The Red Rocket
Blog URL http://www.theredrocket.co.uk
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags technology, pr, social media, public relations, geek, twitter, youtube, tech
The Red Rocket - a blog about technology, PR, social media marketing
Latest Blog Posts
- Prime minister dunks out of biscuit question on Oct 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
When it comes to the crunch Gordon Brown shows a taste for evasion in the great biscuit debate reported The Times yesterday, tongue firmly in cheek. In his first webchat for Mumsnet, it was the topic of his favourite biscuit that apparently threw the...
- It pays to be quick sometimes when it comes to sex on Sep 25, 2009 in Online PR PR digital pr Lloydspharmacy sex degrees of separation
OK, OK, so I went with an attention-grabbing headline… This week has been a classic PR example of how getting a story out first can make all the difference to the end results. We’ve been working with Lloydspharmacy on a sexual health camp...
- Can journalists can make a mint as bloggers? on Sep 14, 2009 in blogging Guardian Jeff Jarvis
Image by A Hermida via Flickr Back in June I asked the question, “Is PCW’s demise the beginning of the end for tech magazines?” Print journalism in tech has been on a gradual decline for the past few years - not necessarily in q...
- Vid of the week: Social Media Revolution on Sep 10, 2009 in social media marketing social networking Erik Qualman social media Social network socialnomics
If you need to convince someone about the importance of social media from a communications point of view, show them this video. It starts by asking, “is social media a fad?” (one I get asked often) to, “or is it the biggest shift...
- MobsterWorld - when a viral game resembles a virus on Sep 7, 2009 in Twitter social media marketing MobsterWorld spam
Well I’d like to think it happens to the best of us. Yes, I’ve been caught out by a spam issue. It happened last week when I checked out an Twitter-based game called MobsterWorld one lunchtime. While there are loads of Twitter apps out t...
- Cloud Computing explained in plain English on Sep 4, 2009 in Tech Cloud computing software as a service tech pr
The second online video that’s caught my eye this week: this time being an explanation about cloud computing. OK, maybe this one’s for geeks only and I’m sure it simplifies matters somwhat. But as a tech PR bod, I’ve found mys...
- Online PR is like having a party… on Sep 3, 2009 in Online PR SEO social media marketing PR Public relations social media
Online PR is all about Community from RealWire on Vimeo. RealWire has produced a video explaining how online PR, using the oft-quoted party analogy. It’s a good way of explaining what it’s all about though, at least for online PR and soci...
