rebecca on June 18th, 2010

Antony Mayfield has written Me and My Web Shadow a book about online reputation management, we ask him why he did it and how readers can manage their own reputation online. So what gave you the idea for the book? The idea began with a video I did for the Institute of Chartered Accountants called [...]

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rebecca on October 19th, 2009

Help is needed: Rebecca has been asked to speak at a Cambridge University Careers service recruitment evening about our industry. I’d like to give them a decent informational talk with a bit of humour thrown in. Here’s the brief. You may remember we met back in the Spring and amongst other things I mentioned that [...]

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rebecca on July 30th, 2009

Congratulations to James Whatley for a fine piece of crisis management on the SpinVox blog. They have been under fire following a BBC article by Rory Cellan-Jones here , SpinVox's response   and his latest rebuttal here . Kevin has followed the clear rules of how to diffuse a crisis by sticking to the plain [...]

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rebecca on April 1st, 2009

I have returned from the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) conference in Austin, USA and, as last year, I attended some great sessions and met interesting people.  This year I was also speaking at the conference. With the recession beginning to affect agency businesses I sought out those sessions that might be useful learning and [...]

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rebecca on March 19th, 2009

Back from the maelstrom that was the Digital Mission I find my in box crammed with trivia.  LIke this one from wonderful agency, Joshua G2 .  Or rather, their PR agency Zest Corporate .  Or rather their account handler Paul   Hi Rebecca Hope you’re well. I have included a release from Joshua G2. Joshua G2 [...]

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rebecca on March 17th, 2009

Pete Lerma – Click Here/The Richards Group Over the past 10 years we have seen  a bit change in digital.  Integration = leveraging a variety of marketing communications platforms and using each to their maximum potential.  Digital doesn't have to follow the traditional creative lead.   When you do it right the whole is greater [...]

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rebecca on March 16th, 2009

Karly Hand – Karly Hand @identitycrisis Erin Portman – Erin Portman PR @erinportman Brian Solis – PR 2.0@briansolis Peter Shankman – HARO @skydiver In a world riddled with ADD are PR agencies still relevant? Solis – Twitter is changing everything – an opportunity as communicators / brand managers.  Real-time flow.  Is it distracting? Where do [...]

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rebecca on June 9th, 2008

THe good just got really great. sending unsolicited and inappropriate marketing messages has always been close to what we now call spam.   In the blogosphere, this direct approach without first establishing an online relationship and credentials / rights is considered more invasive and inappropriate than in the offline or email-only world. Bloggers are very [...]

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rebecca on March 12th, 2008

Anyone working in Marketing communications might find this website a useful resource. MyRagan has a good selection of  forums, groups and interest areas which will give you nice new ideas that you can use for your clients' campaigns. Use the 'take the tour' video on the home page when you visit for the first time.  [...]

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rebecca on December 17th, 2007

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