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How to write an effective press release

I recently wrote this for the business reality website www.inafishbowl.com if you haven’t seen it there, have look here and then head over to the site for some great free advice on building, running and growing a business. Or, you can have a nose at all of my free “How

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Rolls Royce considers PR on corporate reputation

I have said previously that Rolls Royce needs to think about the way it comes across. A great company but sometimes a tad too slow to respond – notably in light of the Quantas (Trent 900) saga. I’ve been told that they are in a tricky balancing act here which

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Flairmonkey Puts Shirt On My Back For Movember

So I had the bike,  I had a route/s but I had no shirt. I thought an average footy top would do but it slowly dawned on me that this would be an error. Enter Flairmonkey . I’d met Brad Legrand, one of two Directors of this Nottingham-based sportswear firm,

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Press For Attention PR Gets On Bike For Movember

I’ve decided to put my mouth to good use. It had to happen some time. Please contribute in some small way if you can to this excellent cause. In essence, I’ll be leaving the warm confines of the office this month and heading off on my bike across the region

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Is Nottingham going to outlaw Robin Hood?

I’m writing for http://www.creativenottingham.com/ this week and thought I’d respond to a survey that says we don’t make enough of Robin Hood in Nottingham. I’m not sure. Is he outdated or under-used? Are we mising a huge trick here? I suspect we could do a lot more with him –

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Rooney and Ferguson, Man & Boy United after PR Wars

So, after all that, Rooney signs a new contract. Well, that scuppers my original blog on the PR battle between the two biggest egos at Old Trafford. I was going to suggest that whatever the outcome, United and Ferguson had gained more support from the neutrals and the United support

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Clegg Nicks Communicator of the Year

  Well this will be interesting to revisit next year….Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg snaffled the Communicator of the Year gong in last night’s PRWeek Awards 2010. The judges made up of senior PR types praised Clegg for his general election comms campaign that “positioned him as a fresh alternative

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