Yes, Anthony and I were competitors, but we are working well together!  Our skills are complementary and our clients benefit from many years of varied PR and writing experience in Ireland and the UK.  Our websites are works in progress, but take a look at www.linkedin.com/in/annekiely and www.linkedin.com/in/anthonygarvey

Here’s an article which appeared in the Irish Independent on 15th July this year.

http://www.independent.ie/business/media/no-coverage-no-fee-pr-firm-could-revolutionise-industry-2259127.html

To contact Anne Kiely, e-mail kielyassocs@gmail.com  or for Anthony Garvey e-mail anthony.garvey@quinngarveypr.com

“The dissemination of purposefully planned and executed messages to selected media and publics to enable an organisation (or person) establish and build relationships founded on trust, and to enhance and safeguard its reputation.” (Public Relations Institute of Ireland)

In other words, your relationship with your clients or customers – past, current or future. 

OK – so how do Kiely & Associates help with that? 

Step 1            We provide a questionnaire for you to complete so that we can find out more about your business

Step 2            We meet with you to talk about your business and how you promote it – that’s a free consultation, without commitment or obligation

 Step 3            We send you a costed proposal for a preliminary report on ways to promote your business and you decide whether to go ahead

 Step 4            We write the report and send it to you.  At this stage you decide whether to continue to work with us and how.

 Public Relations with Kiely & Associates includes 

• Press Releases, Photo Calls and Photo Shoots 
• Newsletters and ezines 
• Proof-reading 
• Writing articles for publication on- and offline 
• Sponsorship e.g. sports team, cultural event  
• Event management – open days, launches, anniversary celebrations, exhibitions etc. 
• Business networking – Kerry Businesswomen’s Network; Open Coffee Tralee 
• Social Media (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook for Business): three key stages of research, implementation and management 
• and much more …… 

As a bonus for all clients, we continue the relationship by promoting your events and special offers on this blog and our Facebook Fan Page (www.facebook.com/kielypromote)

Business Showcase will be on Thursday 6th May, 7 for 7.30 pm at the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee.  Guests are welcome to attend their first meeting without a fee; subsequent meetings are €12 per guest.    Membership is €60 (until 31st August 2010) and has many more benefits than just the networking meetings.

On 6th May, nine of our members will take ten minutes each to tell us about their business.  We will also have an exhibition for members to display information, samples or demonstrations.

To book a place for this event, contact kerrybusinesswomen@gmail.com

To find out more about the network, visit www.kerrybusinesswomen.com

“Menopause – a natural transition” is an evening event on Monday 26th April from 7.30 to 10 pm at the Sante Therapy Centre in Listowel.  The cost is €20 per person; contact Josephine on 087 640 3251 to book.

Be prepared.  Networking is not just about business cards and flyers. Practise a 60-second summary of your business and its benefits for potential clients.  Take a notebook and pen to record the names and contact details of people you would like to follow up.  At some networking meetings, you might have the opportunity to do a ten-minute presentation about your business.  Take advantage of that and plan it well so that your audience will have a good idea of what you could do for them and their contacts.

 Give to receive.  The law of reciprocity is what works!  Successful networkers don’t just hand out business cards: they ask “How can I help you?”.  What goes around, comes around and if others have the same attitude, you will gain new contacts and new business.

Dress up rather than down.  It’s a cliché but you only have one chance to give a first impression.  Don’t risk a bad one: some people will be turned off by your holey jeans or hoodie!

 Listen.  Make it a priority to really listen to each person you meet (and hopefully they will listen too).  If you rush into telling someone all about yourself and monopolise a conversation, you may miss a golden opportunity.

Be a welcomer.  Take on the role of welcoming newcomers to a meeting rather than gravitating towards people you already know.  We can all remember how difficult our first meeting was, so help to make it easier for someone else.

Never close your mind.  Everyone in the room will have their own contacts and they are likely to include potential clients for yourself.    I never ceased to be amazed by the interconnections in Kerry!

