What We Think

Charity

Budgie Smugglers, Boldness and BIG Thinking

There’s a reason why MOST charity challenges don’t get much press traction and it might sound a bit mean. Sorry. Now, forgive me for slipping back into journalist mode but here goes. It comes down to a simple factor….they all look/feel the same. Or a lot of them do anyway.

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Uncategorized

Your audience didn’t disappear. They just stopped talking.

The users are still there. Tens of millions of them. They’ve just gone quiet. Not left. Not logged off. Not “dead platform.” Just… lurking. Ofcom says social media participation has dropped from 61% to 49% in a year. That’s not a dip, that’s people collectively deciding, “I’ll just watch.” Scroll,

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Marcus Sheridan

Marcus Sheridan, The Follow Up

Earlier this week, I shared a question I asked Marcus Sheridan: “When people begin to use the They Ask You Answer/Endless Customers approach, do you see the wider industry and media starting to seek them out more organically?” His answer was immediate: “Oh Greg, this is a great one… because

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Marcus Sheridan

Marcus Sheridan, I Asked, He Answered

Here’s a question I normally ask potential clients who want to work with me to power their PR: “Do you follow Nigel Botterill? What about Daniel Priestley?” Most of the time, they say “yes”. This helps a lot, because a lot of my methodology follows Nigels’ approach (via Entrepreneurs Circle)

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Awards

Most Entrepreneurs Won’t Win An Oscar This Weekend

Most entrepreneurs won’t win an Oscar this weekend. But here’s something worth paying attention to. When someone wins an Oscar, nothing about their talent suddenly changes overnight. The same actor…The same performance…The same work. But the perception changes instantly. Now they’re an Oscar-winning actor. That tiny shift in wording changes

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General business

Greenwashing or a wheely good PR move?

   I had to take my “Chelsea Tractor” in for a service last week (and two new tyres this week – urg). Before I did, I got a little email from the good folks at my local Landrover dealership asking me whether I actually WANTED to have my car washed, whilst they fettled about

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