Sony Xperia
"Punch has a superb working understanding of the swiftly evolving social and search disciplines which, combined with the team's background in traditional PR activities, provides an unique perspective. The team is super-responsive and, critically, listens to our needs before responding, rather than simply offering a stock solution. Within the first months of working together we have swiftly developed a strong partnership which is geared towards delivering success for our business through excellence, endeavour and the practical application of best practice." Read more
Ben Padley, Former VP, Head of Digital Marketing & CRM Sony Ericsson now
WWF
"Punch has delivered widespread consumer coverage which has supported numerous WWF campaigns, including two catalogue-based campaigns in the run up to Christmas and one regarding our Animal Adoption boxes. With results across the national, consumer, regional and online media we have been delighted with what Punch achieved on our behalf. " Read more
Jen Barnes, Supporter Management Executive - Acquisition
BBC Worldwide
"For the London Calling campaign, we looked globally for the best agencies to help us achieve our objectives on an international level. Punch demonstrated both the depth of experience and the breadth of reach that we sought, as well as the ambitious and enthusiastic attitude needed to pull off a project of this scale. Within the first weeks of the campaign, Punch delivered the keyword rankings they promised. Now, we’re looking forward to seeing what happens next as the project continues." Read more
Simon Foster, Digital Strategy & Product Development
Direct Line
"Punch is one of the most enthusiastic agencies I have ever worked with. The team are brimming with ideas, keep to deadlines and stick to promises - three of the things essential in an agency. Their knowledge of the industry is great and have strong relationships with the journalists we want to be in front of. Punch has achieved some fantastic coverage for Direct Line - even to the extent recently I had ex colleague, who works at a competitor, calling me up and asking how we managed to get such a great article. " Read more
Emma Holyer, Corporate Communications Team
Clinton Cards
"On meeting the Punch team, their ideas and enthusiasm really stood out for us and they understand the need to inspire dialogue within the social networks to make a difference. Clinton Cards is about celebration, whatever the occasion, and we aim to bring a smile to people’s faces; we are therefore delivering this through our social media campaigns and hope to bring a little bit of fun to our customers and social supporters each day." Read more
Claire Bates, PR & Social Media Manager
Bossa
"We appointed Punch for the team’s combined energy, understanding, enthusiasm and commitment and we are very pleased with the results. Monstemind has been a real labour of love for us and we knew that we needed to appoint an agency that not only had a strong track record in PR and social media but one that would also go the extra mile in ensuring the due care and attention was given to this key milestone in Bossa’s history." Read more
Roberta Lucca, marketer in chief at Bossa Studios
Performance Horizon Group
"We wanted to appoint a PR agency which not only has a good understanding of the sector in which we operate but one that is also creative and has excellent media and blogger contacts. Punch has demonstrated that it understands our core business proposition and that the team is enthused to meet our company vision.”" Read more
Malcolm Cowley, CEO, Performance Horizon Group
Ratedpeople.com
"We believe Punch Communications provides us with the right expertise and follow through to execute our PR strategy in the Web 2.0 environment. They understand how to combine classic PR with online PR and their proactive attitude is paired with a high degree of accountability. We are looking forward to working with them taking Ratedpeople.com forward. " Read more
Ottokar Rosenberger, Marketing & Sales Director
Cint
"We wanted to find an agency that can demonstrate global reach and has a solid understanding of our core business proposition. By integrating the PR campaign with a focused SEO strategy, the team at Punch is able to reach out to a wide audience worldwide and communicate our offering effectively.”" Read more
Hilary Shapiro, global director of marketing
Bowmer & Kirkland
John Betterton, Director
Global Flood Defence Systems
"Flood risk is a hugely debated topic in the news at the moment, with events in countries including Thailand, Australia and Pakistan, as well as in the UK. These stories highlight how prevention is essential in order to protect homes and communities. We felt that the Punch team has the understanding and impressive track record to communicate our messages to the media, and ensure that more people are aware of the solutions that are available to ensure they are protected." Read more
Patricia Freshwater, commercial director
Pink Chillies
"We needed an agency with strong consumer PR experience, and a proven knowledge and track record in social media channels, to grow our brand and communicate the deeper messages behind it. Punch has great contacts across traditional media and bloggers, and the team is just as excited about the brand as we are.”" Read more
Suzanne Till, co- founder, Pink Chillies
The Stone Bake Oven Company
"The team at Punch really understood what The Stone Bake Oven Company is all about and were as passionate about cooking as I am. This really came across in all the content the team produced and ultimately, the results which saw us at #1 for keyword terms in Google. As a result traffic jumped dramatically to the site and we had a number of sales directly from content that was distributed, even though that wasn’t the primary objective." Read more
Tom Gozney
Webroot
"Punch has been a consistent element of our business for many years and we have developed an extremely strong working relationship where we now think of Punch as a key ingredient of our business. The PR activity has played a pivotal role in our organic expansion to date as a result of the considerable brand awareness that we have generated and the lead generation activity continues to deliver a direct return on our marketing investment." Read more
Neil Hammerton, VP EMEA
Jealous Sweets
"Punch’s enthusiasm for the Jealous product combined with its technical understanding, creative flair and impressive track record made the agency the most compelling proposition for us. We have been impressed with the team and really see them as an extension of our operation." Read more
Joint managing directors Tahzeen Basunia and Imran Ali Merza
GTrek
"From the outset Punch has shown commitment to providing a first class service to GTrek.
