WELL 2020 has been a challenging year in many respects, for individuals, for businesses and for the wider economy. We’re…
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WELL 2020 has been a challenging year in many respects, for individuals, for businesses and for the wider economy. We’re…
Read moreJust when the forecast for the rest of 2020 was starting to look brighter… the rule of six has brought…
Read moreDEMOCRACY has strengthened the diversity of its client base with wins from the tourism, energy and home sectors. Outdoor adventure…
Read moreAt Democracy we are no stranger to the task of planning events that put our clients on the map. From…
Read moreSTANDING shoulder-to-shoulder with the UK’s leading paint brand, Dulux, as its PR partner as we were thrown into – and…
Read moreTHE best client/agency relationships are the ones where you feel truly, intuitively, part of the same team so ideas and…
Read moreFOR many of us who work in Public Relations, the Coronavirus pandemic has created a roller-coaster of emotions and challenges….
Read moreA business’ employees are the lifeblood of the company. Making sure that the team is engaged, motivated and ready to…
Read moreWhen it comes to the needs of TV news crews, a PR needs to be ready for a number of…
Read moreOnce upon a time, measuring PR meant cutting out articles by hand and glueing them to an ever mounting pile…
Read moreThe power of public relations (PR) is widely respected, with high profile advocates such as Bill Gates and Richard Branson…
Read more‘Social reviews’ now on Pinterest Brands on Pinterest will be alerted by the introduction of a new feature that allows…
Read moreFewer Facebook ads – at higher cost Facebook has warned that it has reached peak advertising when it comes to…
Read moreComing together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. The famous words of car visionary Henry…
Read moreDemocracy’s reputation as digital PR trailblazers was further enhanced this week after we landed a nomination for the prestigious European Search…
Read moreIt takes us an age to find the right people for the job here – so when we do finally…
Read moreDemocracy is up for seven prizes at this year’s PR ‘oscars’ in the north west, the CIPR PRide awards. We gathered…
Read moreTravis Perkins has appointed Democracy to handle all PR for their merchant brand as they roll out their ‘your local…
Read moreThe ‘internet of things’ is set to be worth £9.5tm by 2020. But what is it and how will extend…
Read moreWhen I applied for a work experience placement at Democracy, I was expecting a fair amount of brew making, photocopying and answering the phones.
Whilst there was an element of all these things, the last words I expected to hear at 9 o’clock on my second day of the placement were, “Tom, do you want to go on the monkey shoot?”
Men cop the blame as 87% of female farters accuse someone else Over half of women admit to farting in…
Read moreAnyone thinking creatively about choosing their twitter name should do their research and check out the tale of the American…
Read moreHad I known at 2 pm that just 7 hours later into my first day I’d watch the team pick up an award for Best use of Digital PR at the CIPR North West awards for their great work for The Rock, Bury then I might have anticipated what was to come. I arrived at my second client meeting with 3 hours of experience and spent 45 minutes basking in the team’s glory. In their (our) review meeting with The Rock, they (we) were praised for the best digital PR campaign the client had seen. I felt like an unused sub picking up a Champions’ League Winners medal; a fraud.
Read moreThe heart of this campaign has been to really get to know and understand what the people of Bury want from their new retail and leisure destination. Some love it, some have areas where they believe it can be improved – but every one of those 3,000 fans know that The Rock is listening to them and cares enough to want and keep their business.
Read moreAccording to the official Gov website: “The people honoured this year include a pathologist, a nursery nurse, the coach of the England women’s football team, a GP, and a number of youth workers and volunteers. Among the more unusual professions on this year’s list are a station announcer at Fenchurch Street Station and the organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool.”
Bruce, who picked up a CBE in 2006, missed out again this year. On the GMTV interview he mused that the support that he’d received from 25,000 Facebook fans and the media, promoting his long years of service to the entertainment industry, may have influenced the final decision in the opposite direction.
If true, then this underlines how out of touch the decision makers are with the power of the ground swell of public opinion now harnessed by Facebook and other social platforms.
We’re not suggesting that knighthoods are given out based on the same voting system as the X-Factor, but a good leader (just as a good brand) uses all the methods available to listen to what’s important to their public, learns from them and makes decisions accordingly.
