Issue 85 - 19th October 2021
DIY PR, free pitch templates, being paid to watch The Simpsons and The Sleepless Hotel
CAMPAIGNS
You can get paid £5,000 to watch The Simpsons and honestly, we’ve been doing this for free our whole lives
One Simpsons superfan will get the chance to be PlatinCasino.co.uk’s Simpsons Series Analyst, who will be hired to watch every episode of the hit show to keep an eye out for any key events that happen.
This Is How Many Working Mums Have Been Denied Flexible Working
Of the 13,000 working mothers surveyed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Mother Pukka, 50% said their current employer had rejected or only accepted part of their flexible working request. The survey also revealed that many working mums are put off asking for flexible working in the first place.
You Can Stay In 'The World's First Sleepless Hotel' This Halloween
This Halloween Kraken's new Dread & Breakfast has opened its doors and is promising guests the most uncomfortable, terrible and disturbing night's sleep.
Almost half of UK employees say ‘toxic workplace culture’ is impacting mental health
Two in five employees across the UK have experienced problematic behaviour, such as bullying, harassment or discrimination at work; with 42% confirming ‘toxic workplace culture’ has impacted their mental health, according to recent research from Culture Shift.
Dream Job Pays You £24k To Watch Netflix All Day And Nap
Bespoke luxury crafted bed company, Crafted Beds, are now taking applicants for a mattress tester. The new role will see participants try out a different mattress each week, ranking them in terms of comfortability. By Unearth PR.
This Dating App Wants To Find You A Wedding Plus One
Would you use a dating app to find a plus one for a wedding? The folks at Tinder evidently think that some people might, because they've just introduced a new function for this very purpose.
INSIGHTS
Digital PR Resources for Ideation and Sell-In: 2 Free Templates
With relevance becoming the newest PR/SEO buzzword when it comes to generating ideas for our clients (and rightly so), being informed with all the tools you need before ideation is an essential part of creating the best ideas. Sarah Fleming has created two templates to support your creative process, which I’ve shared and explored below!
Here's how to *send fewer pitches and earn better results*, using Google search operators when you're on a deadline.
Pitching holiday campaigns can be hard, here are some tips from Domenica D’Ottavio to get more coverage with less work.
PR pitching: Journalists speak out on story interests, catching their attention and DIY PR
Few things are better for effective pitch planning than hearing what journalists actually want to hear about, and a new journalist survey from entrepreneur PR network PRontheGO offers some tasty tidbits for outreach—as well as some of the practices that make up some of the worst pitches they’ve gotten.