Follow up. A file full of business cards is of little use unless you make and maintain contact with at least some of those business people.  Set a target of meeting up with at least one of your new contacts each week or fortnight and give yourself the opportunity to find out more and explore any possibilities.  Your 60-second introduction was just a taster, so find out how you can help another networker and how they can help you.  Joint ventures and mutual support will develop in many cases.

Become a fan of our Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/kielypromote

Is your business suffering from a lack of customers?  You can find NEW customers through social media.  The “big three” are LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, but there are others which may be well suited to your business.

Kiely & Associates can take you through the three stages of your social media marketing campaign: research and planning, set-up and implementation, and management.  You can choose whichever service you need from our shopping list, whether it’s guiding you through the whole process, improving the LinkedIn profile or Facebook fan page you have already set up, or providing regular content and managing your online presence.   You can tell us what YOU need and we will tailor our service to suit you. 

Are you curious to know how social media marketing can increase your profits?  Call or text Anne Kiely NOW on 085 7163762.

Are you already on LinkedIn but don’t know how to improve your profile and gain new contacts?  Or maybe you just don’t have the time to do it.  As a special opening offer, we will review your LinkedIn page and send you a report on how to build it and connect with more people, for ONLY €57.  This offer is time-limited – it will finish on 30th April 2010.   Call Anne, or e-mail kielyassocs@gmail.com

Good news for small business – pay only for results

 There’s good news from Kerry for all small businesses in Ireland.  Anne Kiely, Kiely & Associates and Anthony Garvey, Quinn Garvey PR, both experienced PR practitioners, have joined forces to offer small businesses a new approach to PR – pay only for results.

 Based on the “no win, no fee” legal model, small businesses will only pay for PR services when Anthony and Anne succeed in getting ‘their story’ into the target media. 

 How does it work? 

 “It’s simple,” says Anthony.  “We agree with you the media coverage we can get for your business, whether it’s radio, TV, newspapers, magazines or online.   We agree with you how long it will take to complete.   Then we go and do it.  And you only pay if we deliver – so no coverage, no fee!”    

As well as providing a great service to clients, Anne believes that the new approach to PR will be welcomed by journalists who will get individually targeted, well written news stories, rather than a deluge of press releases.

 “We are focused on providing great stories to the media, offering strong news angles and writing tailored copy for individual journalists that requires a minimum of changes,” Anne says.

 The two Tralee-based consultants have already signed up over a dozen small businesses to the service, each with different aims and requirements.

 “Typically a client will agree a basket of five or six items, a mix of local and national coverage.   We aim to deliver on our agreed targets within three months,” says Anne

 Anthony adds:

 “Forget retainers and lengthy PR contracts, they went out with the Celtic Tiger.   If you are searching for PR that really delivers the results you want for your business, at a price you’ll love, look no further.”   

 For further information, contact Anne Kiely on 085 7163762 (kielyassocs@gmail.com) or Anthony Garvey on 087 79 79 2 79 (anthony.garvey@quinngarveypr.com)

If you haven’t decided on what you want to achieve, how will you know whether you are succeeding?

 Are you wasting your time chatting or playing games instead of promoting your business (even when you’re sleeping!)?  Kiely & Associates can work with you to ensure that you are focused in your online networking and using social media to full advantage.  We provide a full package – Research and Planning, Set-up and Implementation and Management (content and evaluation) – you choose what is best for you to build on your own knowledge and skills. 

Why spend hours working out how to use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter when you could fast-track your promotion by working with us? Do you know that there are other, business-focused networks where you can build your profile and find more customers?

To find out more, e-mail kielyassocs@gmail.com

Do you want to increase the profits for your business?  Do you want more customers or clients?

Kiely & Associates helps businesses to increase their profits by getting their message across to their target markets in a cost-effective way, and NOW we are even better value!  With our new business model, you only pay when we succeed.  So, we discuss your business story with you, and also the media in which you would like your story to appear.  We then work on your behalf to get your story covered.  If we succeed, then you pay us our fee.  If there is a problem and we can’t get your story into your target media, you pay us nothing.

Find out more from Anne Kiely at kielyassocs@gmail.com.