Industry Focus:
* Financial services
* IT and ITeS
* Infrastructure and realty
* Automotive & allied
* Industrial commodities
* Heavy engineering
* Pharma and healthcare
* Travel & hospitality
* Consumer & Retail

Experience:
Having completed 10 successful years in the industry, Adfactors PR is a leader in Public and media relations, with over 16 offices across India. Currently servicing over 20 leaders in each industry segment, Adfactors PR also is a member of PRCAI – an international public relations council which enables its clients to have an international reach.

Experience:
Ashwini Publicity, based in the Andheri suburb of the happening city of Mumbai is one of the oldest and arguably the top-most PR Agency for Entertainment in Maharashtra and has been operating persistently for 18 Years. Apart from having a sustained stronghold in Mumbai, this full service agency marks a notable presence by conducting successful events and campaigns in the interiors of Maharashtra, viz. Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and many other areas.

Ashwini Publicity specializes in developing and effectively managing full-fledged, innovative & integrated PR campaigns for the Entertainment, Art, Education, Social, Health and other industries. The company has been utilizing a blend of cross promotions, product placements, special events, FAM (familiarization) trips, one-timer projects and other conventional & modern PR tools for effective promotion of its clients.

Today, after 18 years of its glittering presence in the entertainment industry, Ashwini Publicity boasts of an extensive list of its illustrious patrons. Prominent amongst which is Shwaas, Oscar nomination for the best Regional film, 2005, Shivaji Mandir Trust, Dadar, Mumbai & Raigad Military School, Raigad, Maharashtra, Quality Cine Labs Pvt Ltd. Ashwini Publicity also has been proudly associated with handling the Pan-India PR Exercise for Pt. Ronu Majumdar, India’s renowned Flautist, for almost 10 years.

During this journey, the company has been associated with more than 300 Marathi & some Hindi films, and has got an opportunity to work with notable names in the industry like Dada Kondke, Prashant Damle, Mahesh Kothare, Smita Talwalkar, Arun Nalawade, Ashwini Bhave , Smita Thackeray , Chandrakant Kulkarni Dilip Jadhav and many more. The company was proud to be associated with certain events during the first Mumbai visit of the Tibetan Leader, Dalai Lama. Having registered a prominent name in the Entertaiment domain, the company is strategically poised for a niche presence in the Corporate PR sector as well. To start with, it has executed innovative image-building exercises for Back Rx Spine Care Centre, Mumbai, Worldwide Records Ltd & Ram Bandhu Masale

Additional information:
Ashwini Publicity is the brain-child of Mr. Ajay Bane, a man who comes with mammoth experience in this field and is a respected & much loved name in the Marathi Film Industry. Mr. Bane started his career in the media industry with Indian Express, India’s oldest daily, as Manager, Public Relations and was associated with it for almost 17 years. Ashwini Publicity was his dream and was formed only because of his zest and willpower which continues to drive him & the company along with him to achieve newer heights & to offer complete satisfaction to its clients.

Blue Lotus accounts include Bharatmatrimony.com, Ipca Laboratories, Kale Consultants, Dun & Bradstreet, Sharekhan, EMRI and Johnson & Johnson among others.

Headquartered in Mumbai with branches in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkotta, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. The other business lines of the group include a design boutique called Mustard Designs and Blue Bytes, an Information Logistics cell.

We offer clients a complete range of public relations services. We are, in essence, a management consultancy that specializes in providing both internal and external solutions to communications challenges. Our range of services includes:

Strategic Support
• Reputation research and program development
• Messaging and positioning
• Market evangelism
• Crisis & issue management
• Corporate governance counsel

Media
• Media relations
• Spokesperson training
• Press conferences
• Media tours
• News releases
• One-on-one interviews

Editorial Services
• Press materials
• Brochures, Newsletters, magazines
• White papers and articles
• Speech writing
• Case studies

Integrated Marketing
• Collateral development – concept, design, printing
• Presentation development
• Market audits
• Web promotions
• Brand development

Financial and Investor Communications
• IPO management
• Secondary offer/ listings
• Value based positioning
• Investor outreach
• Market intelligence
• Financial media outreach
• Collateral development

Special Events
• Road shows
• Product launches
• Product placements
• Seminars and conferences
• Trade shows

Online (Screengrab):
Screengrab is Weber Shandwick’s Interactive, Social and Emerging Media practice. Team members work with clients to put their messages at the epicenter of today’s digital lifestyle. They develop attention-grabbing content that engages, informs, entertains and rallies people; is authentic and passion-igniting; and encourages discussion and word-of-mouth influence.

