Good morning all. 6.25am and you can turn the internet off already cos @wightlinkferry has won today.
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Andy Barr
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Andy Barr
@PRAndyBarr
[email protected] - Global speaker on #PublicRelations #CrisisComms #digital #PR #Socialmedia #ecommerce. BBC called me a "PR Expert", my dad disagreed.
- I have loved all the West Ham success this week. The result, the Moyes dancing and his dad and also the fans. Them singing “you are just a shit Big Ben” at a random clock in Prague cracked me up. Fairly SFW
00:00 - To you it’s meh, to me, it’s awesome. Had to plait my daughters hair today, on my own, for the first time (for a school thing). We were both nervous AF. When done, she ran to the mirror and shouted “daddy, it’s amazing”. I nearly cried, I’m 41! Let me have this moment yeah.
- Replying to @PRAndyBarrAnd you can guess the next bit. - Today, I went for my COVID Jab... and ... there he was! He had retired but come back as a volunteer to do jabs. TLDR:The Dr who saved me at 21, just gave me my COVID jab. And I am, freaked, right, out by that.
GIF - Very few stories make me say “fuuuuck” out loud but this is one of them. Two sides to every story and all that but this is pretty shocking reading.
- Morning legends. My Twitter game is shit right now. I’m going through a “thing”. Lost me dad last week. Sorting the house clearance now. Full of emotion. If ur parents are still with us, drop them a message right now. Nothing dramatic... just hi. Normal service will resume soon
- This is my sister. She married her life partner Nadia today. She faced some absolute shite in her life and they have overcome and are nailing it! I haven’t made that speech yet!
- Good morning to one and all. I am watching that #Schofield thing right now on @BBCiPlayer . My gut feel, in #crisiscomms #PR terms; he has done this too soon. Before everything has fully emerged. We always say, if planning a comeback, do via one initial big hitting interview.
GIF - How sad am I. Sunday and I'm praising @sainsburys PR team for a fantastic #crisiscomms update email from their CEO. Doesn't blame a third party ☑️ Details a "sorry" voucher ☑️ Gives assurance all fixed ☑️ Thanks staff for their resilience ☑️ Great comms by Sainsbury's team.
- ANOTHER hard day. We closed the offices down for a 2nd time & the sadness in people's eyes as they said "see you next year" was fucking savage to take. Its for the greater good and I'm all for it... but "in that moment*" it was tough to see the team so upset. I have a great team!
GIF - After nearly 20 years of banging on about the good things 10 Yetis does, it is only fair that I am honest about the bad stuff to. Fuck me, we had a blast. Turns out I am ok at PR & marketing but absolutely terrible at running a business. Turns phone off, Goes to play golf with
- Morning. I somehow forgot it was our business birthday today. 17 years old!!! HOW? Anyway, I walk in to a surprise bash and I actually nearly cried! This team are amazing. I’m blown away!
- Fancy ranking some #beards? A fun little site we have built TheBeardOlympics.co.uk #realmendontshave
- Darling Daughter. “Dad can you put your funeral coat on and stand next to me for a picture”… next thing I know I’m Gru offa Minions! The cheek of it! #halloween 🎃💛Have a great weekend everyone!
