Opinion: How challenger agencies can compete with the big agency networks
Barbara Bates, global CEO at Hotwire, highlights the key areas where challenger agencies can go the extra mile to compete with their larger counterparts. For a long time in [...]
Opinion: How to communicate in the ‘techlash’ age
Amy Drummond, head of technology at AprilSix Proof, discusses the findings of the agency’s latest report into the current backlash against tech companies. The ‘techlash’ [...]
Opinion: Why marketers are investing in micro partnerships
Jill Coomber, co-founder of OneChocolate, explores the findings of the agency’s report into micro partnerships and why marketers now value brand awareness and value, [...]
Opinion: Why the north offers a world of comms opportunities
Alex Pegler, account manager at Higginson Strategy – which has offices in both London and Chester, explores how the northern powerhouse can drive comms opportunities [...]
Opinion: Lack of CEO engagement in comms impacts business growth
Laura Tallett, director of business and corporate at Speed Communications, discusses the struggle of engaging CEOs in marketing activity and how to overcome these barriers. [...]
Opinion: How award wins help build a PRable brand story
Antonia Goddard, marketing and communications executive at Product of the Year, explores how brands can leverage winning an industry award. In the age of instant digital [...]
Opinion: Why non-execs are PR’s bridge into the boardroom
Scott Addison and Tal Donahue, board director and senior account manager respectively at Infinite Global, argue that communicators should build relationships with [...]
Opinion: Communicators must help promote health data sharing
Catherine Desmidt, associate director and head of the health practice at Hotwire, argues that communicators must help health practitioners explain how data sharing benefits [...]
Opinion: How creatives can stand out in a data-driven world
John Brown, founder of Don’t Cry Wolf, passionately defends the need for creativity in comms and argues that data will never trump instinct when it comes to producing PR [...]
Opinion: Freelance PRs are a strategic resource, not a stopgap
Nigel Sarbutts, founder of freelance network The PR Cavalry, argues that senior comms professionals need to include freelance PRs in their long-term strategies. It’s [...]
Opinion: How integrated comms can drive societal change
Alexandra Marsh, associate director at Ketchum London, explores how the agency’s Cannes Lions winning #bloodnormal campaign shows that integrated comms can drive [...]
Opinion: Navigating a world of higher expectations demands more focus
Richard Johnson, who recently joined Clarion’s Advisory Board to help relaunch its reputation management service, shares his thoughts on why corporate reputation is more [...]
Opinion: How brands can achieve greatness
Matt Cross, UK MD of Hotwire Global, shares insight into The Pursuit of GREATNESS report and how brands can go from good to great. Your brand may never achieve greatness. If [...]
Opinion: PRs should look to commercial radio to drive engagement
Sean Allen-Moy, senior account director at W, argues that commercial radio in the UK has come of age and offers great brand promotional potential for communicators. Eddie Mair [...]
Opinion: A likeable England team? PR is the real winner this World Cup
It’s not just England’s young Lions who have been a roaring success in Russia, argues Noel Bussey, senior account director at Velvet PR. The side’s PR team has used a [...]
Opinion: We must save the internet from the EU’s copyright plan
PR professionals must act now to save the internet from the EU’s copyright directive, says Nicholas Dunn-McAfee, the PRCA’s head of public affairs, policy and [...]
Opinion: How to prepare for the social media apocalypse
Alex Warren, senior account manager at Wildfire PR, asks whether the recent negative headlines around social is a sign to prepare for the social media apocalypse. Is social [...]
Opinion: How augmented reality can revolutionise PR
Lauren Green, content marketing manager at Flow Digital, explores how communicators can use augmented reality (AR) to boost their earned media output. Augmented reality has [...]