Civil servant Steph Gray is steering clear of blogging and using Twitter during the purdah period for the forthcoming general election. I’m thinking about whether I should the same.

My live blog from the second session at the Public Sector Forums web 2.0 conference.

Being able to combine traditional and new marketing techniques in integrated campaigns is an important skill for marketers and communicators.

A selection of interesting content I found this week.

My thoughts on the ethics of ghost writing in social media.

Social networking, email marketing and some UK usage stats.

Read more about the roles that social media can play in local government communications.

I had disappeared. Now I’m back, thanks to eventually completing my CIPR diploma.

The results for the CIPR Diploma planning assignment are out and I’m mighty relieved.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

Fellow blogger and CIPR Diploma student Simon Collister has just completed his dissertation looking at the influence of political blogs on mainstream media.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

For PR students, and particularly those studying the CIPR Diploma, here’s one of my answers in the Critical Reasoning Test I did earlier this year.

A Canadian study provides a welcome reality check: credibility of new media is rated significantly lower than old media

Find out how I built a website for the British Marine Electronics Association using the Wordpress content management system.

I’ve not had the time to blog anything like as often as I’d wished to over the past month and a half, but now I’m back.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

It’s been almost a fortnight since I last managed to write a blog post – which is pretty much the longest the blog has gone without tending since last Spring.

Blogging consultant Debbie Weil has taken some flak for emailing contacts encouraging them to comment on a client’s blog.

A round-up of statistics, analysis and research that I spotted this week.

It’s been a pretty hectic week, meaning lots of late night working and no time for proper blogging thanks to the arrival of the Tour de France in the UK.

I’ve been wading through consultation papers on a new UK law that could affect marketing and public relations people by April 2008.

David Taylor’s been inside Innocent HQ and has some interesting observations on what he saw.

Digital communication tools are evolving rapidly. Here’s a simple strategic way to see why new tools have been adopted so quickly.