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Stand up for good public relations

By + on March 16, 2006 in Business, public relations, Reputation Management

Who would believe it? Here I am developing a rant about why PR gets such a bad rap and then what’s the very next item in my feed but this call to action on The Bad Pitch Blog. Sign the…

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PR and politics have lots in common

By + on March 16, 2006 in Business, Government, Politics, public relations, Reputation Management

Public relations and politics have a lot in common. Not least is the fact that both PR practitioners and politicians are frequently criticised by people who know very little about the subject but think they are expert commentators. The reason…

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Yorkshire Forward podcasts

By + on March 15, 2006 in Business, Government, Leeds, Marketing, Podcast, public relations, Yorkshire

Yorkshire Forward has unveiled its new podcasts which “give visitors to the web site the chance to listen to audio files containing the highlights of our major regional events”. Eight different audio files at the moment including The instructions are…

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Rupert Murdoch on the demise of ‘old media’

By + on March 14, 2006 in Business, Marketing, public relations, Reputation Management, Self Promotion

If you’re in business, the public or voluntary sector and you still think that this blogging and social media thing is just hot air and hype then perhaps you might take notice of Rupert Murdoch who in a speech (MediaGuardian)…

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Blogging requires passion and authority. Which leaves out most people.

By + on March 10, 2006 in Business, public relations, Reputation Management

I’m not always a huge fan of Hugh MacLeod’s cartoons. But this one appealed:

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Hartlepool Mail editor moves to Yorkshire Evening Post

By + on March 8, 2006 in Business, Cumbria, Leeds, public relations, Yorkshire

UK Press Gazette reports that Hartlepool Mail editor Paul Napier has been named editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post. The appointment follows the departure of Neil Hodgkinson to become editorial director of Cumbrian Newspapers, where he started work this week….

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Wal-mart targeting bloggers for sympathetic stories

By + on March 7, 2006 in Business, CSR, public relations, Reputation Management

While I’m blasting Asda Wal-mart for its unethical union-bashing policies it appears that in the USA it is using Edelman PR to identify bloggers who have written sympathetic or positive posts about it. Edelman is then asking the bloggers for…

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Milliband to become first blogging cabinet minister

By + on March 5, 2006 in Business, Government, Leeds, Politics, public relations, Yorkshire

The Sunday Times is reporting that David Milliband (who was orginally from Leeds) is to become the first blogging cabinet minister. It’s a typical tacky Sunday Times story with more spin than a fairground ride. They lead on the rather…

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GMB, Asda and trade union blogs

By + on March 3, 2006 in Business, Politics, public relations

I’ve argued before that blogs present a potentially powerful communications tool for trade unions. Blogs could provide a way for individual union members to explain their point of view directly to the public. Individual workers are nearly always at a…

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Will this idea help a PR student improve her CV/resume?

By + on March 3, 2006 in Business, Leeds, public relations, Self Promotion

Over the years I’ve helped several PR students to improve their CVs (and portfolios). Some of them have even found jobs, hopefully my advice was a help rather than a hindrance. Leeds Metropolitan University student Alexandra Pullin has just blogged…

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