What the PRBristol.co.uk team is reading
November 28, 2008
These are PRBristol’s interesting PR and media news links for November 26th through November 28th:
- Wadds’ tech pr blog - Great insight into social media
- Bebo, MySpace, Facebook Site Stats Issued - Bebo, MySpace, Facebook Site Stats Issued - Publisher: MarketingCharts
- Business Scene - Gloucestershire Add / Maintain Business Press Releases - Maintain press releases for local businesses in and around Gloucestershire
Do you “Digg” The Digg Effect?
November 28, 2008
We thought that we would give the subject of “Digg” a little more explanation in order that all readers (including Media Mouse) can fully understand the social news media site. This site has not only the ability to cause serious traffic to your website, but can also influence front page news, the reason being is that there are 22million editors on this site! That number includes 1.9m in the UK. Digg has very active users in comparision to Delicious, whose users are passive. The only downside is that Digg users are very net savvy and tend to avoid adverts and help stories that are not strictly true to hit front page. It’s similar to Wikipedia’s problem, but on the whole, the online editors are good at “burying” a bad story. A story such as this post regarding “The Digg Button” where you can affect a live counter by Digging the story. Can be voted on by clicking the Digg button. Users can either comment on or blog a story that has been submitted to the site. If you find like-minded individuals then you can become “friends” and shout stories that may be of interest to them.The effectiveness of the story definitely depends on the content or how influential you are - how many friends that you have on the site. Stories that are unusual, funny or capture the mood of the public tend to go well. The recent election in the US has seen a surge of activity on the site around popular stories such as this one, which achieved over 35,000 Diggs. For a guided tour go here, or take a look at the hottest news stories below. Each week PR Bristol will seek to float a story on the blog and Digg to gauge the popularity of the story. This can be done either by going to Digg.com and creating an account, or if you are familar with Digg, look for the little Digg symbol below every post of PRBristol’s.
——– Hat tip for the photo - 
Uploaded on June 3, 2007 by Night Star Romanus
A new solution to trouble in Broadmead
November 22, 2008
Originally uploaded by prbristolblog
As a PR you get to direct allot of photography and I have met some brilliant or famous and downright rude people on my travels!
This was my favourite photoshoot. As I had a battalion of Star Wars troopers to play with on the launch of the National Lottery’s Star Wars scratch card in Broadmead.
Share your favourite PR / news photos on the Flickr group Bristol PR Photography and they will be pushed on the site.
Isn’t this delicious?!
November 20, 2008
Most of us regularly use more than one computer and that’s where Delicious, the easy-to-use, free social bookmarking site, really comes in to its own.
Delicious allows you to tag, save, and manage your favourite/useful websites. You simply ‘bookmark’ the web pages that interest you. Think of it as a portable ‘favourites’ facility; wherever you are, whichever computer you’re using, you can still search through your favourite/bookmarked sites online.
Of course, there’s more to it than convenient access to your favourite sites. Not surprisingly, it’s a popular social tool, boasting 5 million users and 150 million bookmarked sites. You can share your discoveries with your friends and family, and use the site’s Network feature to keep track of the Delicious tags and users that interest you
If you would like to check the extent of your delicious network try Network Explorer for extra insight.
And if spotting trends is your thing, the sight has a hotlist on its home page that allows you to check out its most popular tags … simply Delicious!
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Hit tip for the pic:
Survival Toolkit for directors and business owners
November 20, 2008
Survival Toolkit for directors and business owners
Originally uploaded by prbristolblog.
They say that now is a perfect time to train your staff in preparation for the upturn in the economy when it comes.
With this in mind, would you like up to £1,000 worth of leadership and management skills training for your managers - all for just £135 (excl VAT)?
If so, visit - http://www.survivaltoolkit.co.uk
PRBristol Jobs: Bath based Account Manager, PR – b2b food and corporate
November 19, 2008
A superb chance to widen your PR portfolio working on a variety of clients in food service and corporate areas for this leading Bath based PR agency.
The role will suit an ambitious and motivated PR professional, with real drive and determination to succeed, and with great writing skills. You need to be able to hit the ground running, so providing you can demonstrate your solid writing skills, your interest and knowledge in public relations as a career, and your sound commercial skills, you will be in a good place to get this job.
