PR fro small businesses
Blog URL http://smallbizpr.wordpress.com
Located Wilmslow, Cheshire United Kingdom
Tags PR, Public relations, Promotion, Small business, marketing, start-up
A guide to cheap, sometimes free, and easy things which you can do to promote your business. No agency required!
Latest Blog Posts
- We have moved! on Oct 19, 2009
Check out the new blog at avidblog.wordpress.com or our soon to be website at www.avidpr.co.uk. Do it now. Do it.
- Never underestimate the power of persistence on Jun 8, 2009 in Media relations Press releases Start up Small business media new business Mira Taylor free pr
This applies in life, in general, but more so to public relations. Of course, it’s qualified: ring somebody up every day when you’ve already been told they’re not interested and you could end up with some abuse, at best, or a law su...
- News when there’s no news: surveys on Apr 27, 2009 in News generation Surveys PR press release Promotion public relations Small business Start up
You may have read my post about press releases, below. These are great when you are launching or have interesting news relating to your business, but what of the times when you are just ticking along, doing what you do, serving customers? The local p...
- How to blog for PR on Apr 16, 2009 in Blogging social media Blog free pr how to blog PR public relations Small business Start up
I remember my mum telling me she was going to write a ‘blog’ about a garage that had ripped her off. This was the first time I had heard the word and was gutted that I had been out-media-ed by my mother. These days the internet is chocker...
- Competitions and reader offers on Apr 8, 2009 in Competitions and exclusive offers Competitions Media relations Offers PR Promotion public relations Small business Start up
Competitions and reader offers are a good way to get coverage, and make you seem like a thoroughly nice business owner! The media love them because they get to give something to their readers which costs the publication absolutely nothing, and you ca...
- Freebies, gimmicks and samples on Apr 7, 2009 in Freebies and samples Freebies Media relations Mira Taylor Mira Taylor PR PR Promotion public relations samples Small business Start up
I’ll tell you something for nothing: everybody loves free stuff. Actually, I’ll tell you lots of things for nothing, that’s what this blog is all about. But that people love free stuff is just a not-open-to-debate fact of life. In P...
- Business Networking on Apr 7, 2009 in Getting started Networking
This is a plug, kind of, but a really useful one. I’ve just joined 4Networking, Britain’s fastest growing business networking group. I went to my first meeting on Friday and already have three potential new pieces of business from it R...
