How others see us “While the nature of our business does not demand traditional advertising and marketing, over the years we have used The Roaring Mouse to write highly sensitive letters, staff notices and so on, and for writing recruitment advertisements, which always result in excellent responses. We are constantly surprised how The Roaring Mouse’s copy always hits the nail on the head.” R. Stander, Managing Director, Kerizzma Steel.
“I have known and worked professionally with Shirley for over 20 years and cannot recommend a writer more highly. Her versatility is breath-taking and whether she creatively designs a marketing campaign, pens a 30-second commercial or writes a 12-minute corporate marketing script, she makes an impact. Given an intelligent, detailed briefing, Shirley can come up with concepts that make audiences sit up and take notice. In the field of film production this ability to command attention is rare, and it is the writer who invariably comes up with the creative concept or angle — which is why I have worked with Shirley all these years. Anyone who commissions The Roaring Mouse for a project will tap into an awesome creativity and the result will undoubtedly be a successful communication. Please feel free to call me for any further information.” Roger Metcalfe, Founder/Producer Hemisphere Productions cc
“It’s such a pleasure and privilege to work with Shirley. She’s competent, dependable, friendly, easy to work with, super efficient and gets the job done right — first time, on time, every time. Her advertising slogan/ catchphrase “writing words of wisdom, wit or whimsy/ winning words that work for you” rings true and aptly portrays her talent for creative writing. Shirley has an absolute flair for conceptualising, for writing copy and for providing vital visual design guidance to ensure you have a winning campaign. If you’re looking for successful campaigns, I suggest you call The Roaring Mouse today.” Lynette Brady, MD, Direct Marketing Solutions.
“As a designer, creative director, art director and strategist, I have worked with Shirley in excess of 18 years now. Shirley’s insight into projects, across the board, in any industry, is always a learning curve for me. Her intense insight and credible knowledge is always amazing. There are few people who make me think as much as she does. Shirley’s conceptualisation is always succinct and well thought through and her copywriting is never short of brilliant. As a team we have worked well together and will continue to do so. I can highly recommend The Roaring Mouse on any marketing or advertising projects and can honestly say that it is both a privilege and fun working with someone who has so much enthusiasm and experience.” Natalie Grobbelaar, NatalieG Design
“CH Communications has been working with Shirley van de Graaff of The Roaring Mouse since April 2011. It is great working with a professional copywriter who enjoys writing both formal and creative pieces. We have a wide variety of copywriting requirements which includes articles, media releases, profiles and newsletters, all of which Shirley writes with great attention to detail, professionalism and enthusiasm. Shirley is more than willing to assist and delivers results within our tight deadlines with a turn-around time that exceeds all expectations.” Celeste Hewett, CH Communications
“I must comment on the excellent level of service provided by yourself [The Roaring Mouse]. On each occasion that we have required assistance, your response has always been prompt and extremely professional.” Billy Snyman, Director of Operations, Corporate IQ
“I have worked with Shirley since 1998 when I first started my PR career. Since opening my own business in 2005 I have continued working with her to strengthen my offering to clients – and because she consistently turns out excellent work, really quickly. I think Shirley has worked on just about every subject matter you can imagine. She has assisted Tale Spin’s clients in a number of ways: creative copy, concept development, design rationales, client presentations, name and logo development, strap-lines, direct mail campaigns, strategy development, and so on. Because of her expertise and understanding of the various processes and stages of campaign development and execution, the right questions are asked and time is not wasted going back 'n forth to plug gaps ... there is no learning curve, just results. Shirley brings insight, knowledge and wisdom to the table and she knows what works, which means the clients get results. Our business relationship has grown and developed over the years into a mentorship and friendship. She cares about what she does and a great deal of thought goes into the work she presents. We have been fortunate to have her on our team and I highly recommend The Roaring Mouse.” Zelda Williams, Tale Spin media communications and design
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