Read moreNow not being much of a map reader, I loved this iphone app from the National Trust, that helps you to find a National Trust place near you, wherever you are in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. You can see it on the map, find out opening times, prices and facilities and access information. Just perfect to help a city girl navigate the unfamiliar terrain.
Read moreApparently Jamie Oliver’s school dinners are making children cleverer. Since the introduction of his nutritious meals, SATs results have dramatically improved. Perhaps there’s a scientific reason, or maybe kids are being spurned on by the ever more infrequent reward of chocolate for doing well.
Read moreIn 2009 Twitter was for those who wanted to share and embrace ideas, ask for help or off load their frustrations about the projects they were working on, it was real people sharing real things in a virtual world. Twestival brought these people together and virtual relationships were cemented in real life. Many of the PR and media types were only just beginning to take the social media space seriously and a few uninitiated PR and marketing types hovered around the edges like fish out of water. (classical example, one PR agency but forwards a gadget as an auction prize that wasn’t MAC compatable – eek(!))
A year on, and we’re in HulaBar – the place is bustling as virtual relationships are cemented into real life. But the question is . . . . where are the Twitter fans of old? The event was full of PR people who are now firmly planted in the Twitter culture. I was asked by an interviewer my twitter name, why i use Twitter and my favourite celeb to follow – after admitting celeb followings isn’t really my thing the girl seemed to be at a loss.
Read moreWe’ve secured another great result for our newest client Scruffs Workwear as revealed that more than half of all tradesman get jiggy on the job once every year.
Ladies – if you’re looking for some at home action, we suggest you avoid the Gardener, as the research indicated he’s the most likely to kiss and tell!
Read mores a PR professional operating in the baby market, I understand that organisations have a responsibility to market their products in the right way. As a woman I can understand the desperation couples feel when they want a child and simply can’t have one. As an auntie i understand the joy that a little girl or boy brings to a family. But as a human being, i can only ask the question . . . How do you tell a child that he/she was the prize in a lucky dip?
Read moreI’m not quite sure how I feel about Computer Engineer Barbie. I know many women working in the industry through our links with Girl Geek Dinners and BarCamps, have attended events where talk about shoes and tech sit side by side, but most of them don’t wear pink or have hair quite so quaffed. So, as a member of the geek squad, do i fell patronised?
Read moreWhat we’re watching . . . . Just picked this up via @guy_fraser on Twitter. It’s one of the best…
Read moreFancy growing a tash to raise money and awareness for research into prostate cancer? Our client, The Gentry Grooming Co…
Read moreIt’s all go over at Democracy Towers – and today has been a flurry of media calls along with a…
Read moreLast night I popped along to the 11th Manchester Social Media Cafe – for those of you who’ve not yet…
Read moreI can’t help but have a fondness for the Manchester Evening News. Following months of difficult changes, and the loss…
Read moreWave is Google’s newest web based open-source collaboration tool set to launch later in the year. The recent developer preview…
Read moreThis month, I spoke to David Casey from North West Business Insider all about how important PR is during a…
Read moreDEMOCRACY PR has been appointed by handmade frozen organic baby food producer BabyDeli to support its national roll out in…
Read moreNow I understand if most of you don’t know what The Yorker is, but just for reference before we get…
Read moreLast week, we had a photo call and interview at Primal Fitness with Dianne Bourne of the Manchester Evening News…
Read moreWow it’s been noisy on the internet today, what with the budget and all. It’s at times like this when…
Read moreBright and early this morning I was at the Duerr’s factory and HQ in Wythenshawe to meet Catherine Murray, roving…
Read moreThe University of Southern California has been busy researching the effects of digital media on our everyday lives. Their findings…
Read moreAs a PR professional, the Sun has always been heralded as the true voice of the people – and next…
Read moreLast night, the team headed over to the Northern for the monthly social media cafe. With so many events happening…
Read moreWe all know that Facebook has gone through a bit of a sticky patch in the social space. A few…
Read moreI’m sure this week you’ll have read the news that Birmingham City University is to offer MA degree courses in…
Read moreTaken from the Manchester Evening News, March 31, 2009 Simon Donohue ONE of Manchester’s newest PR agencies has knocked the…
Read moreSince Facebook launched its new home page design they’ve been battered by community comments objecting to the redesign and the…
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