Since its inception in 1998, Marsh Marketing & Public Relations has operated a virtual marketing and PR company with all of its teammates operating from different locations and with all the talents required to function as a virtual marketing department. Without HR costs and office leasing expenses, we have been able to deliver amazing work and results for substantially less that other firms in our industry.
Gary Marsh
Gary Marsh is the founder of Marsh Marketing (1998-Present) and considered one of the foremost PR experts on commercial real estate in the U.S. He is a master storyteller using the written word and visual tools (photography, video and website development). Gary serves clients by developing community engagement strategies and tactics that build brand awareness and new business opportunities for his clients. A former journalist, he is an accomplished writer and photographer. He is an expert negotiator in developing and buying media for clients that promote their brands and connects clients to enhanced PR opportunities and professional networks.
Gary started his professional career in Silicon Valley in 1986, selling capital industrial equipment and services to commercial real estate developers and facilities managers. In the 1990s he was a beat reporter covering economic development, commercial and residential real estate and retail for the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal. He left journalism for New York-based Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), which at the time was the second-largest commercial real estate services firm in the U.S. At C&W, Gary co-reported to the National Director of Corporate Communications and the Western Region President based in San Francisco. He was responsible for buying more than $1 million in media placements annually and for all marketing and PR in the firm’s 22 offices located west of the Mississippi River.
Since 1998 Gary has served dozens of businesses in real estate and hospitality in a variety of relationship-based media relations roles, advisory services, creative content development, networking and business development to generate new business and grow the top line of his clients’ companies. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (news/editorial) from the University of Colorado at Boulder.