Based in London, Ben works for Waughton, a financial and corporate communications consultancy, as an Associate, where he has responsibility for a wide range of day-to-day activities, including consulting work, project development, media coverage, and online communications. Ben is currently Secretary of the children's cancer charity, Camp quality UK, where he looks after the communications aspects of the charity.
Ben background in communications came from being an ex-Editor of the award winning student newspaper, York Vision, which was recently awarded the Guardian Media Awards ‘Student Newspaper of the Year’. Because of this, he retains a vested interest in all things student journalism and the media in general.
Ben Matthews' blog is Pudding Relations.
Mr. PR Blogger, Stephen Davies, was kind enough to tag me in a blog meme around an up-and-coming event called New Wave PR. Organised by Andy Wake from event management company, Don’t Panic, the meme was started as:“a fun way to create some buzz, i…
Last week Tim Bradshaw, the Financial Times’ intrepid Digital Media Correspondent, wrote an article called “Silicon Roundabout”, about an area near Old Street tube station where a whole menagerie of internet start-ups are based.It started when Matt Bid…
Not wanting to start of this post sounding like an episode of Sex and the City, but what are the rules surrounding PR practitioners talking about their client work in the online space? Does it annoy the people not in PR have to put up with our occasion…
This is a worrying fact for some companies as it is these Gen Y consumers that are increasingly setting the technology agenda and becoming a vital audience to reach in determining which products and services will succeed in the tech space.
With recent events and the state of the economy in mind, Kristin’s advice is valuable for those PR agencies looking to weather the financial storm. Here’s a run down of her tips on how to survive in a tough market…
I find it much better to let whoever wants to follow me and let Twitter send me an email to let me know when someone does. I can then check their profile at my convenience and if I feel like following them back I will.
I’m going to try and root every blog post in the real world, giving examples of how readers can apply the ideas given to their work and personal lives. It may be a tall order - not every blog post will appropriate or useful - but it’s a good ideal to work towards.
There are a couple of sites that have been launched recently that show just how much truth and transparency towards stakeholders is vital to the modern company - both in terms of customers and employees.
It’s refreshing to hear a PR man defend and even promote the industry, especially in due consideration to the profession’s notorious ‘darkside’ and accepting the pressure that journalists are under in modern times.
It’s good to see that Twitter is trying to communicate it’s problems more. For example, the first post explains that the API request limit has been lowered to 30 requests an hour and that pagination has been partially restored.
