June Communications

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the communications and PR lead for Waterdrop CEE. We offer a sustainable drinking regime with Microdrinks and accessories. Our mission is to encourage people everywhere to consume more water for a healthier, longer-lived, and sustainable life.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire June Communications, and what were your goals?

Our goal is to teach people to drink more water in a sustainable way with a focus on protecting the planet. Communication takes place primarily through educative articles with a focus on the importance of hydration and the elimination of plastics.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through a tender

Describe the scope of their work in detail, including any steps and the final deliverables.

The content of the work consists of the general PR of our products and the essence of our brand. The agency comes up with ideas on how to communicate relevant topics, writes articles, and thanks to their great media relations, the articles are published in mainstream media.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I work intensively with 2 people - an account manager, a copywriter

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Regular appearances in mainstream titles are a big success. Preparation and publicity of quality articles.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We have a weekly meeting, where we plan together the communications tools and the agency have every time great ideas on how to catch the topics about our new products

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I appreciate their creative approach in producing many educational articles as well as their great media relations and corporate communication. Their highly proactive approach has gotten us many significant publications in the mainstream media.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I am satisfied with the process

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Co-founder and CEO of a digital invoice financing company located in Romania, Instant Factoring. We support small companies and microenterprises to get the working capital they need through a fast and automated online system. My role within the company is to ensure the growth of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire June Communications?

We were looking for a partner to support us in our efforts to build a national brand identity of the company. We started as a fintech start-up without an internal marketing & communications department. We turned to June Communications to outsource both the strategic approach of marketing, communication and PR as well as the implementation of the marketing plans and budget execution.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed to build the brand image on the local market, attract new clients and investors. Our goal was to become the first digital provider of alternative financing solutions to small companies and microenterprises in Romania.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We looked for an agency with experience in financial services being able to understand our market segments and the innovation that our product brought to the market. We had previous working experience on other projects and we were satisfied with the results.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

We started with a discovery process to provide June with all the information related to our business like goals, the innovation we brought, differences from traditional financing institutions and banks, business model, target market and so on. The team focused on understanding the added value they could bring to our company and how they could support us in achieving our ambitious objectives. They came up with a marketing and communication strategy and an execution plan aligned with our expenditure budget. From there they started to collaborate with our digital agency, and to develop the creative concepts for our online campaigns, to create the content marketing and sales materials for different audiences and potential investors, and to communicate with the specialised media and broad media.

What was the team composition?

The team started with a Marcom strategist, a PR, an account manager and a copywriter, and in time they added a graphic designer and a social media specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Since the collaboration started we recorded an impressive presence in media, with 22 press releases issued and over 470 press articles which helped us build our brand identity and supported us in business partnerships and attract new clients. We ran a radio campaign which impacted our digital campaigns with an increase of 36% in conversions of new clients acquisition. We managed to have constant communication with our existing clients, June supported us in conducting a client satisfaction survey which received a 9.3 NPS.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had an effective senior project manager assigned. We had weekly face to face meetings, daily phone calls and had their support in online or psychical meetings with our business partners when marketing and communication part was involved. They collaborated closely with our digital agency, meeting them monthly or whenever was needed and ensured that all the actions in the online and offline plan are aligned to get the expected results.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The senior project manager has over 15 years of international experience in the marketing field in the financial services industry. We benefited from this knowledge and the fact that the team was very agile in adapting to our changing needs as a startup, coming up with innovative ideas to support us reaching our objectives and having a good collaboration with the other providers and a close working relationship with our internal team. We felt that they are a part of our company.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Faster is always better if not affecting the quality. Expanding their range of services offered with digital marketing capabilities.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a marketing and communications managern, responsible for the foreign markets of the Austrian Hail Insurance with headquarters in Vienna. My goal is to increase brand awareness and media presence for all foreign markets of our company and also to position the companies as a specialist in the field of agricultural insurances.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire June Communications?

We were looking for more media presence and increasing brand awareness in Romania. We hired June Communications for strategy of PR, marketing and social media.

SOLUTION

How did you select Jun Communications?

We had more offers and decided to go with June because they were not only interested in our projects but also very skilled from the beginning. It was great teamwork from day 1.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

After a series of productive meetings in which we discussed the goals and strategy of our company, they elaborated a PR strategy and very soon a content plan. They were always on track with our projects, events and product launches, followed the plan and proactively improved whatever measures were necessary, so the results were better than expected.

What was the team composition?

I've worked closely with co-founder Iuliana and PR executive Bianca, both not only kind and intelligent but very professional.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Facebook channel has been created and used to achieve a reach of over 20k through different campaigns Media presence increased through more than 10 press releases

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Weekly mails and monthly meetings helped us to keep in touch, issues or questions were solved fast and efficient

What did you find most impressive about this company?

A team of exceptionally kind, talented and skilled marketing and PR specialists! Thanks to the collaboration with June, we were able to significantly increase our brand building and media presence in Romania and achieve our goals. TThey were proactive, creative, and competent in dealing with very complex issues.

Is there any area for improvement or anything that could have been done differently?

No, everything's fine

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Nod makerspace is a benchmark for the makerspace market and a reference for the coworking market in Romania. We won 4 years in a row the CEE startup award for the Best coworking space in Romania, CCIFER entrepreneurial prize (CCIFER: French Chamber of Commerce in Romania), AFCN entrepreneurial prize (AFCN is the Romanian national agency of cultural funds), Romania European Institute offered us the Excellency Prize for Promoting Cultural and Creatives Industries and so on.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire June Communications?

Marketing & COmmunication Strategy

What were your goals for this project?

Increase volume of sales Retention of member in the community

SOLUTION

How did you select June Communications?

June Communications is member of our creative hub.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

Marketing & Communication Strategy

What was the team composition?

Project Lead Specialist in social media

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Community survey - very valuable for our short&medium term action plan.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Excellent

What did you find most impressive about this company?

- Their capacity to adapt to specific or special contexts, companies, and situations is impressive. - the organisational capacity

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the COO of a company building software tools and I am in charge of Marketing and Communication.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire June Communications?

We wanted to raise awareness on our product and get relevant stakeholders to understand our market positioning.

What were your goals for this project?

Raise awareness for our product in the ecommerce and general business space.

SOLUTION

How did you select June Communications?

We discussed with several PR agencies and June Communications seemed to understand our needs best.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

The scope involved understanding and helping with our communication strategy, as well as recommend a strategy for our PR communication, write relevant press releases and monitor our reach.

What was the team composition?

We've worked with the company leading communicators.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We reached our target in a very short time and raised awareness in the desired markets and with the relevant message.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everything was very well streamlined and the June Communications team guided us along the way.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were deeply impressed with their effectiveness, speed, clear understanding of the message we wanted to transmit, as well as the overall project management and delivery.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We think everything was very good and we want to work further on other projects and other markets.