So, a few weeks ago I moved this blog from it’s former home to this new location, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the software I was using, from a site called ‘edublogs’ was proving extremely painful to use despite being based on WordPress, resisting updates on a seemingly arbitrary basis. Secondly I also wanted […]
Mayfield on Reputation Management
posted by peteg
Very happy to hear that my mate Antony Mayfield is writing a book on the rising importance of personal reputation management. The future’s in safe hands.
The Danger of Blogging
posted by peteg
I found a couple of hilarous links tonight which really highlight the fact that many communicators still seem to view blogging in general – and twitter specifically – as some sort of private, ringfenced activity. Firstly, there’s the case of the PR exec who seriously upset his clients by bemoaning their hometown and then there […]
Accidental Fatigue Management
posted by peteg
It’s been a strange ten days. I anticipated having sufficient time on my hands to blog throughout the trip to San Francisco but aside from three trips to the pool and a party on the Friday night, I don’t think I had a non-work related waking moment. Which is not to say that was a […]
Heading To Napa Valley
posted by peteg
After a long day yesterday at the hugely successful Reality Digital Social Building Blocks ’09 conference, we’re heading out to Napa Valley today for some wine tasting. Just working with colleagues in the UK to put some finishing touches to the frthcming Social Networking World Forum event that is taking place in London in a […]
Sleep Deprivation – Meet Jetlag…
posted by peteg
I just landed yesterday in San Francisco with Reality Digital for a conference later this week – flight was terrific and managed to get through a heap of work. Rob Proctor (Head of EMEA) and I landed and headed straight out to a terrific restaurant called the Franciscan, overlooking Alcatraz. It’s been raining something terrible […]
We’re Hiring
posted by peteg
Work has gone ballistic, which is terrific news – in fact I keep getting strange looks from people when they ask how we’re doing and I reply ‘great thanks, we’ve just hired someone new’ with a big grin. Odd given what’s going on in the world I know. Still, we are looking at a tonne […]
Partisan Welshmen
posted by peteg
It was my Granddad’s 90th birthday at the weekend and my family, my brother’s family and my parents all went back to Swansea, our collective birthplace to see the old boy, who’s a Dunkirk vet. Happily, Leicester Tigers were playing the Ospreys in the Heineken Cup and my Dad had the foresight to book a […]
Fortuitous Timing
posted by peteg
It’s my Grandad’s 90th birthday in a few weeks time and we’re all schlepping down to Swansea (including both his 3 year old and 6 week old great granddaughters), which is going to be a fun trip. However, as luck would have it Leicester Tigers are playing Ospreys in the Heineken Cup that very weekend. […]
Slowly, slowly
posted by peteg
Had a complete lack of time to update here recently, what with both the new little one, domestic illness still raging (and passing between the four of us) and the usual Christmas chaos. Our tree, which went up on November 30th to be fair, came down today – much to my little girl’s displeasure. I’m […]
Illness Pervades
posted by peteg
Things are a little slower than usual on the posting front here at present due to family illness. Nothing serious but it collectively adds up to a massive headache. I seem to have picked up a sickness bug which wiped me out last weekend – fortunately I was fine by Monday morning. Unfortunately, Emma seems […]
Back on track
posted by peteg
I’m back in the office, catching up with mail and missing being at home with my new, family sized, er, family. I’m loving the fact that it’s December and whilst we’re most certainly not taking our foot off the gas, we have only three solid weeks left before the Christmas break, which means that I’ll […]
PReeps
posted by peteg
Following the various sting of posts that have followed Stephen Davies of PRBlogger’s list of PR People using twitter a couple of days back, just posted the Punch team’s list of twitter users here. It’s great to see that despite our size Punch ranks in the top ten PR companies in the UK using twitter, […]
Poor Daily Mail Journalism – Why Social Media Works
posted by peteg
One of our team has just been interviewed by the Daily Mail and the end result is one of the worst examples of poor Daily Mail journalism that I’ve ever seen. I also took a call from one of the other interviewees last night that said they had been fundamentally mis-represented by the reporters, Diana […]
Playing With The Flip Camera
posted by peteg
We’re giving away the 30 minute versions of the new Flip video cameras at a couple of PR events with Punch client Reality Digital next week. They arrived today and first impressions are great. Obviously they’re built primarily for the YouTube generation but their simplicity and lightweight feel actually are definitely part of the product’s […]
Feeling Settled…
posted by peteg
So, it’s been a long week. With three (now two) weeks to go before baby due-date, I’ve had a pretty lousy chest infection this week, which flattened me from Wednesday onwards. Two trips to the doctors in four days, a course of antibiotics and another of steroids later, I’m now feeling a bit better, which […]
Punch Wins Three Clients In Three Days
posted by peteg
We’ve just won three PR clients in three days! More to follow
Big Week, Big Weekend
posted by peteg
We’ve had a huge week at work this week – back to back meeting throughout, or at least, so it has seemed at time. We’ve won two new clients (more to follow on this), one of which is relatively local (Birmingham), which is terrific and as a Midlands PR Agency, is something I’m keen to […]
Five Weeks – And Counting
posted by peteg
So, our second little person (another girl, so we’re led to believe) is now going to be here in around five weeks. The house is in complete disarray, tempers are frayed, Annie – currently 3 ½ – wants to know when her sister is coming out and none of us are getting enough sleep. Having […]
Conker Madness
posted by peteg
Oh and on a slightly less cerebral note, I’m loving conker season this year. Admittedly it’s slightly fuelled by the enthusiasm of my three year old but, correct me if I’m wrong, there’s nothing quite like finding the mother of all conkers, particularly if you’ve ‘unwrapped it’ (as it were). My house has bags of […]
Will The Credit Crunch Sign The Death Knell For Blu-Ray’s Plans For Christmas ’08 Domination?
