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Sony Ericsson announces new GreenHeart strategy in live Kyte webcast today

By + on June 4, 2009 in Business, public relations, social media, Video, Yorkshire

Today Sony Ericsson is announcing GreenHeart, which represents its commitment to bring to market more environmentally friendly products. It will be announcing more details in a live webcast in the UK at 13:00 (GMT+1) today (for early bird’s that 5:00…

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Labour’s new online strategy

By + on February 9, 2009 in Business, Politics, public relations, social media

Over the last few weeks I’ve had several people ask me face-to-face (it’s still the best way to communicate), online and by email, what I think of Labour’s burgeoning new online presence in social media. The latest was a tweet…

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Top ten ways not to choose a social media consultant

By + on December 19, 2008 in Business, Marketing, public relations, social media

I’ve just come from a breakfast meeting with Thomas Gensemer, the managing partner of Blue State Digital (BSD) and Joe Rospars, partner in BSD and Barack Obama’s former new media director. My post was inspired by a comment from Gensemer…

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How web 2.0 and politics interact with social media and business

By + on November 1, 2008 in Business, Politics, social media

I’ve spotted a couple of interest titbits that help illustrate how what is happening in social media and web 2.0 is changing the way we conduct and experience politics and business. The first is “Web Puts Dog-Whistle Politics on a…

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The Economist Seventh Annual Innovation Summit – CoverItLive

By + on October 31, 2008 in Business
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General knowledge – the most essential skill for PR

By + on August 11, 2008 in Business, public relations

Jane Smith at pr.(in a jar) has an interesting post on the good general knowledge skills, or lack of, in the public relations industry. She worries that it might “sound fogey-ish” to complain that “today’s new graduates don’t read much…

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Letter in today’s Guardian

By + on July 26, 2008 in Business, Politics, Self Promotion

The Guardian has very kindly printed my letter in today’s paper: I’m ashamed that Tony Woodley, the joint general secretary of my own union, has made an outrageous personal attack on John Hutton, one of the best cabinet ministers for…

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Farley’s baby milk and why is Heinz telling lies and ripping off customers?

By + on July 14, 2008 in Business

My daughter is now just over one year old. After starting off on her Mum’s milk she gradually moved over first to a combination of mum and formula, and then to just formula. To begin with we used ready-made SMA…

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Financial Times asks “Is blogging good value for the C-suite?”

By + on July 12, 2008 in Business, public relations, social media, Social Networks, Word of Mouth

Today’s FT.com has an interesting article that asks “Is blogging good value for the C-suite?”. It’s quite a thought-provoking, if slightly confusing article, by-lined to Urs E. Gattiker, the inventor of My.ComMetrics.com and founder and Chief Technology Officer of CyTRAP…

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Music industry PR – who would have thought it

By + on May 30, 2008 in Business, public relations, Self Promotion

Those of you who know me well will perhaps be surprised by Wolfstar’s latest account win – dance music DJ and producer Chris Lake. In my 20+ years in the public relations industry I’ve handle a massive variety of clients,…

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