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YouTube: the channel of choice for C-level execs

{ 5 Comments \ Tags: , \ Feb3 }
YouTube: the channel of choice for C-level execs Something bad happened to your company? Scandal occurring? Negative press from the traditional media outlets? Reputation damage? There's always YouTube. YouTube is becoming the communication channel of choice among senior executives during a time of crisis. CEOs, presidents and other ...
Business, PR General

An Inconvenient PR Truth – time to end PR pollution

{ 13 Comments \ Tags: , \ Jan28 }
An Inconvenient PR Truth – time to end PR pollution www.inconvenientprtruth.com 1.7 billion irrelevant press release emails estimated to be received in total each year by UK and US Journalists alone 78% of press release emails are received by Recipients to whom they are irrelevant 55% of Recipients have taken action to block ...
PR General

I too have Social Media sweats

{ 9 Comments \ Tags: , \ Jan7 }
I too have Social Media sweats Tom Murphy, Irish guy who does PR for Microsoft in the States and one of the first people I met through social media*, nails it with his latest blog post. I think I am having Social Media sweats. There are just ...
Business, Europe, Global, PR General

Communication On Top – Davos, Switzerland 8 – 9 Feb

{ Comments Off \ Tags: None \ Dec12 }
Communication On Top – Davos, Switzerland 8 – 9 Feb Catch me and a host of other professional communicators speaking at the Communication on Top conference in Davos on the 8 and 9 February. Very much looking forward to presenting and also viewing the other presentations outlined in the programme. ...
Off topic, PR General

Facebook flaw? (look away now)

{ 2 Comments \ Tags: \ Nov12 }
Facebook flaw? (look away now) Facebook has a really bad flaw. It's so bad it could break up marriages and relationships. It's not exactly a flaw of Facebook's to be honest; it's more of an application flaw but ultimately the fault lies with Facebook. There's a ...
PR General

UK Journos now on Twitter List

{ Comments Off \ Tags: , \ Oct30 }
UK Journos now on Twitter List Last night Twitter (finally) gave me permission to access its new List feature that's been buzzing around the Twittersphere lately. In a nutshell, Twitter Lists allows a users to create lists of other users ... in fact, that's not in ...
Media, PR General, Technology, UK

UK journalists on Twitter Update

{ 25 Comments \ Tags: , , \ Oct28 }
UK journalists on Twitter Update About a year ago I carried out a piece of research that looked at UK journalists using Twitter which was positively received from both PRs and journos. In fact, I'm going to stick my neck out and say it probably ...
PR General

Party conferences + Twitter = Twinge

{ 1 Comment \ Tags: \ Sep29 }
Party conferences + Twitter = Twinge My friend Alex Pearmain has given me the heads up on an initiative his employer, PR agency, Fishburn Hedges, is involved in along with Channel 4 News which involves using Twitter to engage the public during party conferences. From the announcement: "The ...

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