In 2003, after selling his five-year old public relations & marketing firm, Crescent PR, Inc., Winn Maddrey founded Blue Nine Partners. Since inception, Blue Nine has focused on getting to the true focus of its clients and aligning that focus with key stakeholders. And getting results that matter.
How has Blue Nine Partners been successful?
- Creating a multi-state initiative to create awareness and relevance about an issue in the U.S. Senate race in three states.
- Leading an initiative to study and create a program of work about having a creative community in Charlotte, NC to attract, recruit and retain the creative class.
- Managing crises nationally and regionally for a number of high-profile clients. Serving as company spokesperson in media ranging from local papers (Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Southwest) to magazines and trade publications to CBS, CNN and other national media outlets.
- Organizing an international conference to discuss key policy issues between elected officials, appointed officials and business leaders from the United States and the United Kingdom.
- Consulting with businesses going through major transitions (IPO, divestiture, product launch, divisional changes).
- Developing a marketing, PR, and sales framework for a new division within a technology company.
- Restructuring a decades-old company’s internal sales, marketing and PR strategy to pursue new industries, with new products, and successfully implement a national sales strategy.
- Training senior leaders of non-profits, public and private companies to effectively present and speak with the media.
- Designing and managing a multi-state lobbying framework to advocate and pursue procurement opportunities.
