Case Study: Chiltern Railways Nobull Travel was brought in by Chiltern Railways to support its in-house PR team and raise the company’s profile beyond the traditional consumer press. Project objectives: To raise Chiltern Railways’ profile in the business and business travel media
To place Chiltern Railways as an alternative to main competitors – the car and Virgin trains
To raise CEO’s profile as an expert in the industry to increase positive brand association
To promote brand’s positive messages to fresh audiences and assist the press office in targeting new media sectors
Support and help develop social media activity
The Initial three month project consisted of: Preparing background information to send key journalists in the business, fleet and business travel sectors
Placing interviews with Chiltern Railways’ CEO in target publications
Placing case studies in target publications
Hosting social media workshop for Chiltern Railways’ PR team
Distributing company news to niche, business and consumer media, increasing footfall and raising brand awareness
Key achievements: ¾ page interview with CEO in Financial Times
Placed interviews with five target publications within month one
Increased footfall on “Steam Train” tickets with coverage in Daily Express
All coverage received:  Daily Express
Financial Times x 2
FT.com
Air and Business Travel News (ABTN)
Business Traveller
Businesstraveller.com
Fleet News
Fleetnews.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk
Reuters.com
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