PRIDE AWARDS - CIPR Bristol
November 12, 2008
Another PRide awards has passed us by again and 11 agencies from the 38 in Bristol took part. Notable results were Trimedia taking team of the Year off JBP and Pam Lloyd PR taking Outstanding Small Consultancy.
For me, the most creative campaign this year was Tai Chi farmers for Love OM by Bray Leno, which won the Best Use of New Media this year.
I have put a summary of the Golds below, but if you want to see who missed out or came close take a look at the CIPR website.
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Hat tip - Terren from Virginia for the photo
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Corporate Communications
Entry name: Helping business cut the red tape
Entrant: Montpellier Marketing Communication Group
Community Relations Business and Trade
Entry name: South West AIM Barometer
Community Relations
Entry name: South Gloucestershire Festival of Youth Sport
Best Publication
Entry name: Me and my dad made this
Entrant: Marshbank Public Relations & Marketing Consultants
Outstanding Young Communicator
Entry name: Shelley Fletcher
Entrant: Shelley Fletcher - Deborah Clark & Associates
Outstanding Small Consultancy
Entry name: Pam Lloyd PR
Public Sector
Entry name: COP Cards
Entrant: Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
Consumer Relations
Entry name: Trunki UK media campaign
Best Use of New Media
Entry name: Tai Chi farmers for Love OM
Best Publication
Entry name: Me and my dad made this
Entrant: Marshbank Public Relations & Marketing Consultants
Best Website or Microsite
Entry name: www.british-asparagus.co.uk
Best Event
Entry name: Gloucestershire Festival of the Youth Sport
Outstanding Young Communicator
Entry name: Shelley Fletcher
Entrant: Shelley Fletcher - Deborah Clark & Associates
Outstanding Small Consultancy
Entry name: Pam Lloyd PR
Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team
Entry name: Oldbury Power Station Communications Team
Entrant: Oldbury Power Station
Outstanding PR Consultancy
Entrant name: Trimedia
Has Web 2.0 shot the sheriff?
November 10, 2008
There is a definite “doom and gloom” feel to the blogosphere and this is not solely down to the Credit Crunch…
With talk of Web 2.0 killing journalism, blogger commentators such as Elisabeth Lewis-Jones FCIPR, President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) have reacted to reaffirm that the PR profession does require journalists.
Certainly, there seems to be a shift towards more use of online technology at the sacrifice of regional media journalists. As a result, the usage of press releases “word-for-word” is on the increase, but we cannot blame the news rooms across the South West for this. A constant stream of redundancies has seen editorial teams slashed across the region.
Some PRs seem to be happy about this scenario but I believe once the level of journalism decreases so does the readership.
PROs need listeners and readers too! We cannot have the PRs running wild without the “Sheriff” journalists to keep them in check.
I feel that journalists need to make more use of the online tools available to them, such as Digg, Reddit and Newsvine, in order to track breaking news and help them to free up time for the journalism of old.
I think that Web 2.0 actually allows journalists to become “opinion formers” and we need to encourage this for all of our sakes. For example, Web 2.0 allows journalists to break up-to-the-minute news in real-time to the masses, unlike print.
The Public Relations Road Map of Bristol
October 14, 2008
Pic - © Leigh Moore
Gulp … well, here it goes: the Public Relations overview in Bristol! We have had a lot of feedback regarding the media in Bristol and now it is the turn of public relations agencies, news agencies and PR freelancers in Bristol and the West of England.
As you would imagine, PRBristol has a good handle on a number of PR agencies in the area and, at the time of writing, our own network, The Watering Hole has 104 members, from PR agencies, sole practitioners, in-house PRs, freelancers and suppliers. But this is not comprehensive so we have added Montage Communications‘ (the Bristol PR agency who publish the blog) research into the competition too.
Why should we share this intelligence with everybody? Because the industry as a whole needs to be promoted and because the contribution of freelance PRs in and around Bristol needs to be recognised, so that we can all benefit from a larger slice of the marketing mix.
So what are the trends? There seems to be quite a bit of rebranding going on at the moment. Martin Powell, well known to many of us, has renamed his agency Empica.
When I carried out similar research in 2003 before setting up Montage Communications, we scoped 54 PR agencies but now there seems to be 36. There could be several reasons for this - mergers, more freelancer practitioners and (dare I say it) the credit crunch…?
