Thoughts about writing too much text on adverts.

More councils and councillors using social media to communicate and engage.

Some thought-provoking questions on social media from the IDeA’s Ingrid Koehler.

Some thoughts after today’s local government communicators event in Birmingham.

An article I wrote for CIPR on local government and social media.

An early look at what the Digital Britain report means for marketing and public relations in the public sector.

Looking at online networking opportunities for local government and other public sector communicators.

A round-up of the interesting things I’ve spotted over the past few days.

Some interesting findings from Edelman’s annual trust and credibility survey.

A selection of interesting content I found this week.

Another example of misuse of technology in marketing – a bit more customer empathy required I think.

I’ll be speaking at a couple of communications events in the next couple of months.

A bumper round-up of interesting content I’ve seen on the web in the past few days.

If you’re thinking of offering me money to write your marketing and public relations assignments, don’t bother.

How does the credit crunch affect media consumption and the marketing mix?

Things that I seen on the web this week that were worth bookmarking.

Social networking, email marketing and some UK usage stats.

A few interesting research findings and some thoughts on RSS.

Some tips for PR, marketing and communications people looking for public sector jobs.

Links to interesting content I’ve found.

On Tuesday 11 November I’ll be running an open hour for blog readers to chat about anything I write about here.

My feedback on the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ latest consultation on social media guidelines.

We’ve been interviewing for a new role today, but the sheer rudeness of one candidate took me by surprise.

Looking at the use of social media in local government in the UK. Part one of a three-part series.

It’s been ten years since I started out on my marketing and public relations career.