You can’t teach creativity in PR
You can’t teach creativity. That’s what I hear. I’ve heard it a lot, too. Well, relatively speaking. It tends to...
10 December 2012
2012
The data-day challenges facing many PR firms
Data. Data, data, data. In PR circles data has become the new black. Or the new designer drug, depending on...
30 November 2012
Things I wish people would say more often
The English language… innit marvellous? Full to bursting with fabulous linguistic delights. Expressions and sayings that mean the opposite of...
25 November 2012
The Smiths for Christmas
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the Smiths releasing their first single and first album. In a career that...
17 November 2012
Facebook, gay marriage and management incompetence
On Friday 16 November the High Court, in London, found in favour of 55 year old Adrian Smith who had...
17 November 2012
Google+ … like the internet, only with a gun to your head
I have a great many things to be thankful for. One of them is my job. Too many people have...
16 November 2012
The time is running out for vanity metrics
Social media has come a long way. You can tell this by its ubiquity. Back in the late 1990s when...
12 November 2012
Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down
It’s that time of year when people get struck down with colds and flu viruses. Well, here in the northern...
12 November 2012
Why it’s time to stop counting your retweets
How easy would it be to write a post ridiculing the practice of assessing the success and relevance of your...
26 October 2012