Don't take my word for it - this is what my clients say!
Sheila McMahon, CEO of Mind Management For You, Lichfield, said: "I am so impressed with Justine and can highly recommend her.
"As a mental health counsellor she continues to propel my mental health work which is exactly what I want.
"She adds so much to my business and I am very grateful for her natural intuition, talent and skills. Thank you Justine for your amazing and continued support."
Marcus Slade, Paeon Franchise Group & Head Therapist at Paeon Injury and Fitness Ltd, Brownhills, BSc (Hons) MSTA, said: “We worked with Justine towards the end of 2022 and what a fantastic way to end the year.
“She worked her magic in securing an article for us in a newspaper, which gained us great exposure.
“The process was seamless with Justine providing key information and clear instructions throughout. She was always on hand to deliver additional support and guidance and she made the process as smooth as possible with a fantastic end result.
“We would not hesitate to work with Justine again and endeavor to do so in the near future.”
Natalie Robertson, founder and CEO of Rise Yoga Studio, Lichfield, said: "Justine has secured some fabulous coverage for me in a host of different media and publications. She made the process very easy and she was lovely to work with throughout. I would not hesitate to recommend her services."
Tina Hart-Prieto, of Capture 24 Photography, said: "Justine worked her magic and managed to get me into two local newspapers at the end of last year which was fantastic, I had people messaging me all week it was great.
"She was really easy to work with and the turnaround was really quick from idea stage to print. She also managed to get me some PDF copies until I could get hold of the paper myself.
"Great coverage and I've had many more enquiries locally which has been great. Highly recommend."
Personal trainer David Jones, of David Jones Coaching, Staffordshire, said: "So far I’ve had the pleasure of working with Justine on a number of occasions furthering my own business ventures in health & fitness.
"When attempting to describe the standard of service and professionalism that Justine works with I find myself running out of superlatives, she’s just at a standard I haven’t met before.
"Between getting me published in a national magazine discussing the benefits of exercise during the menopause, she’s also managed to get me published in a regional newspaper discussing how to eat healthily while on a budget, something during a cost of living crisis that couldn’t have been timed more perfectly.
"Justine has been an effortless collaborator to work with, a consummate professional throughout the entire process, and I look forward to working with her more frequently in the near future!"
Vikky Yarwood, co-founder of CV Recruitment in Stoke-on-Trent, said: "Justine is an expert in her field, since supporting us has always been professional, full of great recommendations and has been instrumental in creating and managing our social media campaigns, Thank you Justine."
Russell Jeans at Sefton & Associates, of Staffordshire, said: "Backed by an impeccable 20 year pedigree in award-winning journalism, Justine Halifax, founder of Staffordshire-based Angel Media, helps your business maximise its key messages across a multitude of platforms.
“Being an expert in social media, online news outlets, as well an outstanding PR agent and wordsmith, Justine and Angel Media are a must for any business wanting to build their profile and reach."
Hedley J Adcock, Director at Adcocks Solicitors Limited, of Lichfield, said: “Justine has just completed a very successful and well executed PR campaign to celebrate Adcocks Solicitors 110th year in practice. Thanks to her experience, determination, knowledge and contacts in the media industry we feel that this significant milestone has been well honoured. We have been delighted with the feedback we have received and it has allowed us to reconnect with contacts and clients across the region. We look forward to working closely with Justine again and would highly recommend her to any business looking to strengthen its profile.”
Arctic Explorer Mark Wood, of Stratford, said: “The Race Against Time, North Pole 16 expedition was the first time that I’d worked with Justine at Angel Media and I was impressed with the widespread coverage that she was able to secure in local, regional, national and international media, both in print and online.
“As a former journalist Justine really knows how to capture the attention of the media and readers by pulling out different angles of interest.
“Justine’s PR coverage played an integral part in highlighting, across the globe, the importance of our expedition by maximising every opportunity throughout the PR campaign to highlight it in the media – in the lead up to the expedition, during, and on our return, no opportunity was missed.
“She was extremely professional, with great attention to detail, and very easy to work with. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking to maximise media coverage of their campaign.”
Fay Shoesmith, Director at Print Circus, of Lichfield, said: “Justine’s mentoring session was so inspiring and unbelievably helpful. I started acting upon her suggestions immediately and I would recommend her services.”
Business Coach Richard Carty, CEO of Excellerator, Lichfield, and Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce’s Let’s Do Mentoring Programme Lead, and a Director at Netshield, said: “I’ve known Justine for 10 years during which time she has worked for me as a PR advisor and copywriter and I can highly recommend her services.
“She is professional, extremely knowledgeable and easy to work with. She has also been a valuable asset as a PR business mentor under the Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce mentoring programme.
“Those she has mentored have had nothing but positive feedback. I can highly recommend Angel Media for all PR, media, copywriting and mentoring needs.”
He added: “Justine has also delivered a Marketing Workshop for the Chamber which was an extremely insightful and interesting presentation into the world of media and how businesses can navigate it to heighten their brand profile.
“It was professional, accessible and engaging.
“Justine came across as very knowledgeableable and managed to cover a lot of ground in a short space of time, but still made it easy to digest for our mentees.
“We received extremely positive feedback from all the delegates who attended with the resounding message being that they really enjoyed it and found it incredibly useful.”
Sallyann Smith, of Roundpeg Outdoor Buildings, of Burton, said: “I certainly could not have raised the profile of our business without Justine at Angel Media.
