September 2016

JellyRock PR releases its own Dash Button

 

JellyRock PR, the leading PR consultancy in Bournemouth, on the South Coast of England, has launched its JellyRock Dash Button, hot on the heels of global multinational Amazon.

Exclusively available to JellyRock clients, the Wi-Fi connected device pairs with Jo O’Connell at the JellyRock office, meaning businesses never run out of innovative PR ideas again.

JellyRock client Mark Baxter, Director of Envista Branding says: “It’s a formidable little device that has helped our business grow. We just press the Dash button and Jo is delivered straight to our offices”.

Jo O’Connell, PR Consultant at JellyRock says: “As a fast-paced and agile company, we are always on-hand to help our clients out with their marketing communications. Next year we are looking at delivering ourselves using drones.”

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Calaid Christmas Gift List buys warmth and comfort for thousands of refugees

With over 250,000 refugees and vulnerable people having arrived in Europe from across the Mediterranean in 2016 and over 50,000 displaced people living in horrendous conditions in temporary camps in Greece alone, the problem can often leave us feeling overwhelmed+. However, this Christmas it is possible to make a direct positive contribution to someone’s life as CalAid, the movement for refugees, has created an Amazon wish list. It enables supporters to buy specific highly needed items and have them sent directly to the camps. Items range in price from only £1.21 for a foil survival blanket, to £50 for a men’s warm waterproof jacket. Educational tools and books for children in camp schools can also be purchased in languages such as Farsi, English and Greek.

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Meet the people who turned their passion into profit

In the old days people just stuck at their jobs whether they liked them or not – for the security, the tradition and for the reason that simply, without the internet, being an entrepreneur was far more difficult.

Now, with connectivity, access to market is now easier than ever. As a result, working for yourself is increasingly popular. Last month’s latest figures, which compare April to June 2016 with the same period from the previous year, show the number of self-employed people increased by 257,000 to 4.8 million (that’s 15% of all people in work) and it’s growing each month.

As this is a topic close to my heart, I’ve been speaking to some clever folk who were unhappy in their 9-5 roles and so turned their passion into highly profitable business ventures.

Read the full Huffington post article here.

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