Author: Chris Norton

Chris Norton is the founder of Prohibition and an award winning communications consultant with more than twenty years’ experience. He was a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and has had a varied PR career having worked both in-house and in a number of large consultancies. He is an Integrated PR and social media blogger and writes on a wide variety of blogs across a huge amount of topics from digital marketing, social media marketing right through to technology and crisis management.

Have our inboxes grown too quickly Is email passé Are terms such as ‘Facebook me’ about to become the norm and kill email entirely I read an interesting article by Erik Qualman this morning about Generation Z no longer using email and using...

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I have noticed recently that more and more PR professionals are looking for ways to get into digital communications I met up with an in-house PRO yesterday who told me his team has finally started using Twitter Many PROs believe that a PR blog is...

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Viral videos have got to have something intrinsically clever, entertaining or interesting to make them go viral in the first place Following in a similar vain to the recent US election viral that I shared, here is another really clever example...

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Stephen Waddington has posted a brilliant viral video on his blog this morning which I thought had to be shared as it made me laugh A viral agency called Rubber Republic has made the video below demonstrating the South West’s capabilities in...

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This morning I woke up to a beautiful white covering of snow – between two to three inches – see my back garden below When I took a quick look at the surrounding roads I found a van stuck fast and several cars backed up and sliding all over the...

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Following an email from Simon Collister, I have been helping John Tudor, a professional photographer based in Leeds, create his ten top tips for great PR photography He has pulled these tips together to help inexperienced PR professionals get good...

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Facebook has revealed a new crazier style of social networking The company is taking a new door-to-door approach which appears to be achieving some interesting results To be honest I had to share this after seeing it on the Bivings Report a while...

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Today is a sad day, yesterday we heard Woolworths and MFI had been taken into administration and this morning I heard PC World and Currys are another two brands which are struggling in these increasingly difficult times It is sad because (for...

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My colleague Jed Hallam has started a bit of a debate over on his blog as to whether a PR degree is really worth it I am a PR graduate myself and have my own opinion on this but I will keep that locked away for now Anyway, the debate has raged so...

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- WARNING THIS POST MAY CONTAIN STORIES OF AN UNCOOL NATURE - Social media is defined by Wikipedia as: “most often referring to activities that integrate technology, telecommunications and social interaction, and the construction of words,...

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