"It was August 2008 when Distinction Marketing, led by Julie Graham conducted and produced an in-depth analysis of not only Mutech and its clients but also the electronics and related industries too. I joined Mutech a couple of months later and have considered Julie's report as bible-like in its importance to my ability to carry out the necessary sales and marketing tasks that are now part of my remit as Operations Director. Working with Julie is informative, fun and most of all, inspirational – she always goes that extra mile. We consider her an asset to our business and plan to retain Distinction Marketing at the core of our strategy for the foreseeable future."

Sarah Varney, Operations Director, Mutech Ltd
www.mutech.co.uk

"Distinction Marketing helped us to focus on the key drivers for our business and identified the best routes to market. Now we are selling ourselves a lot better, targeting influential people in the right positions. The strategy has resulted in an immediate increase in turnover and awareness and we have made a big step up in the volume and size of contracts we are being considered for."

Graeme Fielden, Sales Director, Suprafilt Ltd
www.suprafilt.com

"The customer insight and market research you have carried out for us has been excellent. Our clients appreciated the impartiality of a third party and were impressed that we had taken the time to consult and involve them in our re-branding exercise. I have no doubt that your contribution has played a significant part in Johnson Construction tripling our profits and turnover this year"

Jeremy Broadbent, Chief Executive, Johnson Construction
www.johnsonconstruction.co.uk

"I wasn’t sure what to expect – what we got was invaluable, ‘gold dust’! None of this would have been available from the ‘beauty parade’ of other marketing companies we looked at. The strategy recommended by Distinction Marketing in 2007 gave us clarity on how to position our business and align our core strengths to the market opportunities. Now in 2009, PINNA is continuing to do exactly that. Its unique training programmes that equip leaders and managers with the skills to bring about transformational change in their people and their results are in greater demand than ever."

Jack Rowlands, Director, Pinna Ltd
www.pinna.co.uk

"I lacked any marketing experience and my scatter-gun approach was failing miserably. Julie and the team at Distinction Marketing provided a fantastic personalised service, taking the time to really understand our clients and markets. My firm is now in a much stronger position, we have built a more diverse client base and I am delighted with the outcome"

Anne Bradley, Managing Director, Orbis Solicitors
www.orbissolicitors.co.uk

"Distinction Marketing has given the Board a clear pathway to follow and the confidence to make the changes we thought we may have needed to make. Everyone from the MD to the cleaner looks differently at how we do business and the Company is set for continued growth"

Tim Entwistle, Managing Director, Movetech UK
www.movetechuk.co.uk

"The customer insight research conducted by Distinction Marketing has given us the confidence to compete with larger multinational players. We hadn’t realised that our customers viewed us in such a gleaming light. As a result, we have re-branded and picked up a number of new accounts. We have also trained our engineers to provide services in areas where customers reported they were struggling to find a suitable supplier. Distinction Marketing is very professional, easy to work with and worth every penny"

Cheryl Lockley, Director, DSL Engineering Solutions
www.dslengineering.co.uk

"The work of Distinction Marketing is impressive in raising and sustaining organisations’ profiles amongst target audiences. Their planned and pro-active method of working is about delivering extensive good quality advice, understanding our business, talking our language and the strong desire to work with us”

Tracey Wilson, Executive Director, Corporate Services
The Regenda Group
www.regenda.org.uk

"Distinction Marketing came to Synectic Electronics highly recommended, and for good reason.  From the start the focus was on what our company needed, not a formulaic marketing plan.  This coupled with Julie’s knowledge of our industry sector and her charming way of cajoling and easing us out of our comfort zone has given us the knowledge and the confidence to capitalise on our strengths and address weaknesses in a very positive way. This is not pretty, fluffy marketing with bought in lists of prospects and fancy graphic design: it’s about getting to the core of the business."

Adrienne Tonge, Director, Synectic Electronics
www.synectic.co.uk

"Distinction Marketing has given us more confidence as a Company, helped us to achieve operational excellence and improve the way we service and value our customers – what we call the Plastics Direct experience!"

