Pinterest is probably one of the most talked about websites around, gathering huge numbers in the past few months.
It has quickly become a behemoth of the web.
In Northumberland we’ve been experimenting with it for a little while now and have seen some promising early results.
Thanks for all the votes in the poll I set about what you’d like to read about.
The results are now in and you can see them here.
So much for all my serious, hard thought, insightful writing about work and professional issues. According to this you mostly want more of my jaded, cynical musings on life and parenting.
I’ll try to dream something up so expect a new post each on the top three issues soon: life & children, comms & pr and social media.
I was pretty surprised by the results but when I looked back this piece about having children is the most popular post on the blog by more than 100 hits.
“I bet there were people in the Bible walking around complaining about kids today.” Roger Stirling, Mad Men.
Whatever generation we’re from, I think we’re all probably guilty of underestimating or misunderstanding the next lot of folks coming through. Continue reading
A guest post this week from @angela_tait, who works in our tourist information centres, but has really embraced social media to help promote what’s on offer. She writes:
Joining the County Councils Tourism Team back in October 2011 I was charged with managing the Tourist Information Centres and developing visitor information.
Immediately I was impressed by the staff I was going to manage, their immense knowledge of the county and their passion for attracting new faces to Northumberland. It’s not just about providing visitor information though, we also support more than 250 local producers, showcasing the finest locally made products from art, photography, jewellery, food, crafts and much more which made me question from day one – how do we tell people about this?
This week in the North East we had the mother of all storms.
From my office window it was like being in the tropics when one of those weather fronts with a woman’s name rolls in.
The ensuing chaos was more than enough to keep me at work till past eight, but the real drama started to unfold as I tried to get home.
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