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Liberty Communications, the integrated digital marketing communications agency, today announced that it has been appointed by innovative proximity marketing specialist Geemo to raise awareness of its proximity marketing solutions in the UK.

Focusing specifically on beacon, ibeacon, geo-fencing and location management technology, the campaign will target events and experiential agencies, marketers and retailers.  Liberty’s remit also includes positioning Geemo and its senior executives as thought leaders in the proximity marketing space.

Using Geemo’s technology, brands with physical locations such as retail stores, visitor attractions and sports venues can target consumers directly with digital messages, information and offers sent to their smartphone based on their geographical location. Through employing Geemo’s solutions to communicate directly with in-location consumers, marketers can gain a much deeper understanding of their customers, helping them to deliver relevant, engaging content and incentives. Using heat maps of most visited areas, companies can also build an accurate picture of customer behaviour, enabling insights that previously would only have been available through expensive monitoring studies.

The Geemo platform is accompanied by a range of services from the company’s development partner, WeAreApps, who specialise in building apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and HTML5. WeAreApps already has a strong heritage through its work with leading brands such as Ford, Avon, Cadbury, and Penguin.

Ian Malone, CEO of Geemo said, “This is a very exciting time for us as we look to embark on our first PR campaign to support Geemo, and our innovative suite of proximity marketing solutions.  We have a great deal of expertise within our team and are looking forward to using this to convey a strong thought leadership position over the coming months. Having spoken with a number of agencies, we judged Liberty to be best positioned to communicate our story, expertise and technology to a wider market. We’re looking forward to working with the team for a successful 2014 and beyond.”

Dee Gibbs, Founder and Global CEO at Liberty added, “Geemo has a very strong proposition and client base and we’re thrilled to be working with them to build their UK presence and make them the ‘go to’ resource for media covering proximity marketing. We have a strong heritage in not only the mobile marketing space, but also in reaching vertical sectors like retail and the events industry.  We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Geemo and are keen to use our network and experience to support their business goals in the UK.”

Liberty Communications was appointed after a competitive pitch process which took place in August.

Liberty Communications, the integrated technology PR and digital communications agency, announced today that it has been selected by InReality, a retail and service innovation firm, to manage public relations and help build its presence in North America.

Working with brands like The Home Depot, Tempur-Pedic and Bridgestone, InReality helps clients bring their brands to life and drive results by identifying and shrinking the reality gaps between their brand’s promises and their customers’ actual experiences and expectations.

Through its end-to-end solutions, InReality empowers its clients with measurable and meaningful results and builds stronger, more enduring relationships between brands and their customers. Gary Lee, president and chief executive office at InReality said “As the entire retail industry rethinks its positioning and value to customers across both brick-and-mortar and online stores, selecting Liberty to help build our brand’s presence made sense for us. Liberty’s vast experience within the retail and CRM sector will enable us to expand and educate the industry on the vast “reality gaps” that often exist between brands and consumers, and how InReality’s innovative solutions can help our clients close these gaps.” Scott Beaver, vice president and general manager at Liberty Comms Inc commented, “We’re thrilled to be working with InReality.  This is an exciting value proposition and market segment and we’re looking forward to using our customer experience knowledge and expertise to help strengthen awareness for InReality.  We look forward to partnering with InReality to educate retailers and brands on how they can improve the customer experience.”

This latest North America win for Liberty builds on what has already been a successful year. With a new office in San Francisco serving the west coast and a widened team to support its growing client base, Liberty is establishing a truly global offering for its clients. Liberty is also represented in New York, London and Barcelona with a worldwide partner network offering support in all regions of the globe.

Liberty Communications, the integrated technology PR and digital communications agency, today announced the appointment of Scott Beaver to oversee the expansion of its global footprint to San Francisco.

Mr Beaver will be joining Liberty as vice president and general manager, and will be responsible for leading the growth of Liberty US, existing client and new business development, and managing the new San Francisco office.

Mr. Beaver’s background includes leading strategic public relations programs for a range of global technology companies. Previously he was a member of the senior leadership team at Bateman Group, where he oversaw new business initiatives and managed communications for early- to late-stage technology companies including Braintree (acquired by eBay), WeChat (owned by Tencent), Xamarin, and Zenprise (acquired by Citrix). Prior to that, he spent five years at Sard Verbinnen & Co. where he managed crisis, financial and investor communications for companies including Alibaba Group, Elevation Partners, Facebook and SurveyMonkey.

As part of the expansion, Liberty is opening their new US office in San Francisco’s SOMA neighbourhood. Liberty will continue to add to its west coast headcount and is currently recruiting at all levels. Using the San Francisco office as a hub, Liberty plans to replicate the success of its European business, which is headquartered in London, UK.

“We are very excited to welcome Scott on board as we expand and develop our brand in the US and support our clients, including our flagship customer, Nutanix,” said Dee Gibbs, CEO, global, Liberty Communications. “Scott brings a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and strategic thinking which will be of great benefit to our client base in the US market.”

Liberty Communications, the integrated digital marketing communications agency, today announced that it has been selected by the leading internet portal for the electrical industry, Voltimum, to support with strategic messaging and content creation for its new bi-monthly newsletter.

Voltimum is a global digital media company and sales enabler for the electrical industry; operating internet portals (b2b) for electrical components in 14 markets in Europe, Latin America and Australia.  With over 360,000 users, Voltimum is one of the major communication channels in the electrical industry and provides news, information and advice for its members via its website, monthly magazine, social media and Voltimum TV. Voltimum has enlisted Liberty Communications’ support to comprehensively reach and communicate with potential and current advertisers and partners; a group which currently includes leading global manufacturers, ABB, Schneider, Legrand, Nexans, Philips, OSRAM and Prysmian.

Voltimum CEO, Wolfgang Schickbauer, explained, “At Voltimum we’re constantly looking to understand the needs of our advertisers and partners as well as improve our services for our users.  Working with Liberty to develop a channel for regular communication to our partners, as well as develop messaging that aligns with our business goals, allows us to do just that.”

Dee Gibbs, Founder and Global CEO at Liberty said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Voltimum and are keen to use our skills and experience to support their business goals.  The way Voltimum works with its partners and users, investing time and effort to communicate and create trusted relationships for the long term, is very similar to the way our agency works with clients.  We are looking forward to supporting them further.”

Liberty Communications was appointed after a competitive pitch process, which took place last month.

Liberty Communications, the integrated digital marketing communications agency, today announced that it has been awarded a 9-month PR contract by Filtered, an innovative e-learning platform – launched by edtech firm Excel with Business.

