social media

Three social media tips for housing comms pros

by Harriett Bolton|24 October 202328 November 2023|Blog

I’ve really enjoyed the Comms Creative Social Media Expert course so far. It’s been a great opportunity for me to gain a better understand of social media under the influence of the knowledgeable Helen Reynolds. I’m eager to be able...

Christmas Jumper Day

by Sarah Thomas|08 December 202008 December 2020|Blog, News

As we approach the end of the year, we've been thinking about what we can do to help spread the holiday cheer. Last year instead of sending out traditional Christmas cards, we shared with our #ukhousing colleagues an e-card. And...

Importance of filling the crisis communications vacuum

by Sarah Thomas|28 September 202008 March 2021|Blog

Over the weekend the inevitable happened and a child at the school my children go to tested positive for COVID-19. What followed was the start of a classic crisis communications vacuum that needed a swift and decisive response. Initial reports...

Unleashing your creative campaigns on corporate social media

by Sara-Anne Mills-Bricknell|11 September 202008 March 2021|Blog

From my experience and conversations with other social media managers, corporate social media can be a tough nut to crack. Whilst many of us are brimming with ideas for new, fun and creative social campaigns, a suggestion that is attempting...

Learning from LinkedIn by the Sea

by Guest|06 March 202008 March 2021|Blog

Last summer, Silicon Valley giant LinkedIn made the surprise move of choosing Lincolnshire fishing town Grimsby as the location for a pilot project to help people find work and develop their careers. Four local people, including a café worker and...

Social: What’s new?

by Sara-Anne Mills-Bricknell|26 February 202008 March 2021|Blog

As always, social media is changing. For many housing providers, finding a balance between making sense of your social analytics and finding new ways to engage with your target audiences – be those stakeholders or customers – whilst also working...

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How PR met HR

by Guest|20 November 201908 March 2021|Blog

Once upon a time, people would be content to turn up to work, do what they did, and wait patiently for the pay cheque at the end of the month. According to HR experts, those days are over. Now we all want...

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The social experiment

by Sara-Anne Mills-Bricknell|30 October 201908 March 2021|Blog

I can’t remember a time when social media didn’t exist. So it’s often surreal when I speak to a marketing or comms manager about their organisation's social strategy and hear they simply don’t have one. Having worked in PR for...

Social media lessons from the ‘Insta Generation’

by Stuart Macdonald|06 September 201908 March 2021|Blog

At 17-years-old, I am a very experienced Instagram user. Part of generation Z, I'm one of the world’s social media children. I've had an Instagram account since early on in senior school. However, even a social media savvy teen has...