PR Tips & Tricks

Pablo Escobar meme

What do you and Pablo Escobar have in common?

  Other than making a pretty tired comment about diversifying one’s distribution channels and building profiles to curry favour with those holding the purse strings, believe it or not, I do NOT have a great deal in common with Pablo Escobar. However, you might (no offence)! It did tickle me I must say and I’ve had …

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Greg Simpson - Press For Attention - R E Porter your VIP Customer

Why do you and your website keep ignoring this VIP customer?

What if I told you that there’s a secret customer that you’ve missed? A customer might well have been sniffing around your website and your social media profiles for ages. A customer that is incredibly powerful with the ability to open the floodgates to your lead generation and marketing? https://vimeo.com/manage/522819380 Meet R. E. Porter – …

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Avatar – terrible film, brilliant message for marketers seeking a new year’s resolution

OK, maybe you loved the film but I fell asleep about 15 minutes in. However, that is all I needed to hopefully get a key concept over to you about how to create professional marketing campaigns that actually work into your planning for 2021. I’d like you to use this as a new year’s resolution. …

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How I added Deborah Meaden and Sir Steve Redgrave to my marketing for under 500 quid

And still found space for the founder of Green & Black’s and Lord Archer…   Yesterday I attended a business conference run by Nigel Botterill and his Entrepreneurs Circle team.   I get great value from these days out of the office as I get to work ON the business not in it and pick up loads of …

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‘Guilt free chocolate – well, almost!’ How to win at PR with one sweet headline.

‘Guilt free chocolate’ – grabs the attention doesn’t it?    It sure worked for Jo Fairley when she launched Green & Black’s back in the early 1990’s.   Now, bigger than Marmite and cooler than Prada, Green & Black’s is a truly iconic British brand.   Like me, Jo Fairley is a former journalist who switched to the …

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SEO v PR v Advertising v The Times – how NOT to win at media relations

  The battle for hearts, minds and marketing budgets rages. Can’t we all just get along?   The answer of course is YES, if you integrate these specialisms they wield HUGE power for the marketing arsenal.   However, as with all weapons, they are dangerous in some hands.   Especially if you throw social media …

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