Founded in 2009, Excel with Business provides online testing and training to businesses and individuals for a range of skills including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Web Design, App Design, Basic Accounts, etc. Having grown rapidly over the past two years, the company decided to launch premium learning platform and brand Filtered, which specialises in tailored online training in a range of business disciplines.

Liberty was appointed to support the business in raising awareness of the platform’s unique ability to teach users the critical or most desired components of the course, filtering out the rest to deliver a highly refined and customised syllabus.

Marc Zao-Sanders, Managing Director of Filtered said: “This is a very exciting time for us as we look to embark on our first PR campaign to support Filtered, and our innovative adaptive teaching method.  The edtech market in Europe is still relatively young in comparison to our US counterparts, which presents a huge opportunity for us to grow our business.  What’s more, digital penetration in the education market is still very low so being able to drive awareness of the opportunities and benefits technology offers in this market is the obvious next step for us.”

Liberty’s remit includes positioning Filtered and its senior executives as thought leaders in the education and technology markets and showcase its innovative, cost effective business model and customer service to potential customers in the financial, law, retail and logistics industries.  Liberty will also be supporting Filtered to launch the Filtered Foundation – a separate entity which encompasses the charity Managing Director Marc Zao-Sanders started a few years ago, Access Professions – an online service which matches students with life-changing university- and career-related opportunities.

Dee Gibbs, Founder and Global CEO at Liberty said: “The edtech market is a hive of opportunity and is a sector that we at Liberty are incredibly passionate about. We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Filtered and are keen to use our skills and experience to support their business goals in the UK.”

Speaking about Liberty’s appointment Marc Zao-Sanders continued: “Rarely have I seen such an informed, enthusiastic and genuinely inspiring team come in and present. The quality and creativity of Liberty’s ideas, their existing knowledge of the EdTech industry and the chemistry of the team convinced us that Liberty is extremely well placed to lead our PR strategy going forward.”

Liberty Communications was appointed after a seven-way pitch process, which took place earlier this month.

Liberty Communications, the integrated digital communications consultancy, today announced their appointment by leading video engagement platform Zentrick to support the company’s presence at the Cannes Lions event in June.

As part of Zentrick’s presence at Cannes Lions, the world’s biggest annual awards show and festival for professionals in the creative communications industry, Liberty Communications has been briefed to drive awareness of the company amongst brands, creative agencies, rights holders and media owners. They will also position the company and its executives as thought leaders in branding, content presentation and online monetization.

“Cannes Lions represents a big opportunity for Zentrick and we are delighted to be working with Liberty Communications to maximise our presence,” explained Pieter Mees, Zentrick CEO and Founder. “Not only are they Cannes veterans, but they fully understand our offering and market. Therefore, they are excellently placed to help us move forward.”

Working with the global organisations such as Unilever, Volkswagen, News Corp, and UNICEF, the Zentrick offering is a self-service, customisable platform that enables brands and media owners to transform their video content into a fully immersive and interactive online experience. Their software and tools provide measureable engagement with viewers by including actions embedded within video content. As a result, customers can  create their own unique brand experience by adding social rewards, real-time commerce, dynamic related content, inline gamification, timed surveys, mobile app downloads, localized store finders, social feeds and much more.

“We’re very excited to be working with Zentrick. Although only a few years old, their leadership team has already achieved great success in the marketplace. We’re looking forward to helping make the company a well-known name with brands and agencies and take them to the next level of growth.” said Dee Gibbs, Global CEO, Liberty Communications.

Liberty Comms, an integrated digital communications agency with a presence in New York, San Francisco and San Jose, today announced that Nutanix, the leading provider of next-generation datacenter infrastructure solutions, has hired the agency after a competitive review.

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Liberty Communications, the integrated digital marketing communications agency, today announced that it has been appointed to promote EdTech Europe, Europe’s leading e-learning focussed conference, for the second year.

Organised by education technology company, Edxus Group and IBIS Capital, a specialist media investment and advisory firm, EdTech Europe is an exclusive one day summit for senior business executives and investors with an interest in the e-Learning market. Addressing current industry and investment trends in e-Learning and exploring the business of education, it has been designed to act as a catalyst for the consolidation and investment required in the sector.

The event will also include the unveiling of the Europe EdTech 20, a ranking of the top 20 most innovative and fastest growing e-Learning companies in Europe.

Along with promoting EdTech Europe 2014 and the EdTech 20, Liberty Communications will also work on thought leadership and profile opportunities for both Edxus and IBIS Capital.

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, CEO and co-founder of Edxus Group, said: “Last year’s event was a huge success and we are hoping to build on that so that the 2014 event is on an even bigger scale. The education technology scene in Europe is picking up pace and we are hoping that EdTech Europe will play a pivotal role in shining the spotlight on the movers and shakers, as well as attracting the right funding and support for European edtech players.”

Dee Gibbs, Founder and Global CEO at Liberty said: “We are really excited to be working with Edxus Group and IBIS Capital again for EdTech Europe 2014. The ed tech industry is a fascinating one and we are ready to put our experience and passion, together with our media expertise, to bear to make the event an outstanding success for everyone involved.”

Liberty Communications, the integrated digital communications consultancy, today announced that it has hired Michael Draznin as senior consultant to create and drive high-impact marketing and communications programs in the US and North America. He joins the team in response to client demand and  the agency’s continuing rapid expansion in the region.

Draznin has over 20 years’ experience leading high-impact communications and marketing programmes within the technology space and deep expertise in financial, ad tech, and professional services sectors.

His background includes heading global corporate communications for three of the largest marketing services agencies in the world; leading the rebrand of the world’s largest strategic branding firm; and leading communications strategy for one of the largest global advertising agency mergers in history.

He has been involved in several IPOs, more than 15 M&A transactions, several divestitures, and numerous VC and PE fundings. In addition, he has done extensive work with technology, biotech, and usability companies in China, India and other BRIC regions.

Dee Gibbs, CEO, global, Liberty Communications said: “Michael’s experience and knowledge of the North America market is a real value-add for clients and to help strengthen the agency foundations we have put in place.

“We’ve worked hard to identify the right people and make sure those we bring on board embody the proactive and nimble way of working that Liberty is recognised for.  We look forward to Michael’s contributions with our clients, new business development, and continuing to grow our brand in the US and North America.”

Draznin commented, “I am really excited to be a part of what Liberty is building and I’m really looking forward to helping drive the agency’s further expansion.”

As part of Liberty’s global push, Dee Gibbs has also assumed the role of CEO, Global to support the expansion and breadth of Liberty’s capabilities globally. Liberty is continuing to expand its East and West Coast operations. Draznin lives in Manhattan and will split his time between New York and San Francisco. He will be working alongside Dee and as part of the US leadership team. 

