Archive for the ‘Corporate communications’ Category

Can you blog your way out of a crisis?

October 30th, 2006 — Mark

I am addressing a CBI conference this week in Birmingham, UK, where the agenda is to discuss Crisis Management and digital media.
When we established Market Sentinel two years ago we thought that online monitoring and response would be a leading part of crisis management. As time has gone on and we have learnt [...]

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Blog response: Whole Food boss shows the way

July 28th, 2006 — Mark

The Whole Foods blog
A call from Dominic Rushe of the Sunday Times who is writing about business blogging. I talked as plausibly as I could about what is going on in the UK, but in truth there has not yet been a lot of movement by corporates towards setting up blogs. I [...]

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The Chief Policeman’s blog

July 19th, 2006 — Mark

Chief constable Richard Brunstrom of the North Wales force launched a blog on Monday this week. On BBC’s PM radio programme he said:
“We deliberately didn’t tell anyone about it. We just wanted to do it quietly and see what happened. And look what happened. Two days later I am on [...]

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Interacting with bloggers: how to do it well

July 3rd, 2006 — Mark

This is a simple, useful “how to” from Boris Mann on how PR and marketing professionals should interact with bloggers:
- Use permanent links (and make them intuitive)
- Provide product information (as much as possible)
- Project personality (don’t be a robot)
The full link is here.
(via Steve Rubel)

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Finding a brand online – the Shard of glass

June 20th, 2006 — Mark

A mile and a half up the road from our office in London is an area – Borough – which has undergone huge investment over the last few years. There are plans for even greater development, including constructing the tallest building in Europe, the Shard of Glass, designed by the man who co-designed [...]

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