LV8 Communications triples staff in first year

A year ago, Tom Nixon launched his own public relations business. Today it has proven far more successful than he originally imagined. The downtown Birmingham-based business now employs three people and eight independent contractors. It is also looking for summer interns. The company made it first hire within its first few months of business. "I didn't expect I would hire someone within three months but my business was way up," Tom Nixon, president of LV8 Communications. "We hit our annual revenue goal within our first year." LV8 Communications got its start in a small office in Grosse Pointe at first. It moved to downtown Birmingham last fall to help facilitate its growing staff and help growing the company's client list. Nixon expects his company to continue growing as more and more medium-size and second-stage businesses look for more marketing help. "I think people are looking for general marketing help," Nixon says. "They don't know exactly what they're looking for but they know they need general marketing." Source: Tom Nixon, president of LV8 Communications Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.