Our Approach to Public Relations, Marketing, Business Websites and Media.

Key to our process with your company is a thorough business Q and A methodology that we take you through to ensure we can achieve the most thorough and effective marketing for your company.

John Hanrahan Business Communications, based on initial discussions with you, prepares a thorough set of questions designed to provide key information on which to build a strategic marketing and public relations (PR) plan for your business.

Once you have completed and signed off on the final draft of the methodology, John Hanrahan Business Communications begins the process of implementationm of the public relations and marketing strategies.

This is done in conjunction with your business's needs and timing. Some issues may need immediate addressing. Others may be seasonal or driven by market needs.

John Hanrahan Business Communications consults with you every step of the way.

Company Background - Public Relations, Marketing, Media and Business

John Hanrahan Business Communications provides a range of business media services tailored for small businesses --  from start-ups to established small businesses that may have been operating for a decade or more.

The company, under the direction of John Hanrahan, has operated in Australia for more than 25 years, delivering a range of business media services to clients including public relations, marketing, business website content writing and media training.. (See bio below).

We bring a wide range of media experience from daily newspapers, radio, television, business magazines, advertising and marketing to client requirements.

At the core of our skills-set is business writing -- for print, radio and television, as well as radio and TV ads, business brochures or corporate videos and DVD's.

What do you want to achieve for your business?

Our starting point is getting to know and understand your business and what you want to achieve in terms of marketing and promoting your company, its products and services.

Our Business Q and A methodology not only helps us to understand your business, your current and potential markets but it also assists you and your company to see and achieve new potential.

We deliberately do not take on a large number of clients, preferring to work closely with a select group of businesses.

Our clients have included GetData Software (www.getdata.com ), accountants.com.au (www.accountants.com.au ), Oilcheck (www.oilcheck.com.au ), AFIS (Australian Food Ingredient Suppliers - www.afis.com.au ), Australian Institute of Company Directors (www.companydirectors.com.au ), Chartered Secretaries Australia (www.csaust.com/ ), GJ Food (www.gjfood.com.au ), Macquarie Street Physio Centre, Compuserv and Professional IT Services (www.professionalit.com.au ), Leisure Boating Australia, Patricks Marketing and Sports Trophies (www.patricks.com.au ), Watershed West (www.watershedwest.com.au ), Western Sydney Business Connection ( www.wsbc.org.au ), the SSHED (Sutherland Shire Hub of Economic Development - www.sshed.com.au ) Business Incubator, the Australian Rugby Union (www.rugby.com.au ) and the NSW Rugby Union ( www.nswrugby.com.au )..

Go to our Services section and check out the range of options we can offer to help grow your business. Then go to the Contacts section and let us know what you would like to achieve for your company.

John Hanrahan -- Managing Director

John Hanrahan has worked in newspapers, radio, television, marketing, public relations and small business management, both in Australia and overseas.

He has more than 25 years cross-media and small business management experience to give clients an extensive range of skills and media options.

As well as media contacts, he also has connections in government and industry-specific organisations.

John Hanrahan was the corporate MC for three
Australian Institute of Company Directors' annual conferences.

For eight years he was the senior reporter and producer on the Nine Television Network's Small Business Show.

Prior to his work with Channel Nine (www.nine.com.au) , he was Managing Editor of Dynamic Small Business Magazine (www.dynamicbusiness.com.au )and before that Managing Director of joint US-Australian television production company, Taffner Ramsay Productions.

He worked as a Senior Account Executive for public relations, marketing and advertising company Charlton Media in Sydney and has been Australian editor of Los Angeles based business daily, The Hollywood Reporter.

For 12 years he worked as a daily newspaper journalist for the John Fairfax and Sons publishing group (www.fairfax.com.au )in Sydney after spending three years working in British daily newspapers and reporting for Cumberland Newspapers in Sydney.

He has also worked for the Seven (www.seven.com.au )and ABC ( www.abc.net.au ) television networks in Australia as a reporter, producer and news presenter and for radio stations 2GB (www.2gb.com ), 2BL ( www.abc.net.au )and 2UE (www.2ue.com.au).

John is currently Vice-President of the Chatswood Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber website is: www.chatswoodchamber.com.au .

The company is also listed on the following business directories: www.aussieweb.com.au ; www.hotfrog.com.au ; www.ozebiz.com.au ; www.zoominfo.com ;