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What is Instagram? Instagram is an image-based, photo-sharing social media platform. The platform allows users to upload photos and short videos, which can be altered with filters, annotations and emojiis. Launched in October 2010, Instagram rapidly rose in popularity and it is now the third biggest social media platform in the world. The platform was […]
Many PR tips provide advice on whether to agree to media interviews during a reputational crisis, but fewer seem to answer the question as to whether you should accede to an interview request during the normal course of work. Many organisations receive requests from media contacts for interview or comment when they issue a news […]
Reputation, reputation, reputation. Oh, I have lost my reputation! (Othello, Act 2, Scene 3). Some unusual things have been happening in business of late. Organisations which are not used to saying sorry have been saying sorry. The ‘disruptors’ have been learning that disruption can only go so far until society and individuals begin to kick […]
What is Twitter? Twitter is a microblogging platform where users can post web links images and messages in under 140 characters. Founded in 2006, Twitter has 313 million monthly active users and has quickly become home to media, celebrities and brands. Twitter is accessed through an account, which is referred to as a ‘handle’ and […]
Today, we look at crisis communications, especially as it applies to private schools. The latest issue of Archant’s A+ Education Guide dropped through our door yesterday. The mix of adverts, comment and profiles aims to help confused parents in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset make the best choice of private school for their […]
360 integrated PR has joined the Public Relations and Communications Association. The PRCA is Europe’s largest and most influential PR and communications membership body. We have joined because we feel it is important to make public our commitment to standards, ethics and talent development. The PRCA provides the framework for us to do this. We look forward to […]
What is Facebook? Established in 2004, Facebook is one of the biggest and most prolific social media channels with over 1.71 billion monthly users. (August 2017) The channel enables individuals to sign up for a personal profile using their real name from which they can post content to their own and their friends’ ‘wall’, interact […]
In the past few years, social media has become an essential communications tool for businesses who want to engage directly with their fans and potential customers. One of the questions we get asked all the time is ‘Should my business be on X social media channel?’. This question is more complex than it might first appear. […]
When I started to think about this blog, it was the potential trials and tribulations that Brexit might bring to the British kitchens industry that I mused upon at first. That was before I picked up a discarded copy of the Süddeutsche Zeitung at Munich Airport on 13 July and was greeted by the news […]