Being new to PR, Punch didn't swamp us with meaningless jargon and
instead guided and advised us through the processes. It's still early
days for GTrek, but the results have begun to show gaining GTrek coverage in 4x4 magazine that looked very impressive and I know that with Punch's work ethic there is more to come
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John Bird, Co-Founder
gNappies
"When we were looking to appoint a UK agency we wanted a partner who could not only act as an extension to our team, but who also had an excellent understanding of the UK media, relationships with our target bloggers and a strong track record in offering a PR-led SEO strategy that reaped a good return on investment. In Punch we are happy to have found that partner." Read more
Kim Graham-Nye, co-founder
Creating Better Homes
"When we launched the World's first home improvements virtual
exhibition, Punch did a great job for us. From start to finish, their
advice, assistance, contacts and professionalism were first class. In
addition to delivering a successful PR campaign with measurable
results, their knowledge of the Internet consumer helped us
significantly improve our virtual exhibition. Punch can certainly add
us to their list of very satisfied customers.
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Group Vice President
CTEK
"Although a late addition to the pitch process, the Punch team stood out as it was clear that they were prepared to go the extra mile for our business. Although the campaign is just beginning, we have already developed an excellent working relationship and the team are clearly extremely well equipped to execute the plan that has evolved out of the pitch process. I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial working relationship together.
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Peter White, Sales & Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland
Fitness Footwear
"The Punch team is extremely friendly and always brimming with positive enthusiasm - you couldn't work with a nicer bunch of people. As we have now worked together for a few months the results are definitely beginning to show through, which confirms that they are good at their job too.
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Luke Barlow, Managing Director
Martek
"Punch has worked extremely hard from us since day one. Being a highly results-oriented business, it's vital that we feed back good numbers to our senior executive team in addition to delivering positive coverage. Punch has understood this from the outset and worked with us to ensure that the end result has been positive in every sense.
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Vanessa Muff, Marketing Manager
New York Properties
"Punch worked with us to create a campaign that would generate both immediate impact but which would also leave a legacy that would continue to generate leads into the medium and longer term - which we've certainly achieved with the pay-per-click campaign. Despite being a small business, we now consider Punch as an integral part of our team. " Read more
Serge Aoussou, MD
Boxwish
"The enthusiasm of the Punch team towards Boxwish was only equaled to mine. Having never used a PR Company before I was initially a little skeptical, but they talked me through every stage without the usual jargon and the results were evident literally within the first couple of weeks. The whole team comes highly recommended.
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Tim Aikin, Managing Director
Reality Digital
"The Punch team had the relevant digital media experience to understand an otherwise complicated subject without delay. With this, the campaign was able to move forward immediately and we were able get in relevant media publications with weeks. Punch has, from the very start, proved that they were the right people to launch Reality Digital into the UK.
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Rob Proctor, Head of EMEA
Goallover
"We have had a great start to the Goallover PR campaign with Punch. With an important event taking place just three weeks after the team came on board we were against the clock to ensure everything was organised. The team at Punch didn't disappoint with a number of press meetings and coverage from the word go. Since then the campaign has gone from strength to strength and we would recommend Punch to anyone looking for an effective and committed PR agency.
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Robin Caller, Director & Founder
Qype
"Just to let you know what a fantastic job I think you're doing. Working with you has been a breath of fresh air and your commitment and passion for Qype (and for the online space) has been awesome. Your connections, ability to deliver on what you have promised and willingness to go the extra mile stands us in great stead.
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Andrew Hunter, UK Country Manager
Karacha.com
"Punch has an enthusiastic team that really goes the extra mile for its clients. The team has already generated some fantastic national coverage for Karacha as well as raising our profile within the education press. I have high hopes for the Karacha brand in 2009 and with Punch on board I am confident that the reputation of my business is in safe hands.
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Adam Ewart, Managing Director
ICRA
"Punch provides solid strategic marketing counsel for ICRA, ensuring that we bring top quality marketing expertise to the table when talking to our members - such as AOL Europe, Bell Canada, BT Openworld, the GSM Association, IA Japan, MadeSafe, Microsoft, PAGi, T-Online and Verizon - on a global stage. " Read more
Stephen Balkam, CEO
Schneider Trading Associates
"The 6 month search and social network campaign was the first time we used a PR company to promote Schneider and its Professional Training Programme, and we have been delighted with Punch’s responsiveness, hard work and understanding of the company as well as its needs. Our new website has been extremely well received and enquiries and applications for our unique, fully funded course have risen. Some candidates have specifically cited our social media profiles and we’re confident our new found following and visibility on the first page of Google’s organic results for some very strategic terms, such as ‘training traders’, will point more budding traders in Schneider’s direction." Read more
Joni Sloan, Professional Trader Programme