Blog posts

Big brand takes a leap of faith

Perhaps the scales are falling away from the eyes of many businesses, which see how much more value can be gained from working with smaller agencies and freelancers.

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Humorous headlines

As it’s a bank holiday Monday, something a little more light-hearted! However, these headlines do highlight how wrong it can go if you don’t think things through from the reader’s perspective, or you make a terrible typo. Never say never – it’s surprisingly easy to make such mistakes with press releases and other public relations […]

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Ham it up or play it down? Getting your press release right.

I’ve always believed in the importance of tailoring a PR story to make sure it is relevant to the media being targeted. The different headline treatments of the Icelandic volcano eruption illustrate my point exactly.

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Sally Lynskey, Chief Executive, Business South, Hampshire

Blaze PR has been invaluable to the Business Southampton Port City Futures Group and Sarah’s PR experience during our recent Convention has meant that she secured publicity from a wide range of media.

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Mel Kanarek, Director, TigerNash

Sarah is an accomplished and extremely versatile public relations professional. She has the knack of identifying clear objectives and then developing and implementing programmes of activity that achieve results. She also has excellent writing skills and an eye for a good story. I would not hesitate in recommending her agency to any business that is looking to benefit […]

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Cherry Taylor, Managing Director, Dynamic Markets

I have worked with Sarah for more than 13 years on various market research projects for her public relations clients. She is always very focussed on success, yet relaxed and efficient at organising the work to be done. Her PR ideas are always good ones that produce results for her clients. It is a real pleasure working with […]

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Beth Evans, Head of Operations, Associated British Ports, Southampton

It has been a great pleasure working with Sarah as she really took the time to understand our business and our public relations  objectives. Sarah was always available to discuss ideas and ensure we were taking full advantage of any PR opportunities.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Sean Fergusson, Fore Business, Hampshire

Sarah has worked on various PR stories for brandedmedia and I would not hesitate to recommend her work. She has a real flair to communicate at all levels of business and really adds her mark. Over and above her professional approach to the public relations and business world, she is a genuine and fun person […]

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Dave Barker, Managing Director, Gravatom, Hampshire

I approached Sarah with a very tight PR deadline following the sale of my business. Sarah’s agency made contact with the relevant press and organised press interviews with the new owners and secured an impressive portfolio of articles in the trade and national press and media, a great public relations job with absolute professionalism and no […]

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Dominic Wade, Managing Director, Wade Macdonald, Berkshire

Working with Sarah on PR is a real joy. She is full of boundless energy, enthusiasm and ideas and is able to translate great public relations ideas into great results. She takes the time to understand your business and culture and works with you to promote this in an extremely well communicated and positive fashion. This, as well […]

Monday, June 29th, 2009