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Moving to the dark side – the truth about working in PR from an ex-journalist

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There are times in the career of most journalists when they hit the dreaded crossroad. Should I stay or should I go? With newsroom and stories not like they were, maybe start wondering whether the greener grass of public relations is where the future lies. wonder what it would be like to jump. This blog explains it all and gives an insight into the journalism and PR industry.
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Is Blackberry about to do a Nokia and implode?

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 Is Blackberry about to do a Nokia and implode? “To retain customers you must embrace technology.” Seventy Nine PR, April 24th, 2012 On a recent trip to India, a sobering reality dawned – how rapidly a global brand can lose its market leader … Continue reading

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Blackberry fails badly at something it is supposed to be good at – communication

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“In a crisis the need to send out information via public relations (PR) has to increase drastically!” Seventy Nine PR, October 12, 2011. Slough.  As the place where David Brent from The Office was filmed, we were used to seeing … Continue reading

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Forget Social media, Blackberry Messenger is the best way to market your business

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  “Blackberry Messenger Marketing is the most important and effective marketing strategy in the industry today bar none.” – Seventy Nine PR,  August 10th, 2011 It’s been something we have been working on for a while now. But the events over … Continue reading

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Crisis communications via social media

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“Help!”, read the e-mail. “We have attracted some criticism on our Facebook page after one of our marketing managers added a comment as a joke.” “Can you please help us draft some ideas on how to respond?” Whoops! This was … Continue reading

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