16 Jun 2000
Richard Branson is forever winning accolades as a master
marketer....Richard Branson is forever winning accolades as a master
marketer.
However his latest brand awareness strategy could be his most ingenious
yet.
The Virgin Mobile arm is looking to infiltrate the college and
university sector by drafting in an army of students to carry out
marketing ...
06 Aug 1999
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Virgin Mobile, Richard Branson s new mobile phone outfit, has
handed its six-figure consumer PR...Virgin Mobile, Richard Branson s new mobile phone outfit, has
handed its six-figure consumer PR account to Consolidated
Communications.
Consolidated has been charged with promoting the Virgin Mobile brand
among existing mobile-users, as well as those who have not bought into
the mobile phone ...
13 Aug 2004
of the opportunity for third-party PROs? Richard Cann reports.
19 Nov 1999
| by ANDREW HOLT
when the agency arranged for eight naked
men and women to be photographed on a sofa with Richard...Consolidated Communications was guaranteed coverage in the tabloids
for its client Virgin Mobile when the agency arranged for eight naked
men and women to be photographed on a sofa with Richard Branson.
The Mirror quite rightly described the stunt as gratuitous and
titillating , but went ...
11 Jun 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
Virgin Mobile, the mobile phone firm Richard Branson is set to
launch later this year with mobile...Virgin Mobile, the mobile phone firm Richard Branson is set to
launch later this year with mobile phone operator One2One, has poached
Sunday Express joint deputy editor Steven Day to head its PR
operation.
Day s appointment comes only three weeks after he was promoted to deputy
editor ...
17 Jan 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Richard Neve, former public relations manager for the Benelux
countries at broadcasting giant NBC...Richard Neve, former public relations manager for the Benelux
countries at broadcasting giant NBC Europe, has set up his own
consultancy. Called Neve Public Relations, the agency will focus on
providing communications services for broadcasting, telecommunications
and IT clients. Neve quit NBC after ...
01 Apr 2005
| by Richard Cann
T-Mobile's UK PR chief Elaine Devereux is quitting the German mobile operator after five years.
03 Aug 2001
| by RICHARD LORD
SYDNEY: Independent Australian agency Blackie McDonald has won the
corporate and marketing communications account of fibre-optic cable
operator Australia Japan Cable.
The consortium, jointly owned by telecoms giants Telstra, NTT, BT
Concert, Teleglobe and WorldCom, is building a 12,000-kilometre...
19 May 2000
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
Mobile communications giant Orange has appointed Cohn and Wolfe on
a UK and international corporate communications brief with estimated
fees of pounds 500,000.
07 Apr 2000
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
August.One Communications is to handle trade and consumer PR for
Scoot UK, the interactive service which matches buyers of products and
services with suppliers. The agency replaces Cohn and Wolfe, which
declined to repitch. Scoot will continue to work with financial
specialist Buchanan Communications.