No, THIS is how it feels to be City

Why am I always surprised? Why do they do this to me time after time? Why could we, please, not just win 5-0 with a quick start in key games? Or if we are going to lose just get it over with quickly. But no, the City way is to raise our hopes into expectations (despite our best efforts to pretend we have kept a lid on it) then take us to the edge of despair and at the very last...they win. Well at least these days we seem to. Today in Fergie time which is wonderfully ironic. For those new to this exquisite form of torture here are a few more to prove this really is how 'it feels to be City'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tge11NHJ0U I was at this (above) game at Wembley. Until today, it was the most important game in the club's recent history. We were a couple of minutes away from another season in the third level of English football http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2PY3uj0ls I watched the second half of this (above) game though my fingers with increasing amazement. 3-0 down. Down to ten men against a rampant Spurs and...we won. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnWdGYRVCwM&feature=related And as for today's game (sorry no ...

Cornelia comes to Asia

Cornelia Kunze, one of Europe's biggest talents is joining us in the region as Vice Chairman Asia-Pacific

Trans-media storytelling and the Media Cloverleaf

We believe that companies and brands wanting to tell their stories in the new environment of multiple media channels need to embrace the concept of 'Trans-media Storytelling'.....and the best way to do that is to use the Media Cloverleaf. That was the subject of my presentation at last week's Shanghai Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival. Here is the deck.

Global PR Agency Rankings 2012

A global league table of PR agencies ranked by fee income for 2011

Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards

Last week I was lucky enough to be a jury member on the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards (AME). 'Lucky' and 'judge' on an award scheme are not usually two words I combine. Often these things are huge 'time sucks' and chores. This definitely took time but it was a great snap shot of some of the best work for brands in the region.