Category Archives: Public Relations

Reputation in Volatile Markets

Stretching out with the weekend papers and a temperature-perfect flat white whilst the children quietly potter in the garden on a warm, lazy Saturday afternoon is the stuff of fantasy and home improvement ads. But, quite remarkably, Dr Serendipity made … Continue reading

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Plus ça Change, plus C’est la Même Chose

It’s taken the best part of four months to get back to the Glass House and I’m at a loss to know why. Too busy; too tired; too uninspired. Each a shallow excuse and all the more pathetic for it. … Continue reading

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The Dance of the Storyteller

I love the English language. It’s implausible double entendres, over-reliance on a bastardised history of the French and Saxonion lexicon (see previous) and punchy, lumpen and louty variation of tongue has long made it the verbal choice of business internationalists, … Continue reading

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Simple, Honest Rules to Social Acceptance

Social media is a paradox. It continues to confuse, enrage and enlighten as one. But for those brands that make the intellectual investment to better understand it, there is untold opportunity to connect with the very people whose trust they … Continue reading

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Collaboration in Paradise

Authenticity, it seems, is more easily said than understood. It suffers from the infuriating personality traits of a mirage. The faster you run towards it, the more distant it becomes. For brands that means the harder they try to be … Continue reading

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What Ever Next

We can all breathe a sigh of relief. The second week of January is here. Joy to the World. Rest easy at last. It’s not that the financial scramble that was 2009 has tripped and tumbled to a close so … Continue reading

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Shop-Keeping

Business management is never easy at the best of times. And right now we’re in of the worst of times or, worse still, the end of the beginning of the worst of times. A fear of the unknown is consuming … Continue reading

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Bullet Proof

PRs are quick to defend their position as credible, valued counsellors and nine point nine times out of ten they are absolutely justified in doing so. Public relations is an immensely powerful communications tool when used properly. Problem is, there’s … Continue reading

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The Revolution Will Not be Televised

Despite passing back into the hands of the Chinese in a fittingly symbolic ceremony that provoked a bout of public sobbing by Prince Charles, Hong Kong has continued to retain the air of an island of happy heterosexual capitalism amidst … Continue reading

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Disaster Movie

Disaster movies, good and bad, tend to follow the same storyline. Ostracised protagonist tracks pending doom, but no-one’s listening; detractor looks out of his 22nd floor window to see tidal wave/ meteorite/ aliens surfing the coat-tails of the grim reaper … Continue reading

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