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Emojis – The language of now

By Ben / 17th July 2019 /

Emojis have come a long way since the emoticon days of : ) with each new wave of emojis becoming increasingly detailed and niche. We’ve gone from a challenge of creatively trying to express emotions using punctuation to spending ages trying to decide what colour hair our little face-palming woman should have. As a PR agency, it…

National Writing Day: 30 days of creativity

By Matt / 26th June 2019 / Comments Off on National Writing Day: 30 days of creativity

As a modern PR agency, we often support our clients using a combination of different services, whether it’s creating articles or designing brochures. No matter what service we’re providing, writing is the skill central to everything we do, as we look to engage with audiences while pushing our clients’ key messages. Although it’s important to…

Perfection is the problem and the enemy of fine

By Dave / 11th April 2019 / Comments Off on Perfection is the problem and the enemy of fine

At a time when we are told many individuals suffer mental health problems, caused by poor body image or a perceived lack of success compared to their social media contemporaries, perhaps more should embrace the concept of, good enough will do. It is an approach I have personally used throughout my life, since taking home…

Our favourite literary characters

By Ben / 7th March 2019 / Comments Off on Our favourite literary characters

As it’s World Book Day and we’re all avid readers, we thought we’d share some of our favourite literary characters. Dave Perhaps underrated because Hollywood didn’t come knocking, Terry Pratchett remains my favourite author, displaying a sense of humour that works as well for younger readers as it does for adults. Whilst his novels roam…

Working in Walsh time

By Ben / 25th January 2019 / Comments Off on Working in Walsh time

Working in a PR agency with deadlines and schedules, time is very important to what we do. In our office, we have recently adopted a new time zone – Walsh time. Allow me to explain. Earlier this week, our new designer, Alistair Walsh, was uploading another of his design masterpieces to send to one of…

Getting your words out

By Dave / 7th January 2019 / Comments Off on Getting your words out

But what do you do when your creativity deserts you? How do you stop procrastinating start writing?

Embracing individual strengths through the Harry Potter model

By Matt / 11th December 2018 / Comments Off on Embracing individual strengths through the Harry Potter model

Our team takes the sorting hat test on Pottermore and discovers more about themselves.

Business cards – the forgotten art form

By Ben / 20th November 2018 / Comments Off on Business cards – the forgotten art form

Although they have been around for years, business cards have, surprisingly, not evolved very much. But why not?

Pick or mix PR? Finding the right balance for your marketing plan

By Claire-Marie / 11th October 2018 / Comments Off on Pick or mix PR? Finding the right balance for your marketing plan

The distinction between PR and marketing was quite clear but nowadays they often work together in unison.

Snapchat’s struggles – a company in freefall?

By Matt / 9th August 2018 / Comments Off on Snapchat’s struggles – a company in freefall?

Recent figures show that Snapchat’s daily users have dropped.