Frank and Brown

When is PR, writing and general consultancy like sharing your life with a cat? I asked this question some time last year.  My answer was that clients are actually like clients most of the time.  Many people got back to me and agreed – many of them were not consultants like me, but I reckon the analogy works best if you’re a consultant working in the service sector.

I’m reminding you again, because, let’s face it, clients can be like cats and both of them have made it clear to me in the past 48 hours or so.  (more…)

When is PR, writing and general consultancy like sharing your life with a cat? Answer, most of the time actually.

If you’re a consultant working in the service sector then you might get where I’m coming from with this.  Because, let’s face it, clients can be like cats.  Hold that thought for a while. (more…)

One of the many reasons that Tiger Woods has fumbled the public handling of his indiscretions, and betrayal of his family, is his poor relationship with the media. Max Clifford pointed out in the Guardian on Saturday that a good PR person would have changed this for him over a period of time.

That might be the case, but any PR person can only do so much when faced with an intransigent or unenlightened client. (more…)