Feedback is welcomed so if you have not got a website let us know if we can use your email address - also, let us know if we have missed anyone out.
PR Agencies
- ADPR - PR is plain sailing with ADPR. One of the country’s top marine PR specialists.
- Berkeley PR – helping businesses prosper from public relations.
- Blue Stone PR
- Brandon Hill Public Relations
- Bray Leino
- Column Inches (UK) Ltd
- Corixa - Creating tailored, strategic communications specific to each client and situation.
- diablo PR - Aims to take the mystery out of media relations and the pain out of public relations
- Empica - Media relations and publicity agency producing measurable results in a wide range of sectors.
- Golley Slater Public Relations Western Ltd
- Geometry PR - We know that public relations is much more than simply media relations
- Grayling Public Relations
- Trimedia
- Impress PR - Small but perfectly formed, impress is the fresh face of PR
- Jacqui Southway Public Relations
- JBP – Providing a range of services to regional, national and international organisations.
- Kick Start Comms
- KLA-PR
- Lewis PR - LEWIS is a global public relations consultancy. Why is LEWIS different? In short: culture, reach and approach
- McCann Erickson PR
- MK Media Ltd
- Montage Communications - PR using a montage of people and all media – print, broadcast and online PR.
- NB Public Relations Ltd [We believe that Natalie is still going?]
- Parallel Marketing Ltd
- Parkes PR
- Partners in Communication
- PPS Local & Regional Ltd
- PR Targets
- Prospectus PR
- Proteus Media Relations
- Publicity Matters - Provides the comprehensive implementation service for all aspects of marketing.
- Resource PR
- Sturgess Van Damme - Focused on business, corporate, and professional clients.
- Spirit Public Relations
- The PR People Ltd
- Tru-PR
- Winningtons
- Write for You
- Zigzag Images Limited - Hair / Fashion PR and photography
Freelancers (To be featured, join the Watering Hole!).
- Pam Beddard (no website)- PR
- Tony Coll - Media Production and Training
- Sam Downie - Presenter / Podcasts
- Iain Claridge - Photographer / blogger
- Lis Burnell - Freelance copywriter
- Joe Bailey Communications
- Darryl Bullock - PR and writer
- Ian Dark - Radio / Podcast.
- David Partner - Photography
- Alison Thomas - Features and photography
- Dev Chakraborty (no website) - Marketing and media sales
- Simon Forrest Consultancy
- Black Eye Media - Photography
- Tony Whitehead - Journalist / Features writer
- Louise Clements
- Sarah Wolf (Diabolo PR) - PR
- Graham Godwin (no website)
- Tim Stanley Public Relations
- Paul Mullins - Sandusky Media - Freelance PR and journalist.
If you are not on the list, then those nice people at PRBristol.co.uk will add you on as long as your PR agency or freelance base is in Bristol / West of England. Please email info@prbristol.co.uk for additions and amends.
What the PRBristol.co.uk team is reading…
October 8, 2008
These are PRBristol’s interesting PR and media news links for October 7th through October 8th:
- BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » The building block of journalism is no longer the article - Building Block for news is now topic and not the “article”
- The key week of the next decade - What next, hey they are only numbers at the end of the day right?
- Bristol: Guide to Bristol News & Information, Bristol, Restaurants, Bars, Property & shopping. - MyVillage Bristol provides local news and information, including local cinema listings, local property search, guides to local bars, clubs and restaurants and job search in your area.
- Journalisted.com - Great site with information on all national journalists and the articles that they have written.
PRs should open their eyes to the wider Bristol media
September 26, 2008
Like me, you were probably struck by the news that the circulation of the Bristol Evening Post has now sunk below 50,000. So what are we all reading now? To be fair to the BEP the readership is probably well over 100,000 as everyone in a household will read the local rag - and many will read stories on their website without buying a paper. But it still leaves a good proportion of Bristolians looking elsewhere for news. This is something that PR practitioners should get a handle on, not just in Bristol but throughout the UK.
