Richard Rostron is the founder and CEO of Rich Publicity, a content-driven marketing and copywriting company that helps businesses achieve greater visibility while establishing their credibility and authority in their field. Since 2008, Rich Publicity has worked with hundreds of clients, ranging from small companies to established national and international firms. Richard is a former sports editor and an award-winning journalist with awards for stories and photos in news, sports, feature and technology. He was a former adviser to a community college student newspaper and freelance reporter for publications including The Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Easyriders magazine, among others. He recently completed a fictional novel that is in the publication process and should be released soon.
Rich Publicity has provided promotional services for radio shows and contributed as an on-air personality, including 2 Bald Guys & A Microphone and Senior Living Today. The company also produced various videos, including a 10-minute 25th-Anniversary video for Chicago Executive Airport. Rich Publicity has produced hundreds of newsletters, both physical publications and online eblasts. The company has produced content for thousands of pages of Web text, blogs, press releases and scripts for radio ads. The company also provides quality profiles for social networks, including LinkedIn and Facebook. The company has clients who have been with Rich Publicity since the company opened its doors.
Richard has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and History and has completed coursework towards a master’s degree in history. With Rich Publicity, he has been a member of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce since 2009 and the business networking group MC3 for all but a couple years of that time. He has served on the board of Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Richard has volunteered with Shop With A Cop for seven years, Collier House (an organization that benefits Gold Star families), and is currently working with Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive and Veterans R&R.
In 2008, Rich Publicity was founded as Positive Action Development, a press release service. Increasingly, we came to recognize the internet as a rich resource for business visibility and expanded our services to include Web text, blogging, social networking, eblasts and newsletters, video and audio scripts and general copywriting services.