Integrated digital communications consultancy Liberty Communications today announced that it has won duties for the launch of Emagine International, a specialty provider of real-time contextual customer marketing software and managed services, in the U.S., North America, and Europe.

Emagine works with communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide to reduce customer churn and increase revenue through its proprietary Adaptive Contextual Marketing platform. The result for CSPs is true “Marketing to One^®.”

Liberty’s remit includes positioning Emagine and its senior executives as thought leaders in campaign management, customer value management and contextual marketing. Additionally, the agency will build awareness of Emagine’s expertise in mobile.

“Technology is now at the point where it can live up to the promise of one-to-one marketing made in the ‘80s. The market has moved beyond segments to the individual, making campaign management all the more relevant,” explained Dave Peters, Emagine International’s CEO and founder. “Combine this with the increasing need for CSPs to differentiate themselves in a saturated marketplace and this is a great time for us to be talking about what we do and how we can help Operators increase revenue and improve their customer experience. We’re really pleased to be working with Liberty to do that.”

“Emagine International has been creating best practice campaigns for 15 years. The way it works with its customers, investing time and effort to create trusted relationships for the long term, is very similar to the way our agency works with clients. We’re looking forward to making this partnership a tremendous success,” said Dee Gibbs, founder and global CEO of Liberty Communications.

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, announced today that it has won a brief to support open networking company, Vello Systems, with its expansion across Europe.

The agency will provide integrated communications support to drive recognition for the company with a view to expanding share of voice around its software defined application platform.

With its business critical networking, open flow and SDN specialism, Vello works closely with its customer base to address the need for high availability and performance of critical applications, simplified operations and reduced costs in running a data centre.

Liberty will work with Vello with immediate effect to focus on building brand presence, with activities designed to officially launch the company to the market and demonstrate Vello’s expertise in software-defined architecture.

Jeff Paine, VP marketing, Vello, said, “Software-defined networks (SDN) has become quite a buzzword in recent years but the challenge many companies face is that most SDN solutions have no awareness or control  of the underlying network. Vello addresses this shortcoming, making it a business critical investment for many companies; a message we feel is very important to bring to the market.”

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder, Liberty Communications, said, “The importance of the Vello offering to modern enterprise is undeniable. With so much change to enterprise technology in recent years, fine-tuning the message and being targeted with that approach has become increasingly important. Liberty’s heritage sits firmly in telecoms technology and we will use that experience to help Vello position itself as a key player in the network space, in order to drive business success in the long term.”

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, announced that it has been appointed to support Coriant, a global supplier of leading future-proof optical transport solutions.  Liberty will be working with Coriant across multiple markets including the UK and the United States to grow brand recognition and increase the company’s footprint worldwide.

As a newly formed, independent company with deep roots in Nokia Siemens Networks, Coriant is keen to grow awareness of its offering among industry influencers and potential customers alike. Coriant has a strong heritage but the company will be working with Liberty to carve a niche for itself in its own right and sit squarely at the forefront of the optical networking market as the leader in 100G transport.

Jayne Chace, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Coriant, said, “The increase in data usage and the dynamic nature of bandwidth-hungry applications is creating both challenges and opportunities for our customers as their networks experience an unprecedented level of disruption in carrier networks. This puts Coriant in prime position to really make an impact on the market but our position as a newly independent company means our marketing and PR efforts are crucial to our success.”

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder, Liberty Communications, said, “Coriant has already started to forge relationships with key industry influencers but reaching the right people in the right markets will be crucial to its success. Our experience both working on global campaigns and with various members of the Coriant team in the past, puts Liberty in the perfect position to support the company in building its brand awareness and we look forward to working with Jayne and her team to help advance the company’s market position.”

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, announced its position at number 14 in PR Week’s Top 40 Technology Consultancies.

This improved listing highlights the growth of the agency over the last twelve months as well as the increasing support behind the integrated communications model that sits at the heart of Liberty’s offering.

The past twelve months have seen impressive growth at Liberty and its telecommunications heritage has been a real trump card as the rapid evolution of the mobile space has seen more and more organisations looking to grow their profiles. In addition to that, the development of the company’s dedicated business units is also reaping dividends with expansion of the Liberty’s enterprise and consumer technology client rosters.

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder, Liberty Communications, said, “The last twelve months has been a critical time for Liberty as we have expanded our global presence and changed the structure of the agency as a whole. Our higher positioning in the tech agency list, especially compared to those of a similar size and ethos to Liberty, just highlights that the agency is going from strength to strength. Fingers crossed for 2014!”

The report into the financial performance of the UK’s largest agencies revealed an average fee income increase of 11.5 per cent, a higher rate than the nine per cent growth achieved in 2011.

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Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced that it has been appointed by leading technology specialist and solutions provider for mobile, multichannel web and mobile marketing solutions, Sevenval, for a UK PR campaign.

Following a competitive pitch, Liberty has been tasked with providing on-going PR support for 2013, including media relations, events consultancy and thought leadership, as well as driving interest in Sevenval’s software solutions and services across key industry verticals such as automotive, financial services, retail and travel.

Sevenval offers a powerful software product for the development of mobile websites as well as web, applications. The Sevenval FIT software portfolio enables clients to meet the requirement for stable, high-performance cross-channel websites with optimal user experience and usability. FIT allows for the aggregation of content and services across all browsers, operating systems, and devices, effectively making it future-proof, scalable and fully compatible.

Tom Laband, managing director of Sevenval Ltd, said; “We are keen to showcase our work in the UK as well as leveraging our strong German heritage and, having spoken with a number of agencies, we judged Liberty to be best positioned to communicate our story, expertise and technology to a wider market. We’re looking forward to working with the team for a successful 2013.”

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder of Liberty Communications commented; “Sevenval has a very strong proposition and client base and we’re very excited to be working with them to build their UK presence and make them the ‘go to’ resource for media covering mobile, multichannel web, mobile marketing solutions and the associated topics such as e-commerce.”

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, announced that it has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the 2013 EMEA Silver SABRE awards and in addition, has also been shortlisted for a Gold award in the consumer electronics category.  Finalists for the latter category were selected from a record of more than 2,400 entries with winners set to be announced on 30th May in Barcelona.

Silver SABRE awards are given to those companies that demonstrate excellence in content creation, creative product and PR agency management. This year, Liberty was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the PR product of the Year category for the development of its Liberty Index measurement tool, the only boutique agency winner in this category.

