Sound like a human.

You need to tell the world who you are, what you do, and why it’s important.

We’re here to help.

Our Expertise

We do public relations, communications, and professional branding.

We do it especially well for organizations, brands, and people doing something difficult, complex, or unique.

About Us

Why SLH?

SLH Communications is here to make sure you sound like the intelligent person (or people) you are.

Why is this important? The more AI drives how people make decisions, the more important it is for you to be seen as an expert. AI pulls the most widely-seen news articles, op-eds, podcast interviews, and videos of you speaking when it generates search results and answers in your favorite LLM. It's more important than ever to reach the right influencers, journalists, editors, event organizers, and more to reach your audiences.

To do this, you need to sound like a human when you talk about your work.

We love getting results through earned media and more for nerds, experts, visionaries, policy wonks, do-gooders and others with complicated but important stories. Let us help you tell yours.

Services

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Public Relations

What does public relations do? We like to say that PR is building trust with the right influencers that inspires other people to do your marketing for you for free.

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Editorial Content & Strategy

Words matter. If you’ve got ideas, we can get them out there in a compelling way to the people that matter.

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Policy Communications

Want to make something happen? We’re not lobbyists, but we do make their jobs easier and good results more likely.

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Professional Branding

Hate talking about yourself? That’s normal. We can help you tell your work story and sound like the talented human you are.

Learn About Professional Branding

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Professional Development Training

We offer professional development training to help your employees develop the soft skills they need to succeed.

Learn About Professional Development Training

"No matter where you are, if you want to get your message in front of a national audience or policymakers, I highly recommend working with SLH Communications.”

Arika Daniels

Founding Partner, Scatena Daniels Communications

"SLH Communications' expertise in authentic, engaging, and results-driven communications campaigns is well-known and documented, both in San Diego and nationwide. I am utterly impressed by founder Sarah Flocken's unique approach to distilling everything about a complex brand, organization, or even individual person into a single succinct, clear, and compelling message."

Tito Zamalloa

Clinical Professor of Marketing, University of San Diego

"Our agency enlisted Sarah for a professional development session at our Client Experience & Strategy Summit, attended by global leadership. Her ‘Clear, Confident, and Concise Client Communications’ presentation was dynamic, engaging and had the whole room cracking up."

Rachel Gigli Carrieri

Vice President, Client Experience at MindgruveMacarta

"I worked with SLH Communications when my organization was featured on the latest season of the Serial podcast, "The Good Whale." Sarah's PR strategy quickly netted us multiple interviews with global media outlets, and helped us pursue many more earned media opportunities."

Dave Philips

Executive Director, International Marine Mammal Project

“Sarah is able to effectively communicate our message to the media, resulting in positive coverage and increased brand awareness. She is also highly organized and efficient, always delivering results in a timely manner.”

Brock Anderson

Senior Director of Marketing, CureMetrix

“Sarah is one of the best PR professionals I have had the pleasure of working with over my 20 years in Marketing and PR. She is organized, tenacious and highly effective at accomplishing client goals. Best of all, she speaks and translates PR for non-PR experts and is able to build and communicate an effective PR strategy and results to clients.”

Nicole Conway

Principal, Conway Marketing Group

“Sarah works quickly, capably, and with a sense of humor that definitely helped diffuse tension during a very fast-paced, stressful time! I highly recommend working with SLH Communications for your policy communication needs."

Christine Kohlsaat

Board Member, Washington Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants

"We needed a well-written case study for our website that would highlight how our offset programs worked for tour operators and other outdoor-oriented travel businesses in ecologically sensitive areas. We were referred to SLH Communications, and are incredibly satisfied with the work that was done.”

Henkel Smith

Co-Founder, Business Development & Partnerships, Offset Alliance

“Sarah truly is driven to ensure that an individual’s voice shines through the content she produces—masterfully conveying the author’s unique perspective and personality while conveying complex messaging. Thank you, Sarah!”

Rachel Sacks

Communications Officer, Schusterman Family Philanthropies

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