't fault them for a thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

At the outset, it was pretty standard B2B tech fare: brand awareness and amplification, executive visibility, and traffic and demand growth. As our business and relationship evolved, they were able to identify specific areas or moments in our company history worth changing the scope to help maximize every hour we had with them. I credit BLAST with a lot of Sigstr's growth as a MarTech brand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jon-Eric C.

Senior Director Of Marketing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/9/2019

"Two times a BLAST client."

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BLAST Media handled the B2B public relations at the last two companies I’ve worked for. They handled everything form content ideation, creation, distribution, research, and press wires. Even handling all of the outreach for major rebrands and product launches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

I think the best thing about working with BLAST was the pace at which they work. As someone that moves pretty quickly, it was great to have an agency that not only kept up with me but was pushing me to do more to improve our overall marketing strategy. They always brought plenty of ideas and options to the table to make sure we kept reaching our PR goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

There’s really not too much to dislike. I was with them for about 8 years, so we did have a few different account managers, which isn’t ideal, but the whole team at BLAST is really great so there were no issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PANBlast:

Have the meeting, go meet them, get an idea of how hard they’re going to work for you and your organization. They are relentless in helping your business be heard and meet your PR goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

At both companies that I used BLAST to help us become thought leaders in our respective markets. They did a great job of identifying topics and outlets that would help us go from an unknown to a real voice in the industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ryan G.

Director Marketing Communications

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/21/2019

"BLASTmedia Gets It"

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BLASTmedia helps lead our media relations and thought leadership strategy development and execution. We hired them to help create visibility and raise awareness of Cheetah Digital, our technology and our executives, and ultimately increase our share of voice among our top competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

The signs of a good PR practitioner or agency is the ability to think strategically about what we’re trying to accomplish and continuing to get meaningful press coverage in between company or product announcements. BLASTmedia does both.

More than any other agency I’ve worked with, they get it. They work hard to understand our business, our industry and our goals, and bring great ideas and strategy to the table. They’re extremely proactive in not only their media relations activities, but also in communicating and helping us prepare for major announcements, launches, events, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

I wish that I could clone them in various other regions we operate in around the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Even in our extremely competitive landscape, BLASTmedia has continued to deliver solid results and increase our share of voice among our competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick T.

VP of Marketing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/15/2019

"Great PR Firm for B2B SaaS Companies "

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

We've hired BLASTmedia to be our outsourced PR Firm. They help us manage and execute all our strategies and tactics related to our PR initiatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

I really appreciate how much BLAST cares about the success of their clients and keeps a focus on hitting measurable goals. I also appreciate how well versed BLAST is in areas of marketing, outside of just PR. They are very plugged in and a forward thinking organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

In the early days we had a new account manager once or twice but this is to be expected with any agency you're with over time. They've always handled the transitions very well and our new account managers have always been very sharp and capable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

BLASTmedia helps us manage all of our ongoing PR activities from planning to content creation to alerting us of ways to insert ourselves into larger conversation and more. We've received hundreds of PR mentions over the years of working with them that we can tie directly back to revenue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew H.

Vice President of Marketing

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/23/2019

"Excellent boutique SaaS PR firm"

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

I brought BLASTmedia on as our Agency of Record at my previous company. This was after many challenging activations with large, bi-coastal PR firms with tons of logos and resources. BLAST quickly proved themselves as a modern, forward-thinking PR firm, marrying content marketing with media relations and corporate communications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

BLAST excels at client relations, but they aren't afraid to speak up and push back when the client is wrong or there is an opportunity to improve/optimize. They get that a strategy whereby a PR firm is pushing out press releases and pitching companies, founders, products has no legs in the modern media landscape and have thus put the appropriate focus on creating compelling content that is mediagenic and then pitching something with value to editors/journalists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

Nothing. I will hire them again as soon as I have the need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Leveraging earned media placements to drive backlinking and building SEO. Owned channel content to execute against a keyword strategy. Thought leadership content to elevate executive profiles. Product publicity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emily R.

Director of Marketing

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/4/2019

"BLASTmedia Makes a BIG Impact"

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

We have engaged with BLASTmedia to bolster our PR efforts and increase the amount of coverage we're receiving in publications relevant in our industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

The team at BLASTmedia is really fun and easy to work with. They have also made a huge impact in our pr coverage and dramatically increased the amount of coverage we are receiving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PANBlast?

I can't think of anything to dislike. They've done a great job meeting our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PANBlast solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were challenged with getting the media to pay attention to LiquidFrameworks. It was difficult to develop relationships with reporters and we had very little success in getting covered in publications. Since working with BLASTmedia, we've had publications (print and online) covering our stories several times a month, sometimes multiple times in a week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nina C.

Product Marketing Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/2/2019

"A wonderful extension of our marketing team"

5/5

Describe the project or task PANBlast helped with:

BLASTmedia has been tasked with helping us gain share of voice, thought leadership, backlinks as well as press releases for some of our initiatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about PANBlast?

Our account managers are on top of everything. They are constantly pushing pitches out for us, involving us in content reach outs and getting us into articles that really show off our brand. I am always kept in the loop and our bi-weekly meetings are a great way to keep the ideas flowing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.