Mindshare London is one of Europe’s leading ad agencies, offering a full range of services from account planning through content creation to media buying. Mindshare’s current and past clients include iconic British and global brands such as IBM, Facebook, Nike, Superdrug, Jaguar Land Rover, Magnum and Crowne Plaza.

The company wanted to improve its award entries. It needed to more fully capture the great work Mindshare’s planners, creatives and media buyers were doing. For this, it required a writer who understood advertising, account planning and creative content.

The writer had to be able to communicate what was unique about Mindshare’s approach in a way that would grab judges’ attention. He or she had to be able to do this to very tight word counts, turning feedback around efficiently while minimising the amount of work for Mindshare’s already very busy account directors and other specialists.

Based on a recommendation, the company started working with Wright and Brown in April 2018. With entries written by Wright and Brown as a starting point, Mindshare was shortlisted for the Marketing Masters Awards for its work on campaigns for War for the Planet of the Apes (Media, Gaming and Entertainment category), Fox’s Uncovering the Deep State (also Media, Gaming and Entertainment category) and Crowne Plaza (Travel, Leisure and Transport).

In June 2018 — based on the campaign’s outstanding creative and commercial and using award entries written by Wright and Brown — Mindshare won the Social & Influencer Grand Prix at Cannes for ‘Nothing beats a Londoner’.

“Wright and Brown has given us a consistent voice that showcases some of our best work in an amazingly well-written light. This has helped us win over judges on awards panels. We look forward to working with Karl and Karen in 2019.”  Davina Rajoopillai, Projects & Events Manager, Mindshare

PPRO is a London- and Munich-based fintech specialising in online payments. In February 2017, a panel of 18 venture-capitalist and finance industry experts named the company as ‘one to watch’. Wright & Brown has worked for PPRO for over a year.

Our first job was to write the company’s regional payment reports for 2016. Simultaneously a lead-gen and a brand-awareness tool, these reports give payment professionals a country-by-country overview of the state of e-commerce, online payments, and general market conditions on each continent.

Since then, we’ve worked with PPRO on PR, regulatory, lead-gen, and brand awareness content. We’ve covered everything from the implications of Brexit for UK fintech to the challenges US e-commerce faces in expanding overseas. In 2017, we helped the company research and write the 450-page PPRO Payment Almanac, the first comprehensive guide to online payment methods worldwide.

In-depth research and reportage

One of the interesting things about working with PPRO, is the breadth of the topics we cover. The same piece of content might cover the technical advantages of a specific payment method but also the politics of given market and how that might impact a merchant’s decision to invest there.

“I’ve been working with Wright & Brown for about a year now and as a monthly freelance contributor Karl has quickly become like a core part of our team. It is great to be able to rely on Karl for superb quality writing and editing as well as great market research. As both a journalist and marketeer, he offers the perfect mix for all company needs. What’s more; he constantly comes up with additional ideas and proactive input that adds a tremendous amount of value. We highly recommend working with Wright & Brown for high-quality research, writing and editing.”
Elke Wößner-Probst, Head of Marketing, PPRO.