Archive for January, 2010

How to Stop PR Spam

28/01/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
How to Stop PR Spam

The writing of this post was accelerated by today’s launch of An Inconvenient PR Truth, a marketing campaign from RealWire with its own clever take on the PR spam situation.  It’s easy on the eyes, cleverly tied in with RealWire’s colours and even comes with its own journalists’ Bill of Rights But of course, it’s...
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Thank Me Later: The Role of Gratitude in Social Media

19/01/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
Thank Me Later: The Role of Gratitude in Social Media

Good manners are great- like social alchemy, they lubricate the processes of every day life, giving a little advantage to those who use them effectively. But as with all things, they require balance.  Perhaps it’s because it exposes their ritual, arbitrary nature but gratuitous deployment can breed suspicion or come across as weakness.  I...
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Why the Nexus is not “just another Android phone”

06/01/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
Why the Nexus is not “just another Android phone”

Okay, let’s make this clear: The Nexus is just another Android phone. However, it’s one that Google have thrown the full weight of their marketing effort behind. Bear in mind these guys don’t hold press events for the opening of every envelope- the last big one announced Google Wave and that was only as...
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Thoughts on Journalists’ Public Relations Relations

05/01/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
Thoughts on Journalists’ Public Relations Relations

Whatever your business, reputation is important. But in media-related industries like journalism and PR, it’s absolutely vital. Today’s fuss about Kevin Braddock‘s naming and shaming of PRs has been interesting in itself but I think it reflects another interesting aspect of the UKTJPR community; Some journalists are much better at their own PR than...
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