Marketing tips, event news, general thoughts and scribbles from the adventures of the team from Box.
It’s that time of year when you try and phone a number of people and no one seems to be available, or you notice emails slow down a bit. Yes, it’s the summer holidays. This year I [Louise] took my break just before the traditional school holiday time and as a result, I am back […]
Next week Louise and Lou will be attending Seawork 2019. We are supporting the following clients: Baltic on stand PG33 who will be displaying their range of commercial lifejackets and floatation clothing including Legend SOLAS jackets. Clements Engineering on stand PB81 will be talking to customers about all things propellers and stern gear. Scot Seat […]
Box PR Ltd today is celebrating 10 years today since the company was founded to meet the marketing and Public Relations needs within the marine industry. In 2009 Louise Crowden and Lou Johnson, both with marketing backgrounds and who had worked in various sectors of the marine industry, joined forces and Box PR Ltd was […]
The RYA Dinghy Show is one of my [Lou’s] favourite shows of the year. Before dinghy sailing became an all year round sport the Dinghy Show marked the start of the season, and a chance to see friends you may not have seen since October. Today things have changed a little and the show is […]
METS, the Marine Equipment Trade Show is the marine industries annual pilgrimage to Amsterdam. 2018 was no different as Louise and I caught the plane from Southampton to Schiphol Monday evening ready to be there for doors opening on Tuesday 13th November. In the build up to the show, we are always busy making sure […]
Box PR will be supporting Ultimate Sails (stand E035) and Scaramouche (berth M170) at the Southampton Boat Show, from Friday 14 through to Sunday 23rd September. Ultimate Sails have a show offer on all new yacht sails and are avidly promoting making sails your priority this boat show, you can read their latest release here. […]
Today, how many times have you checked your social media, whether company or personal feeds. Think back to what platforms you looked at and what you saw. If I said #FlashBack or #ThrowBack, I would imagine you have a pretty good idea what I am referring to. You see posts that were once related to […]
I recently sat in a webinar about Facebook. Having had a Facebook account for many years and running several business pages for clients, I was interested to see how this social media platform has developed, especially in light of the recent media attention. With some 1.15 billion daily active users, and 2.20 billion users per […]
Box PR has been working on a new website with longstanding client OYS. The new website is designed and built by Lymington based Tinstar Design, with the content provided by Box PR and OYS. It is a content driven website and a platform that clearly segregates the different sectors of the business and make the information […]
Here are 10 things companies should be doing before the 25th May in order to be GDPR compliant, we have found this to be a useful checklist based on a webinar we took part in. 1. Understand your data. Carry out an audit Lawful basis for processing the data How are you processing your data? […]
It’s been a while since we’ve updated our blog, so hello and thank you for tuning in. We have had a busy start to 2018, and it looks like it’s set to continue. Busy clients mean a busy Box PR Office, just how we like it. So what have we been doing instead of updating […]
When someone asks me what I do for a living I say that I am a marketing professional, a co-director in my own company which predominately looks after clients in the marine industry. Sounds pretty exciting, but what does this actually entail, in fact what is marketing in 2017? For Box PR and our clients, […]