Monthly archive: August 2008
London 2012 and that Hindley image
Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Why issues management, environmental awareness and common sense are vital when producing promotional materials.
Tags: beijing, london, london+2012, Marketing, public+relations
Categories: Advertising, Ethics, Marketing, Public relations, Public sector
Ether-Ray PR survey
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 am
Ether-Ray is running a survey of public relations professionals.
Tags: ether-ray, survey
Categories: Public relations
My three inspirational communicators
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Here are my three top communicators as part of Don’t Panic’s meme.
Tags: communicators, don't panic, dont+panic+projects, john lennon, richard branson, sebastan+coe
Categories: Blogging, General, Public relations
Jargon, plain English and local government
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Is “worklessness” really plain English, or am I being unnecessarily pedantic?
Tags: local government, plain English
Categories: Copywriting, Public sector
Latest trends in UK media consumption
Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Ofcom’s latest Communications Market report provides a great insignt into the UK’s changing patterns of media consumption.
Tags: communications, Marketing, ofcom, Public relations, uk
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Statistics, research and analysis
Teaching social media on university PR courses
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 6:36 am
How social media should be taught on public relations degree courses.
Tags: education, natalie smith, Public relations, public+relations, richard bailey, stuart bruce
Categories: Public relations, Social media
Mobile GPS location sharing with Yahoo! Fire Eagle and Map My Tracks
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Map My Tracks now works seamlessly with Yahoo! Fire Eagle to provide real-time live GPS tracking from your mobile phone.
Tags: Fire Eagle, GPS, location sharing, Map My Tracks, tracking, yahoo
Categories: Mobile, Social media
Geo-targetting web advertising
Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Web advertising campaigns can be targeted to specific areas, but how is this done and how accurate is it?
Tags: geotargeting, geotargetting, ip+targetting, Marketing, Public sector, web+advertising
Categories: Marketing, Social media
Public sector workers say go social
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 6:16 am
A new study looking at social media and local government is consistent with the findings of my CIPR research on the same topic.
Tags: local+government, public+relations, public+sector, social+media
Categories: CIPR Diploma, Public relations, Public sector, Social media
Whose job is social media in organisations?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Shel Holtz has a great post about the debate over where responsibility for social media lies in organisations.
Tags: communications, Internal communications, Public relations, public+relations, shel+holtz, Social media
Categories: Blogging, Podcasting, Public relations, Social media
Could planned communications have helped?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
How could better public relations have improved the announcement of changes to vehicle excise duty?
Tags: driving, Public relations, ved
Categories: Public relations, Public sector
Richard Stokoe on local government public relations
Monday, August 4th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Why is public relations in local government so defensive?
Tags: defensive PR, local government, Public relations
Categories: Public relations, Public sector
Escaping from CIPR studies
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I had disappeared. Now I’m back, thanks to eventually completing my CIPR diploma.
Tags: Blogging, CIPR, diploma, News
Categories: Blogging, CIPR Diploma, News, Personal development

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