Author: Chris Norton

Last week I joined a panel debate at the University of York for its Careers Service in front of several hundred students to discuss jobs in the creative sector It was a fascinating debate with people from across the country spanning several...

This week we have just been putting the finishing touches to this new Facebook application called The Messy Garden which we have had built for a client The client has issued some academic research on sustainable gardens and the benefits of having a...

I came across an interesting online campaign this week which I thought was rather recently, Club Individual is the free membership programme from the Individual Restaurant Group which owns the Piccolino’s Restaurant chain as well as Restaurant Bar...

We attended the Yorkshire Business Market yesterday and it was interesting to take a new view on how things in the business and marketing world are changing and have evolved over the last six years When I started blogging, many years and moons ago,...

I stumbled across a post by Richard Leigh about a PR stunt for a TV channel in Belgium yesterday I thought it was pretty clever and I found myself watching the video to the end - which is very rare for me - because all of the way through I was...

So this week has been interesting in the world of politics and I am not even talking about the famous Pie Tax No this week the Government recommended that we all get a jerry can and fill it up at the fuel pumps because of a looming Fuel Tanker...

Warning this post is not about social media, online PR or internet marketing It is just a quick link to the DJ set I performed and recorded live at a nightclub called Moko Lounge in Harrogate on Friday night The music I play is everything from...

The PR stunt of the week, so far OK so it’s only Monday, has to go to Alton Towers The reason is the team there have managed to get national coverage on the fact the new ride “Nemesis Sub-Terra” ride has been classed for the over 12s by the...

This week has been a tad hectic because I have been away until today on paternity leave following the birth of my second child Harvey However, before I went away I had spent a number of weeks with my team preparing a social media campaign for my...

I have been training quite hard over the last few months as I started kick boxing four months ago My instructor asked me if I would be interested in competing and I said I would give it a go Here is a video from my exploits on Saturday I managed to...