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Time for Labour loyalists to speak out

By + on April 20, 2008 in Business, Politics

This is both a professional blog where I talk about business and public relations, but also a political blog (more so since I stopped writing on my old councillor blog). For sometime I’ve been quietly fuming, with the occasional Twitter…

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Microsoft’s dumb switch to Multimap

By + on April 12, 2008 in Business, Technology

A long, long time ago there was a British internet mapping firm that was really innovative and I used all the time. That firm was Multimap. And then along came Google Maps and then Microsoft Live Maps and I forgot…

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Ethics, cheer leaders and word of mouth marketing

By + on April 7, 2008 in Marketing, Self Promotion, social media, Word of Mouth

Over on the Wolfstar blog there is quite a vigorous debate on word of mouth marketing and the ethics of marketing to young people. I’ve also just put up our ‘blog rules’ and would really welcome comments on either the…

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Who should YOU vote for London mayor

By + on April 4, 2008 in Uncategorized

Truth is that even though I’m a political junkie I’m fed up with the level of national coverage the London mayor is getting. But this little London Vote Match quiz is still quite fun in helping you to decide who…

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Tom Watson announces Power of Information Taskforce

By + on April 2, 2008 in Government, public relations, Public Sector

Excellent post on Tom Watson’s blog announcing the establishment of the Power of Information Taskforce. It’s chaired by Richard Allen, the former Lib Dem MP and now head of government affairs at Cisco. As Tom says “Richard has a vast…

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