Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications
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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

Simon is an analytic and strategic thinker who is able to communicate his ideas and insights clearly. He was able to bring unique and important perspectives on customer touchpoints to the various teams we worked within…and was always able to motivate for successful new customer programs based on robust data. Rajhev Rajkumar

I have used Simon for the last three years on a number of projects. Not only is he knowledgeable and professional, but he has a full grasp of a customers needs and can deliver the right creative and business results for a customer. Ian Lockyer, BMEA

I have used Simon for the last three years on a number of projects. Not only is he knowledgeable and professional, but he has a full grasp of a customers needs and can deliver the right creative and business results for a customer. Ian Lockyer, BMEA

Public speaking and workshops

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’m an experienced public speaker and enjoy the opportunity to share my work with others - read on for more information about my conferences, workshops and presentations.

2009

  • 5 February - LGcomms Making the most of new media, Birmingham - social media presentation
  • 19 March - AoC Annual Communications Conference, London - social media workshop

2008

2007

  • 21 June - CIPR Northern Conference, Newcastle - public sector PR presentation - slides here.

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
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