This is a list of brief descriptions of the types of companies we have in our database.
More categories will be added in time.
If you are looking for company details, please use the search box at the top-left of this page. There you'll be able to specify the location and type of promotions related business you're looking for.
If you'd like to add your business to the database, please use the link at the top of the page - it's fast and free!
Field marketing agencies usually offer a range of promotional services. These include leafleting, sampling, distribution, mystery shopping, demonstrating, in-store audit, hospitality, face painting and costume characters. Agencies can often help you manage your instore activity, high street, shopping centre, roadshow and exhibition event.
Some agencies may offer other services including flyer printing, promotional merchandise and event logistics.
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PR Firms can help you improve the image of your products, services, brand, company or even your campaign. Public relations work is carried out on behalf of companies, governments, charities, trade associations and many other groups.
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Advertising agencies help you sell more stuff. That's their number one goal. Advertising has evolved traditionally from print to radio and TV to web. However, as technology has advanced and people have 'seen it all', advertising agencies provide skilled creative professionals and account managers to handle boosting your brand.
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Most of the larger advertising agencies have divisions dedicated to web activity. There are also some smaller agencies that are purely web focused. As more eyeballs are directed at the internet companies are continually fighting for your attention.
These types of agencies can help you develop websites and online campaigns with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in mind. Many will help you set up banner campaigns and pay per click (PPC) advertising strategies.
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Direct mail still provides an excellent way to target your message directly at a group of people and fully monitor the response rate. There are many advertising agencies out there that have skilled professionals able to use create a strategy and source mailing lists whereby your message will reach the right people (based on age, gender, location, income etc.)
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Modeling agencies not only have beautiful people on their books. They also have ugly people. Senior models, child models, foot models, hand models, look-a-like models and a lot more. Use the search function at the top left of this page to review the general / multifunction model agencies we have listed in your part of the world.
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If you are looking for models for a print photo shoot, then it's worth checking out companies listed under this category also. We've grouped this with TV models / actors as they seem to go together. But to be honest most of the model categories are similar so it might be worth looking into companies across the categories.
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Some modeling agencies out there are dedicated to providing child models. This is a great place to start your search for a kids modeling agency. Start your search at the top left of this web page.
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Some models only do runway. Although I'm certain many modeling agencies listed under 'general or multifunction modeling agencies' could provide you with models, it's also worth searching by this category for agencies with a focus on providing catwalk models.
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These agencies can provide you with models to be scantily clad, semi-nude or nude. Glamour models may be suitable for your expo, event or publication.
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Events whether large or small need someone (or a team of people) to organize them. Event Organizers can often often make your life easier by handling event tasks quickly, efficiently and within budget. Some organizers have niches, for example they may be specialized in organizing roadshows, exhibitions or corporate events. Often organizers can handle any brief you throw at them.
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Listed under this category are companies that provide a supporting role and service for an activity. This could include outdoor toilet rental for a musical event or limo services or security services etc.
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Building a stand for an exhibition is more than it seems. Firstly there's the design and concept followed by the building of it. The concept must shine through. It must look fantastic. It must have safe storage for promotional staff clothing and also for items such as laptops. Most importantly it must be safe for a public venue. That often involves fireproofing and considering people tripping - to begin with.
Also there's the stuff that happens before and after the event. Units need to be carefully wrapped and stored for future events as well as delivered and erected within tight schedules.
There are companies out there that have the experience to design a stand around your concept then handle the rest for you. Start your search for these type of companies at the top left of this page.
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Companies listed under this description are those which arrange the shows. Not to be confused with the venues themselves, you'd often contact expos if you are looking to get involved in their event for some reason. That would include wanting to have a stand with them at one of their exhibitions. Examples of exhibitions are World Travel Market at Excel in London and The Auto Show at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center.
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These are the physical venues that have the capacity to house large exhibitions. Most major cities have at least one exhibition centre at which there are annual expos.
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Conference venues are usually smaller than exhibition halls although ofeten there will be conference sites within an exhibition hall. Other venues can include dedicated space at hotels, universities, museums even sites that you would usually think of as a tourist attraction. These venues can provide a sometimes unusual and thought proking space for brainstorming sessions with employees or for business to business activities.
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From wiring up a single microphone and set of speakers, to a full lighting rigg at a rock concert, to providing 300 voip phones and wireless internet to thousands of users at an international event. Search by this category at the top left of the screen depending on your needs.
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Commercials, corporate videos, activity and event showreels. Search for media and production companies in the top left of this page to look through our database for these types of companies.
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Good photographers are well worth their money. The responsibility lies with them to effectively capture an image often in difficult and moving situations, that conveys a message and represents your activity, event, company, products or services.
One factor that they will automatically consider is the destination of the images - web, print, poster. Photographic services often provide services beyond their obvious ones. They may be able to help you with brochure / flyer design and production as well as online galleries of their images.
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Need an extra box of flyers delivering to a store for your promotional staff to distribute? Or need your carefully wrapped exhibition stand delivering to the venue by the 'get in' time on Thursday? Maybe you need 50,000 icecreams to be stored, kept frozen and delivered to sampling points.
Transport, courier and logistics services will be able to help.
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Printed pens, custom t-shirts, screen printed polos, embroidered caps. And then there's business cards, postcards, stickers, labels, posters, CD's, DVD's, glassware, whistles, mugs, beermats, sweatbands, mousemats... you get the picture.
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Similar to the category above but without as many products. Although printing companies have diversified, they're still mainly recognized for offering traditional printing services including business cards, flyers, envelopes, posters, copies, magazines, newspapers and newsletter printing.
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We've left this topic quite wide ranging to allow other websites that may be able to help you with promotion to have a place to fit in.
Types of companies that may fall into this category are those that can help you advertise your goods and services. Some slightly alternative methods of advertising may be listed here from podcasting, to online video virals etc.
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Affiliate programs are generally connected to online promotions although sometimes there can be offline affiliate activities. Affilliate companies and portals offer webmasters a way to generate revenue usually by commission on sales or leads. These results are monitored by way of a tracking code embedded in a website banner which records the link between clicks and sales that originate from a click.
There are some affiliate websites that manage affiliate schemes for a wide range of companies. This allows webmasters to sign up and pick and choose the type of banners that they want on their website, knowing the commission that they'll receive if a sale originates from their website.
From broadband companies, to hotels, to software, many companies offer their own affiliate scheme individually. Often if you look at the footer of a company's website you'll see information for affiliates.
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