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Berkshire Youth signs up purplefish

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We've won a few clients this year of which we are very proud. One is Berkshire Youth, a youth organisation that helps clubs and young people's projects across the Berkshire Unitary Authority. purplefish is raising the profile of Berkshire Youth's work through an integrated PR and social media campaign. From training ...

Facebook leads where PR should follow

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Facebook today announced it's added 70 new gender options to the UK to better reflect the diverse nature of UK society. The social media site has worked with Press For Change and Gendered Intelligence to choose the new options which just for the UK market include, intersex man, asexual, and ...

Enjoy the Bank Holiday!

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Howies has sent out a neat email wishing everyone a great weekend and saying get out and enjoy yourself in the great outdoors. While the message is we're not selling anything, I'm sure the company wouldn't mind if we were all out there wearing some of its clothes. Neat. Have ...

The holidays are coming

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The Bear & The Hare (and The Multi-channel Christmas Campaign)

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This message will self-destruct

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It’s no secret that one of the latest social media trends is the idea of delivering social communications with a time constraint. While Twitter was one of the first channels to offer a word limit to its posts, Instagram and Vine are the new kids on the block, both restricting their ...

I’m just hanging out

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If you’re still not sure about whether your brand should be on Google+, consider the benefits of Google Hangouts. The group chat feature is highly interactive, even compared to previous social networks, and can have increased longevity thanks to its integration with YouTube – simply record your Hangout and upload ...