Chris Norton – Norton Notes PR Blog

The video below reminds me of the Will it Blend campaign where they did something rather extreme to a gadget to show how impressive it is In the case of Will it Blend they placed an iPad into a blender and blended into dust which made for a clever...

I had to share this video as I spotted this campaign on the news this morning and I think it is a brilliant campaign from the British Heart Foundation that has combined humour with a serious issue Many people in the UK don’t know how to give CPR...

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had lovely Christmases and exciting new years My Christmas has been spent relaxing and unwinding and seeing friends and family and doing all the things you should during the festive period My little boy is...

Now I have been a fan for Tweetdeck for a number of years, I have recommended it at events I have spoken at and even given one on one training courses to people as I thought it was a great tool The product has always previously been created in Adobe...

Here is an interesting video that has been created for/by the airline KLM on its social media strategy which I got from one of my local friends David Turner – so hat tip to him I have to admit when I opened it and saw it was nine and a half...

I was reading an article the other day that claimed a positive review on Trip Advisor was now worth £10,000 and hotel owners are now being blackmailed for discounts and threatened with negative reviews if they don’t give them The article...

I have noticed quite a number of corporate blogs recently that have been updated regularly but they don’t seem to be acting socially It’s called social media for a reason because it is two way – so pushing corporate content in one direction is...

So the big news is finally here, Facebook has bought location based game Gowalla The competitor to Foursquare didn’t quite keep up and more recently tried to reposition itself but now the social media juggernaut that is Facebook has gone and...

The Leveson Inquiry has once again brought the spotlight onto the world of Journalism However, the fantasic journalism shouldn’t be tainted with one bad group of nasty journalists There are still really good journalists out there that need to be...

Another rant I am afraid I am sick of coming across extremely poor blogs that are being used as dumping grounds by SEO people to leave links and point them towards their client’s main websites I really don’t see the longevity in this process –...