Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications

When I worked with Simon I found him to be postive, forward thinking and a pleasure to work with. Mark Pearson

Simon’s passion and enthusiasm for all things digital is infectious. He has a great ability to keep his focus on clients’ big strategic issues, while keeping calm and motivating the team around him. It’s always a pleasure to work with him. Rishi Dastidar

Marketing, public relations and internet consultancy

Hello - welcome to my website.

On my blog I write about marketing, public relations and digital communications. To keep up-to-date with my posts you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or sign-up to receive blog posts by email.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you find my site useful.

I am available for consultancy projects for a small number of clients. I work on all kinds of projects, including marketing, public relations and website development.

I’m open to discussions about all kinds of projects that I can help clients with. Here’s just a selection of the areas I’ve worked on recently:

  • Website strategy and audits
  • Information architecture
  • Website design and build
  • Deployment of Wordpress as a content management system
  • Email and SMS marketing
  • Social media consultancy
  • Marketing strategy development
  • Campaign planning and management
  • Campaign evaluation and reporting
  • Literature development and print
  • Event production
  • Online media relations
  • Blogger relations
  • Media evaluation and reporting
  • Copywriting
  • Headhunting communications professionals

I’m very open with potential clients about my availability. I have a full-time role that I fit my consultancy work around. That means I’m not available for client meetings at short notice and find it easier to talk with clients on the phone at the start and end of the day. However my rates reflect this and I use digital tools to make sure clients are kept informed at every stage of a project.

If you’d like to discuss a potential project, please do drop me a line. I’m always happy to discuss ideas and meet potential new people to work with.

Simon Wakeman

I've been on the web since 2001 and have been blogging about marketing and public relations since January 2006.

I'm currently Head of Marketing at Medway Council as well as a freelance marketing and PR consultant.

The content and opinions expressed on this website are not endorsed by nor reflect the views of any company or organisation I work with.

Recent blog posts
Local authorities and social media - the current picture »
Looking at the use of social media in local government in the UK. Part one of a three-part series.

New CIPR consultation on social media guidelines »
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations is consulting on a revised set of guidelines for practitioners using social media in their public relations work.

Twitter and website tweaks »
This week has been about some improvements to my new website design and a renewed enthusiasm for Twitter.

Social media ethics - a questionnaire »
Jenny Hunter is looking for people to complete her CIPR Diploma project survey on social media ethics.

Ten years on… »
It's been ten years since I started out on my marketing and public relations career.