Nick Lane, head of measurement, Liberty Communications, said, “AVE is no longer an adequate assessment of campaign success as it is simply not detailed or informative enough and it gives no indication of whether a campaign message was received or which tactics flourished or fell short. The Liberty Index addresses this issue by going beyond campaign metrics to trend coverage based on a company’s media landscape, sentiment of coverage and coverage type. It offers transparent analysis of a clients’ penetration of target media and gives both our team and our clients the critical insights vital to developing any ongoing PR plan to be suitable for the long term and to better align to our clients’ business objectives.”

Liberty’s campaign for the launch of Root Classic has earned it a place on the shortlist for best ‘consumer electronics’ campaign. Gold SABRE awards require those nominated to demonstrate success in terms of campaign metrics, KPIs and also ROI. Liberty’s simple but effective PR campaign did just that.

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder, Liberty Communications, said, “Sales are the ultimate goal for all of our clients but for consumer technology companies in particular, these are a crucial measure of success. Our media knowledge is invaluable to address this. Securing the right pieces of coverage can be the difference between success and failure and the targeted campaign we designed for Root Classic is testament to this. On review of the campaign, a massive 20 per cent of all sales were attributed to a single review – an ROI of £7 per £1 spent and a fantastic achievement for both Root Classic and Liberty as a communications team.”

Google may be embroiled in an EU investigation into alleged anti-competitiveness, however one in four members of the public continues to rate it as the most trusted tech brand.

As global tech giant Google remains embroiled in a bruising EU battle over alleged anti-competitive practices, research shows that UK consumers retain trust in the brand.

A joint PRWeek/OnePoll survey demonstrates the strength of Google’s customer perception and reputation.

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Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced that it has been appointed by specialist media investment and advisory firm IBIS Capital and education technology company Edxus Group to promote the launch of EdTech Europe.

An exclusive one day summit to be held at the London Business School on 14th June 2013, EdTech Europe will address the current industry and investment trends in Education Technology and e-Learning for both the academic and professional learning sectors. The event will bring together senior executives from established professional learning and education players, innovators disrupting the established market order and leading European institutional investors to explore the business of education and act as a catalyst for the consolidation and investment required in the sector. It will also witness the unveiling of EdTech Europe 20, a ranking of the top 20 most innovative and fastest growing e-learning companies in Europe.

As well as promoting EdTech Europe and the EdTech Europe 20, driving ticket sales and ranking entries amongst the entrepreneurial and investor communities, Liberty will also build the profiles of both IBIS Capital and Edxus in the education technology and e-learning industries across Europe and in the US.

Charles McIntyre, CEO of IBIS Capital, said: ‘‘The academic and professional education market is set to undergo a huge transformation as a result of the technological and digital revolution. EdTech Europe will explore these forthcoming changes and resulting opportunities. We’re looking forward to working with Liberty and the media community on what will be a very exciting inaugural event for us.’’

Dee Gibbs, Managing Director and Founder of Liberty Communications commented: ‘‘We are delighted to be working with IBIS Capital and Edxus on EdTech Europe. We have a wealth of experience in event creation and promotion and we’re certain that we can bring this, together with our media expertise, to bear to make EdTech Europe a success for all concerned.’’

I’d very much welcome your suggestions for public relations firms (and/or individuals) working in the mobile space.

The reason I ask is that I’m trying to put a reasonably comprehensive list together.

Every week I get emails from people asking for suggestions for companies to meet. I have got my favourites (some of whom I list below), but I’d like to actually publish a list.

I get the impression from a lot of the enquiries that they’re pretty urgent. So when I respond days later by email, I often worry that I’m not fast enough — hence my intent to create a list.

Googling “Mobile PR” or “mobile public relations” or “wireless public relations” will yield you a few results I’m sure. But there are a ton more agencies out there. Many of the best aren’t actually dedicated to mobile, but instead are “tech focused” with a mobile practice or specialism.

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Liberty Communications, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced that it has appointed Michael Bingham to promote Liberty’s business in the United States, effective immediately. He holds specific responsibilities for building the company’s position within the local market to include increasing visibility of the company’s current U.S. client base, driving new business in the region and managing the company’s local offices.

According to a 2012 report from New York-based public policy organisation, Centre for an Urban Future, New York has the United States’ fastest growing technology sector second only to Silicon Valley. With this in mind, Liberty is in the process of consecutively launching support for both East and West coast offices to service clients in both technology centres, aiding them in taking advantage of potential future growth opportunities.

“I believe Liberty’s work ethic will really help differentiate us from local competitors and drive long term success,” said Michael Bingham, head of the United States region, Liberty Communications. “Our flexible, proactive and creative approach means that we track what is happening in the marketplace and adapt our plans, and the channels we are using, to keep business success at the forefront of our communications strategy for clients. It’s not just about offering integrated and digital campaigns but also making sure that the right campaign is being implemented at the right time.”

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder of Liberty Communications commented, “When we decided to launch Liberty in the United States we committed to finding a team with the local market knowledge and understanding to help drive our clients business forward in the region. Michael has the experience to implement our integrated communications and digital approach within a regional context and at the same time embrace our dedicated approach to client services, recognising that this must lie at the heart of everything we do as a company.”

Michael is a seasoned technology public relations and marketing professional with over 15 years industry experience. He has a proven history of building brands, nurturing client relationships and simplifying complex topics for companies including Toshiba America Information Systems, SRS Labs, Networks in Motion, Gunnar Optiks and STEC

Liberty Communications, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced that it will be launching the Liberty Academy later this year. The programme aims to help young people gain invaluable  experience, insight and training as well as benefit from mentoring and coaching from those already working in the industry.

The Liberty Academy will work in a similar way to existing graduate initiation programmes and comprise of a series of one day workshops as well as practical exercises, mentoring and support.  This approach will provide apprentices with exposure to every aspect of both public relations and marketing from understanding the broader industry to content development and the effective use of both social and digital media.

Dee Gibbs, managing director and founder of Liberty Communications commented: “In such a tough job market, school and university leavers alike are looking for all the experience they can get and the success of our internship programme has shown us that this type of approach can uncover fantastic candidates too. All of our 2011/2012 graduates were recruited from it and having the chance to learn the ropes before they came on board has helped them progress in their respective roles as well as been recognised by Pathfinders with our recent award win.”

Elena Davidson, client services director, said, “We want to be able to help nurture the PR and marketing stars of the future and we really believe that the Liberty Academy can be the first stepping stone for young people to build a promising career. Best practices are the building blocks of a successful working life and as an agency who works hard to instil them in our existing team, we want to drive the same standards in the teams of the future.”

