Chris Norton – Norton Notes PR Blog

A couple of weeks ago, I started a new stage in my career after being invited to become a part-time lecturer on the PR degree at Leeds Metropolitan University I took the degree BA (Hons) Public Relations myself many years ago, and although I enjoyed...

Last week’s Twitter fiasco at HMV gave us all a clear demonstration of how brands should not to act in a crisis After the sad news that huge numbers of workers were told that they were being made redundant, angry employees, who were still able to...

I was shocked to receive an email this week from Pearson in Practice about its PR Apprenticeship Scheme, which I have been talking to them about for a while now You might remember I wrote about this a couple of months back after visiting the...

The terribly sad news that another well-known high street retailer was to close its doors was announced last week Jessops a regular on UK high streets for several decades has gone to the wall and its 187 stores finally closed their doors last night...

Instagram has just announced changes to its terms of service which have annoyed pretty much anyone, anywhere including me The new TOS will come into affect from 16th January and this will include a number of new stipulations which have been...

Unless you have been hidden under a rather large rock over the last twelve months you can’t have missed the splash that the Official CIPR Social Media Handbook “Share This” has made in the PR community As I live in the freezing cold north of...

Pinterest is still the social network of the moment despite Instagram making waves over the last twelve months You simply cannot fail to fall over the “Pin It” buttons which are now appearing all over our favourite websites As part of a...

The global phenomenon that was “The Social Media Revolution” video has been upgraded into a new version by Socialnomics The first two versions have proved rather popular, especially the version with Fat Boy Slim’s Right Here Right Now on...

Facebook’s rise and rise is well documented and continually coveted everywhere from The Times through to the highest profile social media bloggers It is always lauded as the best platform since sliced bread however I have a few gripes and I just...

Last week, I was having multiple platform conversations with my old colleague and friend Stuart Bruce, we were chatting on Skype, Google+, Twitter and email It led us to discuss Google+ in a little more detail I have been impressed with how Google...