Chris Norton – Norton Notes PR Blog

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...

I have read some interesting research taken from Upstream’s 2012 Digital Advertising Attitudes Report on the fact that more than a quarter of British Facebook users will ditch the social network if they are subjected to more intrusive advertising...

I have just found this video on the Digital Buzz blog posted by Katy Daniells and I have to say it’s brilliant I love a good stunt type video and this take on flash mobbing to demonstrate the product is superb The concept is get a lot of people...

I stumbled across this little application earlier in the week, it’s called the Top 5 News and it’s an experiment from two Guardian journalists The premise is that they gather the top five stories from the major news sources in the UK It’s...

I have just logged into my Facebook pages today and noticed something rather interesting Facebook seems to have rolled out a new feature that allows you to invite your Facebook friends to your Facebook page This takes me back a few years when they...

This week I have been doing quite a bit of analysis and research into bloggers and online influencers This has become part of my day job reading, researching and engaging and I am often asked by other PR professionals to give recommendations on some...

I was listening to the Today programme this morning with James Naughtie presenting and he was interviewing the chief executive of RBS Stephen Hester No sooner did we get into the interview and Mr Hester was asked if his salary wasn’t enough This...