Liberty won Pathfinders’ Media Employer of the Year in 2012 for its ability to develop its staff. Criteria associated with the award included the approach to people strategy, recruitment, induction, appraisals and mentoring.  To inspire other companies to follow its lead Dee Gibbs will act as a judge for 2013 award entrants.

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced it has been appointed by Procera Networks for the third consecutive year to raise visibility of its products, services and partner initiatives in the run-up to, and during next year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC).

Procera Networks is at the leading edge of network visibility and policy enforcement, empowering mobile operators and enabling new business models. Procera’s solutions provide the most granular real-time visibility and analytics, leading directly to actionable intelligence and the most advanced personalised services to their subscribers.

Mobile World Congress is the single largest event in the telecoms calendar. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 visitors including 3,300 members from print, broadcast and online news outlets from across the globe. The GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, has hired Liberty for the eight consecutive year to manage its onsite media centre and online portal for press registration.

Cam Cullen, Vice President Global Marketing at Procera Networks, said: ‘‘Following a successful Mobile World Congress in 2012, Procera has enhanced its market position and brand awareness, and we look forward to conveying a strong thought leadership position further at next year’s event. ‘Having worked with Liberty last year, we have every confidence that it will continue to allow us to broaden the scope of conversation, and remind the media and analyst communities of our full portfolio of expertise in the run up to and during MWC in February.’’

Dee Gibbs, Managing Director and Founder of Liberty Communications said: ‘‘We are delighted to be able to work with Procera Networks again. It is a testament to the emphasis we place on client services that Procera have decided to work with us for the third consecutive year; and we look forward to continuing the success and helping them at MWC next year.’’

Last night at the W Hotel saw Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy collect the coveted title of Pathfinders Media Employer of the year.

 
The Pathfinders Media Employer of the year is the UK’s only annual award that recognises the ability of media companies to inspire and develop their staff. The award is independently judged and identifies and rewards those companies which invest in their people and ensures the media and marcoms industries continue to attract the best and brightest candidates from across the UK and around the globe.

 
This year’s Media Employer of the Year judging panel consisted of judges from 2011 winner of Media Employer of the Year, Firefish; Cohn & Wolfe; Journey HR, and IIP assessor & owner of Media Network, Bruce Macrae.

 
Liberty was recognised for its impressive approach to people strategy, as well as its comprehensive methodical approach for recruitment, inductions, appraisals and mentoring – all of which echoed the values of the agency. It also stood out for its approach to celebrating success at all stages of employee’s career, and for promoting a culture which fosters creativity and encourages new ideas throughout all levels of the company.

 
Managing Director and Founder of Liberty, Dee Gibbs was at the ceremony to collect the award and tweeted immediately after the success: “Media Employer of the Year Award! We are so proud. Well done team!”

 
She went on to say; “it’s a huge accolade for us to join such a select group of past winners – Firefish, Addiction Worldwide, Agency Republic and Blue Rubicon to name but four – especially seeing as we were by far and away the smallest agency shortlisted this year.
“It just goes to show that good things come in small packages and that our company ethos of employing and fostering talented comms and media people works, and is being recognised by the industry as a whole.

 
“With plans to open a New York office in 2013, this award should stand us in good stead with recruitment and enable us to continue to attract as high a calibre of individual in the States that we do in the UK – it will also make a welcome addition to our creative showcase in the office!”

Liberty Comms Managing Director and Founder Dee Gibbs will be one of the guests and speakers attending the GSMA’s inaugural Connected Women event in Brussels on the 27th and 28th of November.

 
Hosted by the GSMA Director General and Member of the Board, Anne Bouverot, and supported by Liberty Comms, the Connected Women event will be dedicated to supporting the growth of influential women in and around the mobile industry.

 
The event will see some of the industry’s most successful individuals championing the initiative to attract more female talent to the mobile sector, and communicate the challenges, rewards, best practices, pitfalls and pinnacles of what is one of the world’s fastest moving industries.

 
“The aim of the event is to ignite global interest and create momentum in order to increase the number of women working in and with mobile. It is great to see a body such as the GSMA that is so well recognised and respected globally committing to an event like Connected Women, and the promotion of women in the mobile industry.

 
“From a personal perspective it’s great to be involved in an event like this from the outset; and from a professional perspective through our on-going association with the GSMA, Liberty is proud to be sponsoring what we hope will become an increasingly popular annual event,” said Gibbs.

 
Connected Women 2012 will take place on the 27th and 28th of November at L’Arsenal, Brussels, and will include key note speeches from Lori Gonnu, CEO, Boldair Consulting International, Gabi Zedlmayer, Vice President Sustainability & Social Innovation, HP, Tina Southall, Group Diversity Director, Vodafone and Ann Mei Chang, Senior Advisor for Women & Technology, US Department of State to name but four.

Liberty Communications, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced its plans to open a New York office in early 2013 with a number of retained and project based clients.

Liberty meets Liberty NYC

This will represent the first of two planned offices to open in the United States and sets a precedent for the company’s ambitious growth plans.

Dee Gibbs, Managing Director and Founder of Liberty Communications, said: “Liberty has built a successful business in the European market for our North American-based clients and we are increasingly being asked to provide support in their local market under the Liberty brand. New York is the first city in which we will deploy a Liberty-owned venture, but this is just the start.”

To ensure success in North America, Liberty is currently recruiting for a US-based team who will help use their personal networks to grow the North American business. The selected candidate will join the current leadership team including Nick Lane, Alexis Dalrymple, Elena Davidson and Matt Wood in developing long term business development plans and ensuring that all clients benefit from the company’s integrated marketing, PR and digital service strategy approach.

“Too many firms rely too heavily on sending UK-based staff out to build North American business, but that approach means local knowledge of the market and the technology landscape just doesn’t exist. Many of our clients want local support from Liberty because they believe in its creativity, passion and unique approach to dedicated client services. These approaches lie at the very core of Liberty’s modus operandi, and will continue to sit at the heart of the business, no matter where our offices are located.

“By opening and staffing a New York office with local specialists we will be coupling regional expertise and known how with our distinctive Liberty way, and the next six months represents an enormously exciting period of opportunities for Liberty,” added Gibbs.

In a recent interview with Metro, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said that he is taking the 10,000-year view.

Among other amazing extra-curricular activities such as a privately funded space exploration company, he has just spent $42m building a clock inside a Texan mountain that aims to run for 10,000 years. Not only that, it emits daily chimes created by Brian Eno. Very cool.

One of the fantastic things about technology PR is that there are lots of people like Jeff Bezos, revolutionaries who have made huge amounts of money developing new ways of doing things and who are only just getting into their stride.

