Steve Cook of the Cherries with Steve Cook of Seeker

Cook joined the Cherries on an emergency one month loan from Brighton in October and has been a big hit at the Seward Stadium, helping the Cherries to two wins in his first two games.

Cook is approaching the end of his loan spell but his impressive form could see him extend his stay at the club, a move that would be fully supported by his sponsor.

The businessman said, “At Seeker we’ve always placed great value on sponsorship, whether it’s a charity event, the arts or school or professional sports.

“In the past we’ve been involved with the Poole Pirates, Wimborne Town, AFC Bournemouth and even sponsored Winchelsea Special School’s team kit.

“Sponsoring Steve was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. I think he has settled in very well and shown why he was so highly rated at Brighton, it would be great if his stay at the Seward Stadium was extended.”

Cherries defender Cook added, “I’ve really enjoyed my time with AFC Bournemouth and have been impressed with what I’ve seen. I believe the club should be pushing for the Championship, and they’re heading in the right direction on and off the pitch.

“I appreciate being sponsored and was a bit surprised it happened because I’m only here a short term deal. It’s gestures like these that help to make players feel welcome and settled, so I need thank Steve for that.”

“Milburn Finance recently used Seeker for the promotion of our office move. Our aim was to get a little PR in local business media to tell the business community we’d moved and why. The piece Steve and his team put together was great – well written with some great photos taken at our opening party. We are really happy with the work Seeker did, and over the moon about the great comments we’ve had from clients and networking acquaintances. Thanks Seeker!!”

It’s great when clients get what you do and appreciate it, but it’s also great to help a client get the extra exposure that they deserve.

View the piece on Seeker News here.

“Steve Cook is so talented! I have used Steve in his capacity as a Photographer and more recently in his new guise of P R Expert. Steve’s calm and personable manner puts you at ease to ensure that he gets the best from you. The results in terms of photography, videography and getting your message “out there” whether it be a Press Release or an Article are excellent. I would not hesitate in giving Steve & Dawn the highest of recommendations. Great results and competitively priced.” April 15, 2011

Diane hired you as a Public Relations in 2009 and hired you more than once
Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

Thank you to Diane for her kind words, if you’d like to know how we can help you please contact or call us on 01202 779604.

Allan Tofield of Richmond Home Improvement Co

One of our PR clients, Allan Tofield of Richmond Home Improvement Co was kind enough to leave the following comment on our Facebook page.

Allan wrote “Thanks for all your efforts Steve, Richmond Home Improvement Co are lead story on The Business Magazines web site this month and we are in the Dorset Chamber monthly magazine for February. Well done to you, Dawn and the rest of your team. Fantastic!”

Our pleasure Allan, we’re very proud of the increased exposure that we’re getting for your business.

The slideshow proved to be a great draw and attracted lots of people to their stand.

Peter Tanner of Tanner & Tilley had this to say about the slideshow.

“Thank you very much for the excellent rolling audio-visual slide display that you produced for Tanner & Tilley for use at our Stand at the Care Show Bournemouth. It certainly helped to make our display Stand our most eye-catching and best yet. It was instrumental in attracting many visitors which have resulted in some very positive marketing leads. Many of those visiting our Stand complimented on the high quality and very professional presentation of the display.

I would have no hesitation in recommending Seeker Photography to others and I look forward to working with you on our next marketing project. Thanks once again – Peter”

Video is increasingly popular on websites, blogs and social media.

We can now offer video shooting from simple website intros to news stories.

With prices starting from only £125 (+vat) for a voxpop like Sarah’s it’s a great way to revitalise your website and get your message out there.

Contact or call us now on 01202 779604 to see how video can refresh your image.

Rubicon People were moving into new premises in Poole High Street and they wanted local scenes, featuring CEO Lloyd Banks’ daughter in their trademark purple somewhere in the images.

We shot a number of images around the Poole area, all featuring our model and produced the finished images as canvases, some up to 5′ across!

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“Steve was invited to tender for our project and was chosen (from a field of 5) for his creativity, understanding of our needs and competitive pricing. I won’t hesitate to use him again as his work was extremely good.”

Lloyd Banks, CEO at Rubicon People

We recently spent a couple of days taking new photographs for the Queens Hotel in Bournemouth and produced some great results for their new website.

“We booked Steve for a photo shoot of our hotel. Steve worked with us for two days to get a series of images of the function rooms, bedrooms and communal areas. We found Steve very easy and pleasant to work with. Most importantly we have been really pleased the images he has taken. He stuck to the brief and showed the hotel in exactly the light which it needed. Steve was also flexible and punctual. We will certainly use him again.”

Layla Gordon, Sales and Marketing, The Queens Hotel

To see more of our photographs and to check out a great hotel in the heart of Bournemouth visit the Queens Hotel’s new website or The Queens Hotel’s photo gallery.

Releases with a photo have a much better chance of being published and the image helps increase the prominence of your story from a brief mention in the business section to a possible feature article with more column inches.

Try these tips for success:

• You should always have current headshots of everyone likely to be mentioned in your press releases.
• Have a selection of natural industry specific working shots of your main people, CEO, directors, etc, with and without your company branding.
• If your press release tells a story ensure that your image reinforces this with the same message with enough impact to grab the attention of both the Editor and the readers.
• Whilst a headshot is useful and great for adding to a simple release, a feature picture can make the story. We’ve had numerous occassions where our image has promoted a run of the mill story to prominence including two paragraph pieces taking up half a page!
• Have a library of stock images taken of your business, shots of your premises, staff, processes and products – these can be handy for releases when you don’t have the time or resources for a specific shoot or to make available to publications to supplement existing stories.
• Always get landscape and portrait shots, and make sure that your images and method of delivery are accepted by the publication – there’s no point going to all of this effort only to get it wrong at this point!

Professional images are one of the most effective and economical ways of reinforcing your brand and communicating with current and potential clients – just check out these examples of how our images have been used in the media to promote our clients.