The Royal Family are never far from British culture and lifestyle, however in the last couple of years they seem to have grabbed more attention than normal. The highly anticipated wedding of our futu...
Student Life (Photo credit: Wikipedia) University has become an accepted rite of passage into adulthood, three years of independent living, self-motivated learning and enriching opportunities. Inevit...
A summery picture Recently I have found myself a little bit quiet on this blog and Twitter, even Facebook has taken a hit in the final weeks of university. Instead of scanning the web, my nose has be...
Fancy helping me out? If you Ikea’s biggest fan, or have merely only heard of them, this questionnaire is for you! It would be very helpful if you could take five minutes to fill it in!
Image via CrunchBase The CV is dead, or is it? Apparently 54% of employers believe the CV will be replaced by social networking, so I wanted to ask, how would this work. An easy place to start is Lin...
Isn’t the internet clever? Perhaps not, but clever people out there have used the internet to create clever little tools to make our lives so much easier. As a friendly, giving person I have sh...
I love to blog. However, there are times of year when I have to neglect this hobby of mine, such as exam season. Do not worry, I am still around, and while I am not in the library you will probably s...
Facebook Notifications Feed (Photo credit: dannysullivan) I’ll Facebook you. When a brand name migrates into a verb you realise that it has made its impact. Very few would argue that Facebook h...
I saw this video on The Next Web. It demonstrates a fun and clever use of Twitter as a tool for promotion. Have you seen any other great and interesting uses of Twitter? Related articles Google: Sorr...
If 1,000,000,000 people gave you $1 you would now be a billionaire. Where would you find these people? Well, if you speak to the whole population of the United State, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Mexico, G...
Image via Matt Banks My Public Relations course contains a lot of great modules, but one thing that I feel it has lacked so far is the development of maths skills. This may sound like a slightly biza...
Blue question mark (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the past 10 years the world of Digital PR has grown at a frantic pace. It is now widely accepted that being online is not just the sign of a modern, in...
I remember when I was first introduced to the idea of having my own website. I was 8 and we had just signed up to the internet at home. The idea of being able to have my own website was exciting but ...
If you have recently typed rachelbarkley.co.uk into your browser – and let’s be honest, why wouldn’t you? – then you would be graced with the screen below. Change is indeed co...
Something a little different for mother’s day, I try out a bit of v-logging. Please excuse my poor camera quality, but I hope the message is strong enough to overcome it, my mother’s supp...
I visited the Hobbit in Southampton some years ago, and while the night itself is hazy (not necessarily as a result of alcohol, rather the length of time that has since elapsed), the place made its i...
Consider this us dipping our toes into the water. Do you know anyone who would be interested in helping support our team?
Only last week #Kony2012 took over Twitter. One video created the single biggest response that I personally have ever seen from the online world, so strong that there were claims that this was an exa...
A lot of my searches which find their way onto my blog are obesity related. Perhaps this should not be a surprise, obesity is one of the biggest problems in the UK and I have previously written about...
We can write for years about the potential of social media but every do often along comes an example which demonstrates the power and ability social media has. We all know social media has changed mo...
In times of chaos, you settle me. For cannot you see, without you I be, a catastrophe. In times of quiet, you inspire me. A buzzing bee? A new born tree? Not for me! My imagination as ink and paper. ...
To me, this video represents the importance of understanding your audience and creating a strong message designed for them. The video is all right, but it is by no stretch of the imagination the grea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vDGrfhJH1P4 If you have not seen this video yet make sure you watch it. It is a brilliant piece of work.
There was once a time where I was proud of being anonymous on Google, type in Rachel Barkley and I may as well not have existed. The tides have changed now, both in my opinion of Google anonymity and...
Earlier this week we were lucky enough to receive a guest lecture from Laura Miller, the Communications, Marketing and Engagement Officer for Barnsley Police and Inspector Mark Spooner of the Barnsle...
The social media communications revolution is already happening and organisations need to ensure that they are reacting efficiently to this important development in communications. While in many case...
If you are looking for examples of strong branding the sports industry is the place to look. Teams rely on having strong brand identity to engage their fans and give them the opportunity to feel invo...
A government report says that all students should gain a minimum of 12 weeks work experience while studying for a degree (read more here). As internships, voluntary and compulsory, are a common theme...
Customers love a story. We often do not make purchases for merely their utilitarian properties, but for a plethora of reasons from how it makes us feel to how it makes our peers perceive us. It can b...
Leeds Met students, now is the time to share your opinion and let the university know what you want by voting for your student union officers. Voting only takes a moment and is available via this lin...
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