Carl Morgan, Operations Director, Plastics Direct
www.plasticsdirect.co.uk

"For me, the key to the value of their approach is in understanding our business combined with performing searching and intelligent customer interviews that extracted information I’m sure other consultants would have failed to do. Feedback and recommendations were presented in a well-written and easy to digest report. No flashy and meaningless visual aids or fancy marketing speak, just good quality clear information that management can act upon in the short, medium and long term. I anticipate our return on investment to be many-fold"

John Noonan, Managing Director, Rainford EMC Systems
www.rainfordemc.com

"Distinction Marketing provides a very professional service – a very thorough and competent independent assessment of our present customer portfolio and a comprehensive insight into new market opportunities"

Keith Harrison, Managing Director, Silcoms Ltd
www.silcoms.co.uk

"Distinction Marketing has opened my eyes as to how effective a marketing based approach can be and has changed the way I think about marketing and marketing people"

Lee Windsor, Director, CH Rewinds
www.chrewinds.com

"Working with Distinction Marketing has helped us to appreciate that there are some marketers prepared and able to dig beneath the surface to ensure that there is some congruency between the aims of the business and the activity required to achieve those goals. The research had a positive impact on our clients – some of the UK’s top professional firms – who saw that we were making a real effort to improve our level of service"

Peter Marshall, Managing Director, Presence Business Profiling Ltd www.presencebusinessprofiling.com

"Julie took a cynical engineer and enabled me to carry out my new role and represent my company in a confident manner"

Margaret McKean, Business Development
Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd
www.gravatom.com

"You did a great job with Margaret. We really needed support in our Cumbria Facility with respect to boosting team confidence. We needed our team to open doors and close deals. You helped us on this path and we are definitely on the right track now"

Managing Director Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd
www.gravatom.com

"Julie has lots of experience, tools and contacts. She provided us with excellent advice, guidance and support and was a great sounding board too. She helped us grow in confidence and take our business to the next level"

Marie Boyer, Manager, France Line International Transport Ltd
www.francelinetransport.co.uk

"Julie’s one-to-one advice was reassuringly practical. She took me through a process of objective evaluation which helped me find direction and confidence. She has helped me take the vision of Oasis at School and make it a reality. Many thousands of children are now benefiting from the support of our programme in their schools."

Janet Cross, Founder, Oasis at School Community Interest Company (CIC) www.oasisatschool.org

"I recently invited Julie to take a look at our business and research our competitor market, get in depth knowledge of what our customers and associates think of us - and essentially to challenge the business at a strategic level. She is certainly doing that! I am confident that Julie's continuing intervention will provide a new focus on all marketing activity and enable us to make decisions about growth which are appropriate in a very specialist and niche market. Thanks for your help so far Julie!"

Meena Nanavati, Managing Director, Occupational Medicals Ltd

www.occupationalmedicals.co.uk

"Distinction Marketing carried out a guest survey tailored to meet our specific needs. Its aim was to identify service improvements and additional revenue opportunities that would lead to an increase in overall net revenue. It went well beyond the usual ‘tick box’ style guest survey and through implementing some of the practical recommendations, we have seen a measurable return on investment. Furthermore, the entire exercise has been an excellent PR opportunity as many guests commented on how impressed they were that we had taken such measures to improve our business"

John W Smith, Proprietor, New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel
www.dungeon-ghyll.com

"We were impressed with the relevance of the member research and survey and happy with the results. We would have no hesitation recommending Distinction Marketing to others"

Alistair Wannop, Proprietor, Eden Golf Course
www.edengolf.co.uk

"A pleasure to work with – 4 hours of intense work was enjoyable and uplifting!"

Lani-Jo Hargreaves, Director, Misshu Ltd
www.misshu.com

"My sincere thanks – it’s been a real eye-opener and of immense benefit"

Dave Somers, Associate Director, AEW Architects
www.aewarchitects.com

"This work smacks of a professional company that really wants to go forward and gear up strategically. It has lifted their image for me, which was already positive, but it's even more positive now"

Senior Manager, Co-operative Pharmacy interviewed on behalf of
Johnson Construction
www.johnsonconstruction.co.uk