What I do know that 83% of young people listen to a commercial radio station and spend 55% of their time online. We also have around 30 different ethnic minority communities that no doubt focus on their own press and media too. The result is a fragmented and increasingly niche or specialist media, mainly made possible by web-based tools allowing blogs and online radio to spring up all over the place. Thats not to forget that YouTube is especially good at capturing localised content such as our featured video by Knowle West Media Centre.
As a result PRBristol has started a mapping exercise in the effort to be the first to fully map ALL Bristol Media, including bloggers and news sites.
We have made start below and have 97 media outlets mapped already. This is kept as a reference on our media overview page.
If you think we have missed something or have recently launched TELL US, or comment below, and we will get you on the list!
- BBC Points West
- ITV Local
- BBC Online
- Bristol-Sounds
- Bristol Evening Post
- BCFM - Bristol Community Radio
- Western Daily Press
- Bristol Observer
- Ujima 98 FM
- The Bristol Magazine
- Venue magazine
- Folio
- Clifton Life
- Passion FM
- [Bristle - Quarterly Magazine for for Bristol activism]
- Star FM
- Original FM
- Kiss 101 FM
- GWR FM
- BBC Radio Bristol
- Radio Salaam Shalom
Bristol Bloggers
- Bristol Indymedia
- Anarchist606 (Blogs about Bristol)
- BristleKRS
- Bristol Blogger
- Bristol Traffic
- Brizzol ‘Born and bred’
- Bristol Greengage
- Cllr. Charlie Bolton
- Eugene Byrne
- Evening Post Watch
- Green Bristol Blog
- Guide2Bristol-Blog
- James Barlow - Tory Redland candidate
- Kerry McCarthy MP
- Media Ecologies and Digital Activism
- Matt Anderson - PR and web 2.0 blog
- spEak You’re bRanes
- Vowles the Green
- Alex Woodman
- Anarchist 606
- Andy Bennett’s Police Blog
- Bash the Rich blog
- Bountiful Bristol
- Bristle’s Blog from the BunKRS
- Bristol 2007’s Weblog
- Bristol Animal Rights
- Bristol Grafitti
- Bristol Green Gage
- Bristol Home Care
- Bristol Respect Coalition
- Bristol Street Art
- Bristol Traffic
- Bristol Uni Tories
- Charlie Bolton [Southville Blog]
- Charlotte Leslie
- Chicken Yoghurt
- Chip shop
- Class War Youth Death Brigade
- Connecting Bristol
- Cris Warren
- Eugene Byrne
- Fat man on a keyboard
- Fox 4 Europe
- Green Bristol Blog
- Hitchens
- Ian Liddell-Grainger
- Irvken
- James Barlow
- Keep the Bank Green
- Kiss 101fm’s blog
- Kerry McCarthy MP
- Lenin’s Tomb
- Neil Harrison
- Nick Cohen
- Nicolas Webb
- Martin Powell PR blog
- Olly’s Onion
- OK Cool
- On the level
- Prisoner Support Bristol
- SadlyBroke
- Slickpepper
- Stephen Hilton
- Terry Cook
- The Bellhouser
- Trym Tales
- _saturnine
- [Vowles the Green]
Websites
- Bristol Muslim Cultural Media Society
- Bristol Afro-Caribbean Society
- Bristol Media
- Overseas Chinese Association South West
- Pervasive Media Studio
- Guide2Bristol
Bristol beckons for global agency Lewis PR
September 10, 2008
LEWIS PR is on track with its regional expansion plans, opening an office this month in the South West of England. The global agency, with 32 offices worldwide and headquartered in London, opened its first regional office in Manchester in 2006.
The Bristol branch will deliver London-based experience, skill-sets, and media relations to businesses across the South West and surrounding areas. All of LEWIS’ HQ-based resources, such as in-house journalists, new media designers, photography and analyst relations will be available to clients alongside a local account team in the city centre. LEWIS also aims to create at least ten jobs in the area in the next 12 months.
Lisa Gillingham has relocated from London and is heading up the office and local recruitment. ”This is a really interesting time for the agency. From silicon design and manufacturing to computer animation via green technologies – Bristol is leading the country, and we are now setting up our Bristol operation and bringing our services and job opportunities to the local area,” Gillingham concluded.