But the passion is not just about space rockets and giant clocks. Bill and Melinda Gates, through their foundation, are using technology to change millions of lives, for example with a toilet that uses no water. This is technology at its very best.

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QuickPlay Media Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based managed solutions for distribution of premium video to IP-connected devices, today announced that it has hired Liberty Communications, a specialist technology marketing and PR consultancy.

Liberty will be working to raise awareness of QuickPlay across Western Europe and promote the company’s managed service offerings and value proposition among large European service providers, mobile operators, and content providers.

Following a competitive pitch, Liberty has been tasked with providing ongoing PR support including media and analyst relations as well as driving interest in QuickPlay Media’s end to end managed service solutions across key industry verticals. QuickPlay’s cloud based OpenVideo platform provides companies the most scalable and secure way to deliver engaging multiscreen entertainment experiences. The platform currently manages more than 1.5 million content assets across more than 3,000 content providers, delivering video to all major device platforms.

Nikki Gore, VP of marketing, Quickplay Media, said “Europe is an increasingly important market for QuickPlay so choosing an agency with proven European credentials as well as experience working with challenger brands was crucial. During our first nine months working with Liberty, we have already seen some real traction and had the opportunity to share our story with the wider influencer spectrum. Now, with a busy year ahead and an increased focus on growth, we look forward to building on the solid foundations we have now got in place.”

Dee Gibbs, managing director, Liberty Communications, said “The communications industry is all about reputation and the fact that QuickPlay chose Liberty based on our previous work with industry leaders is the ultimate validation of this. As our business continues to develop, we are working with more and more organisations who sit outside of the traditional telecoms space so having the opportunity to build on our mobile broadcast credentials is one we relish.”

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced it has been appointed by Memjet, the global leader in colour printing technologies, to inform the UK press of its new distribution strategy and launch the world’s fastest office printer in this region.

Memjet is encouraging UK businesses to once again embrace colour printing. This will be made simple and without the worry of spiralling costs though Memjet’s unique all inclusive print contracts, from next week.

Following a successful media campaign for Memjet at Drupa 2012, the global print trade show, Liberty now returns to provide public relations support as the innovative print solution provider makes a play for the SMB office print space.

The company has bought revolutionary printing technologies to the commercial print, and now the office markets; with customers all over the world from global brands like Toshiba, LG and Canon Océ, right the way through to entrepreneurial printing start-ups and local OEMS.

Jeff Bean, VP Brand and Communications at Memjet commented: “Liberty work with so many companies that are at the cutting edge of their specialisms. It supported our efforts at international trade fair, Drupa to great effect, and when we began to focus on the European office media, working with Liberty was a logical choice to make.

“It’s this last sector, the specific office and SME focused press in the UK that we are looking to target over the next months, and we have every confidence that Liberty will be able to help us to do this.”

Dee Gibbs, Managing Director and Founder of Liberty, commented: “Memjet is a key catalyst in the tremendous leap forward made by the print industry. For the first time in 20 years we have seen a real print innovation enable the most remarkable colour speeds – you really have to see it in action to believe it!”

Memjet and its partners will be meeting with customers, channel players and the media at their respective events, to be held at Paramount, London on Tuesday 16th October.  To discuss how these contracts will work, and to see these game-changing office printers in action please contact Memjet@libertycomms.com.

To see the printers at their best, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton will also be present at the end of the session, to demo how quickly your photo will print on the Evojet Office 2 – in just one second!

Alexis Dalrymple has joined Liberty Communications as head of business and enterprise technology from GolinHarris where he was director of technology.

Alexis Dalrymple: heads to Liberty
Dalrymple adds to Liberty’s new business management line-up, joining Nick Lane, the recently appointed head of telecoms and media.
Earlier this year Liberty hired Peter Hay as head of digital and Matt Wood as creative planner.

Before Golin Harris, Dalrymple held roles at Dynamo and Hotwire, working across clients such as Everything Everywhere, Nokia and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.
Liberty Comms managing director and founder Dee Gibbs said: ‘Alexis’ experience in the enterprise technology space complements our client services approach. His knowledge of the industry means we can offer our clients a real value-added approach and his support on existing clients thus far has already borne significant results.’
Dalrymple said: ‘Liberty’s ambitious growth plans offer real opportunities to expand the enterprise side of the business. It is an expanding and fast-moving sector, making it one of the most exciting areas to be delivering effective communications.
‘We are working with some great names already and have a number of really exciting campaigns in the pipeline, and I can’t wait to start building out our portfolio.’
Liberty recently restructured into four new business divisions covering telecoms and media, enterprise, cleantech and consumer tech.

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Nick Lane, Pippa Melamet and Georgina Heaume join fast growing team of technology PR specialists

Liberty Comms, the specialist technology communications consultancy, today announced the appointment of its latest senior team members; Nick Lane, Pippa Melamet and Georgina Heaume.

Having founded mobile research and Analyst Company, mobileSQUARED – journalist-turned-analyst –Nick becomes Liberty’s Telecoms and Media Tsar, responsible for delivering client strategy, and expanding Liberty’s footprint across the telecoms and media landscape in the UK and Europe.

Both Pippa and Georgina will be responsible for directing strategy across their client bases, as well as supporting the overall growth of Liberty. Pippa brings a wealth of experience having previously managed national and international PR programmes for companies including Research In Motion, SAS and Citrix. Likewise, Georgina has developed and led strategic public relations programmes for a range of organisations such as the Cloud Industry Forum, Talend, Virgin Media Business, The Green Grid and Informatica.

The three new hires follow a number of new business wins for the agency which have broadened its remit across the technology sector and led to the development of its four business units: Corporate and Clean Tech, Enterprise Tech, Consumer Tech and Telecoms & Media. The three appointments consolidate Liberty’s senior management structure further, adding to the appointments of Peter Hay (Head of Digital) and Matt Wood (Creative Planner) who joined earlier in the year.

Dee Gibbs, Managing Director and Founder of Liberty Communications commented: “Nick brings with him over 16 years telecoms experience as a very influential analyst, so to add him to our expanding senior team is wonderful for the company and of course our clients. He has an industry reputation and base of knowledge that is second-to-none and is ideal for our new role of Head of Telecoms and Media.

“Both Pippa and Georgina also bring valuable experience to our fast expanding technology divisions and I am sure all three will be instrumental to helping us drive the business forward.”

Nick, Pippa and Georgina will all be based in Liberty’s headquarters in Chelsea, London.

