Amalia Martino is a well-known publicist, public relations and marketing consultant, and the founder and CEO of BlueShoes Media (BSM), a Seattle-based boutique entertainment PR firm that connects its clientele with, their fan base/consumers and the media. BSM’s clients include entertainment industry professionals, fashion brands, and small businesses on a national level.
Since 2005, Ms. Martino has used her creative energy, corporate work ethic, optimal public relations practices and experience to build BlueShoes Media into a well-respected PR firm dedicated to generating opportunities for its clients. Her acute business sense has helped her forge a reputation for quality and grace in the entertainment industry.
Ms. Martino is skilled at writing and editing, producing media pitches and identifying branding issues. She utilizes her wide-ranging media and industry relationships to generate attention, arranges interviews with television, radio, magazines, newspapers, e-zines and blogs, and solicits reviews of material.
Ms. Martino has placed clients in numerous media outlets including Justine Magazine, Seattle Weekly Newspaper, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, MTV Tr3s, Mania TV, URB.com, The Source Magazine and 425 Magazine. For music clients, she has helped achieve a Billboard Top Ten placement and over 200,000 single sales, gained exposure for those touring with major artists and on the music festival circuit. For fashion brands and small business, Ms. Martino has helped to produce successful events, secure sponsorship from Fortune 500 companies, and engage circles of influence via social media, press coverage and networking.
Key to Ms. Martino’s success is her ability to bond with clients, learnwho they are as people and understand values important to them. She takes time to extract information and strategically place them in the marketplace. Her work style, just like her parenting philosophy, is to nurture and guide professional relationships while at the same time uphold high expectations, implement deadlines and get things done.
Ms. Martino received her International Relations degree from the University of Washington. She resides just outside Seattle, WA, is mother to her 9-year old daughter, and an active member of the PTSA. She’s a self-proclaimed #1 Seahawks fan, who starts her days with hot yoga, and enjoys spending time with her large, extended family.
Speaking Engagements
Ms. Martino greatly enjoys public speaking and is often invited by conferences, professional associations and youth organizations to serve as a guest speaker on variety of public relations and publicity topics – specifically, challenges and opportunities for women in business, DIY public relations and gaining exposure as an independent or emerging recording artist. Ms. Martino has previously spoken to the Public Relations Student Society of America at the University of Washington, World Affairs Council’s International Visitor Program and the Martin Luther King County Executive’s Awards.
If you would like to book Ms. Martino to speak to your organization or hire her as a consultant, please feel free to call (425) 361-2754 or email info@blueshoesmedia.com
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