"I was fortunate to meet with the
Julie Wilson, MD of Sore Thumb Marketing
Limited last year and have found the
level of service that she has provided
to be of the highest standard, both very
professional and friendly. She is
extremely proactive and perseveres and
she has enabled us to establish good
relationships with some new and very
prestigious customers. She has also managed to secure some
fabulous press, radio and television
coverage and I would have no hesitation
in recommending her to both my friends
and other business associates. Many PR
firms, both large and small could learn
a great deal from her approach."
David Sinclair,
Managing Director, Globee
"Sore Thumb were contracted by
Millwood at the end of in 2009 to
undertake our marketing. We found Julie
to be very enterprising and has provided
us with much needed marketing on a
budget that we could afford. Julie has
worked hard and her efforts have really
helped us to establish ourselves in the
educational market and, without a doubt,
brought us in extra sales. Sore Thumb
now handle all our marketing and
advertising requirements through
different avenues which were researched
and suggested by Julie."
Ann Yates, Managing
Director, Millwood Education
"Having struggled in the past to find
time to tackle all the key areas
identified to push the business forward;
working with Julie has meant that we now
have the resources to ensure no stone is
left unturned. From the production of
key marketing collateral and design
projects to event promotion and PR,
Julie has been able to offer us a mix of
her past experience and knowledge with
new ideas and an unrivalled work ethic.
Delivering results and a genuine
pleasure to work with, Julie has made
herself invaluable member of the team."
Danny Forsythe, Marketing Manager,
the SAA, society for all artists.
"We
have been working with Julie Wilson of
Sore Thumb Marketing for over 2 years
now. Our key objectives in entering into
this agreement were to increase brand
awareness, monitor the effectiveness of
marketing campaigns and develop and
maximise sales opportunities for our
company. Julie has tackled every
marketing activity with enthusiasm,
professionalism and with a clear vision
of what we wanted to achieve. Julie’s
wealth of contacts in the industry meant
that we were always one step ahead."
Aine Gilbey, General
Manager, WESCO
"I have worked with Julie for a number
of years and have experience of
collaborating on projects with her and
also have direct experience of how Julie
delivers campaigns for a number of other
Education clients. Scholastic employs
Julie to run the PR for a major national
language teaching award; Julie helped
create a successful template for the
award PR and for two years running, she
has managed all PR work associated with
the award, securing extensive coverage
across print, digital and broadcast
media, such as Radio 4, the Times
Educational Supplement, ITV regional TV
and regional press.
Julie is extremely professional,
enthusiastic and driven to deliver the
best results she can from a campaign.
She is personable and polite, but has
the drive and determination to ensure
that all opportunities are followed up.
Julie documents all work and responses
so that at the end of a project, you
have a comprehensive report that
captures the results of the campaign.
This has proven to be really useful when
reviewing projects in subsequent years.
As a publisher, Scholastic has
frequently been on the receiving end of
Julie’s PR work for external clients.
She is excellent at understanding the
title she’s approaching and packaging
stories to be absolutely relevant to the
people she is talking to. This avoids
wasting time and puts journalists in the
best possible position to make decisions
about whether to run a story or not.
Julie is able to identify the right
approach for the right media contact and
capture this information for the future.
More than this, Julie has a creative
approach to PR and is able to come up
with imaginative ways to secure coverage
for her clients. Sore Thumb offers
exceptional marketing and PR skills and
I have no hesitation in recommending her
to you."
Helen Freeman, Publishing Director
Scholastic Education
"Having reached a stale point in our
marketing, with no new ideas
forthcoming, we were more than happy to
meet with Julie Wilson, of Sore Thumb
Marketing. We were so impressed by both her
presentation and her credentials that we
decided to turn over the entire
marketing budget to Julie. Expectations
were high and have so far been exceeded,
with our products appearing in
publications previously considered to be
well beyond our means. We confidently
predict a bumper season and have Julie's
expertise to thank!"
Penny
Johnstone, Managing Director, All My Own
Work
"Julie is a pleasure to work with and
gets results! She took time to
understand our requirements and budget
before proposing a number of options.
She has now delivered on these projects
and kept us continually updated as well
as incorporating new ideas. We are
extremely happy with everything Julie
has done and plan to work with her
again."
Sam
Willoughby, Founder of
www.whatson4.com
"Julie has been working for Naturebotts,
our eco-friendly, online, mother and
baby business, for nearly a year now.
Julie is an extremely capable marketer.
She is results focused, highly efficient
and very proactive. She always completes
her work on time and regularly goes well
beyond the call of duty. We are so
pleased with the results from this year
that Julie will be working with us
through 2009. Julie's competitive rates
mean we'd have to go a long way to get
better value for money. "
Penny Bowen,
Director Naturebotts
"I am delighted with the PR results Julie
has achieved for both my sign language
books and my own expertise too. She has
secured some great editorial coverage in
key teaching magazines and websites as
well as lots of local PR in the press,
radio and even television with a super 2
minute slot on BBC East Midlands Today.
Julie is great to work with and her
results speak for themselves."
Garry Slack, Sign Language Expert and
author of the Sign with Olli books.
"Working with Julie at Sore Thumb
Marketing was a great decision.
Following a briefing she created a
comprehensive marketing plan
incorporating PR, marketing and online
opportunities. The team were very
impressed with her proposal and we are
looking to implement the ideas in due
course."
Sinead
Dwyer, Partner , Baby Bundle.