Relying on its deep expertise in public relations, the practice helps companies build relationships with audiences on the Web through innovative online campaigns and Web sites. It also combines online grassroots techniques and Web technologies to amplify messages to audiences and to create consumer evangelists for brands. In addition, the team develops award-winning sites that help companies forge relationships with audiences to achieve their most important business goals.

Through the team’s expertise, clients can reach and retain audiences using a combination of Web and digital channels – online news media sites, general consumer and business-to-business Web sites, community forums, discussion boards, citizen-authored blogs, instant messaging, podcasting, cell phones, and PDAs.

Experience:

We work with some of the best names in the business. We have a strong base of 100 retainer clients Some of our major clients include names like McDonald’s, Unilever, Hero Honda Motors, Honda Siel Cars, P&G/Gillette, Sony India in the Consumer practice; Agilent Technologies, Hitachi GST, Progeon (Infosys) in the Technology practice; WHO-ORS Campaign (USAID), Apollo Clinics, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Mankind Pharma in the Healthcare practice; GE Money, IDBI Capital Market Services in the Corporate & Finance practice; American Airlines, Tourism Australia, KLM/Northwest Airlines in the Travel and Services practice among others.

Additional Information:

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick is the India joint venture of Weber Shandwick, a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG). Weber Shandwick is the world’s largest public relations consultancy with presence in 75 countries in all major continents.

Since its inception in 1992, Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick has played a leading role in the development of the public relations industry in India. We have grown to be one of the biggest consultancies in the local market, currently employing approximately 100 professional staff. In India, our cross-country network includes Regional Management Centres in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, Representative Offices in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Bhopal, and an expandable reach in cities like Bhubaneshwar and Ranchi.

Our unrelenting commitment to outstanding work for our clients has been recognized in local and international public relations awards – including winning the McDonald’s International Global Award for the best public relations launch program in India in 1997; the maximum coverage award for India in 2001 by LG Electronics, Korea; a Bronze Sabre Award for WHO ORS campaign in 2003, and winning the PR Week Asia Pacific Gold Award for the WHO ORS campaign in 2004.

We are the first agency in India to win the Asia Pacific PR Week Gold Award in 2005, first agency in India to win the 2007 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations, and the first agency in India to win the IPRA Golden Award 2007.

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick is also a founder member of PRCAI (Public Relations Consultants Association of India), India’s only association of PR firms created with the objective of furthering the development of the PR industry in India.

Apart from this we also provide News Services and Clipping Services. We provide daily News capsules (general) and Industry-specific News ( be it Health, IT, Shipping etc )as well. We do not play any active role in Advertising / Marketing.

Experience:

• Accomplished manager with 13+ years of versatile experience in diverse areas of Operations Management, Business Development, Sales-n-marketing, Handling large distribution network, Institutional sales, Public Relations and Client Relationship.
• Highly experienced in organizing Trade shows, Seminars, Product Launches, Training, Pre-sales, Developing Marketing Collaterals, Portal Management and Content Development.
• Experienced in Writing Effective Proposals and responding to RFP / RFI / RFQ / Tenders.
  An excellent communicator with exemplary business writing, presentation, team management and co-ordination skills. Have an eye for minute details, research and analytical skills, attitude to provide creative, innovative and enthusiastic leadership in a team environment and quick decision making abilities.

Achievements:
Organized video shows, Continuous Medical Education (CME) sessions, Trade Shows, Training sessions, Designed marketing collaterals, executed various marketing campaigns (Diwali / Independence / Republic Day Campaigns for Military Stations), organized in-house events etc.

Additional information:
Published 200 newspaper articles in various newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, Maharashtra Herald, Central Chronicle, Intelligent Pune, The Hitavada, Sakal, Lokmat, Navrashtra, Tarun Bharat, Navbharat, Lokmat Samachar, Dainik Bhaskar, etc.

Experience:
LINOpinion currently partners over 75 prestigious MNC and Indian companies. We have a diverse client base varying from start-ups to Industry leaders, who turn to us for our unique approach centered on their specific needs. The expertise of our staff allows us to offer a full range of communication services within six practices : Consumer Marketing, Corporate & Finance, Wellness, Social Marketing, Lifestyle & Entertainment and Technology.

