Now you can learn how to make powerful, engaging videos for your business whenever you want. Comsteria’s hugely successful Smartphone Video Training workshop is now available as an on demand video. Presented by Emma Baker and specifically tailored for small business owners and communications professionals, this down to earth and Read more
Whether you are using Zoom, GoToMeeting, Adobe Connect, Skype or any other platform of this nature, there are some simple steps you can take to make the experience more secure. If you want to look good, this article from Emma is packed with useful hints and tips. In this video, Read more
With the Covid19 disruption many businesses are moving online and getting to grips with live streaming. There’s a wide variety of platforms and technologies to help, so many in fact that it can all become a bit overwhelming if you’re new to this. Here’s our quick and simple guide. In Read more
There’s a trend in many large organisations and it’s certainly true in some governments and political parties. When they’re looking for support with media relations and crisis communications – they get their pals in. The ex director, the well liked senior member of staff that’s now out on their own, Read more
Many of our friends in public relations and corporate comms are advocating working from home as the world goes through the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak. Of course this makes sense and is long overdue. Technology to enable successful home working has been available since the mid 1990s and while there are Read more
When it comes to working with the media, relationships triumph over everything else. Whether you’re proactively looking to raise your profile or you’re in defensive damage limitation mode trying to keep something OUT of the media, who you know and what they think of you goes a long way. I Read more
No easy answer but a few quick suggestions here to help keep things running smoothly in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit from the European Union.
A Twitter user went public this morning with a picture, supposedly showing a passenger on an Easyjet flight sitting on a seat with no back on it. Easyjet’s account responded, asking him to take the picture down and then send a direct message with further details, so that they could Read more
What change do you wish to see in the world? Or, what change do your customers and followers wish to see in the world? Great communication starts with understanding people. The particular group of people that make up your audience. Understand their wants and needs. Their hopes, dreams and fears. Read more
Lots of PR and communications specialists (and MDs and CEOs) have far too rigid an idea of what constitutes a crisis. With the world moving at such a speed these days, it would help to be more open minded and recognise that things can flare up out of nowhere and Read more