by Hel Reynolds | Jul 8, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life, creativity, Social Media
The comms unicorn exists!This comms unicorn is often the cartoon people remember me for. I drew it because I can’t count the number of times people have said to me ‘do your comms magic on this’, or ‘sprinkle some stardust on that’. Maybe...
by Hel Reynolds | Jul 5, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life, Social media strategy
Building your confidence is as important as developing skills, if you really want to get maximum impact. I can often be found researching and testing ways to build confidence in comms professionals, as part of my work delivering social media training. At a CommsHero...
by Hel Reynolds | Jul 1, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life, Social Media, Social media strategy
Going viral – it’s the dream of attention and love for our brand. But we comms pros are not miracle workers. If the content is important to your colleague/boss/client, but utterly irrelevant to the audience, it won’t fly. You can help them solve...
by Hel Reynolds | Apr 14, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life
I’ve heard a few people say that communications is common sense. It’s not. https://twitter.com/commscreatives/status/1364654765314084866 It could apply to lots of jobs I suppose, but it’s particularly an issue for us, because some of our colleagues...
by Hel Reynolds | Apr 8, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life
Ever wonder how to deal with procrastination? Me too*. Here’s how procrastinating shows up in my work: https://twitter.com/HelReynolds/status/1309448035886411777?s=20 Lots of people have told me they experience this too. I’ve realised a few things that...
by Hel Reynolds | Nov 23, 2020 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life, PR, Social Media
I made up a word: “commsplanation’. Have you ever been commsplained? It’s where someone who is less qualified than you, or less experienced, explains something to you. They get hold of the tiniest amount of knowledge, and suddenly they’re...