“She really opened my eyes to what a PR expert can positively do for a company, and how helpful having an expert PR and marketing mentor can be.
“Our first meeting was slightly 'scary' as I had no idea she would go into so much detail regarding our business – she’d checked the website thoroughly, our Facebook presence and our Instagram pages.
“She advised me what to do next and when to do it - the meeting was extremely helpful and I went away feeling very positive and energised.
“The features she suggested regarding home offices and working from home were an angle I hadn't really considered - it was nice to hear a different angle after being with my previous company for 15 years and never using experts - it was brilliant!
“I thought I knew how to market - clearly I do not, and certain things should be advised by experts such as Justine.
"I would recommend Justine and her company. She remembers her clients continuously and always promotes them."
Jordan Peters, Director of Mortimers Workshop, of Yoxall, said: “I’m incredibly impressed with how accurately you have written about myself and my business, the story that you have put together for me has been incredibly successful - I couldn't have asked for more.
“I have had a number of contacts from the article and would recommend you highly to anyone who would like to boost their business through media coverage. Thank you so much!”
Louise Johnson-Rose (CIPD), Director of UK Surveyors Ltd, of Lichfield, said:
"Justine wrote a superb press release for the new UK Tourism Online Learning Hub. Using expert ideas and drawing on her wealth of experience to ensure that we got the maximum exposure for our new website and I would highly recommend utilising Justine and Angel Media for any marketing and PR services that your business may require.
Justine has a great range of skills and will offer invaluable insights. Turn around time on our piece was extremely quick and great efficient service. We found that the piece not only promoted the Hub launch as we had intended but also ensured that we featured in other industry publications too.
"Great service, many thanks!
“Justine's advice about our social media was also excellent and has proved invaluable. After implementing her suggestions I saw increased activity on Instagram & FB - thank you again Justine.”
Ben Brennan, Head of Sixth Form at The Hart School, Rugeley, said: “Justine has helped our institution to develop engaging and interesting media to share with all of our stakeholders.
“She is incredibly perceptive and able to make judgements that allow us to reach out to a much wider audience. As a result of working with Justine, we have increased our online profile and appearances within the press massively.
“She is a pleasure to work with and understands the specific needs of any organisation.”
Andrew Baud, Director at Tala Communications, said: “I’ve worked closely with Justine, across her roles in journalism and PR consultancy.
“While she’s undoubtedly an accomplished professional, you always get so much more. There’s an added level of understanding of what the media needs and what clients demand. Justine is the perfect broker in managing the tension in this relationship. I would not hesitate to recommend her.”
Tom Pegden, Business Editor Leicester Mercury and Business Monthly Magazine: “Justine is easy to work with and always comes up with strong features for me as and when required.”
Julie Peters, co-founder of Staffordshire Country Marketplace and STEM teacher: “I can highly recommend Justine.
“She has featured many of my educational achievements at school with the pupils I teach, alongside a personal feature, and many stories, in regard to my newly formed business Country Marketplace.
“She has an amazing talent to pull out all the key features and stories that will draw the public’s attention and focus in on the ‘story features’ that are interesting and engaging.
“Justine follows up any features with diligence and then promotes the feature on her social media to maximize attention and followers. Her communication throughout the process is meticulous and thorough. I would be delighted to have Justine continue to forward my business.”
Promotion of Jupiter's sponsorship of North Pole 16 Expedition, led by explorer Mark Wood, resulted in media coverage in several newspapers, magazines, BBC radio and TV, including BBC Midlands Today.
Jupiter's managing director Mark Tweddle said: "We recruited Angel Media to help us to make the most of our sponsorship of the North Pole 16 expedition, and she most certainly achieved that aim. We were delighted with the coverage she secured."
Sally Wagstaff, CEO of Xodos Aesthetics (now rebranded to Sally Wagstaff Aesthetics).“Justine has provided some great write ups and articles about Xodos, and the PR that this has given me has been more valuable than any forms of advertising that I have tried over the last 18 months.
“It has given me the kind of exposure I could never otherwise have had in the local area – people often comment how they have seen me in the papers and a lot of that is completely down to Justine!
“It also made me look at ‘PR’ in a completely different light – it’s vital to any business to give it credibility, believability and sets you ahead of any of the competition. Well worth a go!”
Yvonne Tweddle, managing director of Fruitanize and Little Devil brand, said: “Justine has a fantastic media head on her - she really does know her stuff.
“Her background of 20 years in the media industry has seen her successfully target press releases for different media to secure coverage for my brand in several different high profile media publications, including regional newspapers and magazines.
“And her attention to detail is amazing. She really does have an eagle eye when it comes to proof reading. Her input to the launch of my new Little Devil brand labelling, launch press releases and website creation was invaluable.
“I have no hesitation in recommending Angel for anything from copywriting, proof reading, media advice, blog writing and helping to secure publicity for your brand."
Adam Fleetwood, CEO of Wotsit Design Limited, said: “Justine at Angel Media has been providing professional copy for me for a couple of years now. We have developed a great working relationship over this time which is due to her professionalism, speedy turn around times and attention to detail.
“I can always rely on Justine to produce the goods in what always seems to be last minute / urgent jobs. I therefore wouldn’t hesitate recommending her services to anyone, Justine is a professional at her work and competitively priced too.”