Additional information:
LINOpinion, the Public Relations Division of Lintas India’s Integrated Marketing Action Group, is among India’s leading PR firms. LINOpinion is also the exclusive Indian affiliate of Golin Harris, an eminent international PR firm of the InterPublic Group.

As a Brand Image Consultancy, LINOpinion currently partners over 75 prestigious MNC and Indian companies. LINOpinion develops and implement communications strategies and programs that project the goals and vision of a client’s organization. Its also provides specialized services in the areas of issue and crisis management. LINOpinion has a talent base of over 100 communication professionals spread across the country.

Media Relations is the core competency of LINOpinion. Apart from a special media monitoring and analysis cell, it provides strategic counsel in identifying effective communication vehicles. The team has excellent media contacts and strong representation through LINOpinion offices in Bombay, Delhi and Bangalore and local affiliates in key Indian cities. LINOpinion benchmarks and measures success of media programs through its proprietary technique ‘LINdex’ – a pioneering tool in the PR industry.

Unlike a conventional PR agency that offers media relations or support on internal communications, LINOpinion goes beyond. LINOpinion’s USP is the ability to deliver to its clients a through-the-line communications solution through a single window. In addition to media relations, using the LINOpinion window, clients can access other divisions of Lintas’ Integrated Marketing Action Group (IMAG). These include Advent-Event Management, Lintertainment-Entertainment Marketing, Lintas Personal-Direct Marketing & CRM, Aaren Initiative-Outdoor Advertising, Linterland-Rural Communications, dCell-Strategic Design and Lintas Healthcare.

As a first-ever for a PR agency, LINOpinion has set up a full-fledged in-house creative and events team. It is currently working with clients to develop world class design and creative concepts. Increasingly clients are also using LINOpinion’s services for devising corporate identity programs, advertising campaigns, brochures, audiovisual films and exhibition stalls.

LINOpinion has strong contacts with apex industry bodies like CII, FPSB, GJEPC, FICCI and ASSOCHAM – each of them features on the agency’s client list. The agency is also a member of the Press Club. LINOpinion can access the annual calendar of industry events and identify impactful speaker and sponsorship opportunities for its corporate clients.

LINOpinion has a significant pan India geographical presence. Its footprint includes Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkatta and Pune. With a large affiliate base in all key mini metros, LINOpinion today enjoys an unparalleled network, with reach across the top 52 Indian cities.

Experience:
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• Public Affairs & Govt. Relations
• Brand Building
• Corporate Reputation Management
• Investor Relations
• Crisis Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory
• Spokesperson Training
• Messaging Workshops
• Online PR Support
• Internal Communications
• Focused seminar, conferences services
• Business Intelligence, planning

Experience:

Established in 1992, Perfect Relations is today South Asia’s largest broad-spectrum advisory in the area of professional image management. This partner driven firm is regarded as a pioneer of public relations, public affairs in India and this region.

We have a presence in all major cities providing you with pan-india campaign impact:

• North: New Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Jaipur
• East: Kolkata, Bhubhneshwar, Guwahati, Patna
• South: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa, Trivandrum
• West: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad
• Sri Lanka: Colombo

Additional information:

• Consumer goods:Coca Cola, Motorola mobile phones, Bausch & Lomb, Mattel, L’Oreal, Marico, Godrej, Avon, Dabur, Sony Corporation
• Corporate reputation management; Advocacy & Public affairs:Bayer, NCR, BHP Billiton, Diageo plc, European Aeronautics Defence & Space Company [EADS]; SabMiller; Godfrey Philips; Kanoria Chemicals; UNICEF
• Services sector:New Zealand Tourism, Air India, AFL, BBC Worldwide, Tata AIG, Franklin Templeton, Shoppers Stop, Metro Cash n Carry, Cairn India
• Automotive:Hindustan Motors, Fiat, Skoda
• Technology:Satyam Computer, Apple Computer, Spice Communications, Dassault systems, NCR, Ventura plc., ADP Inc., Dassault Systems, MTNL, Zte

As a full service PR & Communication advisory, we offer:

• Conceptualization
• Strategizing
• Implementation
• Monitoring & Measurement

People Power:
300 + people strong – resources to handle multi-locational projects. Our resource base nationally includes:

• People with specialist skills, domain knowledge of various industry categories including infrastructure development and experience of a wide spectrum of specialized communication projects
• Experienced professionals with deep understanding of the Indian political, economic & social environment
• Our multi-cultural people power with multilingual capabilities delivers focused regional communication