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By Niki Wheeler, Director, Launch, Mariah Carey on repeat on the radio, Christmas trees twinkling in receptions across the land and diaries ram packed full of calls, creative sessions and festive catch-ups. As the Christmas Gift Guides close for another year, it’s all about fresh thinking as 2019 plans get finalised. More time out of the …
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On 10 July 2018, I pulled up in a cab outside CIPR’s headquarters in Russell Square, London. There was a crowd outside, including quite a few of my colleagues. I thought for a moment that the fire alarm might have gone off. However, rather than shuffling awkwardly from side to side, as is tradition during …
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By Matthew Rock, One of the most intriguing sub-plots in the Brexit process has been the performance of the corporate lobbying community. Most of us would have expected the voice of business to dominate the original referendum. In reality, business often seemed sidelined, not quite in tune with the visceral nature of the debate. After …
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By Julia Ruane, When an issue starts trending online a good PR team gets creative fast, finding ways to maximise its popularity to build engagement with their audience. Remember Oreo and their Superbowl blackout tweet? But the best PR teams do more than that – they don’t just look at how the rising trend could bring …
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By Deb Sharratt, I’m about to celebrate my 8th anniversary as an independent PR practitioner. It’s not a role I chose. It was after redundancy, and the need for a flexible working environment, with two small children at home. However, I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve worked with some amazing people and clients. I’ve grown …
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By Gemma Storey, Gamers are a passionate bunch – one minute they love a game developer – the next they’re ripping them to shreds on Reddit, launching campaigns and starting a backlash. But why does this happen? Is it just a mixture of entitlement, social media anonymity and being angry at the world? Or is there …
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Here’s my analysis of the opportunities and challenges that public relations faces in the next 12 months. There’s no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I’ve recorded on my blog during 2018. It’s where I’m placing bets over the next 12 months. Please let me know what …
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Bill runs a small family owned toy shop that’s doing okay. He runs it himself and all his staff are family who all pride themselves on their friendly service. Then his daughter Ruth needs to go on maternity leave so he hires Lucy to cover for her. It’s a phenomenal success as sales the following …
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If you’re not proud of working in public relations it’s probably time to find something else to do. There’s a sport in public relations to publicly undermine what we do. Don’t get me wrong, reflection is a positive means of learning, and is something that I practice myself, but self flagellation in industry media helps …
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A firestorm erupted last week when The Times business journalist Deirdre Hipwell tweeted her frustration at being constantly asked by PR and SEO consultants to include hyperlinks to their clients’ websites in her online articles. What hasn’t been reported, however, is how she has been mercilessly trolled and abused about it. When Deirdre initially tweeted …