Thank crunchy it’s Friday?
Friday afternoon and I was in the middle of a social media training session with the team from one of our clients operating in the professional services sector. One of the director
Trust me, I’m a Journalist!
“Trust me, I’m a journalist!” Well, I used to be, not so long ago, until I made the not-so-giant leap to the “dark side”. With one swift sidestep I moved from a dea
Newspapers and Social Media – Parallel Media?
Saturday morning and I’ve just read through the newspaper, The Irish Examiner, which we have delivered with the milk on a Saturday! From the age of 13 till 21 I delivered eno
Johnny Logan and knowing your audience!
I was listening to the Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM yesterday and they were interviewing one of this year’s nominees to be selected to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovis
Game Changing Interviews
Just before the New Year we decided to publicise a vacancy for a Senior PR post in our Dublin office. We deliberately wanted to leave the job description open so that it would invi
Lessons we learn from Lance and Oprah
The whole world was watching, as Lance Armstrong confessed all on Oprah about his doping allegations, which he stated helped him secure 7 Tour de France wins – he could not h
Those Days are well and truly gone?
“Those days are well and truly gone” she said with a nod that demonstrated clarity and conviction around the topic. Around the table everyone nodded their heads agreein
Me and Kim Kardashian splashing in the sea!
“Why is it so hard to build followers on twitter?” I get asked frequently by clients and at my courses. Kim Kardashian has over 17 million followers on Twitter. Maybe s
A Train Journey and the Top 10 LinkedIn Tips
Imagine sitting on a 3 hour train journey and across from you and next to you there are other business people that you don’t know. Other than some pleasantries you arrive at
First impressions count…
In 1960, the relatively unknown Senator John F Kennedy debated against Vice President Nixon in a US first television live debate in a presidential election campaign. It’s widely
