by Mohammed Waheed Did the Northern Lights internship help me? Was it worth the time and career development? There is only one answer to this question and it is a big resounding, YES!! Is it going to be worthwhile? I was a bit sceptical when participating in the internship in regards to how it could … Where there’s a will, there’s a job – Internships, the way forward?
Interesting to spot that the FT has this week written …. “People grumbling to friends about their health or waiting times at hospitals is nothing new. But as more choose to do so on internet forums and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, they may be surprised to learn that hospitals and healthcare professionals … NHS eavesdropping – why is this a news story?
Hardly a week goes by in Yorkshire without an event or workshop on social media. It seems that our appetites for anything digital are insatiable. Last week I attended a sell out social media breakfast seminar organised by the Chartered Institute of PR’s Yorkshire and Lincolnshire group. Deborah Copeland, head of online PR at … ‘I have a cunning plan’ – making social media strategic
by Shaeeb Tanwir, I was one of the interns on the Northern Lights PR internship during the summer of 2010 and learnt a lot from it; currently I work for a digital marketing agency called Zeal Digital and have found a lot of the skills I learnt during my time at Northern Lights have been … Northern Lights developed my Zeal for Online Marketing
Peter Finnegan and Filiz Ozakinci are the Chartered Institute of PR’s student reps at Leeds Metropolitan University. They attended a guest lecture on ‘PR in the Boardroom’ given by Northern Lights PR’s chief executive Victoria Tomlinson as part of an autumn lecture series celebrating 20 years of the PR degree at the university Northern Lights … PR in the Boardroom
Phil Byrne of The H2 Companyrecently mentioned Blog Carnivals in his guest blog for us. Phil has kindly written this follow up guest blog for us to explain more! When you hear the word ‘carnival’, music, dancing, games and costumes are probably the first things that come to mind. Well now there’s a new carnival … How To Find & Submit To Blog Carnivals
Today we have asked Phil Byrne, one of the UK’s foremost Web optimisation experts, to give us his take on blogs and their importance to good SEO. Here are his tips for the day
Writing a blog is hard enough. But at least once it’s up, comments will come flooding in. Right? Wrong! This is perhaps the most surprising part for bloggers – you have to work just as hard at getting comments as writing the thing initially. There are three key ingredients to generating blog comments: writing a … How do I get a comment on my blog? Five practical examples of what’s worked for us
I’ve been reading a book by one of the world gurus on social media – Engage! by Brian Solis. As you might guess from the title, it’s about engaging with your audience – as opposed to pushing messages out as corporates often do through their marketing and advertising. The first part is a recap … Ten ways to Engage! an audience through social media – with thanks to Brian Solis
