Veracity Marketing Blog

Working with Marketing Contractors: How to Find the Right Fit, Build Trust, and Keep Work Flowing

by Amy Rosenberg | Dec 2, 2025

Amy covers when to bring in contractors, how to set expectations, and how blended teams strengthen modern marketing departments.

Zach Dundas: Portland Monthly Magazine [Podcast]

The Editor in Chief joins Veracity’s PR Talk podcast providing guidance on when, how and what to pitch Portland Monthly Magazine.

Crisis PR & the PIO with Dave Thompson, ODOT [Podcast]

Oregon Department of Transportation PIO joins PR Talk podcast to talk crisis PR and share about PRSA Oregon’s CommCon

Greg Retsinas: KGW Media Group [Podcast]

The swallowing of traditional journalism is passionately outlined on this episode of Veracity’s #PRTalk Podcast.

Thought Leadership Positioning [Minicast]

There are many articles about how to become a thought leader. If you’re in marketing or PR, you need to know how to position one of the many “brains” in your organization as a thought leader.

Join Us Honoring Ethical Businesses

KEEN, Les Schwab, The Portland Clinic, Fully, Lakeside Lumber, Tom Dwyer Automotive, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland Children’s Museum and Habitat for Humanity will be honored on May 23rd.

Kent Lewis: Anvil Media [Podcast]

Banished to the digital basement: Kent Lewis recounts his exile from PR with 5 ways a marketing firm owner uses PR to grow on this episode of the PR Talk Podcast.

Linkbuilding Through PR with Carolyn Shelby, Tribune Interactive [Podcast]

Links, Local PR, SEO and more with Carolyn Shelby, Director of SEO and SEM for Tribune Publishing. Recorded at the 2018 Engage Conference.

Women in the Public Relations Industry

Do people still believe that women can’t do the executive job as well as a man? If so, they are mistaken.

The Tale of Graduate Turned Account Coordinator

Three months deep at Veracity and I am lucky to have bosses who push me to greater lengths every day.

Account Executive at Veracity

Want to work where you matter? Help us grow Veracity into Portland’s top agency. We are looking to hire an AE with 3-5 years PR experience.

Kevin Getch: Engage Conference [Podcast]

Kevin Getch of SEMpdx Has Us “Engaged” Before the Annual Digital Marketing Conference Hits Portland

The do’s and don’ts of social media…

Sometimes a little training is needed even for what seem to be the simplest tasks. Tips to help you avoid making mistakes in the social media space.

Amy Rosenberg on Local PR with The Zip [Podcast]

Local public relations tips, the launch of Veracity, Amy’s background and more. Interview on The Zip Podcast.

Veracity Again Named a Top Portland PR Firm

It is always nice to be recognized as one of Portland’s Best PR Firms. It is even better to receive the accolade multiple times.

Roger Valdez: Forbes Columnist [Podcast]

Seattle housing advocate and Forbes writer, Roger Valdez, explains the difference between advocacy & public relations

Five Things Journalists Can Learn from Oprah’s Golden Globe Speech

As the first black woman to win the award, it wasn’t just the acceptance speech that had tears streaming down faces in the audience and at home.

Emily Parkhurst: Editor in Chief Puget Sound Business Journal [Podcast]

In Episode 24, Emily gives us a lot of information about getting into the publication, how to pitch her and her reporters and what makes her open a PR pitch.

Networking Tips for Your Next Holiday Party

Whether you love the office mixer or dread it, you are likely going to a few seasonal get-togethers. Spend that time wisely to further your career or business, here are eight networking tips for your next holiday party.

Su Ring & Joseph Suttner: New Day NW Producers [Podcast]

PR Talk goes on a Seattle “press jag” starting with a double interview with Su Ring and Joseph Suttner, producers of New Day Northwest for King5, Seattle’s NBC affiliate.

Holiday Gift Guide for 5 Office Personalities

We’ve got you covered with both practical and fun gifts for every type of office personality!

Gregory Day: Host of Weekly Portland Podcast and KPTV’s “The Dish” [Podcast]

Gregory Day started the Weekly Portland Podcast about two years ago for reasons that have morphed over time, realizing podcasting was the best format to truly capture the interviewee’s essence and portraying the interesting people of Portland in a non-comedic way that remained light-hearted and professional.