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Greg Simpson appointed Enterprise Nation champion for Nottingham

Greg Simpson, entrepreneur, PR professional and founder of Press for Attention PR, is confirmed today as Enterprise Nation’s champion in Nottingham. Greg joins other regional champions who have been operating since August 2015 from the Midlands, South West, East of England and beyond. The role of the champions is to host events, deliver support and represent Enterprise Nation in …

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How to annoy a journalist – lesson 3

Leave a Comment / PR Agencies, PR Tips & Tricks / By Greg

In the final lesson ahead of our Nottingham event on April 14th, we’ve looked at B2C media relations. So if you want three quick tips to placing your product or boosting your brand, read on, Katherine Taylor has some great advice. Katherine Taylor, a features writer for eight years has seen and heard it all. Those lucky enough to …

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How to annoy a journalist – lesson 2

Leave a Comment / PR Agencies, PR Tips & Tricks / By Greg

In the second of our series ahead of our “Meet the journalists” event with Enterprise Nation on April 14th, we spoke to Ian Evans, editor of East Midlands Business Link and asked him for three pet peeves from PRs. Try to avoid these. They can make or break your next story. 1. At risk of sounding like an insufferable …

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How to annoy a journalist like Sam Metcalf

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Ahead of our Meet The Journalists event in partnership with Enterprise Nation we spoke to our panel of journalists and asked them very simply “what annoys you with regards PR people pitching their stories?” First up is Sam Metcalf, editor of The Business Desk East Midlands 1. The three-minute warning: with editorial teams cut to the bone, …

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The Budget – what does small business want?

Leave a Comment / Thought leadership / By Greg

You may be aware that Greg was recently appointed as local regional champion for Enterprise Nation . It is a role that means he is keen to hear from local businesses regarding the opportunities and challenges they face, which of course today will be focused on the Budget. Greg popped down to London earlier this month …

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Hack a hairdryer: IBM’s hot air hacks off scientists

Leave a Comment / Crisis PR, Politics, Thought leadership, Uncategorized / By Greg

Last night, I was fortunate enough to attend the BioCity Annual Lecture, given this year by Professor Molly Stevens of Imperial College London Amongst many accolades, Professor Stevens has been recognised as one of the ‘Top 100 Young Innovators’ and ‘The Times Top 10 scientists under 40’. It was an inspiring evening for all in attendance, …

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Want award-winning PR? Start winning awards

Leave a Comment / PR Agencies, PR Tips & Tricks, PR tips & tricks / By Greg

As I write this, our team is busily researching the award criteria on behalf of a client, for a major accolade. We do this a lot. Why? Very simply, it is about pride and profile. Here’s the official blurb from the editor (Ed Bedington) of the trade magazine associated with it, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser …

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Who is your who? Getting your message to your target market.

Leave a Comment / PR Agencies, PR Tips & Tricks, PR tips & tricks / By Greg

Rudyard Kipling knew a thing or two about writing. I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. Thanks Rudyard. Us marketing and PR folk have held these close for years. I’ve written previously on your “What?” so this time, I …

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We need to talk about Jeremy – don’t we?

Leave a Comment / Celebrity, Crisis PR, Politics, Royal, Thought leadership / By Greg

What a week it has been (so far) for Jeremy Corbyn. Winning the Labour leadership contest by a landslide by effectively NOT playing the PR game but secretly doing just that. Jeremy won a lot of hearts and minds by being himself. He is unvarnished. He is everything that most politicians are not and that …

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ER = good PR – the Queen as PR asset to UK

Leave a Comment / Celebrity, Politics, Royal, Thought leadership / By Greg

With today marking Queen Elizabeth II becoming the UK’s longest serving monarch, a poll by Sky Data shows that 70% of Brits would like to see the monarchy reign forever. All seems rosy for her majesty. Indeed, the popularity of the monarchy in general terms has rarely been so high, aided by the social capital …

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