It’s World Book Day today. My children love books. But there’s the hypnotic pull of the television, their DS games, my ipad, the computer and the wii, which all vie for their attention. It’s a permanent battle of screen vs books. But there are some great ways to encourage kids to read or look at books instead of a screen. First of all, support …
Feedback we’d like to share
We got called by a PR agency this week in need of some help with a project in which they needed to reach mums. On a tight deadline, we had to help them understand the best way to reach mums and how to do it. Now I’ve got tell you that doing work for another PR agency is always a little …
Friday fanfare!
It’s Friday. The Friday before half-term. So to celebrate, we’re going blow our own trumpet. We spend every day shouting about all our wonderful clients that sometimes we forget to do the same for ourselves. So here’s a little slide show of just some of the pieces of coverage we’ve achieved for clients recently: …
Why kids ruin your PR career. Not always
I read this blog post from Hacked Off Flack today called ‘Why kids ruin your PR career’ . The author had a poorly child and was wondering how to tell the boss that he/she wasn’t going to make it into work. The piece had some interesting insights into why kids ruin your PR career. And a lot of what was said is …
Fab job opportunity for mums looking for better work/life balance
Tots to Travel is a long standing client of ours. And if we weren’t so busy doing their (and other people’s PR) we’d be very interested in this job opportunity that they’re advertising. Here are just some of the benefits: – being self-employed (no more begging for time off from disinterested bosses) – having the flexibility to work around (or …
How to be a good client
Well it’s been straight back into it here at Peekaboo HQ this year. Barely time for a cup of tea much less a blog post. But to kick things off in 2011, we thought we’d tell it like it is. And our first top tip for this year is: how to be a good client. If you pay someone to …
Merry Christmas
Well 2010 certainly has flown by. It seems just yesterday that we were putting our Christmas decorations up and now we’re doing it again. A big thank you to all the Peekaboo clients who we worked with in 2010 and we look forward to doing great things again in 2011. To all our new clients coming on board in 2011, …
Peekaboo client wins free radio advertising campaign
Entering our clients into awards is something we do A LOT. And every award our clients win makes us very happy and do little victory dances in the office, because we know the value that they bring. Some clients win product awards which help drive sales. Others win business awards which add to their corporate credibility. While others win personal …
5 questions every start up should answer – before you invest in PR
I spent the day yesterday acting as a mentor to 16 business women in a Speed Mentoring session run by Motivating Mum. It was fascinating finding out about their businesses – so many fantastic ideas. It was also mentally exhausting deep diving into 16 different businesses in 8 minutes segments! But no matter what their business, I found myself saying the …
Christmas pressie for your business: the top parenting press contacts
If you have children, you’ve probably already been given a long list of what they want for Christmas. You might even have had a few ideas of things you’d like for yourself (cashmere jumper or sparkly necklace?). But have you thought about what your business might like? While a new office chair or colour printer would be nice, what is going …