posted by peteg
Every-year, we hear that it’s going to be a (insert tech product becoming mainstream here) Christmas – and this year, many have predicted it to be the turn of Blu-ray as the winner of the two HD DVD formats. Personally I can’t see it. Whilst retail economists are still predicting a significant December spending spree, […]
Balancing Pooh-Sticks & PR
posted by peteg
After a crazy fortnight at work, I’ve had a fantastic day today, sitting with a friend fishing, taking my daughter down to the stream to play pooh-sticks on our bikes and, slightly bizarrely, chopping logs in anticipation of the firs going on shortly for the first time this Autumn. All in all it couldn’t be […]
Contagious
posted by peteg
Today my colleague Ben stumbled across Contagious: Contagious is a quarterly intelligence briefing in magazine, DVD and online format. It identifies the ideas, trends and innovations behind the world’s most revolutionary marketing strategies. It’s priced as an analytical resource rather than a traditional magazine and therefore aimed squarely at the global brand advertising community & […]
The Trip’s Over (& I’m Out)
posted by peteg
Well it took a while but the trip back was pretty painless, what with the complete lack of sleep whilst I was away resulting in a 6 hour crash out on the flight. I certainly can’t pretend to know San Francisco well, having only been twice for around a week in total but, of the […]
Messaging, Check
posted by peteg
A long, hard but rewarding day today. Messaging workshop alongside Reality Digital’s US agency, Sterling PR, has been duly cracked. Just time for a quick turn around then out for a bite to eat with the team. Tomorrow will focus more on the UK launch/European roll out. Quite freaked out that CEO of another client […]
Silicon Valley Update – Day 1.5
posted by peteg
Actually I’m going to give up trying to figure out what day it is. As my colleague Ben just pointed out to me, I’ve had 4.5 hours sleep in the last 45 hours, which is a little concerning to be honest. Pulled up outside Reality Digital’s office last night to find that the building is […]
It’s Gone Dark
posted by peteg
I thought it was just me but even my three year old noticed that everything has gone dark this morning. Since having gotten into the office, the conspiracy theorists amongst the team seem to think it’s related to the goings on in Switzerland at present…
Thrashed & Smelly
posted by peteg
OK, so I was thrashed and, with apologies to Kingsley Amis, my body feels like i’ve been beaten up by the Russian Secret Police, but I managed to make it through my first game of squash in nearly 20 (!) years relatively unscathed. We’ve run out of ground coffee in the office so today I’ve […]
Squash: The Fear
posted by peteg
I’m heading out to play squash later this evening with a friend locally – and I have the fear something terrible. Firstly, with the business having taken up so much of my time outside family life over the last 12 months, my fitness regime has suffered. Just a year ago I used to swim a […]
Do’s & Don’ts of Blogger Relations
posted by peteg
That Canadian Girl has published an interesting piece to offer first person insight and advice for PR agencies regarding some guidelines we might consider when aproaching the blogging community. As per my comment on the post, I think it really boils down to extending some professional and common sense courtesy. To be honest, I can’t […]
If this is a romcom, kill the director
posted by peteg
So, at the ripe age of 34, apparently I’m the granddad of the PR team. Or at least, that’s what they’d have me believe. However at times I almost do believe the hype. In previous years we’ve managed to go to a summer festival, usually the Big Chill, but this year, with my second child […]
Topic of the Moment: Buttered Bacon?
posted by peteg
Having asked around the agency, one topic seems to be a clear candidate for hot topic of the day at present, at least in terms of polarising the team: “Should bacon sarnies should be buttered?” Very much a Friday question for a PR agency, obviously, but one which astounded me given the vigour that different […]
Talent Vs Money
posted by peteg
So, clearly the benefit of lottery funding on Team GB’s success at the Olympics has made a fundamental impact on the team’s overall success. Also, I have heard several commentators referencing one or two key individuals that have made a significant impact – notably the controversial appointment of former swimming Coach Bill Sweetenham who was […]
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