About Liberty Comms Ltd

For over twelve years Liberty has been driving exciting and creative communications for a client base which spans Telecoms and Media, Enterprise Software, Consumer Technology and Cleantech. Companies work with us because in a complex and dynamic world, we understand their businesses and know what it takes to make them successful across the full marketing mix. www.libertycomms.co.uk

For more information about Liberty Comms, please go to www.libertycomms.co.uk or email Dee Gibbs at dgibbs@libertycomms.com

London,  UK – 1st May 2012 – Liberty Communications Ltd, the global  technology marketing and PR agency announced today that it has unveiled the  roadmap for the next chapter of the agency’s growth and defined four dedicated  business divisions including Telecoms & Media, Enterprise, Clean Tech and  Consumer Tech.  These specialist divisions will work as businesses within  a business and carry their own P&L and headcount.

Since  Liberty’s inception in 1998, the agency has been best known for its expertise  in telecoms & media however new business acquisition has broadened out the  agency’s knowledge in a number of associated sectors.  Today the four  business units reflect Liberty’s capabilities across a wider technology  landscape.  Liberty offers its products and services across Media (public  relations and analyst relations and investor relations), Experiential (events  and showcases) and digital and social.

Liberty  also boasts a digital marketing offering which serves to integrate client  communications for more rounded campaigns and a corporate practise.   Liberty Consulting provides industry relations which is designed to offer  business development support to clients seeking a footprint in the European  marketplace.  Through its exclusive partnership with Decisive Media, the  agency also has access to vaults of multi-media assets such as videos,  vodcasts, virtual exhibitions and digital community portals.

Liberty’s  business units will be headed by Associate Director level technology  communication experts who will be targeted with a business development  portfolio.  Client services will continue to feature heavily right across  all of the business units and services capabilities building on Liberty’s ethos  of offering value added services with exceptional resources and the highest  levels of customer satisfaction.

Liberty’s  MD Dee Gibbs said; “It’s an incredibly exciting time for everyone associated  with Liberty.  We’re hiring, we’re winning important new clients and we’re  planning for growth”.

About Liberty Comms  Ltd For  over twelve years Liberty has been driving exciting and creative communications  for a client base which spans Telecoms and Media, Enterprise Software, Consumer  Technology and Cleantech. Companies work with us because in a complex and  dynamic world, we understand their businesses and know what it takes to make  them successful across the full marketing mix. www.libertycomms.co.uk

For more information about Liberty Comms, please go to www.libertycomms.co.uk or email Dee Gibbs at dgibbs@libertycomms.com

Today’s online and offline editions of PR Week feature a nice mention of Liberty in relation to one of our fantastic clients, the GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide.

Our office on the Kings Road is a hive of activity as we process the media accreditation and registrations ahead of the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress event, which kicks off on Monday 27th February, in Barcelona.

A brands image is undeniably linked to its reputation for customer service[b/]. Consumers expect no frills airlines to provide no frills service and expect high end clothing stores to offer high end service. Customer experience is also undeniably linked to profitability. Recent Maritz research showed that twice as many as car dealerships with low satisfaction went out of business in recession as those with high scores.

Despite the undeniable link between customer service and profitability, many providers of B2B services including marketing and PR fail to focus on customer happiness…

Technotree has asked Liberty to lead its global PR programme. The telecoms and IT service provider appointed the agency after it ran once of its projects at the Mobile World Congress 2011.

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Real Networks, the digital media software company behind the 1990s success story RealPlayer, has called in PR support as it looks to revive its fortunes in the UK.

liberty has been hired to help launch a range of consumer products in the UK market and modernise perceptions of the brand.

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Special congratulations this month go to our lovely Office Manager Emma Cross for all her sterling work organising a fabulous away day and Liquid Lunch at The Met Bar. The full day event which was designed to launch our new brand to staff, clients and press was packed with brilliant surprises from cocktail competitions to fun and lively training sessions and everything in between! It was a brilliant success with many still partying hard at 3am! Check out our facebook page to see the highlights. Lets raise a glass to Emma for a great job done! Well done Emma!

Liberty features in PR Weeks Top 40 Technology Consultancy rankings for the third year running.  Ranking just outside the top ten but within the top 14 agencies, liberty had another solid financial year.  Commenting on the newly published 2011 listing libertys MD Dee Gibbs said Im thrilled that we again feature amongst some of the best brand name agencies in our market.  Weve consistently moved up the PR Week rankings and Im so proud of my team for making that happen.

Have a look at what Dee has to say about libertys year

In its first year of entry, liberty has secured a fantastic position at No:28 in the Reputation Online Top 100 PR Agencies league table.

Following a competitive pitch, liberty has been appointed by leading B2B and B2C mobile app developer, Mubaloo to educate businesses on the benefits mobile apps can bring. liberty will work closely with Mubaloo to help drive awareness of the companys services to the marketing, business, trade and national media in the UK. The account is to be headed by Richard Botley.

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Congratulations go to Richard and Michael for their on-going hard work and commitment. Richard was singled out for his amazing work with new business. He has really taken up the mantle and has been a part of 3 successful pitches in a row. His attitude is great and he takes part in lots of external initiatives too such as Digital Shoreditch

Michael was praised for his on-going hard work and support with web projects often juggling many deadlines at once but always with a smile on his face. He has been a great team player and is highly thought of amongst his peers.

Both Michael and Richard were awarded the prize of £100 plus an extra day’s holiday. The only question left is how they will spend their bonus?  A round of drinks down the local then guys!

If youre involved in the mobile marketing business, checkout the Business Leadership Networks Money in Mobile event on June 14th looking at how companies make money in mobile.  Superb speaker line-up and Centurions members get a 25% discount too!

Centurions is an informal executive networking group for the digital entertainment business – founded by three veterans from the online and mobile worlds of entertainment, music and advertising who have combined their (digital) rolodexes to establish the who’s who in digital entertainment

Click here to find out more

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Today PR Week announced the Top 150 PR Consultancies for 2011 alongside some really positive news for the industry as a whole.  The Top 150 Consultancies listing is made up of agencies across the UK and is for agencies offering all manner of PR support to a variety of industries, so not just technology agencies.  The report found that the PR industry bounced back in 2010 with an average growth rate of 9.24% with many agencies surpassing this percentage.  It also states that PR is by far the most profitable of the marketing disciplines, which is good to know!

Liberty has won a competitive pitch with IT integrator SecureData to promote the use of consumer technologies in the workplace. Working with table devices, personal smartphones and social media sites. liberty is to champion the idea of allowing employees to work as you would at home. The account is to be headed by Richard Botley.

