# Ripley PR

> Ripley PR is an independent public relations agency in Maryville, Tennessee, founded by Heather Ripley in 2013. It specializes in earned media, reputation, crisis planning, content, awards and executive positioning for home services, skilled trades, manufacturing, B2B technology and franchise brands. Its edge is unusually specific operating knowledge: Ripley previously managed communications inside a large home-service franchisor, and the agency now translates technical or unfamiliar offers into stories that make sense to trade reporters, operators and local communities.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Maryville, United States
- **Founders:** Heather Ripley (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 15-16 employees in recent directory and supplied company data
- **Products:** Strategic communications and media relations, Crisis and reputation management, Executive positioning, Content, social and event support, Orange Orchard
- **Notable:** Named to Forbes' America's Best PR Agencies list for 2021; Forbes' profile lists Ripley PR at No. 5., Named to Newsweek's America's Best PR Agencies list for 2024, with five stars in industrial and manufacturing and four stars in five communications specialties., Named Best Communications/PR Agency in the 2025 Merit Awards for Marketing & Communications.

## Products & services

- **Strategic communications and media relations** — Campaign strategy, story development, media pitching, press releases and national, regional and trade-media outreach.
- **Crisis and reputation management** — Risk assessment, crisis planning, response workflows, spokesperson preparation and ongoing reputation programs.
- **Executive positioning** — Thought-leadership articles, interviews, speaking opportunities, awards and media training that establish subject-matter authority.
- **Content, social and event support** — Blogs, social media, brand promotions, trade-show planning, conference support and other owned-media content.
- **Orange Orchard** — A specialist division serving animal-welfare nonprofits and pet-friendly or purpose-driven brands.
- **Adventure PR** — A specialist division for adventure travel, RV, camping, outdoor-lifestyle brands, destinations and select resorts.

## Achievements

- Named to Forbes' America's Best PR Agencies list for 2021; Forbes' profile lists Ripley PR at No. 5.
- Named to Newsweek's America's Best PR Agencies list for 2024, with five stars in industrial and manufacturing and four stars in five communications specialties.
- Named Best Communications/PR Agency in the 2025 Merit Awards for Marketing & Communications.
- Named 2025-2026 PR Agency of the Year in the Southeast United States by the Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards, its second time receiving the distinction.
- Won silver in the Outstanding PR Campaign category of the inaugural 2026 TITAN American Business Awards for its work with Reins.
- Earned repeated recognition from Entrepreneur among PR agencies serving franchises, including a Top 5 placement in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Ripley PR won silver at the inaugural TITAN American Business Awards for the Reins market-entry campaign.
- **2026-03** — Founder Heather Ripley was named among Women We Admire's 2026 Top Women Leaders.
- **2025-12** — The agency reorganized leadership by specialty, naming Anthony Cloud managing director for B2C and franchising and Grayson Shockley managing director for B2B.
- **2025-09** — Ripley PR launched Adventure PR for outdoor, RV, adventure-travel and destination brands.
- **2025-07** — The Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards named Ripley PR its 2025-2026 Southeast USA PR Agency of the Year.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ripleypr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ripley-pr
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ripleypr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripley_pr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RipleyPR

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Last updated: 2026-09-19