Honest - Advertising Agency Cambridge- Nick Mellor and Paul Flower

Cambridge advertising & marketing agency

Offering advertising, marketing, web design & branding

Honest is an advertising agency that provides big agency experience without the big agency costs. We don’t carry large overheads, so we don’t pass that cost on to our clients. We create national press, poster and online advertising campaigns, television commercials, marketing, brand identity and web design. We believe in a transparent pricing structure and a commitment to excellent service. We focus on our client’s bottom line, not ours and we look after all clients directly. Strong client relationships are important to us, our clients are included at every stage of the project, resulting in no surprises or hidden costs.

December: New Urban Spa website design
is a beauty!

Urban Spa website

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A brand new, upmarket website has been launched in time for the festive season. The brief was to create a stunning new website design that was contemporary, clean and fresh with an easy to use content management system.

November: A new client win and the launch of the East London Bond website

East London Bond website

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CityLife is a charitable organisation that supports social enterprises. The East London Bond is an innovative campaign to spark renewal in East London.

October: New brochure design for Environmental Health Consultants

Perry Scott Nash - Front cover

Leading environmental health consultants Perry Scott Nash are thrilled with their new brochure. The brochure needed to dramatise the fact that their staff are experts in their respective fields and can offer a truly tailored service.

September: Cream Award Nomination!

Cream Award Nomination for Honest

Honest have just been nominated for a Cream Award for 'best advert on a mobile medium'. The winners will be announced at Jools Holland's live music venue 'The Jam House' in Birmingham on 25th November.

The advert entitled 'Muscle Car' was created for the launch of David Morgans new book 'BeYourBest' and his gym based in Sawston, Cambridgeshire.

July: Go Ape goes blogging bananas!!!

Go Ape! goes blogging bananas

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Customer interaction is at the heart of everything that Go Ape does, so Honest was asked produce a brand new blog to enhance this offering. Created using Wordpress it has all the blog trimmings - and also intergration with their very popular Twitter account.

July: Honest film world record breaker, over 11,000 hits on YouTube!

Honest filmed David Morgan smashing the CrossFit 'King Kong' world record by 30 seconds. CrossFit is a fitness training program developed in the USA and now popular in the UK. Honest added the film to David Morgans website which we launched two months ago.

June: Accountants make light of MP’s expenses claims

Accountants make light of MP's expensives claims

As a small agency we are very pro-active and can quickly react to news stories in the media, here's a 48 sheet poster campaign running for our client Tyrrell & Company.

June: Friend’s School is overwhelmed by 2009 prospectus

Friend’s School is overwhelmed with 2009 prospectus

Friend’s School is a Quaker school in Saffron Walden, Essex. Last year Honest was commissioned to design their 2009 prospectus which has just been delivered. Friend’s School chose Honest to create a prospectus that captured the spirit and community of the school.

May: Launch of UK BagBoy website

Launch of UK BagBoy website

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BagBoy manufactures high quality golf carts and golf bags in the US. Honest was given a tight budget and an even tighter deadline to design and produce a UK website for the brand.

May: Market leading web design for the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society

Market leading web design for the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society

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May has seen the launch of a brand new ‘news’ driven website for the society. The web design features a customisable homepage and a content management system that allows the client to simply upload content and images whilst on the move at shows and events. The user can share and comment on the information.

May: Go Ape on the buses!

Go Ape on the buses!

May sees the launch of a poster campaign on bus sides across specific regions, if successful it can then roll-out across the UK

April: New online advertising
campaign hits golfing sites

A rich media campaign has kicked off for the new Powakaddy FW11 electric golf trolley. The online campaign launched at the start of the US Masters and is running for one month across golf sites. PowaKaddy came to Honest to develop their existing press campaign into a compelling rich media execution.

March: PowaKaddy website tees off!

PowaKaddy website tees off!

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Honest has developed a new, clean and contemporary web design to coincide with the launch of the FWII. A slick new electric golf cart powered by a lithium battery for lightness.

March: Super new logo for Papworth

Super new logo for Papworth.
Super new logo for Papworth.

Honest puts its heart and soul into creating a new brand identity for Papworth Hospital Charity.

Feb: Go Ape increase their online bookings

Honest have created a compelling online advertising campaign to drive bookings through the Go Ape website.

Honest gets the Cream!

Honest win at the Cream awards!

A great end to the year for Honest at the Cream Awards as the agency gets presented with 'advert on a mobile medium' advertising award.

December: Microsite & PPC campaign launched for property developers

Microsite website design for Prospect Point

A microsite was produced to show the benefits to Cambridge businesses of new office space in Ely. Traffic to the website is generated through Search Engine Optimisation and a Pay Per Click campaign.
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November: New start-up pack helps local business

Cambridge Van Man

Cambridge Van Man takes advantage of our discounted prices and gets a striking new look across, business cards, leaflets, van signage, advertising and website.
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October: New Business website for Perry Coleman

Perry Coleman

A simple website was needed to display the range of fashionable clothing that Perry Coleman supplies to stylists and beauticians.
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August: Phone box campaign exceeds 9:1 ROI

Go Ape Phone box campaign increases sales

A tactical poster campaign placed near the Tourist information center in Keswick has seen fantastic results in the 6 weeks it has been running.

June: From Baywatch to Honest!

From Baywatch to Honest!

David Hasslehoff joins Honest for some good honest fun at the East of England Show!

May: ‘Best Advertising Campaign’ Finalists

'Best Advertising Campaign' Nomination
'Best Advertising Campaign' Nomination

A successful first year for Honest as we are nominated as finalists for ‘best advertising campaign’, this award is based on effectiveness.

April:Ensors gets on 1st page - Google SEO

Ensors gets on 1st page - Google SEO

A successful start to the Ensors' SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) campaign by increasing their websites ranking in Google, from outside the top 30 to ranking within the top 10 (in most cases the top 3) for all desired keywords.

March: Honest moves into Pound Hill House

Honest moves into Pound Hill House

A beautiful location in the heart of Cambridge and close to the quayside. This light and creative space is not only enjoyable for Honest to work in, clients enjoy it too!

Feb: Tyrrell & Company launch consumer campaign

Consumer campaign for Tyrrell & Company accountants.

Following the awarding winning rebranding of Tyrrell & Company, Honest launch a campaign to target consumers.

Successful start to business start-up pack

Be Your Best

New business start up pack gets off to a flying start.