Advertising

Whether you are operating in a specialist technical market or looking to talk to the shopper on the high street, we can provide outstanding concepts that will build your identity and put your name on the lips of customers or clients.

Central to our approach is superb design, original in concept and detailed in execution. Creativity that transcends media and communicates ideas, emotions, benefits and brand.

Asked about his recipe for success, our founder Mr Stuart Hirst put it succinctly…

"Early to bed, Early to rise, Work like hell, and Advertise!"

Recruitment Advertising

More than half of all recruitment advertising is last minute, a grudge purchase, unexpected and often unbudgeted. Squeezed between publication deadlines and commercial imperatives, mistakes are made, time and money are wasted. It doesn’t have to be that way….

Stuart Hirst provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for HR and recruitment professionals wishing to place vacancies on-line or in print quickly and painlessly. We currently work with over 100 organisations ranging from one-man companies, to charities, government agencies and global businesses. Placing advertisements in national newspapers, trade & technical press, on-line and international titles. No vacancy is too small, no opportunity too big.

With access to 13,000 publications and over 1,000 websites, no organisation knows more about finding the right media at the right price. Most of our recruitment services are free of charge and include: Media research – online & print, Copy writing, Design & artwork, Space booking, Postbox service, Voucher/tracking service and SMS service

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Brand Design

The identity of an organisation should be more than the sum of its parts. In developing a brand for an organisation it is important to understand the markets it serves, the achievements and history, the products and services it provides, its people and the brand values it espouses.

Digital technology and the development of the Internet provide new and exciting platforms for brands, but too often they dilute and distort at the hands of well meaning amateurs. The loss of purity and clarity of design can result in a perceived lack of direction for a business.

At Stuart Hirst we develop ideas, attitudes, aptitudes and emotions - we develop organisations, we develop people. For us it’s never been just about logos.

Digital

Digital marketing is no longer confined to teenagers and consumer brands. These days an organisation’s website may the first and only point of contact you have with customers and clients. Rather than being the last part of a marketing strategy it needs to be the first.

We develop and manage your electronic identity, your virtual business and brand. Ranging from simple banner ads through to dynamic websites across multiple markets and platforms, your digital presence reflects the values and competencies of your business. We help you reach out to your audience through emails, SEO, pay-per-click, mobiles and viral marketing.

Direct Marketing

At Stuart Hirst we employ tailored and carefully targeted direct marketing techniques on behalf of our clients to move their existing and prospective customers through the various stages of the buying process eg to get buyers to visit an exhibition, call into a showroom for a test drive, simply to establish contact, or at any stage to secure a sale.

Services include:
List Brokers
List Conversion
Database Audit & Development
Database Management
Direct Mail
Telemarketing

Media Buying

As a recognised media buying agency, Stuart Hirst Ltd is able to negotiate the very best rates with all media owners, in print, broadcast or on-line. This part of our service is commission only paid direct by the media owners, with free research and planning, any discounts negotiated are passed on in full to our clients.

We develop tailored media strategies for clients that target their customers through the most appropriate media and include detailed schedules, regular reviews and on-line monitoring.

Our extensive and ever expanding media database holds information on all the major UK and international media that can be accessed to provide instant information to our clients. Because of the volumes of media we buy, we are often the first to hear about special deals, free space or discounts – which means you’ll be the second to hear!

Promotional gifts

From open-days to product launches, Christmas Gifts to conferences and exhibitions, customer loyalty programmes and employee incentive schemes, promotional gifts are a great idea. Stuart Hirst Limited can offer tasteful (well, mostly tasteful) products and designs to get the most mileage from your budget.

Sourced from around the world our business incentives create a lasting impression with your customers or clients.

Our range includes an ever-expanding selection of green and recycled ideas that show you care about the customer and the environment.

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Or go direct to our gifts website www.promogiftsdirect.com

Print & Fulfilment

Stuart Hirst work with dozens of printers across the UK and Europe, each with a variety of different print technologies or specialist knowledge. Our expertise is to match the right printer with the right job to ensure rapid turnaround, high quality and the lowest possible price.

Most of our printers now work to ISO 14001 and the Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody, litho presses run alcohol free using low VOC organic vegetable oil based ink. We also only use conventional papers that are FSC Certified or recycled stock. So we’re trying to do our bit for the environment.

The pace of change in print technology is moving rapidly, with our network of trusted associates built up over more than 70 years, you can be sure of the very best service every time.

We can also offer a bespoke fulfilment service that includes data processing, Mailsort, barcoding, laser & inkjet printing, machine and hand finishing. Everything required to put your information in your customers' hand.