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Vidioh adds 'wow' factor to networking with video business cards
You know you’ve got the ‘wow’ factor to blow people away but does that factor come into play when you meet someone for the first time and hand over your business card?
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X Factor finalist and paralympic charity join forces for London 2012 Legacy
X Factor finalist Andy Abraham and Seb Coe sports and music charity Get Kids Going! have joined forces to raise money for a paralympic sports academy.
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 13/8/12 | 0 comments
Content marketing? Just blogs innit?
Google has changed its rules for SEO and is now ranking websites with active content higher up its results listings. Nielsen has published a report trust in advertising and branding is falling fast. This has lead to the emergence of 'content marketing'. What is it and why bother?
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 1/6/12 | 1044 comments
Quiet! Is it possible to be an introvert in PR?
Do those who shout loudest get noticed more? Or does the quiet, studious and clever introvert have the last and longest laugh? Susan Cain argues that quiet is the new loud but does it work in PR?
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 18/4/12 | 1 comment
The Problem with Press Releases
Why is the PR industry so over-reliant on press releases when clearly some things should never be press released? Understanding how journalists work would go a long way to getting coverage and managing expectation.
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 10/4/12 | 1 comment
Ten things from X Media Lab Bath
Experience is everything. There was plenty of good stuff to shout about at this year's X Media Lab event in Bath. Here are a few things that we liked and that stuck in our heads...
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 19/3/12 | 2 comments
Ouch! Can business PR learn anything from boxing?
Boxing promoters are good at hype. Muhammed Ali was a very good self-publicist, Chisora and Haye less so. Now Peterson is wading in on Khan ahead of their rematch. It starts with words. Is there anything businesses can learn here?
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 13/3/12 | 1 comment
Someone change the classical record please!
Martyn Ware, former Heaven 17 and Human League musician and founder of the Illustrious Company, who will be speaking at X Media Lab Bath on 16 March, blogs for the New Statesman.
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 1/3/12 | 0 comments
Government to make creative industries announcement at X Media Lab
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries will be attending X Media Lab in Bath in March to announce a government initiative for the UK's creative industries
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Posted by Marc Ambasna-Jones on 29/2/12 | 0 comments
Marcom PR is in The Times business section today talking about consultancy risk/reward fee experiences. There is a photo of MD Marc too
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