ONLINE SPECIAL: BRAND BUILDING... Create a spin on the web
21 Nov 2007 | by Hannah Marriott
Promoting a brand online can be extremely effective if the campaign is well judged. Hannah Marriott hears some top tips.
As PRWeek enters the glass Death Star that is Microsoft London’s Victoria office and ascends the pristine escalator, little do we imagine that within half an hour we will be discussing the finer points of early nineties indie rockers The Wonder Stuff and Thousand Yard Stare.
Promoting a brand online can be extremely effective if the campaign is well judged. Hannah Marriott hears some top tips.
Creating hype before a film’s release is best done on the web, where obsessive fans can feel part of the action.
New research shows websites are almost as trusted as the BBC. Mark Johnson looks at what this means for brands and their broadcast PR strategies.
Courses are having to adapt in order to keep pace with the fast-moving media industry. Alex Black outlines some of the most relevant ones on offer.
Like it or loathe it, Facebook is hard to ignore. Hannah Marriott spoke to four consultants about their relationship with the social networking phenomenon .
Zoe Arden should have arrived for her interview wearing star-spangled hot pants and a golden headdress. Because - by all accounts - BT Retail's comms director may actually be Wonder Woman.
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Internet programming is a key part of any broadcast PR campaign. Helen Gregory looks at a changing sector.
The combined income of the top 40 tech agencies grew by a solid 10 per cent in 2006. Alex Black reports.