by Alan S. Morrison | Jun 13, 2024 | communications, marketing, PR, public relations
You may have heard the business maxim that Turnover is vanity, but profit is ‘sanity’. In other words, don’t lose track of what really matters for your business. The same can be said in public relations, especially media relations. When I started out in public...
by Alan S. Morrison | Mar 20, 2024 | Business news, Client news, marketing, Sales, Sales News
A UK-wide student sales competition being praised by Scots firms for identifying talented students to interview for hard-to-fill jobs is planning a bigger event next year. Speed-selling and sales meetings with experienced sales professionals were among a series of...
by Alan S. Morrison | Dec 10, 2023 | communications, copywriting, marketing, PR, public relations, reputation, Reputation management, Storytelling
Lady Mone’s commissioned video report about the PPE Medpro UK PPE supply case is a good example of the importance of framing in Public Relations. Framing in storytelling is about what, out of all the facts, you choose to include in your story. Like zooming in on...
by Alan S. Morrison | Nov 12, 2023 | Business news, customer service, Management, marketing, PR, public relations, reputation, Reputation management, stakeholder management
In case you missed it, last week Northern quality supermarket chain Booths announced that it’s removing self-scan tills at its stores (except the two busiest “to meet the needs of our customers during very busy periods.”) because “We have based this not...
by Alan S. Morrison | May 2, 2023 | advertising, charity news, communications, Graphic design, marketing, PR, public relations, Public sector news, Sales, Social media
Microsoft recently launched what it’s branding as a “preview” of a free (for now at least) social media graphics design tool called Designer. You can read about its features here. The thing which is innovative about this is how it’s using the Dall-E AI tool to attack...
by Alan S. Morrison | Oct 24, 2022 | brand awarness, Case Study, communications, marketing, PR, public relations, Reputation management, Social media
Client We Are Zest is a multi-award-winning social enterprise café in St Andrews which supports people with additional needs to help them learn valuable work skills in order to achieve or maintain employment. Zest works alongside Fife Council Supported Employment, Job...