Eric Nemeth is the owner of Eric PR & Marketing, LLC, an independent public relations agency based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Nemeth founded the agency on April 28, 2020, after a ten-year run as Senior Director of Publicity at the Harlem Globetrotters and earlier roles at Comcast-Spectacor, including the Wells Fargo Center supporting the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers. Eric PR & Marketing operates across sports, entertainment, consumer brands, and nonprofit campaigns.
This Q&A was conducted in October 2020, six months after the agency's founding. It is preserved as an early-stage founder interview from a pandemic-era launch that survived and now serves clients across the U.S. consumer landscape.
The Interview
Q: You launched a PR and marketing agency during a pandemic. What led to the decision to go out on your own?
A: Some of those initial decisions were made for me. The pandemic devastated the live event industry — Broadway, concerts, family shows. It forced my employer of ten years to pull multiple tours off the road and implement mass furloughs. When my furlough began in April, I had real-life decisions to make. Three options: wait out the furlough and hope live events would reopen with large crowds; look for a new job; or start my own agency. The third was the only option that offered me control of my own destiny. Eric PR & Marketing, LLC was born on April 28, 2020.
Q: How did you find your first clients?
A: I knew I could make meaningful pro bono contributions in the nonprofit sector. That approach did not bring in revenue, but it did show proof of concept. If I could demonstrate success outside of sports and entertainment, the revenue would follow. On a personal note, it was important to me to contribute to the great efforts being made by so many of our neighbors who are essential workers.
I called my friend John Lynch, who started a nonprofit called The Lunch with Lynch Foundation in Wildwood, NJ. I asked John if his organization had mounted any new efforts in response to the pandemic — and that is when he told me about Operation iPad. I initiated a publicity strategy that led to national attention, including CBSNews.com, People.com, and Cuomo Prime Time on CNN. Through a variety of efforts, John's foundation donated 135 iPads to connect patients with family members across the country.
Q: What led to early traction with paying clients?
A: A lot of people who believed I could do it. It started with my wife, Sara. Then Kurt Schneider, the former CEO of the Globetrotters, was one of the first to reach out. I have been helping him promote a podcast called Smart Drivel. The Philadelphia Business Journal heard about my nonprofit work and wrote about my story in June 2020. That led to further business and interest in my services.
Q: What sets you apart from other agencies?
A: I am being judicious about how I build my portfolio so I can be fully entrenched in the work for every client. I bring a level of experience that combines leadership with execution. I can be a strategist for a client while also having current skills to execute. A client gets me as an extension of their operation. I will not pass off an account to a junior person.
Q: What is the future for Eric PR & Marketing?
A: As of August 2020, I officially moved forward with Eric PR & Marketing fulltime. Every waking moment is dedicated to over-delivering for existing clients. That includes NEST, a national retail facilities management company; Jock MKT, a daily fantasy sports platform that turns sports into a stock market; MISS SWISS, an innovative makeup case; and Smart Drivel, a conversational podcast. I will continue to support nonprofits like The Lunch with Lynch Foundation and Ron Jaworski's foundation, the Jaws Youth Playbook.
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Eric Nemeth is the owner of Eric PR & Marketing, LLC , an independent public relations agency based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Nemeth founded the agency on April 28, 2020, after a ten-year run as Senior Director of Publicity at the Harlem Globetrotters and earlier roles at Comcast-Spectacor , including the Wells Fargo Center supporting the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers . Eric PR & Marketing operates across sports, entertainment, consumer brands, and nonprofit campaigns. This Q&A was conducted in October 2020, six months after the agency's founding. It is preserved as an early-stage founder interview from a pandemic-era launch that survived and now serves clients across the U.S. consumer landscape. The Interview Q: You launched a PR and marketing agency during a pandemic. What led to the decision to go out on your own?
A: Some of those initial decisions were made for me. The pandemic devastated the live event industry — Broadway, concerts, family shows. It forced my employer of ten years to pull multiple tours off the road and implement mass furloughs. When my furlough began in April, I had real-life decisions to make. Three options: wait out the furlough and hope live events would reopen with large crowds; look for a new job; or start my own agency. The third was the only option that offered me control of my own destiny. Eric PR & Marketing, LLC was born on April 28, 2020.
Q: How did you find your first clients?
A: I knew I could make meaningful pro bono contributions in the nonprofit sector. That approach did not bring in revenue, but it did show proof of concept. If I could demonstrate success outside of sports and entertainment, the revenue would follow. On a personal note, it was important to me to contribute to the great efforts being made by so many of our neighbors who are essential workers. I called my friend John Lynch, who started a nonprofit called The Lunch with Lynch Foundation in Wildwood, NJ. I asked John if his organization had mounted any new efforts in response to the pandemic — and that is when he told me about Operation iPad. I initiated a publicity strategy that led to national attention, including CBSNews.com, People.com, and Cuomo Prime Time on CNN. Through a variety of efforts, John's foundation donated 135 iPads to connect patients with family members across the country.
Q: What led to early traction with paying clients?
A: A lot of people who believed I could do it. It started with my wife, Sara. Then Kurt Schneider, the former CEO of the Globetrotters, was one of the first to reach out. I have been helping him promote a podcast called Smart Drivel. The Philadelphia Business Journal heard about my nonprofit work and wrote about my story in June 2020. That led to further business and interest in my services.
Q: What sets you apart from other agencies?
A: I am being judicious about how I build my portfolio so I can be fully entrenched in the work for every client. I bring a level of experience that combines leadership with execution. I can be a strategist for a client while also having current skills to execute. A client gets me as an extension of their operation. I will not pass off an account to a junior person.
Q: What is the future for Eric PR & Marketing?
A: As of August 2020, I officially moved forward with Eric PR & Marketing fulltime. Every waking moment is dedicated to over-delivering for existing clients. That includes NEST, a national retail facilities management company; Jock MKT, a daily fantasy sports platform that turns sports into a stock market; MISS SWISS, an innovative makeup case; and Smart Drivel, a conversational podcast. I will continue to support nonprofits like The Lunch with Lynch Foundation and Ron Jaworski's foundation, the Jaws Youth Playbook.
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