One of my trusted PR contacts Andy at 10 Yetis has named us in his top 20, and kindly tagged us too! What a nice treat for a Wednesday lunchtime!
It’s funny, because I really respect Andy and love the work 10 Yetis do….but we’ve never actually met!
I happened across his website when I first started my business and we’ve chatted by phone/email/Twitter ever since.
One day we’ll meet in person I’m sure, I’ll lure him with yum-yums.
You’ll see that from my top 20, there are a number I’ve never met, which really demonstrates the power of Twitter and other online resources for connecting like-minded or industry related people.
My list includes those I respect, those I admire, think are creative, hardworking, and some new connections who I’m excited about getting to know.
On with the list. In no particular order. And I haven’t listed Andy, because hopefully my intro shows that I think he’s damn good at what he does.
1. Eveleen Hatch at BuzzWord PR – we met on Twitter and we’re currently working jointly on some really exciting campaigns and pitches @BuzzwordPR.
2. Louise Cox at Cocktail PR – never met in person, we met on UK Business Forums, and share contacts and ideas regularly. She’s works extremely hard – @cocktailpr
3. Steve at Sponge – @spongenb for the Haribo and sharing of ideas on Twitter
4.Gemma at Red Cube Marketing – @gemmawent for really useful and informative tweets
5. Paula Gardner at Do Your Own PR for her mentoring when I first set up my business @Doyourownpr
6. Sam Boniface at Azaria PR for knowing how to send out a press release and make a clients life easy! @AZARIAPR
7. Bottle PR as a local agency I really admire
8. Melissa at Peekaboo Communications as a new connection and a PR who specialises in preschool and nursery, an area I love working in – @melissatalago
9. Nic Jones of Jammy Rascals, fantastic children’s marketing pro and somewhat of a mentor when I started in the toy industry – @jammyrascals
10. Vicki Potter of Biss Lancaster, amazingly on the ball and lovely to deal with – @VickiCPotter
11. James Ashe at Stormin Ideas – very, very creative and nice guys too – @storminideas
12. Ingrid Semanikova, a fantastic work experience help before she landed a fantastic job! – @isemanikova
13. Nigel Morgan, local PR and social media expert, met in person for first time a few weeks ago at OxTweetUp – @Nigel_Morgan looking forward to getting to know better
14. The Fishes Oxford do a fantastic job of their PR with offers and seasonal menus, just starting to use social media – FishesOxford
15. Tracey Jefferies – freelance writer, just met via LinkedIn, looking forward to meeting in person in April – @traceyjefferies
16. Frank PR for their fantastic branding
17. Freelance writer Colin Gentry, just because I like his style
18. Sally at Who’s The Mummy for introducing me to the Tots 100 Index of Mummy Blogs (my hobby is writing a parenting blog)
19. Suzi at Cloverleaf Marketing, really thoughtful and up for a good creative PR approach!
20. Ok so I couldn’t leave Andy out after all – @10Yetis, you’re on the list!
So, there it is. And seeing as it’s a meme, I’d like to pass it on to Louise at Cocktail PR for a rainy day!
I’m touched.
You did it all yourself!
Cheers
Nic