Just 4 more years to go ..and hopefully You’re Fired! After a long hard slog through my career, not to mention all those years of studying at University and my pub gap year (or was it longer), I can…
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Catapult PR has just been appointed to handle a creative PR campaign for a new client in Preston. Catapult will be devising an engaging campaign for a security company, which takes a popular TV programme as its…
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I truly appreciate creative people, but equally want to receive great customer service, so when someone really delights me, I think it only fair to tell everyone else and shout it from the rooftops. My PR book, ‘Rogue Elephants’ has…
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The search is on for three budding young sports reporters, who can pen a great match report, put together a lively piece of commentary, write about an interview with a sporting hero or prepare an opinion piece on a sports…
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It’s Catapult PR’s 15th birthday today (March 15), so here are 15 good reasons to show it some love! 15 years ago today, I opened my doors at Marsh Mill Village, Thornton Cleveleys, sat in my office on…
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Lots of people have been asking me about my new book about my life in PR, which I had hoped to finish to coincide with Catapult’s 15th birthday, but I’m stuck in 2005 having just had my friend Nigel…
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I have really learned something important in the last few weeks and that’s not to write anything off until you’re told that you’re not needed! A few weeks ago, I was convinced that a pitch hadn’t been successful, having…
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Met a client for lunch today to discuss my next artistic challenge, which is to try to build strands of exhibition promotion through PR that can be used to tactically target different kinds of media. He confidently said: “If anyone…
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Catapult has started working for three new clients in the past week – a large entertainment hotel in Blackpool, a Chorley-based leading consultant and manufacturer of washroom solutions for schools, sports centres, swimming baths and other buildings and the provider…
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I was really miserable back in November, as after nearly six years of working for Lakes Aquarium, I was told it couldn’t continue into 2013. I duly tried not to shed tears over not being able to see my…
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February whizzed by so quickly and I’m pretty glad it’s over in some respects, but also grateful for the benefits that it bestowed. Three new clients and one new project came on board during the month, with another three…
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Yesterday was such a good day that it didn’t feel like work at all and it was one of those days when I understood why people sometimes say that they would like my job in PR. I arrived in…
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