16 May 2012
Allison

Many people have long thought that press releases would soon be outdated and overrated. Press releases used to be the old world way of sending information to the media and publishing the...

09 May 2012
sue rizzello

As we speak to clients and prospects about potential PR agency projects we often hear that changes in marketing and PR management are afoot as...

16 Apr 2012
Mark Simonson

Here’s a key lesson Mattel learned after not carefully monitoring social media pages: when you snooze you lose.

In January, a Facebook page advocating a bald Barbie went viral....

21 Mar 2012
sue rizzello

Most businesses reach a point where they need to build up their PR. Deciding what route to take to do so can be a sticky issue, and a common question is: PR agency or in-...

09 Mar 2012
sue rizzello

There’s been a fascinating thread about case studies on one of the marketing social groups on LinkedIn recently. It has brought into focus several of the problems that Potion as a PR...

17 Feb 2012
sue rizzello

I was doing an interview today with the lovely Patricia Davidson, online shopping guru and editor of the Site Guide and we were discussing the changing power of the consumer. During our...

18 Jan 2012
Nancy

Choosing the right word is important in every communication, not just in PR writing, and you would think even more so in media communication – newspapers, newswires, new programmes. Why do...

02 Jun 2011
sue rizzello

Poor old Twitter. It seems the ease and speed of the micro-blogging medium has struck again, raising yet more concerns about just how easy it is to spark off significant real-world reactions...

26 Apr 2011
sue rizzello

Has Marr handled his PR crisis well after confessing that he has in the past sought and been granted a super injunction to prevent a past extramarital affair coming to light?Today’s...

15 Apr 2011
Nancy
PotionPR has recently expanded its international PR network.  When a PR agency wants to become an International PR agency it needs to adjust its thinking a little. It will only attract international...