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Free webinar on negative social media comments
Free webinar for corporate communications professionals Date: November 14th 2024 Time: 12.30pm UK time Duration: 1 hour As communications...
Dealing with negative social media comments – dos and don’ts
The subject of dealing with negative social media comments crops up in almost every social media training course I run, so I thought I’d share my...
Social media flow chart for comms pros
* 09/01/21 Social media flow chart - updated for 2021! When I first posted this chart 7 years ago (and more than 52,000 downloads ago!), I had no...
When ‘no’ is the most powerful word in comms
We're lucky to have a cracking guest post from Steve Carley, Internal Communications Officer at West Mercia Police, and a brilliant Comms Creatives...
What’s your Comms Impact Score?
Discover where you shine – and what to sharpen. Our Comms Impact Scorecard gives you a clear, insightful look at how you’re doing across five key areas of communications practice: clarity, competence, creativity, confidence and capacity.
It’s for anyone who works in comms: so if you work in-house in a team, you’re a manager, or a freelancer, you’ll get:
A personalised score across each area
Insights into what’s fuelling your brilliance – and what’s dragging you down
Tailored advice and resources to help you level up, without burning out
Should my organisation stay on X?
Should my organisation stay on X? What you need to considerIn the last six months, it’s THE biggest question our members and followers have posed us...
The power of social media negativity
Guest blog: Taking a positive approach to negative comments This guest blog post is on one of the hottest topics in comms: how we deal with...
Download your free guide to effective evaluation
Download your free guide to effective comms evaluationMeasure your corporate communications success, understand your impact, and show your value...
Six creative comms campaigns we love from Down Under
We’re so excited to be visiting Australia in February as part of a trade mission organised by Welsh Government. It means that 2024 is the year we...
Comms gift guide
Fact: communications professionals deserve more gifts. We have you covered if you're looking for a gift for yourself or to celebrate birthdays,...
How social media can help your CEO/leadership team to have more impact
In today's fast-paced, connected world, CEOs and their leadership teams extend their influence beyond the boardroom. To make the most of their...
Facebook in the comms mix: how it’s changed over the years
Do you remember when Facebook was all pokes, likes and you could reach a gazillion people for free? And can you believe it was once seen as THE...
FIGHT! How traditional and social media battle to be the most important 👇
Traditional and social media are at war. This video shows the story of journalists having a (very subtle) pop at social media creators. I can...
Six things you need to know from The Big Social Media Professional Survey
We teamed up with SoCrowd to survey comms and social media professionals about their jobs - the pluses, as well as the pressures. A whopping 422...
Comms Cartoons
Social media interview questions
16 Social media interview questions: prepare to land that dream job Here are some social media interview questions - so you can prepare for before...
The comms approval process
If you've been through the comms approval process a few times, you'll know: the pain is real.Getting through layers of people to edit and sign-off...
The comms unicorn
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...
Building comms confidence
Building your confidence is as important as developing skills, if you really want to get maximum impact. I can often be found researching and...
Going viral
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...
Comms is not common sense
I've heard a few people say that communications is common sense. It's not. https://twitter.com/commscreatives/status/1364654765314084866 It could...
How to deal with procrastination?
Ever wonder how to deal with procrastination? Me too*. Here's how procrastinating shows up in my work:...
The ‘commsplanation’: duff advice from the non comms colleague
I made up a word: "commsplanation'. Have you ever been commsplained? It's where someone who is less qualified than you, or less experienced,...
Comms strategy: when dreams don’t match reality
I hope you know that you're not alone if you find your comms strategy dream does not always match the reality. I drew a doodle to illustrate this....
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 think the pressure we face is healthy,...