Writing, Copyediting, Proofreading and PR

Are you reaching out to new customers?

January 29, 2010

Business Link is offering two hour workshops across Yorkshire on the subject of attracting new customers through social networking.

Filed under: Events — Tags: business, customer, event, new business, Social Media, social networking, training, workshop — @ 1:24 am

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Young Enterprise charity looking for award sponsors

A youth charity is on the hunt for businesses to sponsor its Northampton and Daventry Area awards programme.

Filed under: Awards, Events — Tags: Awards, business, charity, enterprise, sponsorship — @ 1:11 am

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Spam wars: saving PR from itself

January 28, 2010

A campaign against the level of irrelevant material circulated by PRs has launched under the heading ‘An Inconvenient PR Truth’, and the associated findings do not make pretty reading for the industry.

Filed under: Featured, Public Relations — Tags: good practice, industry, irrelevance, pr, Public Relations, relevance, wire distribution — @ 1:22 pm

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Learn how to be a better leader

January 26, 2010

If you’re based in the East Midlands, sign up for a masterclass in ‘Becoming a Better Leader’.

Filed under: Events — Tags: business, competition, east midlands, event, leadership, small business, staff morale — @ 1:25 pm

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In Scotland? Pitch your business idea to win cash

New Start Scotland is a national business event targeted at start-ups and small businesses.

Filed under: Events — Tags: business, event, exhibition, funding, networking, Scotland, small business, startup — @ 10:08 am

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Seminars to boost your social media marketing strategy

Fresh Business Thinking will be hosting a seminar-based social media event in London in March.

Filed under: Events, Marketing, Social Media — Tags: business, event, Marketing, Social Media, social networking, twitter — @ 9:46 am

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Want to give your start-up a jump-start?

January 22, 2010

The Business Start Up Show is being held at the Excel Centre in London on the 20th and 21st May.

Filed under: Events — Tags: business, conference, Events, exhibition, networking, seminar, startups — @ 1:49 pm

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Getting good PR out of the big freeze

January 20, 2010

The ‘big freeze’ that struck the UK earlier this month undoubtedly had a negative impact upon business. Nevertheless, some businesses ploughed on through the terrible conditions and got good PR out of the bad weather.

Filed under: Featured, Public Relations — Tags: bad weather, big freeze, frozen Britain, good PR, pr opportunities, snow, uk snow, uk weather — @ 11:33 am

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Are you getting value from your PR agency?

January 18, 2010

For businesses tempted to engage the services of a PR agency, finding the balance between value and price can be tough. Before you leap on the cheapest option on the table, here are some questions to help put ‘value’ in perspective.

Filed under: Featured, Marketing, Public Relations — Tags: budgets, competition, cost, pr, Public Relations, recession, value, Writing — @ 3:36 pm

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Lost in translation? You don’t know the half of it!

January 14, 2010

Before you entrust an auto-translate tool with promotional copy, use this tool to see the potential results.

Filed under: Copyediting, Copywriting, Proofreading, Writing — Tags: babel, communications, lost in translation, meaning, mistakes, translation, Writing — @ 4:39 pm

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