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Who do you work with?
We work with organizations that have something important to explain and need help making the story matter to the right people.
If you’re working on something consequential, we’d love to talk to you.
What makes Morning Bell different?
Clients work directly with senior communications operators who combine strategy and execution. We have worked with research labs, leading CEOs and founders, venture capital firms and their portfolio companies, startups, and established companies across AI, healthcare, technology, and other sectors.
Our model gives clients senior judgment, hands-on support, strong relationships, and the ability to pull in trusted specialists when the work calls for it, without the unnecessary layers of a traditional agency.
Who will I work with?
Clients work directly with senior counsel, not a layered account team. Depending on the scope, one of us may lead the day-to-day work, with the other providing strategic input, review, and backup. When specialized support is needed, we can bring in trusted experts from our network.
What’s it like to work with you?
Collaborative, honest, reliable, and straightforward. We guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep the work moving.
Clients can expect senior judgment, clear recommendations, direct feedback, collaboration and a working style that is thoughtful, practical, and low-ego.
Do you only work on retainers?
No. We can serve as your communications function, complement an existing team, support a launch or funding moment, or fill a temporary gap while you hire.
We also offer project-based support and hourly advisory for clients who need senior judgment without a full engagement — whether that means pressure-testing a narrative or news story, reviewing a press release or pitch deck, developing a media strategy, or answering a specific communications question.
Can you help build AI workflows for comms teams?
Yes. We help teams identify where AI can remove repetitive work, improve research and monitoring, support media preparation, plan content, and create repeatable communications workflows.
We can teach teams how to build those systems or build them directly.
How selective is Morning Bell?
Most of our work comes through referrals and trusted relationships. We take on engagements where there is a strong fit on both sides.
We keep our client roster small so we can stay close to the work, spend time thinking and developing ideas, and give each engagement the attention it deserves.
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