Media Mix: First Internet; Crawford; Souter; Rippleffect
MANCHESTER new media agency First Internet has launched a new website for taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson.
Stevenson is tipped to win gold at next year’s Olympics in London and will appear on Question of Sport this evening.
The site at www.sarahstevenson.net, includes images and videos amongst other interactive features.
Graham Robinson, operations director at First Internet said: “We’re extremely proud to be supporting such a talented British athlete. We wanted the design of the site to do Sarah’s fantastic achievements justice and we hope that’s what we’ve done.”
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PR man James Crawford, recently with Manchester-based Citypress PR, and before that with Biss Lancaster, has launched his own business.
Called PR Agency One, his multi-media venture will create campaigns that link media relations, search engine optimisation, digital marketing, website development and other marketing disciplines to help clients get the most value from their budgets.
Manchester-based PR Agency One has just completed its first campaign for cloud performance experts Intechnica.
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SUE Souter, managing director of Stockport PR agency Souter, will be speaking on how businesses can maximise their PR spend at an event organised by pro.manchester next month.
Her talk, entitled ‘Trumpet blowing and drumbeats: Making PR work for you’, takes place at the Manchester office of accountants BDO on the morning of September 15. See www.pro-manchester.co.uk for more details.
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NORTH west web developer Rippleffect has developed a mobile app for UCAS, the university application service.
Connect mobile phone app can be accessed via a free app on Android, Apple and Nokia phones.
Kirstie Buchanan, of Rippleffect, who developed the app, said it offered university applicants ‘UCAS in their pockets’.
After a short pilot earlier this year UCAS Connect was relaunched this month in the build up to Confirmation and Clearing – usually known as “results day” – on August 18.
