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 …
How I added Deborah Meaden and Sir Steve Redgrave to my marketing for under 500 quid Read More »
I took a call this week from the BBC asking me to comment on some breaking news. ‘No problem’ I said, frantically opening up Google to see what it might be, as I’d not had time to read the papers yet – something I do every morning to see what angles my clients might leverage …
What to do when the phone rings and it’s the BBC Read More »
Ever wondered what makes a great story or how to pitch to the media? Well, wonder no more. If you can get to Nottingham on November 21st, you can hear from a panel of local, regional AND national business journalists about how to take your PR campaign to the next level. If you’re a small …
Not the long lost manuscript for the next Harry Potter book but a debate I was invited to join on BBC Radio Nottingham this weekend. It came about after local author Beth Moran wrote a really interesting piece about being invited to “pimp” her coffee at a family restaurant. NB: not a Prince lyric. I was invited …
One wonders who advises these minsters on their PR. Unless you believe this was unplanned of course. If it was stage managed, I’m not sure how they got the pupil to ask that question, maybe they just got “lucky” but my word, this will allow any budding #Govebuster to haunt him for weeks and months …
Well, this is a pickle. Poor old Lord Hall has only been Director General of the BBC for a week or so and he’s already faced with a major issue. With “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” riding high in the charts following a very successful facebook campaign by anti-Thatcher protesters (it already tops the …
Ding Dong – let battle commence over BBC playing THAT song Read More »
Plenty of outrage this week with Jeremy Clarkson forced to issue an apology for his rant about striking public sector workers. In case you missed it, Clarkson’s latest outburst came on the ever-so-cosy The One Show, you can view it here along with the full context of what he actually said. Essentially, when asked about …
This week, the BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones spoke to Mike Lazaridis, the co-chief executive of Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian firm behind Blackberry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n987fbiJJb4] That sounds like a good PR opportunity doesn’t it? Well, it would if he and/or his publicist had prepared fully first. If you aren’t aware, after some nice and cosy questions …
Back off the RIM – Blackberry CEO’s PR tussle with BBC Read More »
The danger of the show turning into a political X Factor, complete with hysterical audience was very real and I must say that the BBC may regret the perceived witch hunt format that at times threatened to turn the villain of the day into a victim. However, Griffin’s lack of skill and I’m guessing, zero PR strategy other than “get on TV Nick”, meant that he couldn’t exploit this chink of opportunity to the fore.
Thanks to everyone who voted in the recent Ryan Air poll on this blog.
Good news for them really. 50% of you may have not changed your opinion but a whopping 44% did and changed it in favour of the airline. Only 6% of you liked them less.