Between 2008 and 2011 Preston embarked on a career writing and joint-writing songs for other artists and notable successes were the Number One hit "Heart Skips a Beat" for Olly Murs, along with "Don't Say Goodbye", "On My Cloud" and "Just for Tonight" also for Olly Murs, "Hard to Love Somebody" for Arlissa Feat.Nas, "Beautiful" for Kylie Minogue and Enrique Iglesias, "Goodnight Goodbye" for John Newman and "Lighthouse" and "Wait for Me" for Lucy Spraggan's major label debut album "Join the Club", which Sam Preston completely co-produced (bar two songs) with James Flannigan.