They’re proud to be opinionated, they aren’t constrained by the politics of the newsroom or by journalistic creeds, and there are millions of them with more popping up every day – they are bloggers, and reporters are increasingly seeking them out as sources on every topic imaginable. If you’re a PR pro and you don’t [...]

As the social media bandwagon continues to gather momentum, Quest PR is linking up with social media experts globally to hear their forecasts on what the future holds. In this post US social media guru Gini Dietrich – a top Vistage speaker and PR consultant –  shares her fascinating insights. Foursquare: Retailers are going to [...]

A storm was kicked up this month when Google launched Google Buzz. It is seen as their attempt to enter social networking, an area traditionally occupied by companies who not long ago were mere saplings compared to mighty the Silicon Valley oak that is Google. While the web is bursting with bloggers deriding it as [...]

Before venturing into the world of PR when I was in my first year at University, a friend who lived in my halls exhorted me to join Facebook.  “Please sign up,” he said “I need more friends!”  I did so – and my relationship with the social networking site began. In 2006, when opening my [...]

As a poacher turned gamekeeper who specialises in conducting media training sessions across the UK, it was surreal to see myself back on the telly in an ITV Wales programme which reviewed major news stories. As highlighted in my previous posts, I was interviewed about covering what appeared to be a fairly innocuous story about [...]