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February 22, 2012

PR – If you have something to shout about, let us do the shouting for you!

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Often, PR is a misconstrued, misunderstood activity…all smoke and mirrors?!

Creative Direction Design and Marketing Agency, working from Cornwall and Leicester, have run successful PR campaigns for a variety of clients; Boutique Hotels, Fashion Brands, a Bespoke Glass Designer to name a few. The one thing they all had in common was they had a product to shout about, they were proud and they wanted everybody to know.

PR has a rightful place in every business and is not only for the bigger corporate organisations like Unilever or for ‘celebrities’ like Katie Price. The actual truth is – if you have a good product, then PR is one way of putting that product in front of an audience of thousands, and is Price-less!

Our campaigns are carefully managed, we work with editors at all the major national journals and that relationship enables us to plan ahead, knowing what stories and features are being considered so we can submit articles and relevant news when it matters. In addition to the National Media, Regional Press and Trade Press are also part of the whole PR ensemble.

The majority of publications have an in-print and on-line presence now, news is fast and adaptable at the press of a button. It is therefore essential that PR accounts are also managed efficiently to ensure all news is ‘new’ and captures both the editors and readers attention.

At Creative Direction, our press releases are written and submitted as finished articles, with the best imagery,  being popular with the editors as minimal work is required at their end for placement.

With this in mind; if you are launching a new business, a new product or have some exciting information to tell, then invest in a PR Campaign. See the fees involved as an investment, as the exposure you will get will far exceed the cost of similar advertisement placement.

Call us now for a meeting to discuss a PR Campaign and see examples of our work….they say there is no such thing as bad PR, but if it is done well the results will speak for themselves.

February 16, 2012

Creative Direction launches ‘100 Club’ Website

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It has been a busy start to the year and here for your visual delight is a website that we have been working on here at Creative Direction launched for Cornwall 100 Club.

The Cornwall 100 Club is a for like-minded businesses that believe in ’social responsibility’ at grass roots level. They have come together to financially support Cornish communities and local charity, making a real difference to the County.

Have a view and read more on their website here

If you like what you see, call us on 01872 279449 (Truro) or 0116 3090 345 (Leicester)

February 1, 2012

“Websites – Your Shop Window”

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“Creative Direction Design Agency in Leicester & Truro are designing and building some sexy websites”, this is what our clients are saying!

Once a novelty item, now a must have … a website is your window to the world, where you can present your business, educate and communicate. No matter the product or company subject matter – we can deliver a creative solution for you.

And, if you are in the business of ‘business’, then you would be wise to keep your website up to date and functioning as it should. Like your company identity and promotional literature, this corporate tool should look great, yes, but has to work hard too.

Your landing pages have to offer up information easily and the journey through to other pages should be smooth and clear. You must keep your readers attention, and subliminally direct them to the information they are seeking. (How many websites have you visited and quitted out of because you gave up trying to find what you were looking for?!)

Nowadays, seo optimisation is not good enough on its own to push your website up the rankings. The Search Engines/Powers That Be are processing information at a great rate, and they love ‘new’ news… so, a website that has been built utilising technically up to date programming and the integration of a BLOG will do you many favours.

Want to know more? Please give us a call or email for a meeting, we can have a look at your current site and discuss a new efficient website that will work hard for you and look great.

Take a look at a few examples of websites here http://www.creativedirection.info/websites.html

Author: Kate, Marketing Director

Email : kate@creativedirection.info

Twitter : @cd_kate

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/creativedirection.info

January 27, 2012

‘Judging a Book By Its Cover’

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Your Promotional Literature

Here at Creative Direction Design Agency in Leicester and Truro we love rolling up our sleeves and designing a company brochure or piece of direct mail marketing literature. Together with stunning professional photography and well written text, we guarantee our clients will not only enjoy the process but the finished product will be a treasured asset.

Yes, printed literature for your business is alive and well, it should be judged by its cover and all the pages in-between… and contrary to common belief a few years ago, when we all started to embrace the digital world, it remains an important part of your marketing toolbox. A website on its own is not enough, having a physical presence is key.

With information and news updating at a fast pace via websites and even faster pace via the social media platform (Facebook, Twitter, Google+) … to have a beautiful brochure, that looks great and feels good to touch is a welcome keep sake for your customers and prospective customers.

Take a look at a few examples here

Let’s Take a Buddy Diving for an Example

Founded in 1969, A.P. Valves has grown from a small family business to the current position as UK market leaders and selling in over 50 other countries. The promotional literature we designed introduces the new BUDDY range of BCDs, their most advanced collection to date and reflected the unique qualities that have always set the company apart from the crowd… innovation, unrivalled levels of comfort, safety and performance.

What Creative Direction can do for You

If you are thinking about updating your literature or wanting to embark on a new printed marketing campaign we would be delighted to offer a no-obligation presentation of our work and have a chat about how we can help.

Author: Kate, Marketing Director

Email me : kate@creativedirection.info

Tweet Me : @cd_kate

Like Us : https://www.facebook.com/creativedirection.info

January 25, 2012

‘Looking Good In Leicestershire’

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Branding, logos, identities

…. whatever you like to call your trademark, it is singularly the most important factor for any business.  Here at Creative Direction, based in Leicester, we pride ourselves on creating eye catching, bespoke identities for a variety of business sectors. Branding not only has to have the ‘wow factor’ but has to speak your language and engage with your desired audience, it must stop them in their tracks wanting to learn more.

To take a look at a few of our identities click here

Let’s Take a Branding Example for a Security Company

Spinnaker are the leading security company for money transfer systems in Europe. As part of their expansion plans we created a dynamic global logo that reflected their position in the market place, the quality of their products and their plans for the future. This branding was applied to a multi-lingual website, marketing brochures and office/factory internal and external signage.

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What Creative Direction can do for You

If  you fancy a  ‘make-over’ and want to ‘turn-heads’ this year then please do give us a call, we would be delighted to offer a no-obligation presentation of our work and have a chat about where we can take your marketing.

Author: Kate, Marketing Director

Contact Details:

Email : kate@creativedirection.info

Twitter : @cd_kate

https://www.facebook.com/creativedirection.info

November 28, 2011

Social Media Campaigns in Cornwall and Leicester

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SUCCESS STORY OF THE WEEK… Through our use of Social Media, managing campaigns for clients through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. We have just seen one client’s traffic increase to his website by 44.9% in under 2 weeks.

PRIZE DRAW – Win an iPOD Touch

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PRIZE DRAW – As a thank you to our followers we will be offering an iPOD Touch in a draw on the 2nd January 2012 to followers old and new on our FACEBOOK and social media channels. So PLEASE share this and get us as many likes for this page as possible before then!

September 29, 2011

Social Media Cornwall / Social Media Leicester

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If you’d like to keep up with us, our thoughts and our design/work in progress… do the Social Media thing and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
@cd_david
@cd_kate
@cd_richard
www.facebook.com/creativedirection.info

Cornwall 100 Club

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We are the design agency responsible for the new logo design and branding for the Cornwall 100 Club. We are also designing the clubs new website and have already worked on exhibition design material and promotional literature.

I am also pleased to announce that I have been voted on to the new committee and will work with the charity in a marketing capacity to ensure that they exceed their goals.

If you are interested in being a member of the Cornwall 100 Club, please feel free to give me a call and I can outline many of the benefits. I will then pass your details on to Claire Thayers who manages the membership in a superb fashion and she can take it from there.

Leicester Design Projects

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We are busy this week designing a direct marketing campaign for a company of Financial Advisers in Leicester. We are then designing an advertising campaign that will run over the next year in some of the better Leicester Magazines.

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