Please read my blogging highlights at http://elleeseymour.com/2007/09/28/thanks-for-voting-me-in-the-top-ten/
Also:
George Eustice, Deputy Press Secretary for the Conservative Party during the 2005 General Election, he is currently David Cameron’s Press Chief:
“Ellee has played an important role in our media operation over the last few months leading to the recent General election. She joined our team of Regional Press Officers at a fairly late stage in the campaign, but managed to get to grips with a challenging and demanding role in a very short period of time.
“We have been consistently impressed by her unflagging enthusiasm, determination and resourcefulness in the job and, given the chance, would work with her again in the future.”
Iain Dale, top Tory blogger and political pundit, www.iaindale.blogspot.com:
“Ellee is a calm, reasoned voice in a blogosphere more used to ranters. She stands out as a beacon of what good blogging is all about.”
Robert Sturdy, Conservative MEP for the Eastern Region, http://www.robertsturdymep.com:
“Ellee is very professional and dedicated in her work, she grasps complicated issues and translates them into every day language. I am delighted with her creative and proative approach and she has excellent contacts with the regional media who also value her contribution.”
Julian Sturdy, Conservative parliamentary candidate for York Outer, http://www.yorkconservatives.org.uk:
“Ellee Seymour is an excellent publicist. At the last General Election I was the Conservative Candidate for Scunthorpe and Ellee’s help and knowledge in dealing with the local and national media was invaluable. She has a great sense of the occasion and ability to deal with news stories as they arise whilst at the same time getting the right message across. This is why I have asked her to help me once again in my Campaign to win the New Parliamentary seat of York Outer at the next General Election.”
Kate Lewis, Chief Executive of Headway Cambridgeshire, a rehabilitative centre for brain injured adults, http://www.headway-cambs.org.uk:
“Ellee Seymour volunteers for Headway Cambridgeshire as one of our Trustees and, as well as being involved in the overall governance of the charity, she concentrates particularly on helping us to raise our media profile. It is safe to say that in the few months that Ellee has been involved with our work we have achieved more column inches and air time than we had in all of the previous several years. Ellee has that unusual quality of being naturally genuinely interested in other people which means she takes the time to find out what makes you tick – she also has boundless energy and enthusiasm – if Ellee says she’ll do something: consider it done. The staff and clients at Headway Cambridgeshire are all grateful to Ellee for her interest, expertise, time and dedication.”
Veronica Callanan, Project Director of The Development Centre, a private centre for drink and drug addicts in Cambridge, www.thedevelopmentcentre.co.uk:
“Until I met Ellee I was finding it very hard to get any kind of media interest in what I thought was a very interesting story about my business. The local paper gave me a couple of inches which resulted in no extra business. Ellee managed to generate a massive amount of media interest in my work, all of the local papers (4 and counting!) carried 2 to 3 page spreads dedicated to my business, I have also been on local radio and have built up a good relationship with them which has resulted in regular appearances. All of which gave me lots of opportunities to promote what I do. I have also recently been contacted by a national magazine who also want to publish my story. This all happened because Ellee has the contacts and knows exactly what angle to promote. We are very grateful to her for her hard work and belief in what we are doing.”
Liza Moore, Principal of East Anglia’s exclusive dating agency Tempting Fate, www.tempting-fate.com:
“Ellee became my PR consultant in 2005 and together with her enthusiastic and professional approach she was able to get me maximum publicity across the media. This lead on to other interesting leads such as Radio Cambridge and Radio Suffolk contacting me too.
“I have been very impressed with Ellee’s had work and would thoroughly recommend her to anyone who needs more publicity and focus for their business.”
Mark Newey, owner, hypnotherapist and life coach at Winning Minds, Saffron Waldon, www.winningminds.co.uk:
“Ellee’s understanding of how local media works has allowed her to achieve more for me in 2 months than I achieved in the last 5 years! She got me 2 local radio spots (1 for 45 minutes)in the second and third months and to date I have appeared in 4 different newspapers with 3 different articles…all in 4 months. The key is finding something completely topical (Ellee’s ideas are endless!) getting it to the right editor in plenty of time and chase, chase, chase! I can’t wait until our next project!”
Marie Munro, parent and teen coach, www.parentandteencoach.co.uk:
“Ellee has a very professional and direct approach. She knows what will work for you. Within 24 hours of her sending out my press release I was contacted by East Anglia News and the Cambridge Evening News, both wanting to meet with me to run a story on the work that I do with teenagers and parents. I highly recommend her services.”
Orya Blumenfield, founder of Scribble.co.uk, http://www.scribble.co.uk:
“Ellee knows her stuff! Within days of contacting her we saw front page coverage of our story. She clearly has the knowledge, understanding, and expertise necessary to create large PR waves locally and beyond. Thank you Ellee!”
Creative Cambridge portrait photographer Pali Rao, http://www.palirao.co.uk
“Many thanks for handling my press release so quickly, doing such a great job on the text, and for generating so much interest.”The fact that within a day of your sending out the release, I was contacted by two publications is testament to your effectiveness.”I’m positive that through your knowledge, experience and contacts that Ill achieve much greater response than I would have otherwise.”I’ll definitely use your services again (when I win a big competition!), and actively recommend you to the people I know.”
Trina Hill, founder of InTrinSec Company Secretarial Limited, www.intrinsec.co.uk:
“Ellee produced an exceptional press release from my very factual “article” on changes in company law, making the subject exciting and interesting. She proposed a comprehensive list of newspapers and journals to target and three major publications in the region printed articles. I would not hesitate to use Ellee’s services again.”
