Compelling Communications LLC

(216) 536-7517

Compelling Communications LLC

(216) 536-7517

Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.

Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.

Media Relations + Strategic Communication 

Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.

Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.Tell your story in an irresistibly powerful way.

Media Relations + Strategic Communication 

Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Our Work

Communication + Strategy

Everybody has a story to tell. We help you tell yours in a compelling way. For more than 20 years, Creative Director and Owner Malissa Bodmann has rooted her work in strategy and research to ensure important stories reach the right people in the right ways. 

Services

Led by a former journalist, Compelling Communications helps corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations tell their stories in ways that portray them in a positive light.


Services include:

  • Strategic communication plans and implementation
  • Strategic message development
  • Media relations and strategy
  • Public relations campaigns
  • Communications to support advocacy outreach
  • Donor relations communications
  • Executive/C-suite communication
  • Copywriting and editing for print, web and social


Owner/Creative Director Malissa Bodmann honed her journalism skills at Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and as an Ohio Statehouse correspondent. More than 20 years ago, she launched her strategic communications firm.

Current and Previous Clients

 Compelling Communications provides strategic communication, media relations, and public relations in Cleveland and across the country. Compelling Communications has worked in partnership with:

  • Advise
  • Advocacy & Communication Solutions
  • Assembly for the Arts
  • Case Western Reserve University  
  • The Cleveland Foundation
  • Cleveland Sight Center
  • Collaborative Health Systems
  • Concierge CPAs
  • CoverMyMeds 
  • Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
  • CVS/caremark
  • Equality Ohio
  • Family Promise of Greater Cleveland
  • Grants Plus 
  • HouseWorks and family of home care companies
  • KeyBank 
  • Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition
  • The MetroHealth System
  • Port of Cleveland
  • PRE4CLE
  • Saint Luke’s Foundation 
  • Universal American
  • Wellcare (now Centene)

A Look at Our Work

Residents and visitors alike turn to the arts and culture nonprofits funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture for inspiration, hope, or a moment of quiet contemplation. Thanks to voter support, CAC will help to make millions of creative experiences available each year for the next decade. The 2024 Annual Report tells the stories of organizations that utilize public funding to strengthen our community.

View the report

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Compelling Communications

Shaker Heights, OH 44120, US

(216) 536-7517 malissa@compellingcommunicationsllc.com

Hours

Monday - Friday: 8am - 5pm

Always reachable by email

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