Today we’d like to introduce you to Kara Fagan.
Hi Kara, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
I’ve always been told that I have a creative spirit, ever since I was a child. Deep curiosity and intense desires are what pushed me to explore and execute my passions, which has led me to where I am today. After graduating college at the University of Oregon in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a minor in Legal Studies, I traveled to Chicago for an internship I had been accepted to in order to get a jumpstart in my career. In the four years after, I began working for small, boutique agencies in the Orange County and Los Angeles area and helped assist high-end clients in the fashion, beauty, interior design, and entertainment industries.
In 2020, I began to see a major shift in the media space, which called for a necessary shift in public relations strategies and communications. Businesses want effective exposure, journalists want insightful stories, and consumers want company transparency. In order to foster a better relationship and gain beneficial results for each, I built a brand that’s dedicated to achieving success for all three entities.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Looking back, it’s probably been quite the opposite of a smooth road… However, I am thankful for the turbulences, poor judgements, and minor defeats because they’re the exact events that ‘woke me up’ you could say.
If I didn’t allow for those messy moments, I wouldn’t have come to the realization of the major need for new ways of thinking in this industry and begin to offer services that will ultimately help small businesses and brands build their foundation that’s worthy of public recognition.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Kara Marie Media is a PR and media relations business that offers personalized strategies for all companies, organizations, start-ups, entrepreneurs, etc. The goal of Kara Marie Media is to help gain positive publicity for those who are creating trustworthy products, extraordinary services, and new ideas that better the public, and do so by combining traditional and modernized practices based on the wants of the client.
From tailored email marketing to extensive industry research, I provide a personalized approach with the aim to secure them top-tier coverage, magazine mentions, and online features. I’m passionate about passionate people, especially when they are producing products/services that are desired in our world.
Is there any advice you’d like to share with our readers who might just be starting out?
My advice to those who are just starting out is to be at peace with the discomfort, appreciate the turbulence, and stay assured in the success that is to come. I’ve been in my own profession for five years now and am still learning something new every single day. It’s a beautiful, messy process.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karamariefagan/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kara.fagan.5
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fagan_kara?s=21&t=_ABU5ZMGP7lkkmhAcy6tzA
