Does Five Blocks work with agencies as well as direct clients?
Yes. Five Blocks serves both direct clients and agencies. Much of our work comes through PR, public affairs, and investor-relations firms that refer clients to us for digital-reputation work outside their own offering, so the two channels operate in parallel.
Yes. Five Blocks works with agencies and direct clients in parallel. Much of our work begins as an agency partnership: PR, public affairs, and investor-relations firms refer clients to us for digital-reputation work their own teams do not handle. We also take on direct engagements, where a company comes to us without an agency in the middle.
The two ways clients reach us
| Through an agency | Direct | |
|---|---|---|
| How it starts | A PR, public affairs, or IR firm refers a client for reputation work outside its own remit. | The company engages Five Blocks directly, with no agency in between. |
| How we operate | As a white-label partner or as a named specialist alongside the agency team. | As the client’s primary reputation team. |
| Best when | The client already has an agency relationship it wants to keep, and the digital-reputation work is a specialist add-on. | There is no incumbent agency, or the client wants the reputation specialist as its direct point of contact. |
Why both channels work
- Agencies refer rather than compete. Many agencies send clients to us because our digital-reputation work sits outside what their own teams do, so referring the work lets them offer it without building it in-house.
- Direct clients need no agency. Companies without an agency, or those that want a specialist as their primary contact, engage us directly on the same work.
- The work is the same either way. Whether an engagement arrives through an agency or direct, the digital-reputation work is the same. What changes is who owns the client relationship and how Five Blocks is presented.
So the answer is not agencies or direct clients; it is both. If you are an agency, we can take referred work as a white-label or named specialist. If you are a company evaluating us directly, you do not need an existing agency relationship to work with Five Blocks.
Last reviewed: 19/05/2026
