Backlinks: To pay or not to pay?

That is the question…and digitally focused PR is the answer One of our most well-read recent strategy blogs was a piece we wrote on the link between PR and SEO – a relationship not all marketers are aware of. In…

COVID-19: How mainstream media weaponized bad news – and is history repeating itself?

It’s that time of the week again! Last year we looked at how national newspapers were reporting on the pandemic, with lockdown hindsight and panic-induced articles around supermarket shortages. Ring a bell?

The clock is TikTok-ing down for B2B marketing

With TikTok videos being short, sharp and structured, it’s hard to stop the endless scrolling we catch ourselves doing. This has inevitably meant B2C influencing has already found its way on to the app – but does TikTok have any…

Throwback Friday: How #PoolGate left the Rio Olympics press office green

Enjoy our Olympic blast from the past in this week’s throwback Friday blog, looking at 'PoolGate' from Rio 2016...

Are there lessons to be learned from Love Islanders? Brand influencing confirms its worth in the B2B space

It’s back! Love Island has returned to our screens for another summer – and it’s brimming with hopeful singles looking for love - and a soon-to-be career of social media influencing, and brand deals.

The power of words – without knowing it, you just told the media a lot about you

From columnists and editors to special correspondents and hacks, all of us often go by the simple moniker ‘wordsmiths’. Words do more than provide scrabble fodder. They shape our perceptions – about life, about governments, about business.

No more Covid stories, please: A deep-dive into the state of the global media 2021

The latest annual instalment of the ‘Global State of the Media Report’, published by PR and Marketing intelligence company Cision, provides us with an extensive update on what makes journalists tick in 2021, from story types and media challenges through…

Why now is the time to roll out your marketing campaigns to reach new markets and new geographies

2020 throwback: After unprecedented global disruption, businesses are looking to revive plans to reach new markets and geographies. But how do they move their products and services into markets where...

Farewell to the European Super League, we hardly knew ye

It takes a pretty large story to break through a news cycle dominated by Covid fog and the aftermath of a royal funeral, but well into the watershed hours Sunday night marked the start of a media whirlwind...

A look back at Prince Philip’s relationship with the press over seven decades of service

While there is admittedly little crossover between Royal life and our main area of expertise in delivering international B2B PR, there are several key milestones and lessons that can be taken from Prince Philip’s relationship with the media – including…