Everybody seems eager to hear the Chancellor’s Budget and many are planning their response as a business. I get it, to an extent. We know this has been a year like no other BUT what fascinates me about this whole ‘budget’ focus is that very few business owners I speak to actually have a budget …
Stop finger in the air thinking and stick THAT in your marketing budget Read More »
Press For Attention PR founder Greg Simpson has joined the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire branch team of the Institute of Directors (IoD) as PR and Communications Ambassador. As well as running Press For Attention PR for the past 13 years, Greg is also a regional champion for Nottingham with Enterprise Nation and a co-founder and committee …
Greg Simpson joins the IoD as PR and Communications Ambassador Read More »
And still found space for the founder of Green & Black’s and Lord Archer… Yesterday I attended a business conference run by Nigel Botterill and his Entrepreneurs Circle team. I get great value from these days out of the office as I get to work ON the business not in it and pick up loads of …
How I added Deborah Meaden and Sir Steve Redgrave to my marketing for under 500 quid Read More »
Actually, although PR has its moments, I’m talking about a chap at the property next door to me on Friday trying to earn an honest bob. A window cleaner. Now’ it’s not often one gets to quote George Formby in a column about PR and Marketing but today is that day so I will cast …
PR – for a nosey parker, it’s an interesting job Read More »
By the time you read this, I should know whether I am the TOP PR adviser in the UK following the Enterprise Nation #TOP50Advisers Awards. It will be a BIG day for me, whether I win or not, having already made the final 5 in a national competition and I’m being dragged down to London for the …
Awards, don’t just make a night of it – think BIGGER Read More »
I am writing this on a Thursday. However, this isn’t just ANY Thursday, as M&S might suggest, it is July the 4th, or ‘July 4th’ as our American cousins across the pond prefer. So what? I hear you cry. ‘We’re British and threw our tea in the river and that nasty lady mocked our footballers …
‘Carpe Diem’ – how you can leverage the calendar to power your PR Read More »
It’s not every day that you get to meet one of your sporting heroes. My chance came yesterday when I met the Olympic legend, Sir Steve Redgrave. I’ve been fortunate in my public relations career to have met and worked with a lot of interesting business figures. I’ve even chaired press conferences for James Caan …
So, Sir Steve, what made you get back in the boat? Read More »
I’ve just got back from supporting our new client, ValueLicensing at Smarter Business Tech Live – a major exhibition with nearly 200 speakers including my client. What stunned me was that I was one of very few people there from the marketing support perspective. Most exhibitors focused on getting there on time and standing on their …
Ever wondered what makes a great story or how to pitch to the media? Well, wonder no more. If you can get to Nottingham on November 21st, you can hear from a panel of local, regional AND national business journalists about how to take your PR campaign to the next level. If you’re a small …
Imagine you’ve just had a really stressful meeting. Your head is thumping. You’ve got 20 minutes until your next one. What will you do? You’ll find some paracetamol NOW. You’ll leave the office if need be. You’re curing a problem and you NEED it sorting. The trouble is, far too many marketers are trying …