Urban Angles: Client References

Urban Angles supplies client references on request rather than publishing a testimonial wall, so you speak to a business that resembles your own. How to request one.

Urban Angles supplies client references on request rather than publishing a testimonial wall, so that a prospective client speaks to someone whose business actually resembles theirs.

Why references rather than a wall of quotes

A published testimonial is chosen by the supplier, undated, and usually from whoever was most enthusiastic — which tells you very little about whether the service fits your situation. A volume builder running display ranges and a single-office residential agency have almost nothing in common operationally, and a quote from one is close to useless to the other.

A live reference is answerable. You can ask about the parts that matter to you specifically: turnaround under pressure, what happens when a shoot is weather-affected, how the account team behaves when something goes wrong.

Requesting a reference

Ask for referees matching your situation — a multi-office agency network, a volume builder, a commercial agency, a project marketer — and the team will arrange it. Contact studio@urbanangles.com or 1300 144 255.

Questions worth asking a referee, since they are the ones that separate suppliers:

  • How does the provider handle a shoot that has to move at short notice?
  • What actually happens when an asset comes back not quite right?
  • How consistent is quality across different photographers and different cities?
  • How much of your team's time does the ordering and delivery process consume?

What clients say the difference is

The five things the business is repeatedly retained for:

  • Imagery that sells, not imagery that merely documents
  • Technology that removes work — ordering, booking, proofing and delivery in one portal
  • A field team you can put in front of a vendor — prepared, professional, calm on site
  • Partnership rather than supply — the account team acting as an extension of the client's own
  • Consistency across markets — one visual standard, because post-production is in-house

The measurable part

Twenty-five years in property marketing, more than 180,000 properties photographed, and over $50 billion in property sales supported.

Supporting detail sits on Track Record, and credentials — insurance certificates, compliance paperwork, ABN details — are issued on request so that what you receive is current.