Prosper Group Advises The Herald Group on New Partnership
Prosper Group was pleased to be of counsel to The Herald Group as they evaluated the opportunity to be a founding member of Advocus Partners.
The Herald Group (THG) was founded nearly two decades ago and employs roughly 40 professionals.
THG is a full-service public affairs firm serving highly regulated industries with concentrations in energy, financial services, healthcare, legal reform and litigation support, infrastructure and defense, M&A activities, technology and various others.
In addition to core services, THG has dedicated practice areas focused on (1) what we call digital advocacy – inclusive of online grassroots, creative production and paid media, (2) Alliance development – working with aligned third-party organizations and key oping leaders, and (3) a 50 state grasstops field practice.
Three founding partners along with three recently named partners head up the executive leadership of The Herald Group.
What is Advocus?
Advocus Partners is an integrated bipartisan, national public affairs consortium of eight companies that provide comprehensive advocacy and advisory services for leading corporations and other organizations at every level of commercial, government and legal engagement in all regions of the country. With 19 regional offices, we deploy:
Partner-Led Management & Advisory Teams
Multidisciplinary Capabilities & Practices
Geographically & Politically Diverse Member Companies
Leading Technology & Research Focused
Policy Expertise & Political Campaign Experience
Member companies include:
The Herald Group is a Washington-based public affairs firm that manages all pieces of today’s complicated advocacy puzzle, including an in-house digital campaign team.
The BGR Group is a bipartisan government and public affairs firm based in Washington with additional offices in Austin, Atlanta and London.
Capitol Advocacy is Sacramento-based and is California’s largest and most respected lobbying shop.
Capital City Consulting is Florida’s premier, full-service government affairs team with offices in Tallahassee, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa.
Hicks Partners is based in Columbus, OH and specializes in state-based government affairs throughout the mid-west and national grant-writing and RFP support.
Hilltop Public Solutions has 11 offices across the country and specializes in state and national campaigns leveraging grasstops, grassroots, digital campaigns and unique capabilities to reach target audiences.
Stateside Associates is a nationwide state & local government affairs firm based in Arlington, VA, providing consulting services as well as legislative and regulatory tracking and reports.
The Tarrance Group is one of the most widely respected research and polling firms in the nation, based in Alexandria, VA.
About Advocus:
50 Plus Senior Level Partners
200 Plus Employees
19 Regional Offices in the US
500 Plus Clients
Advocus Service Offerings:
Federal Government Affairs
State & Local Government Affairs
International Relations
Corporate Advisory Services
Public Affairs/Issues Management
Digital Advocacy Campaigns
Strategic Communications
Crisis & Litigation Support
Coalition Development
Polling & Research
About Prosper Group
Prosper Group is a consultancy comprised of former owners and senior executives of public relations and public affairs agencies. All have successfully exited their agencies, and they now use that experience to help current founders and owners achieve their business goals and maximize the value of their life's work. The group taps into their deep experience to implement their proven proprietary methodologies across agency performance, owner exit planning, and M&A transactions – all to drive both the owner's and the agency's success. To learn more about us, please visit our Services page
If you are interested in talking to Prosper Group about growing your agency, exiting it, or have a merger or acquisition in mind, please reach out to us. You can contact founder Alex Halbur at Alex@prospergroup.net.
