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Top 5 Political Songs… Ever
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead may be grabbing the headlines, but will it ever be a top political song? Well, it’s not on my top 5 – below – more suggestions welcome! 1) The Specials – Ghost Town Les Reid from the Coventry Evening Telegraph has written an excellent blog about Thatcher’s legacy in […]
Timehop back to re-lived content
April 15, 2013
As PRs look to re-use and re-fashion content to help extend the life of a news story, Timehop‘s a new app which helps the story last a whole year. The concept is so blindingly simple it’s amazing it hasn’t been done before. Install app. Connect other social media accounts. It tells you what you were […]
There’s no such thing as an apolitical campaign
March 28, 2013
Over on the Claremont blog, I argue that there can be no such thing as an apolitical charity communications campaign. While the stated objectives of a charity communications may be seemingly non-political (such as fundraising, reputation-building, public awareness raising or driving action) for each of these four communications objectives, taking an apolitical approach is nigh […]
More radio silence?
March 27, 2013
Back in November 2011 I took a bit of a break from the blog due to running the WorldSkills London 2011 Media Centre. This time it’s due to this… To say I’m immensely proud of what the team at the National Apprenticeship Service have achieved with the help of small(ish) agencies Claremont, Tribe, On Broadcast […]
Posted in: communications, public relations
Top posts of 2012
December 31, 2012
The review of my blog posts is a little different this year (here is 2011‘s) as it also takes into account posts from the Claremont and CIPR blogs. Also summarised as a word cloud here, below are the top ten most read posts (in reverse order): 10) Launch of PR Apprenticeships. The very first post […]
Posted in: apprenticeships, communications, London 2012, marketing, media, Olympics, PR recruitment, public relations, social media
A social media cheer for Starbucks
December 17, 2012
After winning some plaudits (well, Mr B. Johnson anyway) for its move on taxation, Starbucks must have hoped that its sponsorship of the Natural History Ice Rink would have helped move its brand reputation on from corporate tax dodgers to nice guys who help you #spreadthecheer this Christmas. Of course, live twitter walls are a […]
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Simon Francis
Campaigns and communications consultant
Work in PR in London.
Support Coventry City.
Love real ale pubs, travel, music and books.
Spend too much time on the Internet.
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