Your role will include writing for and working with the media, trade, regional and national to get your clients message across in the correct way, liaising with the client and your team to ensure that all campaigns are managed to budget and on time, and generally ensuring that the client experience of working with the agency is profitable, pleasurable and purposeful.
Really great chance to join an agency with a superb reputation, ambitious growth plans and a secure and solid history, based in beautiful Bath.
You may be at Senior Account Executive level looking for your next step, or already at Account Manager level and seeking a new challenge, please do send in your CV either way.
Elizabeth Snell places marketing, creative and PR people into both permanent and freelance roles in the West of England, and the rest of the UK. With seventeen years experience in PR recruitment, and an extensive contact database, our candidates are always extremely well represented in their job search. Clients and candidates enjoy our innovative, creative, honest and professional approach.
Interested, passionate about the marketing and communications industry and award winning, you can be assured of the very best service in your job or people search, from experienced and dedicated consultants.
Committed to attracting talent from the most junior level of candidates and retaining it in the industry, please visit www.graduateplusuk.co.uk for details of our tailored recruitment solution for graduate and entry level candidates.
The West of England is a stunningly beautiful part of the country, and our major cities and towns here are filled with some of the most brilliant creative talent in the country (as are some of our smaller villages and towns!). The PR and marketing communications industry here is full of motivated, dynamic individuals, with passion and energy - working on international and national clients. Our clients are not looking for candidates who feel that they would like to “retire to the country”, but for intelligent, creative people who would like to enjoy the benefits of living surrounded by simply gorgeous countryside, whilst at the same time being able to work with national and international clients and produce award winning work.
Of course, we are surrounded by the sea and beautiful countryside, all within a half hour drive of any of the major towns and cities, and so you can really experience getting the work-life balance right, without compromising your career.
South West UK - a great place to live and work.
Contact
office@elizabethsnell.co.uk or call 01275 373 455
Media Mouse: Bristol Evening Post and Western Daily Press to become one?
November 19, 2008
Now, I am expecting some Stilton in my Xmas hamper for this!
Rumours abound about the Bristol Evening Post and the Western Daily Press becoming one paper. This may be only speculation but it does follow the trend of merging Sport and Business news desks and ITV news rooms.
Can we assume that this may become the formula across the board with Northcliffe - might we see similar moves with the Western Morning News?
Well, for that one you will definitely have to come through with the Stilton…!
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Hat tip for mouse pic.
Three different ways to digest the news
November 17, 2008
Sick and tired of the old newspaper or even the mainstream news website? Well, here are three ways to get a different news experience, by tracking several stories at once or even tracking location and popularity.
- If you haven’t already bookmarked our PRBristol media centre, please do, as this is a great way of scanning a snapshot of Bristol, UK news and trade PR or media news.
- Secondly, if you want to get a handle on breaking news on Digg, then my favourite way (and my screen saver) is Digg swarm, where readers swarm around new stories and make the popular ones grow.
- But the winner has to go to Newsmap, an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps to display the enormous amount of information gathered by the site.
Hat tip - Pic by Joris Machielse
Friday Funny: Alfred’s big secret
November 14, 2008
Very funny featured video on our homepage by some of Bristol’s finest.
Finally uncovered, the terrible secret kept buried for 60 years! Filmed in 1 day, edited in 4 hours for On Sight & Panasonic’s short film challenge, part of the Wildscreen 08 festival.
Must See PR and Media Links from PR Bristol.co.uk
November 13, 2008
Here are PRBristol’s interesting PR and media news links for November 12th:
· News: UK consumers to spend 7% less this Christmas - Marketing Week - Consumers are planning to spend 7% less this Christmas compared to last year, according to a survey by Deloitte. The consultancy warns that retailers are facing one of the toughest festive periods for years.
· DMGT to axe 300 jobs in London | Media | guardian.co.uk - Daily Mail & General Trust is set to cut up to 300 staff across its London-based newspapers including the Daily Mail. By Oliver Luft and Ben Dowell.
· BBC Radio 2 broadcasts apology for ‘grossly offensive’ Brand-Ross prank | Media | guardian.co.uk - Short statement describes call to the former Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs as ‘unacceptable intrusion’ into private lives. By Haroon Siddique.
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