Simone is THE key woman behind my brands. She is hardworking, creative, generous, effective and results driven. Simone is honest, clever, savvy and dedicated. With any new venture, Simone has been my first point of call, for the past 5 years. She has been truly worth her weight in gold. “If in doubt, ring Simone.” is the note next to my desk.

Simone from Handle has been a fantastic PR partner for our small business. She’s well-connected, truly listens, and brings practical ideas we can execute. Her guidance on PR strategy is grounded, insightful, and tailored – no fluff, just what works. Over the years, Simone has supported us across a range of PR activities with consistency, honesty and care, and the results speak for themselves. I’m delighted to recommend Simone and her services, and I look forward to continuing our work together.

As an artist with a very personal back story to my career it was important for me to find a publicist that I could trust, not only to generate great exposure but to treat my particular case with care and consideration. Simone Heydon from Handle Communications was the perfect choice. She has been able to gain some fabulous publicity for me personally and my artwork. She is very professional, easy to deal with, has an interesting writing style, and has over the years developed a broad network of contacts which she utilizes to stimulate some high profile media to help boost my business. She comes highly recommended I’ll never use another publicist.

As Brand Manager for Pure Digital Radio, I needed to build brand awareness for digital radio outside of the consumer electronics channels. I hired Handle PR to get to a brand new customer who may not have heard about digital radio (which was only a few years old in the Australian market). Handle targeted not only mainstream media, but also fashion, lifestyle and home wares. We did a number of campaigns, and the most successful was the Evoke Mio (Orla Keily) range of radios. The coverage we received was phenomenal. Handle was also used to launch Jongo, a wireless speaker that came in a number of different colours. Simone came along to a training night with our sales staff and was very dedicated to finding out more about the technology and how it worked. Once again, the campaign was very successful with coverage in a much broader range of media than we would usually receive. I highly recommend Simone and her team. They are diligent, resourceful and great follow up.

I’ve used the services of Simone from Handle for many years. Not only is she able to find some great publicity opportunities for me and my business, A Perfect Space, but she’s a bloody good copywriter. I always commission Simone to either write our copy or check our copy – it’s not fit for public consumption until Simone has checked it. Simone is always very interested in my business and is a good friend that lets me talk through any issues I’m having and always offers great advice. I highly recommend getting Simone on your team.

We “ummmmed and ahhhhhhed” for a couple of months trying to decide firstly whether PR was the next right avenue to go down, and then following that decision, who to actually work with. Simone and Handle PR were referred to me and we made the decision to move in this direction after much deliberation. Once the work began it was very clear that my deliberation was unwarranted and the results that we received from very early on were brilliant. Not only did we receive and continue to receive fantastic PR exposure, Simone was, and is, very easy to deal with, professional and comes highly recommended. For any other businesses looking to secure the services of Simone and Handle PR, there is no need to deliberate as much as I did!

Working with Simone and her team at Handle Communications has been a very rewarding experience for us. The PR services provided have been excellent with positive feedback directed to us, regarding their professionalism, from numerous outlets they’ve been corresponding with.
Henty has a small team and it is invaluable to us to know that Simone and her team are highly effective can operate autonomously. Their knowledge about our brand and products has been above our expectations and is reflected in the better than expected results they have achieved for us. Simone has also provided additional support to us by suggesting leads and other opportunities beyond the PR role we’ve engage her for. Handle Communications is very highly recommended.