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Quantum Media is one of “America’s Best Management Consulting Firms” for 6 years in the Forbes/Statista Ranking
Quantum Media was honored again in 2025 as one of the top consulting firms in the US by Forbes and Statista. And as in each year, Quantum Media is among the smallest firms named, having three Principals and four Senior Consultants. The firm was recognized as a leader in Digital Transformation along with 33 other firms, among approximately 995,000 consulting companies in the U.S., according to Forbes.
Read the story and scroll down to the full list in Forbes.
“We appreciate the recognition from Forbes that we are great consultants in our area of expertise," said Quantum Media Principal Alisha Alonso. “And we thank our peers and clients for voting for us again this year."
Quantum Media’s consulting work has spanned every aspect of digital transformation and the media business, from developing an Internet business strategy for a Fortune 500 company to launching a niche news and advertising products to helping design strategies for nonprofit membership and earned income.
Read more about Quantum Media, including a list of clients.
Principals
- Alisha Alonso – Strategic planning, product development, M&A, media & information services
- Erica Gruen – Television and online content, advertising and marketing strategy, business development
- Ava Seave – Operating and strategic planning, audience development, non-profit management and strategy
Senior Consultants
- Judi Allen – Strategy, content distribution, advertising partner negotiations and measurement
- Gretchen Grant – Strategic growth consultant and C-suite fractional executive
- Jeremy Kagan – Growth and innovation and strategic advisor to startups and digital media companies
- Touseef Mirza – Professional executive branding, corporate branding and brand identity
Founding Principals
- Christine Arrington – Strategic planning, launches and relaunches, international publishing
- Carla Graubard – Strategic planning, branding, CRM and partnership marketing
Advisors
- Harold Clarke – Book and Magazine Media Brands Executive
- Margaret Downs – Executive coach, strategic and organizational consulting
- Jean Hellering – Financial/business modeling and business analysis in publishing and direct marketing.
- Anne Kinard – Circulation, marketing, strategic planning, models, fulfillment
- Soo Koon Lee – Strategic, marketing, and operations for small to mid-sized businesses
- Brian O’Leary – Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group
As with all Forbes lists, companies do not pay any fee to be considered. The winners for the best consulting firms in the U.S. were determined on the results of two independent surveys
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Clarity Index from RFBinder debuts, ranking how top companies succeed—or fail—in their corporate comms
Over the last two years, RFBinder, where Quantum's Ava Seave is a senior advisor, has been crafting a way to evaluate the corporate communications and branding of companies from what they publish. The comms firm just published the Clarity Index and through detailed methodology shows how Clarity of Language, Clarity of Impact and Clarity of Connection improve business outcomes.
- The “so what”: Better Clarity correlates with better business performance
- Most surprisingly: The average Clarity Index score among the biggest companies in the world (most in the Fortune 100) was only 81% – roughly a “B minus"
- Most reassuringly: The top performers on the list know how to align their communications – and specifically the controlled (owned and social) communications channels that we looked at – with their business objectives
To read more about the Clarity Index and to download the (very detailed) report, register here.
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Barrie Atkin published “Hate Fundraising” helps our clients and colleagues working with nonprofits
Barrie Atkin (a long time consultant and a Friend-of-Quantum) has a new book, HATE FUNDRAISING?: How to Become Comfortable Asking for Money. We have found this very efficient read to be a great resource for our clients working with non profits and their Boards. It is a wonderful training piece to help nonprofit volunteers beef up their success in raising money by actually making them more comfortable asking.
Very helpfully, the author describes that when she understood that by talking about the causes she cared deeply about to potential donors, she was giving them the opportunity to connect with her passion and involvement. She calls this a “paradigm shift.” Sharing what made her excited and what her friends and acquaintances could do to help the organization she was volunteering for made all the difference.
Plus, as the author says, “The money raised through fundraising allows organizations to focus on their mission… and make the world a better place.”
Indeed.
To learn more, go here.
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