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01/20/2010 01:06 PM
New people, 8 pitches on the go and a printer called Brian
I'm late writing our first blog of the year. Not through a lack of trying to find the time to write it though.

2009 was a good year for Brand Reputation. We grew our revenue by over 60%, won some great new clients including a £600million food brand, moved in to bigger offices and increased our team. We now also have a laser printer called Brian (according to our IT network set-up).

We have entered 2010 at a rate of knots with 8 new client pitches currently underway - some extremely interesting brands and I am sure this will keep Brian busy over the next few weeks as well as the rest of the team.

Our latest new hire is Olivia who has joined us to work on new business. We are also currently looking to hire more senior account handlers and an additional senior planner. We will be opening up our 2010 internship programme to applicants and the end of January.

In addition I have joined the board of Caysh as a Trustee. Caysh is a charity working with young single homeless people across south London. You will be hearing more about Caysh from us during the year.

We would also appreciate your feedback on a couple of things - which sentiment monitoring tool do you think is the best and also what topics would you like us to cover in our white papers this year?

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter; @BrandReputation and you can also contact us via enq@brandrep.co.uk

Graeme.

01/05/2010 11:31 AM
Tricia's guest blog
Our intern, Tricia, finished working with us just before Christmas. We thought it would be fun to ask Tricia to write a guest blog for us on what it has been like for her to work here – here’s what she wrote:
I have been interning at Brand Reputation for 6 weeks. I am from the states and I am over here for my study abroad program. Today is my last day and it has been a totally different experience than I expected. All I expected was to get shoved in a corner and file paperwork.
I worked on a couple different projects here – mainly a stakeholder engagement project for Warburtons but I also worked on a two other brands including a large babycare brand which I really enjoyed as I got to do a lot of research in to the category.
The people that I worked with at Brand Reputation were quite an interesting bunch. I primarily worked with Graeme, Magnus, and Ruth- probably some of the most entertaining people I have ever met.
I was actually quite intimidated of Graeme when I first started but now I know how nice and funny he is. He would actually take time out of his busy day to ask if I had any questions! If anything funny happens in the office I could always here Graeme laughing all the way down the hallway! Later in the day he would be the designated DJ and it was always an experience what type of music he picked out. Graeme also wanted me to experience the cultures of London- and it was quite fun to learn about.
One of my favourite memories would have to be when Ruth and I had a long day. Graeme went out and came back with a bottle of wine- I wish offices in the U.S. would find it expectable to enjoy a bottle of wine together! I think this type of atmosphere is what more offices need because they seem to love what they are doing and love being around each other- and from my experiences that does not happen in many offices. I never expected my internship to be this great, and do have to say that interning here is probably what I will remember about London the most.
Magnus is great! (I have learned to say that word a lot). He was great because he would always help me if I had any problems with the work I was doing or help me when my computer was not cooperating. He is actually quite funny because the office could be in complete chaos and he would just sit in his chair with his arms folded and a grin on his face and then fix everything staying calm, cool, and collected. Once he would fix that he would then ask would he could fix next- there should definitely be a person like Magnus in every office. He always explained tasks clearly and would help me whenever he had the time.
I have also worked a lot with Ruth. Ruth has a different job in the morning and comes into the office around 2pm. I always look forward to when Ruth comes. The whole atmosphere in the office totally changes. Before she comes in it seems very professional but when she comes through the door everyone seems to have a smile on their face, she really knows how to light up a room. She always had some great advice for me. I always found it a tad bit funny listening to her and Graeme argue a little about the work that needs to get done and how to do it- it was quite entertaining.
The team did a great job in making me feel included, something I did not expect at all. It was so much fun working with them. It sometimes did not even feel like work because I was having so much fun.