Building trusted leaders and companies

Is your thought leadership driving trust for your brand?

Zilker Media is an end-to-end pr and brand strategy agency for thought leaders and the companies they lead

Our award-winning PR agency provides standout corporate and personal branding, strategic public relations representation, and contemporary digital marketing strategies for executives and leaders—helping them become true thought leaders and trusted representatives of their companies.

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Brand Strategy

Brands we’ve worked with

Dr. Shawn Jones

Speaker, Consultant and Author

Teneshia Jackson Warner

Founder and CEO of EGAMI Group & author of The Big Stretch

Alton Barron, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon & Founder of the Musician Treatment Foundation

Sebastian Sepulveda, MD

End-of-life Care Doctor & Author

Laura Sandefer

Founder of Acton Academy

Mark McLaughlin, MD

Neurosurgeon & Author

Shruthi Mahalingaiah, M.D., M.S.

Reproductive Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jon Acuff

Best-selling Author

Sally Hogshead

Chief Executive Officer of Fascinate, Inc.

Charlene Wheeless

Speaker, Author and Communications Expert

Tom Rath

Best-selling author

Claire Shipman

New York Times bestselling author

Katty Kay

Lead Anchor of BBC World News America

Tammie Chang, MD

Co-Founder of Pink Coat, MD

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The Power of the Podium

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From Sideline to Spotlight

Who We Are

Our PR agency is proud to represent many of the world’s leading companies and thought leaders from right here in Austin. Meet the Zilker Media family.

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There are a million people online who promise to help you with buzz, hype and promotion. Currently, all it takes to be considered a ‘social media expert,’ is to own a Twitter account. But they are operating at a different level. Their work and real expertise were critical to the successful launch of my latest book ‘Do Over.’ I highly recommend them!

Jon Acuff

New York Times best-selling author

Working with the team was a transformational experience for us.

Claire Shipman

Co-Author of The Confidence Code, which debuted on The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Our team lead the digital strategy for the launch and build an email list (via quiz marketing) of more than 175,000

Rusty Shelton and his team at Zilker Media are without dispute, masters at branding and marketing. They were invaluable strategic partners in the development of my content as well as the pursuit of other opportunities to speak, write, and otherwise connect with my audience. Zilker Media demonstrated the capacity to labor on my project with an immediate palpable sense of joy and deep connection to my purpose. It reflects not just on their professionalism but on who they are as human beings. I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Dr. Shawn Jones

Speaker, Consultant and Author

If you ever need PR support, run, don’t walk to them.

Dr. Jennifer Lincoln

Dr. Jennifer Lincoln, OB/GYN, Author, Educator, 2.8MM TikTok followers