COMMS STRATEGY.
Aligning your business plan objectives with your narrative, audiences, and platforms.
• Mission statement
• Stakeholder
• Messaging
• Delivery timeline
• Benchmarking
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CONTENT MARKETING.
Turning your story, data, and industry insight into a pipeline of profile-raising assets.
• Blogs & LinkedIn
• Webpages
• Brochures & decks
• Case studies
• Impact reports
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Media Relations.
Preparing content and pitching your expertise to journalists to support profile and GEO.
• Press releases & briefings
• Award nominations
• Speeches & panels
• Thought columns
• Advertorials
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1284 helps Leicester Riders reshape sponsor story

1284 works with East Midlands founders and entrepreneurs to develop effective early-stage communication strategy.

Our Chartered PR practitioners bring you award-winning comms expertise at a special price your business can afford.
1284 clients are people with vision, ideas, and the drive to deliver.
How effectively do your present your startups among its peers and competitors? 1284 builds you a consistent and clear narrative across platforms.
1 Professional reports
2 Effective brand packs
3 Focussed websites
4 Strategy and messaging
How established is the profile of your startup within your planned market? 1284 provides measurable public relations campaigns which help you to better tell your story.
1 Press releases
2 Ghostwriting
3 Award nominations
4 Campaign data
1284 is close to a number of Community Interest Companies and other regional not-for-profit businesses. We apply startup comms principles that help you grow.
1 Developing narrative
2 Pitching support
3 Funding bids
4 Building publicity
You are gaining an affordable route to expert professionals. Our specialist skills and experience will build your organisation's reputation and visibility - without paying £80k+ for the salary of a Communications Director.
You gain access to a network of media contacts and influencers. We have spent years building relationships - it saves you the time and enables you to focus on core operations.
We bring you flexibility, scalability, and a fresh comms perspective. We also work quickly and get the job done - helpful for you to rely upon when your team is facing a tight deadline or a key project.
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1284 helps Leicester Riders reshape sponsor story


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