Author: Chris Norton

I don't normally post about day's out but I thought this was worth a quick mention Yesterday, my wife and I wanted to take my little boy for a day out and we decided on the York Maze I don’t know what I expected but I was pleasantly surprised The...

Are you busy tomorrow If not, you might want to make your way over to the Adelphi on Hunslet Road as I am speaking at a free seminar on the benefits of using social media for business It’s the second of four seminars to be held by the organisers...

I think I speak for most people when I say we have all been saddened by the recent events in Tottenham  A young man called Mark Duggan was shot dead recently by the police and this has cause some unrest in the northern borough of London It has been...

Err yes actually I have been playing with Google+ as have most of the more techies I know and I have read a few interesting articles However, if I see another Google+ post telling me how to use it I think I am going to scream However, if that’s...

If you are like me I am sure you get messages all the time about clever ways to spread your messages out on the World Wide Web You will also sadly probably receive lots of spammy messages that ask you do this that to get the most out of twitter and...

So last week I attended a meeting down in Kent with a very senior SEO expert (who shall remain nameless) but who runs a large digital team He called me and my colleagues in to discuss the possibility of helping them create some interesting and...

So the social network juggernaut that is Facebook took another step forward with its face recognition software for photographs this week Basically the new Tag Suggestions feature scans photos and automatically picks out existing friends by guessing...

On Wednesday I attended the Social Network Debate which was held by my good friends Lucre Social  and the topic we had up for discussion this time was “Are social networks are a distraction for marketeers” There were a lot of senior marketers...

I have worked in PR for more than 13 years and I must have pitched more than a hundred times, it’s one of the best bits of the job Ask anyone who works in PR it’s tiring but brilliant The thrill of coming up with new and interesting ideas and...

Warning this is a self-promotional post from someone who is pretty happy! I have just got back to work today after seven beautifully sunny days in Kos with my family and after going through the obligatory work related emails I stumbled across a...