We believe the quality of our lives
is largely determined by the quality of the people in our lives. It is for that reason that we hand-select our clients — and we are extremely selective. We only work with best-of-class brands driven by people of manifest integrity who share our philosophy that you can do good business as you do good in our world. When we decide to work with a company it means we love them. They are family to us. We handcraft top-notch, results-driven social media programs for our clients — and we stop at nothing to ensure their success. It is why we select so few clients with whom to work.
What is “Lifetime Category Exclusivity?”
Good question. We’re glad you asked (even though you didn’t). We pioneered the idea.
The traditional model is to take on as many clients as you can fit through the door. Particularly during a veritable “land grab” such as the one that’s in effect with social media. We completely buck that (unsustainable and unethical) trend. We only represent one brand per space for life. That means when we select a grocery chain — in our case the incomparable Mollie Stone’s — we not only give them category exclusivity during the tenure of our relationship, we will never represent another grocery chain.
Lifetime Category Exclusivity. It’s a policy we’ve set in stone here at EHSM. It’s a new idea. It’s a radical idea. And, we believe it’s the right idea: emblematic of the unrivaled commitment to our clients — and the diamond-standard Eric Harr Social Media is setting in this industry.
Want to join this select group? Please apply for consideration here.
Grocery Chain: Mollie Stone’s
Mollie Stones is a legacy brand: a chain of California Bay Area supermarkets. Established in 1985 by Mike Stone and David Bennett, there are eight stores in total: Burlingame, Greenbrae, Palo Alto, San Bruno, Pacific Heights and Twin Peaks in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Sausalito. Mollie Stones has built a nationally-known reputation of one of the finest independently-owned grocery store chains in America, with a distinct focus on the customer and a commitment to the community.
Dairy: Clover Stornetta Farms
A pioneer in the organic dairy industry. Consumer’s expectations of organic integrity are affirmed with the incredible group of family farmers Clover partners with on the North Coast of California. The expectations of organic certification is met and exceeded everyday with our organic farms. Not only do they meet the strict criteria for organic feed and land requirements but they fulfill the holistic perceptions consumers make when purchasing organic dairy products.Our customers are assured our family farms receive a premium payment for their milk. The operations on the farm land will sustain further generations of cows and farmers, and the animal welfare remains a continued priority as certified by the American Humane Certified program. Please explore our site to find out why the USDA organic seal represents only the tip of the iceberg of our organic story. EHSM absolutely loves the Clover story, the Clover team — and everything they stand for.
B2B Software: Valiant
Founded in 1993, Valiant is a privately-owned workforce management solutions provider. Valiant supplies comprehensive time and attendance, scheduling, payroll, HR and business process outsourcing solutions to more than 1,000 clients doing business in a wide range of markets and industries. Valiant’s payroll processing exceeds $3 billion per year and its facilities and services exceed stringent audit and quality standards, including SAS70 Type II. Valiant solutions empower organizations to reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and streamline operations. We love the people at Valiant — and how they do business. They are top-notch and are family to us.
Automotive: Audi USA
We decided to work with Audi for two reasons. One: we love their cars. They’re exquisite. Eric has driven Audis for years. The only other car he has owned is an Aston Martin DB9, and he sold that and went back to Audi! We love how attractive, sophisticated and technically perfect Audis are. Granted, these are not the most environmentally-friendly automobiles, and we grappled with that. However, we are inspired by their release of the Q7 TDI, and we have been in touch with the Audi designers and hope to nudge them in the direction of hybrid technology. The second reason is that we were inspired by Audi’s partnership with “Best Buddies International”: a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for one-to-one friendship and integrated employment to people with intellectual disabilities. That is not a cause that leads the news, but it is an important one. We love that Audi put heart ahead of headline.
CPG (Nuts): Yumnuts Naturals
You could say Mike was born nuts. That’s because his dad sold cashews for a living, so Mike was munching on these little wonders long before the nation started slinging them in their shopping carts. When Mike began working with his dad he started dreaming of a better cashew, without the oil and artificial ingredients added by other companies. A few years of experimenting produced a 100% natural, yummy snack. Then fate stepped in. One Halloween Tyler went trick or treating to Mike’s place wearing his food company hat. The hat prompted Mike to mention his own cashew product. With one crunch Tyler was hooked, and our business was born. Tyler’s colleague Jerome completed the team and the original Yumnuts began meeting daily in the library, at our local Whole Foods café or wherever we could find a quiet corner. With a business plan in place it was time to see what people thought of our cashews. And the response was great. In fact, ‘yum’ came up over and over again.
