about

motive

We're a digital PR agency specialising in e-commerce.
We're also a super-friendly bunch who love winning online media coverage and high authority backlinks for our clients.

the

motive

difference

There are a lot of fluffy PR agencies around. Our approach is very different.
  • Motive is an award-winning PR and communications agency with a razor-sharp focus on measurable results and ROI
  • Every client has a Motive Action Plan (MAP) which acts as a road map to success and ensures all our campaigns are aligned to the client’s wider business goals.
  • We detail all activity and measure all the outcomes in regular reports so you know exactly how your campaign is going.
  • The agency was founded in 2008 by former national news journalist Steve McComish.
  • We offer the full PR mix of services including social and digital marketing campaigns.
  • Our digital PR for SEO campaigns have helped to significantly grow a number of e-commerce brands.
  • We’ve won a clutch of awards including the CIPR’s Silver Award for Midlands Outstanding Small PR Consultancy in 2019.
  • Clients stay with us for a long time. Currently six have been with us for more than six years and three have been with us more than eight years.
  • Purpose, action, results and measurement. It’s simple and hugely effective.

We are a straight-talking, award-winning PR agency with a national reputation for delivering game-changing results for clients. We have a laser-sharp focus and only engage in activities which make a real difference and which deliver ROI.

We offer the full PR mix of services including social media, copywriting, blogging and content marketing but we are most famous for our PR for SEO campaigns which grab headlines and deliver massive amounts of media backlinks and coverage for online-focused brands.

Our work has won lots of awards and even a Guinness World Record when we helped an author shift almost 100,000 copies of a blank book with no words.

If you want more people to know about your business, product or service then we can help shine the bright spotlight of media attention on you and put you in front of millions of potential new customers and clients. If your website is part of your marketing mix then we can supercharge it through PR for SEO, earning huge numbers of online brand mentions and powerful backlinks from some of the most respected news sites on the web.

You will get six key benefits from a Motive campaign: lots of media coverage, SEO boosting backlinks, increased credibility via a well-stocked press page, improved conversion rates, more traffic, and ultimately, more sales.

Get in touch today to find out how we can supercharge your brand and help you overtake your competitors.

About Us

We're an ambitious team with a shared mission.

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We are a creative, committed and hardworking team with a wealth of experience in taking brands to the next level.

MOTIVE is an award-winning PR and communications agency. Since 2009 we have helped clients to grow their customer audience and loyalty through headline-grabbing creative PR campaigns.  We are a no-nonsense, fluff-free, results driven team. We work hard and only focus on activities which make a real difference to our clients.

Our team is headed up by former national news correspondent Steve McComish who has more than 25 years media experience.  Over the past decade we’ve scooped a hatful of awards and built our reputation delivering industry leading results for clients from many diverse business sectors.

We started out as a traditional PR agency but the digital side of things has become increasingly important, especially our award-winning PR for SEO campaigns which have helped a number of e-commerce clients to significantly grow their businesses.

Today we offer clients a wide range of services including media relations, PR-for-SEO, influencer campaigns, content marketing, sponsorship and events. At the end of 2019, after ten years trading successfully as London PR, we decided to shake things up for the 2020’s and rebranded to Motive.

Award

Winning

Work

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AWARDS

Small Consultancy of the Year

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2020

Finalist

Outstanding Small PR Consultancy

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Silver Award Winner

Transport or Automotive Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Gold Award Winner

Consumer Relations Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Best Use of Media Relations Award

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Low Budget Award

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Outstanding Young Communicator (Laura Bamford)

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Consumer Relations Award

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Small Consultancy of the Year

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Healthcare Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Media Relations Award

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Corporate and Business Communications Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2018

Silver Award Winner

Consumer Relations Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Event, Launch or Stunt of the Year

PRCA Dare Midlands Awards 2019

Finalist

Low Budget Campaign

CIPR PRide Midlands Awards 2018

Silver Award Winner

Motive CLIENTS

meet the team

STEVE McCOMISH

Agency MD and media insider who spent six years in the Daily Mirror’s news team. Steve has been listed in the PR Week Power Book, which highlights the UK’s most influential communications professionals.

SARAH SAMWAYS

Motive’s Head of PR is a former broadcast journalist with 20 years PR agency experience. Planner-in-Chief who loves a good spreadsheet.

LIZ PEARSON

Our super-organised Operations Director. Spent 13 years at Experian before joining the agency. Willow’s human.

LAURA BAMFORD

PR Manager and coverage queen. Happiest when arranging TV spots for clients on likes of BBC Breakfast, This Morning and Good Morning Britain.

ALEX JONES

Digitally savvy PR Director with extensive offline and online experience. Passionate about all things link building. When Alex isn’t talking about links, he’s probably talking about football.

JOSH RAWSON

Graphic Designer with a love of Japanese Manga and UK Hip-Hop.

MEGAN TURNER

PR Exec Megan is a journalism grad and former BBC assistant producer. Once did a radio show with novelty song legend LadBaby.

WILLOW

Head of Security and self-proclaimed barketing genius. Known to sleep on job. Hates cats, loves a good walk. Terrible table manners.

ARE YOU MOTIVATED?

Are you switched-on, straight talking and brimming with ideas? If so you could be team Motive's next recruit...

Our Services

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Sectors

E-Commerce

Fashion

Food & Drink

Health & Wellbeing

Automotive & Transport

Travel & Tourism

Gardening

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the

Team

Are You Motivated?

Think you've got what it takes to join Team Motive? Email us today: join@motivepr.co.uk

Are You Motivated?

Would you like to work for one of the most exciting consumer PR agencies in the region?

Do you want to work on award-winning, creative campaigns that grab headlines and get everyone talking?

Do you want to work in a fun, modern office with lovely people (and an adorable cavapoo)?

Of course you do.

Email us on join@MotivePR.co.uk

Think you've got what it takes to join Team Motive? Give us a call for a confidential chat: 0115 9706933

Sectors

We have experience across a very wide range of business sectors including:

E-commerce
Food & drink
Lifestyle
Garden
Construction
Automotive
Leisure
Property

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