Social media and online PR agency Friend Digital has added two new clients to its roster, marking its first year in business.
The Brindleyplace-based consultancy has been commissioned to conduct research and devise a social media strategy for the University Hospitals Birmingham. The aim is to engage with users of the newly opened Queen Elizabeth super [...]
We are One! Happy Birthday to us!
April 19th, 2010Category: Home, News, Online PR, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Training
It’s Friend’s 1st birthday today and we are celebrating!
It’s been full of the thrills and spills you’d expect from starting a business specialising in a relatively ‘niche’ area like social media and in the middle of a recession!
But life, and business, are about taking risks – and the risk paid off!
New – Reluctant MD’s Guide to online PR
November 13th, 2009Category: Birmingham, News, Online PR, Online Reputation, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy
friend has created a jargon free online PR guide for busy MD’s.
“Thanks to social media, good public relations (PR) has never been more important for your business.
People now listen to each other rather than your advertisements; good corporate social responsibility has moved to the top of the political agenda and thanks to the blogosphere, everyone [...]
New – Social media guide for reluctant MDs
October 13th, 2009Category: Keyword Research, News, Online PR, Online Reputation, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Training
friend has released a no-nonsense ten-point guide in order to try to convince MD’s to embrace social media:
“If you’ve no desire to go on Facebook, think Twitter is full of twaddle, haven’t got the slightest inclination to write a blog and ignore all invites from Linkedin, you’re probably a director of a successful company!”
Read more: [...]
Friend wins Huntingdonshire District Council account
September 13th, 2009Category: News, Online PR, Online Reputation, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy
Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) wants to raise the awareness of two amazing environmental projects they have created to show stakeholders, academics and the local community that it IS possible for anyone to have an entirely carbon-free home.
friend has been appointed HDC’s social media and online PR agency for the life of this project, to maximise [...]
friend have been appointed lead social media and online PR agency for a consortium of major oil companies in Europe.
We are undertaking a detailed European research study and creating a five year social influence marketing strategy to generate awareness and action around the improvement of the road network across Europe.
The work kicks off this week. [...]
Simon Heath has been appointed director at Birmingham-based Friend Digital.
He joins managing director and online marketing expert, Chris Tomlinson, at the recently launched digital marketing agency. The duo previously worked together at Sutton Coldfield advertising agency WAA.
Simon joins from Leamington-based Freestyle Interactive, the largest full service digital agency outside London, where he was responsible for [...]
Online marketing expert and Midlands’ internet pioneer Chris Tomlinson has launched a new digital marketing agency, Friend Digital.
Friend will advise companies on digital marketing strategies and is set to introduce social influence marketing to the region.
Chris has more than a decade’s experience in the internet business. In 1995 he set up web consultancy WebXpress. The [...]
