Radio

The Radio Evolution

The use and perceived value of radio has fluctuated dramatically over recent years. Arguably incorporating radio into your PR activity is just as important as it ever was, but to understand why we need to look how radio has evolved. […]

County-Wide and World-Wide

SRF Integrated Communications is a PR agency with global reach, regularly communicating with overseas media across the planet. We also cover the local angles, working within Hampshire from Chineham, Basingstoke all the way down to the coast and beyond, across […]

Radio

As well as its huge reach, radio can also offer an intimate connection to the listener who maybe listening alone, in their car. PR can work with radio to not simply broadcast messages but start an engaging dialogue through a […]

More Room, More Radio

American Airlines needed to explain the enhancements they had made to their interior cabin environment. We commissioned research to discover what passengers actually do when on a plane and what they would like to do. Breaking this down across the regions […]

Reputation

Building and maintaining a reputation is a crucial requirement for any successful business. SRF Integrated Communications has helped organisations which are looking to create a reputation, businesses which needed to protect their reputation and companies whose reputation required re-building. A positive reputation generates loyalty and increases customer confidence in your brand, which drives sales and growth. We understand how your reputation can be shaped by your stakeholders and be affected by a wide variety of external factors. We can help you minimise potential damage and exploit the good news for maximum benefit.

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Creativity

Creativity can be difficult to identify, so SRF Integrated Communications has suggested five key actions which a creative communications agency should perform: listen and understand what you are trying to achieve, gather intelligence before scoping out the best course of action, identify who should help you tell stories, know how to make your stories come to life through word and pictures, understand that your ideas, wants and needs as a company are going to evolve and will be able to adapt. If your current agency does not perform anyone of the above, please get in touch and we will demonstrate how we bring a creative approach to every client.

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Get Your Story Straight

Storytelling for businesses has never been so scrutinised; by the public, by staff, by stakeholders and by the media. The easy access to social media is being used to hold all types of organisation to account and reputations can be […]

Does Your PR Approach Include Active Listening?

Active listening is a technique that is used by counsellors, trainers, and professionals involved in solving disputes or conflicts. Listeners must fully concentrate, understand, respond and then remember what is being said. It is a powerful skill which can be […]

Print Is dead

How many times have we heard that print is old technology and has no future? We still see newspapers at garages and in shops, we still see bookshops open for business and we still see printed promotional items from beer mats to invitations. Newspapers Print is not […]

Fit for Purpose

How do you know if your chosen agency is going to work out? For most businesses they don’t, and they go to extra-ordinary lengths to try to ensure that after all the proposals, pitching and negotiation, the agency is the […]

Change of Perspective

The New Year often gives people the opportunity to review and reflect on their lives. For businesses the requirement to step back and take a long, hard look at what the organisation is doing is just as important. In smaller […]

Communicating In A National Crisis

COVID-19 has created a crisis like no other. Despite various attempts to draw parallels with either the Spanish flu or the Blitz, the current situation is unique. Hundreds of millions of people on the planet have restrictions on their freedom and there is a deadly […]

Finding Your Award Winners

We have written about why to enter awards, explaining that there is a multitude of PR benefits to enjoyed from both entering and sponsoring awards. Now we are going to focus on what we think makes a winning entry. As professional advisors we are providing the best possible guidance […]

The Power Of A Good Quote

Press articles often include direct quotes from the people involved in the story; sometimes because the journalist has interviewed that person or the PR supplied the quotes along with the press release. Quotes bring another dimension to the piece as […]

Corporate Empathy

Earlier this year Radio 4 ran a programme about empathy, using extracts from high profile speakers such as Barack Obama who coined the phrase ‘empathy deficit’ and Apple’s Tim Cook who said “People will try to convince you that you […]

Local Media Still Vital

The launch of an industry body which provides de-duplicated audience data for local media titles across newspapers, websites and mobile offerings earlier this month helped give credibility to what most professional communicators already knew instinctively. Local news is still influential. Regional Media The […]

The Plastic Plight

SRF helped the UK’s favourite airport meet and greet parking operator, I Love meet and greet, to launch an ambitious environmental campaign which aims to raise the issue of plastic straw pollution. Environmental Pedigree Over the past several years, SRF […]

Engaging Photography

Capturing authentic images for marketing photography, for websites and other communications activity is becoming more important as consumers start to recognise stock photography, thanks to its generic nature and, in some cases, over use. An American study found that 67% […]

Are Your Images Newsworthy?

Looking through the submissions for news photos over the past year and with the imminent arrival of many festively themed images, we thought we should offer some advice on to get the best from your images for your communications activities. […]

Looking Out for Watchmoor Park

We understand the complex communications requirements of business parks managers and landlords, and with over a decade of experience of working for clients in the commercial property sector, SRF can provide strategic advice and tactical assistance for organisations wishing to […]