Has Google just removed the business purpose of Google+ overnight?
As the New Year approaches Google has decided to roll out significant updates to its struggling social network Google+. It’s no secret that Google+ whilst attracting billions of sign-ups has a tiny...
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My three words for 2016
Happy New Year! Another year, 12 months to make a difference. If you’ve been following my writing for the last few years you may know that on January 1st I focus on three words that I use as a guide...
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Book review of Managing Online Reputation by Charlie Pownall
Managing Online Reputation: How to protect your company on social media By Charlie Pownall Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 236 pages Full of valuable anecdotes, practical social media guidance, and...
View ArticleAre the days of traditional retail banking numbered?
In two years’ time the revenue models of traditional retail banking may be under threat from rapid digital advances being spearheaded by the new EU Payment Services Directive which came into force this...
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See beyond your age: 26 life lessons at age 26
Last Monday I hit the beginning of my late-twenties and started to think about life lessons. I find it difficult to comprehend that I was 18 years old eight years ago. Family photos show the quick...
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Twitter Stock Price: 4 challenges in takeover territory
Twitter’s stock price is beginning to look like a side-on sketch of some of the mountains I’ll soon be visiting in the Lake District. Last week it took another nose dive due to extensive site downtime...
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The Independent: where print declines, online soars
Standing in front of keen-eyed sixth form students, I delivered the blow of realism. Your career in public relations will be more digital than you can imagine. After pulling up the print circulation of...
View ArticleJoining the CIPR’s new Future Practitioner Forum
Without the contributions and academic vigour from the PR community, my degree in PR wouldn’t have been possible. Fast-forward four years and I’m lucky to have spent my time in full-time employment,...
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For PR success, have a rest
I feel on top of the world! Out of breath, struggling up a boggy slope. That’s exactly what an office lifestyle will do to you if not balanced with some honest exercise. It was worth it for the view,...
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Ofcom, protect tenants by introducing flexible broadband contracts
We’re moving home, the time of digging out utility contracts and organising switches. Water bill was instant, TV licence was instant, moving Council Tax took 5 minutes, transferring energy took 11...
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Markets are international conversations
This article was first published in the Lansons newsletter, focusing on an international theme. I’ve often obsessed about the social connections between humans, as if somehow the act of touching one’s...
View ArticleDon’t lose yourself in social media
A genuine blog is more than sharing formal articles, it’s an uncomfortable gaze into the life of its author. Personal posts are usually the easiest to write as the words flow but the hardest to...
View ArticleThe biggest challenge is keeping up with the news
There has been a lot of research over the last couple of years to recognise the shift between a media relations based model of working, to instead becoming a crucial part of management consultancy....
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11 Views From The Thames That Show London At Its Best
I became a tourist in London last weekend. Travelling on a boat from Westminster to Greenwich, curving around the Thames and seeing bits of the city move from left to right; it was a breath of fresh...
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UK companies struggle to manage their reputation in their home market
UK companies are struggling to manage their reputation on their home turf. This is according to a new report published by the Reputation Institute today that is based on more than 50,000 ratings...
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Facebook reveals 10-year plan to take over the world
Social virtual reality, a 360-degree camera, and chat bots in case human conversation becomes mundane. These were some of the announcements from Facebook’s (almost) annual developer conference called...
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UK Blogger Survey 2016: It’s all about fashion and poor PR pitches
It’s all about lipstick, dresses, and fancy underwear when it comes to the UK blogging community. This is one conclusion that can be drawn from the biggest ever survey of UK bloggers, conducted by...
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SEO is no longer a discipline, it’s a skillset
Tickets selling out in four minutes, a mile-long queue outside the venue, over 1,700 attendees; you would have thought a West End Musical or international musician was visiting Brighton. No, this is...
View ArticleI’ve started a new blog about beer: justbrewing.beer
“Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and waste a lifetime!” – Bill Owen Starting a blog is a big decision. Not only can feeding it posts and updates be like running your own amateur...
View ArticleThe importance of digital content for asset managers
Whilst many asset managers in the US have invested in digital and social media, in the UK it feels like we’re still catching up; representing an era before the internet really became useful. So...
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