PR Archive

  • At the end of last year I started wondering what percentage of a publication’s readership actually shares content online. So for the last few months I’ve been keeping tabs on...

    The Register is most tweeted IT Trade

    At the end of last year I started wondering what percentage of a publication’s readership actually shares content online. So for the last few months I’ve been keeping tabs on...

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  • Twitter was buzzing today with tweets about a rather unusual offer at Morrisons. Eagle-eyed shoppers had spotted that the supermarket chain is running a ‘Buy One Get One Free’ offer on its Valentines Day...

    2 for 1 Valentines Day cards: silly mistake or PR stunt?

    Twitter was buzzing today with tweets about a rather unusual offer at Morrisons. Eagle-eyed shoppers had spotted that the supermarket chain is running a ‘Buy One Get One Free’ offer on its Valentines Day...

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  • Steve Myers at the Chartered Management Institute posted a really interesting article yesterday about the impact that internships can have on young people’s career prospects. He flagged some stats from...

    Is it time we paid PR interns properly?

    Steve Myers at the Chartered Management Institute posted a really interesting article yesterday about the impact that internships can have on young people’s career prospects. He flagged some stats from...

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  • If like me, you’re a fan of Mary Queen of Shops, you’ll have loved tonight’s episode. The show saw retail expert, Mary Portas, travel up north to rescue a 115-year...

    Are you afraid of change?

    If like me, you’re a fan of Mary Queen of Shops, you’ll have loved tonight’s episode. The show saw retail expert, Mary Portas, travel up north to rescue a 115-year...

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  • Vodafone has today launched a Google mashup map using the #ukhols hashtag on Twitter. The map serves to highlight the company’s pledge to abolish roaming charges in many countries during...

    Vodafone launches #ukhols Google mashup map

    Vodafone has today launched a Google mashup map using the #ukhols hashtag on Twitter. The map serves to highlight the company’s pledge to abolish roaming charges in many countries during...

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  • The blogosphere and twittersphere is rife with journalists, PROs and members of the public identifying and publicising errors of judgement made by companies and PROs. It’s argued that by drawing...

    Is PR fail a PR fail?

    The blogosphere and twittersphere is rife with journalists, PROs and members of the public identifying and publicising errors of judgement made by companies and PROs. It’s argued that by drawing...

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  • Loewy today launched a new UK PR consultancy called Speed. Speed specialises in the business, consumer, corporate, and technology sectors, and has been formed by bringing together the teams of...

    New PR consultancy Speed launches

    Loewy today launched a new UK PR consultancy called Speed. Speed specialises in the business, consumer, corporate, and technology sectors, and has been formed by bringing together the teams of...

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  • While reading a post about the 5 stages of Twitter acceptance by Michael Litman I started to wonder how many of the bloggers in my list of top PR blogs...

    PR bloggers on Twitter

    While reading a post about the 5 stages of Twitter acceptance by Michael Litman I started to wonder how many of the bloggers in my list of top PR blogs...

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  • That’s the claim purported in today’s Telegraph. The claim follows reports that Harringey Council spent more than £3.4m on publicity during the 07/08 financial year, of which £2.2m was spent...

    PR killed Baby P

    That’s the claim purported in today’s Telegraph. The claim follows reports that Harringey Council spent more than £3.4m on publicity during the 07/08 financial year, of which £2.2m was spent...

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  • I am the third person to have been interviewed by Adam Lewis in his series of short interviews with PROs. Adam, who is a final-year PR, Advertising and Communications student...

    Flawless buzz interview

    I am the third person to have been interviewed by Adam Lewis in his series of short interviews with PROs. Adam, who is a final-year PR, Advertising and Communications student...

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