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PRINTABLE CHART: A quick guide to answering people who use social media to talk to your organisation

When going on holiday and handing over a social media account or talking to a new member of staff, it

Your brand’s social media during the coronavirus crisis – 5 tips

This is a practical guide to managing your brand’s social media during the coronavirus crisis. Actually, all of the advice

The future of PR & communications: 2020 & beyond

As a creative PR and comms trainer, I’m often asked, ‘What is the future of PR and communications?’ It’s a

How to give your brand an engaging social media tone of voice

Developing an interesting and engaging social media tone of voice is a hot topic for lots of us who look

The comms Christmas gift list

If you’re anything like me, you do your shopping at the very last minute. And maybe you save time by

Take the 31 Days of Creativity Challenge

Unleash your creative side in under 15 minutes a day Get 31 easy creative tasks for you to do, 31

Are you inbox zero or creative hero? My email rebellion

Lately I’m lucky enough to have got some help with responding to email enquiries and such like. What a luxury.

Do you get the comms butterflies of dread?

Being a creative comms person is not the easy option. You create something a little different that you think is

A PR and comms stress epidemic: survey results 2019

I am seriously concerned about the stress faced by the hundreds of comms and PR professionals took part in a

Comms and PR stress, and the workload dilemma

Stress is often seen as part of the job of being a communications, PR and marketing professional. But I don’t

Punctuation: five fun facts

It’s National Punctuation Day! So I thought I’d share five more-interesting-than-it-sounds trivia about punctuation. Because I KNOW you comms creatives

Replace your inner critic with an inner fan club

How much do you let your inner critic hold you back? Maybe it’s a comms and marketing thing, but we

Could you work with your brother or sister? Introducing my new business manager, Lel

Hey! I have taken on my first permanent member of staff, and guess what? She’s my big sister! Introducing Lel

Great comms takes courage

For a few reasons, creative, engaging social media doesn’t just take skills and creativity – it takes guts.

12 Podcasts for comms, PR and marketing pros

I want to share some podcasts to inspire comms, PR and marketing pros, because it’s often hard for us to

Social Media Marketing Awards: I won!

On Monday, I won Freelance Social Media Marketer Of The Year at the Social Media Marketing Awards! I’m super chuffed,

Social media for a royal wedding – behind the scenes

These days during huge news events, we are all scrolling through social media to find out the latest updates and

Philippa Davies: Comms Creative Q&A

For my second Comms Creative newsletter Q&A, we have the most creative person I know. She’s a badass friend of mine

Creating a communications strategy – advice from a comms specialist

The first time I was asked to get creating a communications strategy, I was super intimidated by the task. It

My advice for a career in communications

I’m sharing some advice for a career in communications as part of the second #CommsCreative challenge: to blog useful tips for

The creative communications strategy

We can make a real difference to the impact of our comms by working to a creative communications strategy. The

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