About CMe Media
Marketing that gets your business seen
CMe Media is a full-service marketing agency helping businesses across the UK build their brand, reach the right audiences and generate measurable results.
Full-Service Marketing Agency Since 2014
Because good marketing isn’t about being everywhere. It’s about being where your audience is.
Founded by Charisse Smith in 2014, CMe Media began as a media marketing agency, helping businesses plan and place effective advertising across traditional media channels.
As the marketing landscape evolved, so did we. In 2021, we launched the digital side of CMe Media, bringing traditional media, digital marketing, creative and content expertise together under one roof.
Today, our growing team of in-house specialists works with businesses across a diverse range of sectors, including education, estate agency, landlords and lettings, events, hospitality, the silver market, property, professional services and more.
From SEO, Google Ads and social media to radio, TV, print and out-of-home advertising, our focus is on understanding who you need to reach and identifying the most effective ways to reach them.
Where CMe Media Started
Charisse’s career in advertising began at just 17, selling advertising space for a scuba diving magazine. She later moved further into media and advertising, including working at Wave 105, where she gained extensive experience helping businesses connect with their audiences through effective advertising campaigns.
In June 2014, Charisse launched CMe Media from her dining room table.
Initially focused on media planning and buying, CMe Media helped businesses make informed decisions about where, when and how to advertise. From radio and press to TV and out-of-home, the focus was on getting clients seen by the right people while making the most of their marketing budgets.
That understanding of audiences and media remains fundamental to how we work today.
Selling advertising space for a scuba diving magazine.
Helping businesses connect with their audiences through effective advertising campaigns.
CMe Media launched from a dining room table.
The digital side of CMe Media launches.
A full-service agency bringing together media, digital, creative and content expertise.
From Media Buying to Full-Service Marketing
In 2021, we launched the digital side of CMe Media, expanding our expertise to give clients access to a much broader range of marketing services.
Today, our capabilities include Google Ads and paid search, Meta advertising, SEO, organic social media management, content creation and copywriting, graphic design, website projects, email marketing, video and photography, alongside our established media planning and buying expertise across radio, TV, print and out-of-home advertising.
Having expertise across both traditional and digital marketing means we have the freedom to recommend channels based on your audience and objectives, rather than simply the services we provide.
For some businesses, search and social advertising may play a significant role. For others, radio, print, TV or out-of-home could be an important part of the mix. Often, the strongest approach brings several channels together to reach people at different stages of their journey.
We work with top UK media partners, including
Experience in Education, Property and Beyond
Over more than 12 years, we’ve built extensive experience across a wide range of sectors, giving our team an understanding of very different audiences, customer journeys and marketing challenges.
Education is one of our most established areas of expertise. We have worked with more than 30 education establishments across the UK, helping them reach prospective students and families, build awareness and support recruitment and enrolment campaigns. This experience has given us a strong understanding of the education marketing cycle and the importance of reaching different audiences with the right message at the right time.
We also have significant experience across the property sector, working with more than 16 property brands, from larger national operations to smaller local brands. Our work spans estate agency, lettings and landlord marketing, supporting objectives including brand awareness, property visibility, lead generation and attracting landlords and vendors.
Alongside education and property, our experience extends across events, hospitality, professional services and the silver market, among other sectors. This breadth matters because different audiences don’t consume media, research services or make decisions in the same way.
We have a particularly high level of experience in the silver market, where understanding how different demographics consume media is essential. Reaching an older audience isn’t simply a case of choosing traditional over digital advertising. Age, location, interests, behaviour and the type of product or service being promoted can all influence which channels are most appropriate.
That experience shapes our audience-first approach to marketing. Depending on who you need to reach, a campaign could include Google, social media and email, or radio, TV, press and out-of-home advertising. In many cases, the strongest strategy combines multiple channels to reach people at different stages of their decision-making journey.
We don’t start with an advertising channel and try to make your business fit it. We start by understanding who you want to reach, what you want them to do and how they are most likely to respond, then build the marketing approach around them.
Over 12 Years of Marketing Expertise
From a media marketing agency launched from a dining room table in 2014 to a full-service agency bringing together media, digital, creative and content expertise, CMe has continued to evolve alongside our clients and the audiences they need to reach.
What hasn’t changed is our approach: understand the business, understand the audience and choose the right marketing to connect the two.
Whether you need specialist support in one area or a team that can look after your wider marketing strategy, CMe Media is here to help.
Meet the CMe Media Team
Charisse Smith
Mike Higgins
Belinda Thomas
Laura Hill
Nick Marrow
Jack Thomas
Zubair Malik
Malwina Korpaczewska
Petar Nikolov
Denise Burge
Natalie Locke
Why Work with CMe Media?
Channels, not services
We don't believe in recommending a marketing channel simply because it's the service an agency happens to sell. Our roots in media, combined with our digital capabilities, allow us to look at the bigger picture. We start by understanding your business, your audience, your objectives and your budget before deciding which channels could work hardest for you.
The right mix for you
That might mean investing in Google because your audience is actively searching for your services. It could mean building awareness through radio or out-of-home advertising, reaching a particular demographic through carefully selected media, or combining paid social, SEO, content and traditional advertising as part of a wider strategy.
Specialists who work together
Because our specialists work together, those channels don't have to operate in isolation. SEO can inform content, content can support social media, creative can strengthen paid campaigns, and digital activity can work alongside radio, TV, print and outdoor advertising.
Full transparency
Transparency is also central to the way we work. We want our clients to understand what we're doing, where their marketing budget is being invested and what their activity is delivering.
CMe Automotive, Our Automotive Marketing Brand
Automotive has been part of the CMe story from the early days, with CMe Media working with dealer groups and automotive businesses alongside clients from other sectors.
As our automotive expertise and client base grew, we created CMe Automotive, our dedicated specialist automotive marketing brand.
CMe Automotive provides sector-specific marketing expertise to independent retailers, dealer groups and multi-franchise businesses across the UK, while CMe Media continues to support organisations across our wider range of sectors.
The two brands work side by side, supported by the same wider team of marketing specialists and more than 12 years of CMe experience.
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Campaigns that bring local buyers to your forecourt and showroom.
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What Our Clients Say About CMe Media
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