Brissenden's blog
I have just discovered my old pal John Brissenden’s blog its a joy and a treasure. Read it http://johnbrissenden.wordpress.com/
Grey Power
Unbelievably the “wrinklies” public image has had a face lift this morning across the media. Usually it’s a hopeless task for poor PR folk who are heroically attempting to peddle the joys of the over 60’s. Valiant attempts to sell old age often stumble chiefly because of the media’s obsession to remain attractive to the…
Fuss About Nothing
Would be celebs are so transparent when trying to keep their name in the press. It amazes me just how crazy things have become when a slew of stories with the yawn factor hit the pages of the press. Emily Maitlis, shock horror, showed too much leg when she was promoting the news. Kate Moss…
The Whisper on Wispa: Never Underestimate the power of 1980's nostalgia
I have received a flurry of emails from fellow PR friends and journalists who have realised that Borkowski is behind the relaunch of Wispa. Many erroneously think we created an online campaign to bring back Wispa. We designed a press campaign informed by the amount of on line pressure groups that had been running for…
Lame and Lamer
Another lame publicity stunt this morning – a youthful police constable riding a skateboard. I assume this was an attempt to make plod more cool with kids. This scam is nearly as creative as Great Western Trains announcing on Monday that they are employing a poet to amuse the punters at stations around their network.
Rogue PRs
More or less every time I sit down with a journalist these days, I hear about some more appalling PR conduct. The problem with the PR industry is that it’s unregulated, so anyone who can afford a website or a business card can set themselves up as a PR agency. That said, there are a…
The battle of Heathrow
Downing Street has warned climate change protesters near Heathrow that any disruption to the running of the airport would be “unacceptable”. Great news – at long last an outbreak of civil disobedience. Clearly the action of the Camp for Climate Action, is a publicity stunt, I am optimistic that the controversy will raise a debate…
This has to be a PR scam
Surgically alters thumbs to better use iPhone Written by James Benfly http://northdenvernews.com/content/view/922/2/ Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs surgically altered in a revolutionary…
Edinburgh Fringe news
I have a Edinburgh Fringe client that is a genuine South African Sangoma or Witch Doctor. It seems that he feels the need to ritually slaughter a live chicken on stage on the full moon next week to bring The House of the Holy Afro theatre production at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh good fortune!…
Flea circus
I am very excited – I have just bought a flea circus. It orginated in Alaska and has arrived by courier just after three today. The fleas were trained by an Eskimo called Charlie Pastolik. Most Eskimos, who have nothing to do during the long winter nights spend months training their sledge dog fleas.