Discussion ranged from the nightlife in Southport to my dissertation and my blog post about the Logobama viral website a few days ago. A topic, which appeared on the Cake blog a few hours later. It’s probably just a coincidence, but a cool coincidence nonetheless.

I should find out about the job soon. So wish me luck!

The picture shows one of Cake’s PR stunts were they turned Trafalgar Square into a village green to promote the London villages to tourists. Strangely enough I talked about this stunt in my dissertation. I discussed how they had evaluated the campaign in terms of how many bloggers wrote about it, but didn’t disclose the readership of those blogs in PR Week. Readership is important because some of those blogs may only have two readers, whereas other may have two million. Therefore coverage in one blog can be worth more or less than coverage in an another.

Curiously my parents have both been invited to interviews this week. Perhaps there is something in the water?

It’s not the first time Davies has helped me. I quoted his Behind The Spin article, ‘Blog-it-yourself and watch your profile rise’ in my dissertation. I think this serves to prove that blogging can raise your profile. This is certainly true in Google. A search for ‘Matthew Watson’ shows my blog as the 4th result, just behind a Professor Matthew Watson from the University of Warwick.

Thank you to everyone who helped me with interviews:
(Alphabetical as always)

Heather Constantine, the parliamentary researcher for Ann Widdecombe

Iain Dale is a political commentator who blogs at www.iaindale.com

Sarah Halton of Tangerine PR

Roger Haywood the former CIPR and CIM president.

Ian Green the director of media at Green Communications

Johannes Kokert and engineer at Leica Microsystems in Germany

Simon Law, a junior product manager at Amadeus in France

Thibault Masson, the founder of international online marketing consultancy Fashion Fox

Katie McLoughlin of Trinity Mirror North West

Alexander Petricca, a professional photographer and blogger in Liverpool.

Douglas Smith the former CIPR president and MD of Parliamentary Perceptions

Margaret Tarpey the MD of Concept Communications

Nina Watson, the senior account manager at Concept Communications

Paul Watson the Global IT manager of Rolls-Royce Energy

Philip Young, a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland and prominant PR blogger

Special thanks also go out to:

Maxine Barnett who organised the ‘Two PR Greats’ lecture and introduced me to Douglas Smith and Roger Haywood.

Anne Gregory whose lecture on ‘Public Relations and its Struggle for Respectability’ at the Bradford University School of Management helped me enormously.

He gave this advice: “All students and PR practitioners should start blogging. I think it is a good way to show off your writing skills and show that you can think. I’d recommend people pick a subject they have knowledge of and stick to it.”

So hopefully this blog should stand me in good stead.

If you’re wondering why Patsy and Edina are brightening up this post it’s because I started up a facebook group today. ‘The PR People’ should help people on my course stay in touch after uni and keep each other up-to-date with any announcements. At least until the next big internet craze comes along and replaces facebook.