Breaking into PR: My journey from journalism to PR sorcery I still remember my first press release. Cue the music from the Hovis advert and Greg walking up a cobbled street to Ye Old Facsimile Pub. Truth is, it was indeed via fax. However, I hadn’t sent it. As a business journalist, I was the recipient. …
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Now, whilst the latter post sounds that my office might be based within the locality of Hogwarts, I was asked this question at an event last week; “What would you change in PR and Marketing?” Now, this was a question that was not about the industry, trust me, that would bore you to tears and …
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As I began to write this, over 75,000 people had signed a petition calling for St George’s Day to be a Bank Holiday. This is as reported by The Daily Express, which is interesting to me as a PR man and former journo. In fact, I have just posted a poll on Linkedin asking the same question …
Towards the end of 2023 I received a message via a network that spans the globe. A personal invitation to a select event where certain…secrets would be shared. It felt clandestine, at least in my fertile mind because I’d been contacted by the FSB. To some, those initials conjure nothing but to a massive James …
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A couple of years back, I stood on the opposite side of some perspex glass from one of the world’s most notorious offenders. He has offended most people and often, common decency. It might even offend you that I’m writing this! I was on stage just after the pandemic in a slot right before Piers, …
Think there’s no such thing as bad publicity? Trust me, it’s your funeral When I hear that tired old cliche “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” I cringe. The classic Gerald Ratner “cr*p” comment is the one that most often gets cited but that was at least off-camera and off the cuff. Plus, the …
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So, how do you make the media fall in love with you? There’s no need for incantations and you will be pleased to see that neither eye of newt nor toe of frog are on your shopping list. However, we are going to weave something of a spell here as we aim to at least …
Guess what? It’s my birthday! The reason I mention this isn’t a desperate cry for attention honest, it’s because it has to be one of the most common questions I get asked by people when they’re looking for press coverage and I’m talking about their business birthdays or anniversaries of course as we should call …
If Father Christmas was a journalist which list would you be on? According to my research, you better watch out. I am also reliably informed from my network of sources that you better not cry. Don’t even think about pouting. The reason for these tips? Simple, Santa Claus is on a deadline Of course, being a diligent …
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About 20 minutes. It’s true. That is how long it took me to get Press for An Expert member Danny Greeves into the global media behemoth that reaches 100m people a month and also how long it took me to get Careers guru Sheila Starr into the iconic “Cosmo” mag’s online site. Truth be told, there was work happening …
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