Prime minister dunks out of biscuit question
on Oct 18, 2009 in Uncategorized When it comes to the crunch Gordon Brown shows a taste for evasion in the great biscuit debate reported The Times yesterday, tongue firmly in cheek. In his first webchat for Mumsnet, it was the topic of his favourite biscuit that apparently threw the...

It pays to be quick sometimes when it comes to sex
on Sep 25, 2009 in Online PR PR digital pr Lloydspharmacy sex degrees of separation OK, OK, so I went with an attention-grabbing headline… This week has been a classic PR example of how getting a story out first can make all the difference to the end results. We’ve been working with Lloydspharmacy on a sexual health camp...

Can journalists can make a mint as bloggers?
on Sep 14, 2009 in blogging Guardian Jeff Jarvis Image by A Hermida via Flickr Back in June I asked the question, “Is PCW’s demise the beginning of the end for tech magazines?” Print journalism in tech has been on a gradual decline for the past few years - not necessarily in q...

Vid of the week: Social Media Revolution
on Sep 10, 2009 in social media marketing social networking Erik Qualman social media Social network socialnomics If you need to convince someone about the importance of social media from a communications point of view, show them this video. It starts by asking, “is social media a fad?” (one I get asked often) to, “or is it the biggest shift...

MobsterWorld - when a viral game resembles a virus
on Sep 7, 2009 in Twitter social media marketing MobsterWorld spam Well I’d like to think it happens to the best of us. Yes, I’ve been caught out by a spam issue. It happened last week when I checked out an Twitter-based game called MobsterWorld one lunchtime. While there are loads of Twitter apps out t...

Cloud Computing explained in plain English
on Sep 4, 2009 in Tech Cloud computing software as a service tech pr The second online video that’s caught my eye this week: this time being an explanation about cloud computing. OK, maybe this one’s for geeks only and I’m sure it simplifies matters somwhat. But as a tech PR bod, I’ve found mys...

Online PR is like having a party…
on Sep 3, 2009 in Online PR SEO social media marketing PR Public relations social media Online PR is all about Community from RealWire on Vimeo. RealWire has produced a video explaining how online PR, using the oft-quoted party analogy. It’s a good way of explaining what it’s all about though, at least for online PR and soci...

Facebook sacking highlights disconnect between private and professional social networking
on Aug 15, 2009 in PR Uncategorized social networking facebook Facebook sacking FriendFeed linkedin social media Twitter So, slagging your boss off on Facebook is a bit stupid, especially when he’s a ‘Facebook friend’. No surprises there. It didn’t stop one girl, who it’s generally agreed deserved the ever-so-well worded dressing down and...

Facebook acquires Friendfeed - social networking gobblefest continues
on Aug 11, 2009 in News social networking facebook FriendFeed Google It’s a dog eat dog world in social networking, with Friendfeed the latest to be gobbled up - Facebook getting in on the action this time. I’ve never been a particularly active Friendfeed user, but the acquisition seems to make sense as t...

Twitter’s PR relatively unscathed as attention of outage story focuses on identity of hackers
on Aug 7, 2009 in PR Twitter Denial-of-service attack DOS facebook I’m still a little surprised that Twitter’s outage made the front page of the FT today. Was it a PR disaster for the media world’s favourite social networking site? I think they might just about have got away with it. You would have...