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Winsday Wisdom – Neil’s business keeps on truckin’ after Daily Express coverage

This week, we’re celebrating business investor and scale-up expert Neil O’Brien, who has helped generate major coverage in the national press for his recruitment firm that specialises in the logistic industry. Read on to discover more… You may have heard that we have a lorry driver shortage? Panic at the pumps and all that? Well, …

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Winsday Wisdom – HR plus PR plus dogs in the office = Radio 4

Winsday Wisdom / By Greg

Welcome to the first in our new series called “Winsday” (wins from around the Press For Attention PR club to inspire you every Wednesday). First up, we’re celebrating HR guru and People pro Donna Obstfeld, who bagged a hat-trick of national media coverage culminating in an interview on BBC Radio 4 last week. Read on to discover more… …

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Media mastery – how to get your very own “Blue Tweeter” badge

PR Tips & Tricks / By Greg

This will not involve any sticky back plastic or pleading with your family and neighbours for used up Fairy Liquid bottles. If you do not get that reference, you are likely younger than me (43) or you probably aren’t that active on Twitter – also likely if younger than me. Hopefully, the following will …

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Local ambassador Greg plans warm reception for Nottingham businesses

Uncategorized / By Greg

Delighted to announce that I have been selected to be part of a nationwide roll-out of events across the UK designed to give the UK economy a major boost as we exit the pandemic. I will be the local ambassador of Entrepreneurs Circle, which has thousands of members across the UK. Entrepreneurs Circle (EC) is …

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Your press page – where reporters on tight deadlines come to die

General business / By Greg

Picture the scene….you’ve been diligently working on your marketing, perhaps even reading my blogs and videos, free PR tips and tricks. As a good student, maybe you’ve started to interact with your target reporters on social media? Gold star to you if you have! You might be doing all of this beautifully and any minute …

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Publicity, positioning, Piers and me

Celebrity, General business / By Greg

Earlier this week I stood on the other side of a perspex screen, mere inches from one of Britain’s most notorious men…Piers Morgan. Whilst the safety glass evoked “Silence of the Lambs”, Piers was predictably anything but quiet. However, like Mr Lecter, he was also incredibly polite. This, along with much he had to say …

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Colin the shots – this is not just any court case, this is..

General business / By Greg

Surely by now you will have seen the furore over the Colin The Caterpillar cake? It is a textbook example of how NOT to play the media game by one party and then how to have an absolute field day with it by the rest. To recap… It began last week (mid April depending on …

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Give us a clue and stop masking your marketing messages

General business / By Greg

Hello there, have you noticed how many more people are now using video in their marketing? Me included. Have you also noticed how many people are missing a massive trick here and are effectively masking their messaging? It is great that more and more business owners, thought leaders and go-to-gurus are braving the glare of …

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How I hid the PM’s wife from Sky News and other tales from the frontline of the press

General business / By Greg

● Hiding the location of the prime minister’s wife ● Chairing a press conference for Richard Branson at 20 minutes notice ● Standing in James Caan’s Mayfair office like a naughty schoolboy waiting for him to look up from his desk All this and much MUCH more will be revealed LIVE and Exclusive when I …

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13 years in business – unlucky for some?

General business, Inspiration, PR Tips & Tricks / By Greg

A ping on my Linkedin profile last week reminded me that it is 13 years since I set out on my solo voyage to run my own PR agency. 13 eh? Unlucky for some? Well, a global recession one month after starting in 2008 was unfortunate that’s for sure and this pandemic hasn’t exactly been …

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