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Mobile research analyst firm mobileSQUARED has selected liberty, a leading technology PR and Marketing agency, to launch Mobile Consumer Trends (MCT). MCT is a dynamic database which provides granular data and forecasts on consumer usage habits towards the mobile internet, mobile apps, mobile commerce, opt-in messaging, and mobile advertising reach and engagement throughout the US and UK. liberty has been selected for its expertise of the technology and mobile marketing industry to launch MCT in the UK and US to help brands and agencies with the planning and execution of truly targeted mobile marketing campaigns.

MCT provides business critical information by offering 18-month rolling forecasts identifying the actual number of mobile consumers active in each area, searchable by device type, gender, age, geography and socio-economics as well as ethnicity in the US. The database contains historic information going back to 4Q2009 and is updated every quarter with proprietary consumer market research conducted by mobileSQUAREDs research partner Lightspeed Research. Currently, MCT contains over 1.4 million separate data points covering the US and UK, with almost 90,000 new data points being added every quarter.

liberty will engage with leading UK and US marketing titles to promote the new tool on behalf of mobileSQUARED. With libertys help, the company can expect to see its MCT tool being promoted to the most important marketing and telecoms press, securing positive press coverage and raising awareness of the tool along the way.

Dee Gibbs, joint managing director of liberty commented, liberty has enjoyed a close relationship with mobileSQUARED for a number of years. We are pleased to have been selected by the firm to launch such a comprehensive tool that will help those wanting to engage with mobile consumers. Our long standing work with the Mobile Marketing Association is testament to our expertise and experience within the mobile marketing industry.

Nick Lane, chief strategy analyst of mobileSQUARED says about the appointment, liberty was a natural selection to help promote our new Mobile Consumer Trends tool. Over the years, we have worked closely with the company on a number of projects on behalf of its clients and know the company to be highly capable, professional and likeable.

Congratulations this month go to Hayley and Jen for their ongoing hard work and commitment. Jen was singled out for always being on hand to help and guide her teams whilst Hayley was congratulated on being really proactive across her client base particularly with flagging ideas for generating coverage. A special mention also went to her support with developing a client review due for presentation to the client soon.

Well done girls hopefully the lovely weather will continue so we can toast to you both with a glass of wine in our local favourite pub garden!

Specialist technology PR and marketing consultancy liberty launches liberty Consulting

liberty, the specialist technology PR and marketing consultancy, today announced the launch of its new service offering, liberty Consulting.  Following the expansion of its services portfolio to include marketing and digital services in 2007, the agency has now formed a new venture to provide a holistic sales, PR and marketing solution to companies looking to establish themselves in the European market

The new company will be managed by Nigel Pollard, Director of liberty Consulting, who will work closely with Stephen Sharp and Dee Gibbs, the joint MDs of liberty.  In his new role, Nigel will be promoting a full-service sales and marketing portfolio to enable smaller companies who wish to enter Europe the opportunity to do so in a cost-effective way.  Acting as an outsourced business development resource, the liberty Consulting will look to provide everything from a regional point of presence without the high level of investment normally associated with a local footprint. The proposition will also be attractive for larger, established organisations who wish to outsource their business development or sales and marketing function as budgets continue to be challenged in the current economic climate.

Commenting on the new company, Nigel Pollard, Director of liberty Consulting said: Whilst assisting start-ups to enter the European market to compete against larger, entrenched competition, we identified that these complementary services were needed to localise, position and increase awareness of vendors brands to make their business a success.

Its the right time to be offering a service to companies who may otherwise think twice about expanding into new territories. We increase their chance of success whilst further reducing the risk, enabling the CEO to concentrate on his core business with the confidence that we can provide a comprehensive level of support, ranging from a local office and telephone answering service, to strategic business development and marketing services.

Our clients have been delighted to hear about these additional services and have already started to use them. Nigel has worldwide management experience in sales and marketing in the technology sector and has built a wealth of corporate company knowledge from multi-national firms such as Andrew and Harris Corporation.  More recently, Nigel led an international sales team at Altos Advisors – a consultancy specialising in the support of early stage companies – helping to establish a European footprint.  Nigel holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Communications Engineering and an MBA.

Were often asked to help clients with deeper industry relationships and a wider remit of services, commented Dee Gibbs, PR lead at liberty.  The Consulting side of the business will now be able to develop new markets and establish a sales channel for a range of new and existing customers where it may have been prohibitive due to costs previously.

About liberty Ltd

For over ten years liberty has been driving exciting, accurate and creative marketing communications for a client base that includes Qualcomm, Vodafone, Napster, the MMA and the GSM Association. Blue chip and innovative global telecoms and technology firms work with us because in a complex and dynamic world, we understand their businesses and know what it takes to make them successful across the full marketing mix. www.miliberty.com

For further information please contact: Dee Gibbs liberty +44 (0) 20 7751 4444

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) February 25,2011

The Centurions, an informal executive networking group for todays digital leaders, today announced the launch of its North American activities with the formation of its first chapter in New York, NY and an upcoming launch party, sponsored by Vindicia and Gigya, at The Standard Hotel on March 2, 2011.

The Centurions was founded in London in February, 2009 by Mitch Lazar, Graeme Ferguson and Tony Pearce on the basis the digital industry wasn’t offering an opportunity for like-minded peers to meet in a social environment outside of the major trade shows and conferences. The London membership now exceeds 600 key executives from the Internet and mobile worlds of entertainment, music and advertising.

The Centurions in North America is being co-founded by Simon Buckingham, CEO of Appitalism and Mobile Streams, Chris Faust, CEO of Fastlane and Charlotte Hansen of MobileFuse. The Centurions plan to host a free, in-person forum once a quarter where business leaders can openly share ideas and discuss the latest issues impacting their respective businesses. The first event in New York City is already expected to have over 50 of the whos who in the digital industry attend.

In todays fast-paced digital media and entertainment environment, it can be a full-time job just keeping up with social network updates and virtual profiles, so we thought this was the perfect time to launch Centurions as a face-to-face networking event driven not by devices but by conversations, said Simon Buckingham, Co-Founder of Centurions and CEO of Appitalism.

Sponsors for The Centurions debut event in NYC are:

Gigya a leading provider of Software as a Service technology that makes websites social, integrating online businesses with the top social networks and identity providers including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and consolidating the most powerful social features in a single solution; and Vindicia a leading provider of SaaS billing solutions that help digital leaders optimize customer retention and acquisition through integrated marketing best practices.

About The Centurions: Founded in London in 2009, The Centurions is an informal executive networking group for todays digital leaders. With over 600 members and growing, the global organization aims to provide regular in-person events for like-minded peers to meet in a social environment to share ideas and discuss the latest issues impacting the Internet and mobile worlds of entertainment, music and advertising. For more information about The Centurions, visit http://www.centurionsconnected.com.

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