CPG (Bar): Organic Food Bar
Organic Food Bar is the world’s first, and now best-selling, organic bar. Organic Food Bar sources the finest ingredients to handcraft its products. All of their ingredients are certified organic (USDA & EEC 2091/2092) and kosher, and they are purchased fresh every month. They make their Organic Food Bars “with lots of love” in their own certified organic facility. Organic Food Bar: It’s what’s inside that counts.
Web Development: The Frontier Group
The Frontier Group is a leading-edge boutique web design and web development company based in Perth, Western Australia. They are a passionate web design and web development agency that listens, and then delivers a cost-effective solution for businesses in all industries.
Humanitarian Organization: CARE
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. CARE places special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. Eric serves as an international ambassador for CARE and EHSM works in partnership with CARE to help them raise awareness and funds via social media.
Household Appliance: Activeion Cleaning
Activeion products are versatile, on-demand cleaning and sanitizing tools that activate and convert tap water into ionized water, a dirt-removing, bacteria-killing cleaner. As MP3 players replace CDs, cleaning up your shelves, the ionators clean-up too—this time under the sink, replacing the ongoing expense of purchasing cleaning chemicals. Our general-purpose, daily-use appliances are a good cleaning choice for humans, animals, and the environment and can be used on everything from mirrors, marble, granite and stainless steel to carpet and fabric. And because it’s just ionized water, it leaves behind zero residue.
Charitable Watchdog: Charity Navigator
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. In our quest to help donors, our team of professional analysts has examined tens of thousands of non-profit financial documents. As a result, we know as much about the true fiscal operations of charities as anyone. We’ve used this knowledge to develop an unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system to assess the financial health of over 5,000 of America’s best-known charities.
Coffee: The George Howell Coffee Co.
The George Howell Coffee Company (formerly: Terroir™ Select Coffee) was created in early 2004 to forge a new kind of partnership with coffee growers -– one which recognizes their fundamental role and identity in the production of high quality coffees. One should not blend truly fine coffees, just like one does not blend fine wines, because they are already complete statements. There has been very little incentive, in terms of remuneration and acknowledgement, for producers to create really great coffees. Terroir offers the world’s finest single-origin coffees in the world (yes, we know that’s a redundancy; we just wanted to emphasize that these really are the world’s finest single-origin coffees…in the world!)
Tourism: California Wine Tours
California Wine Tours has been providing exceptional transportation and the best tours in the wine country since 1986. Mike Marino founded the company based upon the belief that by consistently providing knowledgeable, courteous, friendly and professional service, California Wine Tours would quickly become the leader in providing transportation in the wine country. This assumption proved to be correct, and in the ensuing years, Mike’s vision and leadership, combined with his continuing commitment to provide only the most exceptional service has fueled California Wine Tours reputation for excellence.
Arts & Leisure: Sausalito Art Festival
Many call it the “Cannes of the Art World.” Over one million visitors from throughout the world have experienced the Sausalito Art Festival since its inaugural event in 1952. The internationally famous beauty of Sausalito, with its historic waterfront and unique art galleries and shops, has long attracted art collectors. The best local, American, and International Artists bring their combined perspectives, virtuoso skills, and more than 20,000 original works of art — including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, fine glass, woodwork, mixed media, and photography. From functional to surreal, witty to the elegantly decorative, these one-of-a-kind and limited edition Art Works form an unparalleled collection that can only be seen once a year.
Investment Firm: Emerging Growth Research
Joe Noel, President of Emerging Growth, is an award-winning stock picker and analyst with more than 30 years of experience in the investment and technology industries. Emerging Growth is like no other in financial services or financial communications. Mr. Noel gives substantial time and money to wiping out malaria. We are working with his team to put “Main Street in Charge of Wall Street” by creating a groundbreaking new Facebook application that allows people to drive the markets. Working with Mr. Noel is congruent with Eric Harr Social Media’s mission: “Do good business with good people as we do good in our world.”