...Chester PR firm shortlisted for two regional Public Service Communication Awards from 140 entries
Christleton based Marketing PRojects was shortlisted for two regional Public Service Communication Awards from 140 entries.
Marketing PRojects was nominated for Best Low Budget Campaign at the How-do Awards, for their work on Chester & District Housing Trust’s Annual Report for 2008 and 2009.
The consultancy was also nominated for Best Small PR agency at the Awards, which were held at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford stadium.
Ben Waterhouse, editor of How-do, said: “The quality of entries was exceptional and all can be congratulated on being amongst the finalists.”
Jane Harrad-Roberts MD of Marketing Projects said;“Although we didn’t win, it was amazing to be considered amongst five projects and four PR organisations for such prestigious awards. Christies cancer hospital won the best low budget campaign and a firm from Preston, best small PR agency.
We’ve a great team at Marketing PRojects and are lucky to work with clients like Chester & District Housing Trust who are both innovative and trust us to make a real difference. Public services is a challenging sector to work in and one we love. Over the last three weeks we’ve won three new accounts here and for our larger London office and being shortlisted by How-Do is the icing on the cake.”
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Marketing PRojects with Nick Jaspan, publishing editor of How-do.co.uk at How-do’s inaugural Public Services Communications Awards held at Old Trafford. LtoR: Phil Brotherhood, head of PR, Jane Harrad-Roberts, managing director and Nick Jaspan.
Notes to Editors:
Marketing Projects ‘fired-up’ in May 1995. In 1997, the business was named ‘Chester New Business of the Year" for “its growth, reputation and use of new technology”. In 1999 it won an award for its use of technology and its e-commerce web site from part of the DTI. In February 2000, Marketing Projects opened a London office in St George’s Street, Mayfair in London, a convenient meeting point for clients, editors and journalists. The Chester office moved to larger premises in August 2000 and doubled office space in 2002. The London office moved to larger premises in Hanover Square in October 2009.
Current clients include: Chester City of Giants, Chester & District Housing Trust, national catering experts Cucina, Driveme.net, European luxury holiday specialists Grand Tourist and Waltons the Jewellers.
New clients are Clare Shaunessy, artist, recruitment specialists Stillmuchtooffer and IT performance experts DiagnoSys.
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About How-do:
How-Do serves the media industry in the North West of England, offering news, opinion and resources for those working in all aspects of media in the region.
How-Do launched on 30th March 2007 and has since gone onto establish itself as a leading and most credible source of news, information and analysis, for the thousands of businesses and 130,000* people, who work in the North West’s creative, media and marketing industries.
How-Do’s major initiatives to date include, the How-Do Awards, the Public Services Communications Awards, the How-Do Top 100 Marketers, Top 100 Media, Top 100 Public Services Communicators, Top 100 North West Brands and our Creative Business Forums. These initiatives illustrate how quickly and meaningfully How-Do has taken root in the North West and more new events and features are set to come thick and fast in the coming months.
The How-Do web site currently averages almost three and a half million hits a month and well over 800,000 page views per month, with over 42,000 unique visitors engaging with How-Do each and every month.
On a related note, figures provided by the Amazon owned web site traffic monitoring service Alexa show that as of September 2009, How-Do was the 3,224th most visited web site in the UK with the average user reading 3.6 web pages per visit and spending over four minutes on the site.
How-Do’s weekly newsletter, ‘The Wrap’, which was launched in July 2007, now has over 10,000 subscribers and is adding new readers at a gathering pace. Subscribers’ activities cross all disciplines and increasingly include in-house marketers, both in private and public sector organisations, in addition to creative and media professionals.
More info at: www.how-do.co.uk
Press Contact: Phil Brotherhood
E: phil@marketingprojects.co.uk
T: 01244 330000
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