Unless you’ve been living under rock for the past month you will have seen, heard about or even participated in the widespread charity initiative ‘ALS Ice Bucket Challenge’. Social media channels across the globe have been filled with home-made videos showing everyone from former presidents to local post-men dumping a... read more →
Aug
29
Aug
21
Greggs has been in the news this week thanks to the fake logo, complete with offensive slogan, which came to light because of a Google algorithm error. This had the potential to be a PR nightmare, but Greggs’ social media team handled the situation so well that the media coverage has... read more →
Aug
14
Facebook turns ten It is truth universally acknowledged that models and actresses are most beautiful just as they are being discovered - they are getting attention, they know they have something special but they don't quite know the power of it, and it excites them. The same can be... read more →
Aug
07
How public relations and SEO are in conflict over keywords and content. Will there be war? The tension between many PR professionals and SEO specialists is tightening now that social media has become a vital element in both their worlds. The battleground is influence of content creation, and often... read more →
Jul
31
The woman in black wandering through America, personalised toast and a shop selling products made of felt are just some of the stories that have hit the national news recently. Yes, it’s that time of year – silly season. With the MP’s on recess and much of the UK on... read more →
Jul
24
In the age of social media we can all be guilty of occasionally over sharing and flaunting our opinions through digital means. After all, it’s a forum designed to express ourselves. But just how far is too far when it comes to tweeting without thinking? It doesn’t take long for... read more →
Jul
17
Believe it or not it’s almost time when every parent in the Country, who perhaps hasn’t been as organised as they should be, gets a tight knot in their stomach. Yes, I’m talking about none other than the dreaded (for some!) six week holiday. By now the panic has most... read more →
Jul
10
So, you have arranged a photo shoot to help boost your campaign, the photographer has turned up on time, as has your appropriately dressed client. The lighting is just right and you’re ready to go. But before you send the prints off to your carefully chosen list of publications, have... read more →
Jul
02
As the Monty Python reunion get under way at the O2 Arena this week it’s worth remembering that their creativity and intellectual risk taking has produced some of the most talked about, remembered word for word and applauded work on stage and screen for decades. Their global brand, idiosyncratic humour... read more →
Jul
01
Some say that when Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are a-Changin” back in ’64 his song and the same-named album were the perfect encapsulation of the underlying tension and uncertainty (not without a splash of hope) sweeping through western politics and society at the time. Fast-forward 50 years and... read more →
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