Month: November 2013

So I have had a lot going on recently, following my company re-brand and last night the Prohibition team ventured out into Leeds to the Pride Awards to see if we could pick up an award or two. I have been to the awards a number of times before and picked up a few but this was the first one for Prohibition and it felt quite nice. We were shortlisted for “Best Use of Digital” and “Best Use of Social Media” for the team’s launch of Student Wire which is now recognised as one of the UK’s leading student magazines. According to the ... Read more

PR is somewhat of a new thing for many SEO companies. They’ve shifted to content marketing, content strategy and the like, and because of that, they’re slow on the trigger in terms of really assimilating the skills that experienced PR companies have spent 10,000 hours picking up. Despite the many bouts of negative press many PR companies have received, for every bad egg there are several extremely talented companies out there that do an incredible job of getting pick-up for their clients through big publishers. These companies have much to teach SEO companies transitioning into content marketing, and through a ... Read more

So last week I was talking to a friend of mine who likes his tech and he was telling me all about Android TV boxes and how brilliant they are. I am a bit of a sceptic when it comes to things that deliver free entertainment but after watching his TV I was convinced that this system could really be a threat to the cable industry. For those of you that don’t know an Android MX box can easily be found all over eBay (for around £75) and other online shops. They turn a normal TV, via a HDMI lead, into ... Read more

I am proud to announce here on my personal blog that after a very busy year my team and I have changed our PR agency name to Prohibition to reflect the recent account wins and growth in team size. I am sure a few of you spotted the change to my company website earlier this week, you can get the full official news story here on the website.   This year has been the best in the five years I have been running the company and I am extremely proud of the team I have pulled together. We have been shortlisted for ... Read more

Its been a busy few months at Prohibition HQ and so I have been busy sorting out a number of new account wins. My next post will have some big news on that front but I will save that for later. However, here are two stories that caught my eye by offering a humorous and slightly worrying side to the news in the social web this week, both of which involve images of cannabis and poor regulation on behalf of Instagram and the housing brand Rightmove. Instagram,  the world renowned photo based social site that helps people share their dinner ... Read more