The Small Business Guide To PR

What do you and Pablo Escobar have in common?

Other than making a pretty tired comment about diversifying one’s distribution channels and building profiles to curry favour with those holding the purse strings, believe it or not, I do NOT have a great deal in common with Pablo Escobar. However, you might (no offence)! It did tickle me I must say and I’ve had a …

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So, Sir Steve, what made you get back in the boat?

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 …

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“Think in pictures” – supercharge your PR campaign

My publisher got in touch with me last week and asked me to write a brief piece on anything useful for PR. Quite a wide-ranging brief that. I had a ponder, asked a few followers on facebook and twitter and eventually came up with an area of real concern but also MASSIVE potential to catapult …

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PR 101: How to write and send a press release

Did you know I’ve written a book? No? Well, I have. You can buy it here, it’s called the Small Business Guide To PR. I’m very fortunate that the team over at Enterprise Nation has been snaffling extracts from it for their audience and this week a particular section has generated a lot of feedback …

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Strange to write a press release about your own business when you are in PR

A funny old day today. I have spent over a decade advising clients on how to get the most out of their PR campaigns and here I find myself doing it for Press For Attention PR, my own consultancy. Strange it may be. Self indulgent? It feels like it a little, I must confess. However, …

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