Why Hire Hellingman?

We love a challenge

Through our marketing and public relations efforts, Hellingman has:

• "stood up for seniors" to keep St. Peter's Hospital alive
  
• recruited candidates for the priesthood
  
• managed Clinton-mania
  
• garnered national attention for a $40 million donation to a local charity
  
• built a United Church congregation from practically nothing
  
• created a standing-room only audience for a symposium about children's developmental health
  
• convinced the government to hand over an extra $3.8 million to a central Ontario community hospital
  
• squelched opposition to the amalgamation of six local municipalities into the new City of Hamilton

We can work with limited budgets

• Many of our clients have limited resources to spend on marketing and communications. We work with clients to get the most from the dollars they have available.
• We meet our budget forecasts. In cases where unanticipated costs might arise, we ensure clients are aware of - and approve - any extra costs in advance.

We get results

• We keep our eye on the bottom line - the objectives our clients
  set out.
• Our successes in meeting clients' objectives have been recognized by the numerous regional and national awards we've won from public relations and marketing associations.

We have a broad range of experience

• We've been around for 13 years, and our employees have extensive PR and marketing backgrounds. Our two most senior practitioners have been professionally accredited by the Canadian Society of Public Relations, and all of our team members have special areas of
  expertise - ranging from strategic planning to project management.
  
• We have offices in Hamilton and St. Catharines and serve a range of clients in various industries throughout the Golden Horseshoe area and beyond.

We have a stable of associates and suppliers who are the best in their fields

• Our associates and suppliers bring value-added expertise in areas including fund raising, government relations, special event planning, advertising, research, graphic design, web development, photography and printing.

We are creative

• We bring innovative approaches to our PR and marketing efforts
• We've stretched the limits of imagination for our clients - from ordering 3,000 custom-made, orange-coloured cookies for a hospital campaign launch; to producing a song with Jim Witter for the new City of Hamilton; to organizing a public rally in Grimsby for 4,000 people on a high school football field in February; to producing a colouring book to educate kids about landfills, and organizing the City of Hamilton's first-ever public event for election night.

We're well connected in the community

• We're active on boards and committees of community organizations including the Rotary Club, YMCA of Hamilton-Burlington, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Gallery of Distinction, CAA of South Central Ontario, Niagara College and the Hamilton Club.
• We can call upon the resources of our network to help with our campaigns, and to form strategic partnerships to enhance our marketing and communications efforts.

We have a "no surprises" approach to doing business

• We deliver what we promise.
• We make things happen - we don't make excuses. The only surprises that clients can expect are pleasant ones.

We are well respected in our industry

• Our clients hire us again and again, and will testify to the quality of our work.
• Our reputation is growing. We were the only PR/marketing firm featured in a Hamilton Biz magazine feature of local ad agencies, and the only firm invited by the Hamilton Spectator to make a presentation to reporters, editors and columnists about PR and marketing.
• We're often called upon to conduct workshops, sit on panels and make presentations about PR and marketing.

We know how to work with in-house teams

• Our core team members have real-life experience working in institutional PR departments and know how to effectively work with our peers on the inside. We carry the workload and let the in-house staff take the credit - not the other way around as is often the case with hired consultants.
• We know how to adapt quickly to different environments and take worries away from in-house staff. We respect our colleagues and know how to fit in to be of maximum benefit to them.

Our rates are competitive

• We believe that you get what you pay for. Our rates are not the lowest, but they do represent the best value around, in terms of bang for the buck.
• We find creative solutions to keep costs down and work efficiently to ensure we make the most of the dollars our clients have to spend.

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