This blog also appeared on The Huffington Post. Last week a handful of men experienced, at first hand, what it is like to be outnumbered at senior levels. The Women’s Business Forum attracted more than 420 high powered delegates from the UK and America. Of these just 13% were men. According to the Davies Report, … Is football holding women back from the UK’s boards?
If you have one shred of doubt left about the business value of LinkedIn……. Read this! Just see what discussions can be developing about your business behind your back – and how, if you are alert, you can dive into the conversation and pick things up with your customers. At the weekend I spotted a … If you have one shred of doubt left about the business value of LinkedIn…….
PR agencies that share news bulletins and press releases online on behalf of clients could potentially be doing more harm than good. Recent developments in Google’s SEO ranking strategy (which aims to ensure more credible sources rank higher) mean that PR agencies who don’t keep up to date with SEO could fall foul of Google’s … PR Agencies: How sharing Press Releases can decrease your own and your client’s google ranking
This infographic of the Charity 100 Social Index illustrates a six month study of how well charities are using social media and how this correlates with their financial performance. Cancer Research UK comes out top for its combined brand strength and financial strength. As the infographic shows, it is not just volume that determines the … The Charity 100 Social Index: The link between social media strategy and financial strength of charities
I mentioned that I have been on a social-media-holiday-reading-fest. A key goal was for me to become better at SEO (search engine optimisation) for our own and clients’ blogs. SEO is writing website and blog copy in a way that search engines can find – and get you higher up Google rankings. My next book … 8 easy steps to improve your search engine rankings
I have attended two events in the last week that shed very different lights on public relations and what people believe PR is about and does. It made me wonder what businesses are buying when they decide to hire a PR consultant. With colleague Helen Standing I attended a session called How to Find the … Is Public Relations right for your business? Three tips for choosing a PR agency
This summer I have been on a glut of holiday reading about social media. I had thought I was buying the more ‘advanced’ books and while most of them covered a lot of basics for newbies, each book had a number of new ideas and tips. But what struck me most as I ploughed up … Twitter is the favourite social media of the gurus
Even if you don’t have children and rarely read blogs you’ve probably heard the term ‘mummy blogger’. It refers to parents (‘daddy bloggers’ are also now taking off in a big way) who blog about anything to do with their children. There are thousands of them but some have become incredibly influential, winning major awards … Why are ‘mummy bloggers’ so influential? And what could professionals learn from them about social media for business?
Any company with an active PR team or agency is usually keen to get the appointment of a new director featured in their local press. Local and regional media is generally easy to achieve – but what chance is there of getting a corporate appointment featured in the national media? Here we show how we … How do you get your director featured in national press?
