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Elliot S. Weissbluth CEO, HighTower
"JCPR is a firm of consummate professionals with deep industry connections and financial services expertise. We are thrilled with the strategic and tactical work developed by the firm, and most importantly, they have earned the respect and admiration of our executives, financial advisors, and members of our Board. Jenn and her team at JCPR deliver time and time again."
Jim Pavia Editor-Investment News
"I was introduced to Jenn Connelly in 2005 and was immediately impressed with her direct and honest approach to this business. Jennifer values the time of journalists and has only passed along reliable industry contacts who are suited for our audience. From my experience, prior to having one of JCPR’s clients contacted and interviewed as a source for a story, her team pays careful attention and does their homework in an effort to understand the editorial direction of a financial publication."
Bob Clark Editor-at-Large Investment Advisor Magazine
"Jennifer is simply the best publicist I’ve come across in my 25 years as a financial journalist. She truly understands the financial services industry, the various media channels, and most importantly, the business of her clients and what makes them newsworthy. Whenever she suggests I speak with one of her clients, I’ve always listened without hesitation, and I've never yet been disappointed."
Tom Lydon Editor, ETF Trends-Author - iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor-President, Global Trends Investments
"The JCPR team has taken our PR from the minors to the big leagues; they have taught that having a strategy and building a brand are critical to sustaining growth. I unequivocally trust their guidance in planning, strategy and execution. In today’s fast changing market place we have many opportunities to chime in with the press. The key is having an advocate with a finger on the pulse who can act quickly on your behalf. If you’re thinking about hiring JCPR call me."
Thomas Westle Partner - BlankRome, LLC
"One of the many issues facing investment advisers, mutual fund managers & investment companies and other service providers to the industry has been the inability to reach the investing public in an effective and coherent manner. Many have claimed to be able to provide public relations support but few have actually delivered. Then I was introduced to JCPR. Jennifer and her team treat each client as if it is their only client and they deliver measurable results from day one."
Andy O'Rourke Senior Vice President, Marketing Director - Direxionfunds Direxionshares
"JCPR’s team gives new meaning to the phrase media relations. The team is keenly aware that they are operating in a relationship building business and they work diligently every day to develop strong relationships with their clients, with the media community, and to foster relationships between the two. As a provider of sophisticated investment products, Direxion is challenged with a significant educational effort to ensure that information about our products is accurately disseminated to the public. JCPR understands how important this is, has taken the time to become extreme experts on our products, and tirelessly work to deliver this product knowledge to the media community. The quality of the professionals at JCPR is extremely high and consistent throughout the entire organization. We are grateful to the team for their ability to take our public relations efforts to a new level. It is a true pleasure to work with them day in and day out."
Richard Koreto Former Editor-in-Chief of Financial Planning and Wealth Manager Magazines
"Jennifer has the extraordinary skill of understanding what I want as an editor. The clients she and her team have recommended to me have always been able to serve as excellent sources for articles or byline them for me. She does a great job of explaining why her clients will be useful to my readers and then efficiently arranges for me and my writers to speak with them. JCPR has been of enormous help to me in creating articles for Wealth Manager."
Sara Harding Communications Director - FIMG Group
"I am the Communications Director for FIMG Group. After several meetings with various firms, we knew in the first five minutes of meeting with JCPR that they were the right fit. Jennifer and her team understand our business and are fantastic to work with. In the last year they have placed us in major publications every week, building our brand awareness and getting us in front of the right investors. They have become an integral part of our team and are truly dedicated to helping us succeed. I am convinced that the true way to build investments in the competitive landscape is through PR and that JCPR is the firm to partner with."
Stacy Havener Co-Founder - Candlewood Advisory Partners, LLC
"As third party marketers/placement agents, Candlewood Advisory Partners’ goal is to build and execute a successful sales and marketing campaign that will raise assets for our investment management clients. Any successful sales and marketing strategy should include public relations, and the first firm we recommend in the PR space is JCPR. We have seen firsthand the amazing work they do for their clients. Jenn’s group knows how to weave the key selling points and differentiators of a client’s firm into a meaningful and interesting story. It’s all about the people and the relationships, and JCPR has both; the team is talented, well-connected, and are all-around “great people”."
John McGrath Senior Vice President of Development - Easter Seals New York
"Easter Seals New York is grateful for what Jennifer and the team at JCPR. has brought to us. The difference in media relations, visibility and public relations before and after Jennifer joined the Easter Seals New York Board is night and day. By offering her pro bono support, our message has reached a much larger group. In addition to her professional expertise, we are indebted to Jennifer's personal dedication to the people we help. We wouldn't be where we are without her."
Susan A. Mellon VP - Director of Marketing - Aston Asset Management
"Aston Asset Management is a diversified investment management firm which collaborates with institutional money managers in order to bring mutual funds to the marketplace. Given our unique structure, working with us is not always about making one firm happy, more like fourteen and counting, and JCPR truly delivers. Since our relationship began, nearly two years ago, we have received abundant, high-quality media exposure. They have secured interviews with top tier investment publications; focusing on exactly the audience we hope to reach. Further, I continually hear from our institutional portfolio managers and sales partners how much they enjoy working with Jenn and her team. From my perspective, I find them to be thoroughly professional, reliable, and effective. They are an absolute pleasure to work with and have proven to be a valuable asset to our firm."
Brian E. Brett VP, Director - American Beacon Funds
"We are an Institutional Mutual Fund family attempting to build a retail presence almost exclusively through public relations and JCPR. JCPR’s style and the team’s work ethic and professionalism match our company perfectly. From the minute we began working with JCPR, and their considerable number of media contacts, the feature articles, expert commentaries, TV appearances, and fund mentions started rolling. The team is very easy to work with and caught on quickly to what we were trying to accomplish. We are extremely pleased."
Lee W. Schultheis CEO and Co-Founder - AIP Funds
"Under JCPR’s media guidance, in just under six years, AIP has gone from an unknown one fund startup, with only $12MM in AUM (from seed assets), to a multi-fund platform with almost $1 Billion in AUM. The JCPR team has demonstrated a unique grasp of both the financial services industry and the investment advisor community that is our primary target market. It is the cumulative effects of our ongoing media campaign that has yielded the greatest benefits, and paid for itself many times over. We can’t imagine that the last five years would have been nearly as successful without JCPR at the helm."
Andrew Rogers President
Gemini Fund Service
"As a result of the positive media placements JCPR produced, Gemini Fund Services has seen a direct correlation in new business in the form of new clients and increased assets under administration. The firm has been an integral part of our sales process and success since we began the relationship over three years ago. JCPR has helped our firm establish a strong brand in the financial services industry and a positive presence among the investment advisor community. We used to joke that Gemini was the best company that nobody knew—the latter is no longer true. We couldn’t be happier with the results that our relationship with JCPR has produced."
Ronald W. Rogé MS, CFP(R)
Chairman & CEO
R. W. Rogé & Company, Inc.
"I am a wealth manager who is frequently quoted by the national, international and local press and media. When Jennifer Connelly approached me I did not think that she could add any additional value to what was already working for us on the public relations front. Then she made a very profound comment to me. She said it is one thing to be frequently quoted in the press and media but having you, a member of your staff or your firm in a feature article adds a whole new dimension to what you already have. I can't believe what we were missing! JCPR has become an integral part of our firm's marketing effort and has been adding value since day one."