Keep your finger on the pulse…
August 22, 2008
We LOVE news at PRBristol.co.uk. Having our own ‘Front Page’ of news helps us to keep abreast of what’s going on in and around Bristol. Being the caring sharing types we are we have designed this ‘aggregator’ for members and visitors to keep on top of the breaking news. Click here. You may even want to have this as your home page…
If your media outlet is not incorporated and and you think it will be of interest to prBristol members, please email us your RSS feed (What is RSS?) at info@pbristol.co.uk.
If you do not have an RSS feed for your site and want a similar facility helping to research or build interest for international, regional, trade or blogging targets, let us know and our web boffins will be more than happy to assist.
Top five PR and media blogs
August 14, 2008
There are tons of blogs on the net regarding PR and media. The majority of them are from the USA, but there is emerging talent from London (surprise surprise), Leeds and the North West. The South West has been sadly lacking … until the introduction of www.prbristol.co.uk!
We are all busy people so here are my top five must reads blogs :
- Buzz Machine - JEFF JARVIS blogs about media and news
- Journalism.co.uk - National blog and news site for journalists in the UK
- Online Journalism blog - online and PR journalism from Paul Bradshaw Senior Lecturer in Online Journalism and Magazines at Birmingham City University
- Guido Fawkes - A fire starter in UK politics
What are your top five blogs?
PR Training & Events – Special offers for CIPR members
August 13, 2008
Feature Writing
Date: 10 September 2008
Location: Bristol
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Providing feature articles for publication in regional and specialist publications can be an ideal way of raising your organisation’s or client’s profile. Being able to generate copy that engages the reader while also communicating the corporate message has become and essential PR skill.
This one-day session, delivered by leading trainer Vyvyan Kinross, will take you through the key steps of identifying feature opportunities, pitching ideas to the relevant editors, writing the synopsis and creating the kind of copy that will put you on their A-list of favoured contributors for the future. You’ll learn about the importance of style and illustration in creating impact, and you’ll pick up a few vital ground rules along the way.
This day will be of value to you whether you’re new to the business or a more experienced practitioner who simply wants to add effective feature writing to your portfolio of skills.
Introduction to Marketing
Date: 30 September 2008
Location: Bristol
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
A one-day course on the “nuts and bolts of marketing”. If you’re new to marketing, or if it’s a string you’d like to add to your bow, this hands-on, interactive, practical course will give you the essential grounding you need – in just one day. It’s a course designed specifically for people who want to gain a better understanding of the role of marketing, how marketing works, how marketers think … and how they talk.
You could be a PR professional or an exec working in an SME, and want to find out what marketing really means – once you get behind the jargon! – how you can work more effectively alongside marketers, and how effective marketing can benefit any business. If you’re serious about advancing in your chosen profession, and playing a more valuable role in your organisation, this could prove the most useful days’ training you ever take – for you and the business you work for.
PR for Radio
Date: 13 October 2008
Location: Bristol, GWR
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Radio and television offer some of the most powerful opportunities for PR campaigns. This popular event offers a revealing insight into what works and what doesn’t work in this context. The session offers a chance to explore the skills of the broadcast interview and shows how to ensure your clients get airtime – and make the most of it. There’ll also be valuable information about the regulatory environment, product placement, and audience profiles. And there’ll be a glimpse behind the scenes at GWR, now part of G-Cap, the group that accounts for 40 per cent of all commercial listening. Plus a chance to try out your own skills in broadcast interview technique.
Introduction to Media Handling
Date: 17 October 2008
Location: Bristol
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
New for Talking Heads this autumn, this interactive course is designed for anyone new to working with journalists. It will help you to understand how to manage the media and quickly and effectively pitch your story. You’ll learn what journalists want from PR professionals and how you can achieve your goals.
The course includes practical skills such as building a credible story, developing effective messages and objectives, targeting, interview skills and overcoming objections. You’ll also develop an understanding of how personal style influences relationships and can be used to build rapport quickly. This course will help you to develop a solid foundation for an effective media relations career.
Other forthcoming events:
11 November 2008 – Performance Management (Bristol) – Brand new course!
9 December 2008 – Presenting and Pitching for Success (Bristol)
All events are £100 for CIPR members, £125 non-members, except PR for radio (£50 members, £75 non-members). There is no VAT on these costs.
To book a place on any of these courses, please email hello@talkingheadsuk.co.uk to receive a booking form.