APL Media Reviews 145

Jamie Marks at the APL Media team is fantastic to work with. Responsive, professional, and helpful. Can't recommend him enough.

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Very professional and smooth cooperation, everyone involved was very friendly and helpful.

Really impressed by this company and in particular, Jamie Marks who was so good at explaining PR opportunities, talking through options and then communicating with me throughout the process to ensure we got the best outcome. He's also continued to follow up which is really nice. You can see that this company focuses on building positive relationships and isn't just about transactions.

John Clarke approached my small businesses to organise a peice in a travel guide.

He was very helpful in explaining the process (all new to me), getting it all turned around quickly and finding an approach suitable to our size and audience.

Now eagerly awaiting publication date!

Thanks John

Update: a few notes now publication date has passed.

Firstly, be aware any price negotiated is WITHOUT VAT - while you are given a "final price", the fact vat is added after this is hidden in Terms and Conditions (they claim this is 'standard', however I have never seen anything of the sort in any other industry)

Secondly, unfortunately we saw absolutely no benefit of the feature to date - on publication day we actually saw less web traffic than a standard day (not to say the feature reduced traffic, but certainly had no positive impact). Given - as a holiday rentals firm - we were told this is something you'd "expect to book out a whole season" from during the selling process, we are left feeling the money was poorly spent. Despite promise our business was a 'perfect fit' for the feature, we found ourselves featured amongst a wildly desperate and different set of businesses with little to no clear link to our own.

The peice turned out to be about "winter fun", while our business is shut every winter due to the nature of the industry... Entirely irrelevant to us.

On the whole, given the now complete experience, I've revised my score down - the company are nice to deal with, but I think overpromise and could be more transparent in sales tactics (we were given a two and a half day turnaround to work on our feature, with a sense of urgency which led us to possibly overlook T&C's etc, despite being a full month before publication date)

Overall as a first experience with a media / publication feature we're unlikely to do it again.

Further update: after explaining our issue with the feature we have heard no further communication. They have refused to give details of their complaints procedure, or engage in any way. Revised rating further as experience continues to deteriorate.

After much back and forth this was eventually resolved although the experience to get there was less than ideal.

Thank you for the great services John Clarke - very understanding, quick and professional. All of this without any stress! It was very nice working with you.

Great job also from the design team.

We've been working with APL Media over the past year. Our contact Lucian Howells is always very professional and thorough and great to catch up with. The options Lucian have presented to us have always been relevant and fit the brief for Marin. They responded quickly to my requests and provided everything that was required and promised.
Top work and would highly recommend

Easy to work with. APL media quickly published our article with Evening Standard. Happy with the result.

APL Media were very professional and thorough. They responded quickly to my requests and provided everything that was required and promised.

John Clarke at APL Media is excellent. I felt comfortable from the outset. He is both professional and personable, understanding our company vision and requirements. My role primarily focuses on day-to-day business and financial operation and I felt no way to express my lack of experience when it comes to marketing and PR campaigns. I am always extremely grateful to the time John dedicates to me, providing advice and expertise on how best to showcase our brands reputation. I would personally recommend working with John Clarke given the range of exposure and support he offers his clients. He is certainly an asset to APL Media and the relationship is one of trust and integrity, something we very much value in the world of business. Thank you John and I look forward to our continued success in working with you.

Always a pleasure working with Danny Pegg and the APL Media team. Responsive, professional and helpful.

Excellent collaboration, great stuff to work with, quality content, definetely will continue partnership!

We have worked with APL Media in conjunction with National Geographic Luxury Traveler in particular since 2016. Our immediate contact, Danny Pegg is easy to work with and genuinely cares about his clients.
The process of submissions and content is clear and timely and protection of your company brand is as important as the brand reputation of the publication.
I personally would recommend working with APL Media given the range of exposure and support they offer the travel sector, together with the new contacts we have made through shared content.

APL Media reached out and made an offer to help our business in reach and exposure. There was a minor misunderstanding at the start, but the team went over and beyond to clear up all and then deliver on their promise. I would deal with a lot of companies and the approach APL Media took with our business was incredible. Super impressed as to how they approach looking after their customers. Their team could not have done more for us. I would have no hesitation in recommending them for any business considering using their services. If you have an opportunity to work with them and are on the fence, I think it is a no risk option to try their service. Again - super impressed. They deliver what they promise.

I was contacted by a lady called Olivia.
She was extremely professional and informative.

Lucian has kept me informed of some fantastic media opportunities relevant to our company, such as featuring in The Independent. Both Lucian and Kamran have been extremely helpful in assisting with our ad campaigns. Very professional service.

Lucian has provided a friendly and timely service and made some useful connections for our business

Tip top service. Highly recommended.

Have dealt with APL on a couple of occasions and have had no problems with them at all. Support with design work, timely delivery etc. They also get in contact with information about late availability and discounts etc.