PR across borders: Are we all on the same page?

Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside PR agencies from around the world for my clients. As you’d expect, this always involves plenty of the day-to-day humdrum of co-ordinating a PR account across international borders – the conference calls, meetings, reports and the li...

Guest Post: Announcing the Sixth Annual Constellation SuperNova Awards

The SuperNova Awards honor leaders that demonstrate excellence in the application and adoption of new and emerging technologies. 

In its sixth year, the Constellation SuperNova Awards will recognize nine individuals who demonstrate true leadership in digital business through their application o...

To ping, or not to ping? That is the question

I suspect I’m not alone in occasionally wondering what the world of work was like before the advent of email. It’s strange to think that in the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t that long ago at all that email didn’t exist, so there are likely a lot of people out there who remember first-hand what...

Is improved marketing measurement your New Year’s resolution?

In the old days technology PR was measured by the weight of the clippings book, the circulation and AVE (advertising value equivalent).  The good thing about AVE is that if you get a piece in a national newspaper, the ROI is a zillion times what the client spent.  One of the many bad things about AV...

Big in Japan: Turning Reams of Footage into PR Success

This year saw the greatest event in entertainment media history since the Independence Day teaser trailer campaign. TBS in Japan saw fit to broadcast an hour-long special on the UK, featuring a substantial contribution by yours truly. I won’t dwell on the actual content of the programme, although...