Category: Blog
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PR starts at home!
Have you ever taken a long, hard look at your business – and I don’t mean examine it from a “business” or “financial” perspective, but actually look at your business as your customers see it?
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Can you monetise PR?
“Making Money” – why do we view the phrase as a bit dirty? Maybe it’s down to historic social etiquette, which makes us reluctant to discuss it and to monetise anything we do, positioning cash made as more accident than by design.
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On the Case
It surprises me how few companies use case studies effectively. Case studies should be one of the most important tools in your marketing kit, primarily because they help make a product or service more realistic, whilst also presenting them in the context of a real-world environment.
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Awards – Self Indulgent or Opportunity Knocking?
Awards – ‘they’re a waste of time’, ‘fixed’, ‘self-indulgent’, ‘what’s the point’ and ‘they’re just an excuse to flog a few tables and get drunk’ – these are all the comments I have heard over the years about the many industry awards out there, but whilst they probably get more than their fair share of…
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Here’s to Women in Construction!
It was great to see so many women in attendance at the Ground Engineering Awards 2019. In fact, a record number of guests was matched with a record number of women attending, and I was proud to play my part by presenting the Community Engagement Award.
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Marketing and Sales – Same Thing?
It is surprising just how many companies we work with that view marketing and sales as pretty much the same thing. And I suppose at first glance they are – I mean, marketing and sales are functions both aimed at increasing revenue and their synergistic relationship means it is easy to miss the difference between…
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Don’t put your eggs all in one basket
With so much of the world’s attention focussed on Social Media – it is all too easy to forget that other channels of communication exist, and some of these may actually be more beneficial to your business and its products and services.
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Branding & Logo – What’s the connection
Though we could write pages and pages on the topic, in short blog speak, ‘branding’ is the personality of your business or organisation and encompasses the services it provides. It is the way you want your company viewed and how your target market – your customers – view you.
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What is the price of expertise?
Sector specialist or not – is often a dilemma faced by clients on the lookout for a new PR agency – do you go for the ‘industry expert’ or a generalist with a spread of clients across many sectors?
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Writing to be heard
We can all write copy yes? But can we write copy that gets read and more importantly, gets your message across?
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The Big Event…
Events, conferences and exhibitions are a bit like Marmite – you either love them or hate them! Some swear by their value whilst others see them little more than over-priced ‘jollies’, or in the case of conferences, tell you what you know already and charge you for the privilege, but is this true?
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PR – You only get what you put in
Good Public Relations (PR), that contributes to real bottom-line gains starts with being a good client. It’s easy to decide that you need PR, and you may make many an agency jump through several virtual hoops as your shortlist endeavours to guess your requirements, before settling on one that chimes with your ideas and vision…