PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast

Welcome back to the second series of PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast.

We're getting back into the swing of things now! Btw, sorry about the sound on some of these podcasts. Bear with us. It's a temporary thing!

This is growing to be your number one podcast for industry insights, whether you're a PR professional or in business wanting to know more about the PR and Marketing landscape.

I am so excited for this series because it's going to take me - and you - on an incredible journey across the whole globe in our search for answers about what makes good PR and marketing.

It's all designed to help you - our listeners - so please show your appreciation and subscribe now!

In this episode we're speaking with Paul Patton, Steele PR Associate who currently works for the public sector out in New Zealand.

A former agency owner in Manchester, Paul gives us great insight into his life now after the moving out there as a PR 15 years ago. How did he secure a job? What's it like working in the sunshine? Does he miss home?

Paul will also be a Guest Host on future podcasts so watch this space!

I’m your host Beverley Steele (nee Walkden) and I'm the founder of Steele Public Relations, an agency that builds brands and provides strategic growth solutions for the public sector and wider.

What can I say! Hold tight as we take you on a completely FREE VIP press trip across the world to meet some of the best in the business. Subscribe now and don't miss a single episode.

Steele Public Relations Ltd is ideally positioned at the centre of the UK, in Cheshire. We're a strategic advisory service as well as a delivery partner.

Call for a free half hour consultation about how you can take your PR and marketing to the next level, whether you're a PR practitioner, business or public sector executive.

Mob: +(44) 07591 745 742

Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to the second series of PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast.

We're getting back into the swing of things now! Btw, sorry about the sound on some of these podcasts. Bear with us. It's a temporary thing!

This is growing to be your number one podcast for industry insights, whether you're a PR professional or in business wanting to know more about the PR and Marketing landscape.

I am so excited for this series because it's going to take me - and you - on an incredible journey across the whole globe in our search for answers about what makes good PR and marketing.

It's all designed to help you - our listeners - so please show your appreciation and subscribe now!

In this episode we're speaking with Andrew Bruce-Smith, who leads Escherman, a digital communications consultancy that remains at the forefront of effective marketing programmes across 3000 organisations, including government departments, NGOs, and global brands, on topics such as AI (artificial intelligence), digital PR, analytics, SEO, and social media.

I’m your host Beverley Steele (nee Walkden) and I'm the founder of Steele Public Relations, an agency that builds brands and provides strategic growth solutions for the public sector and wider.

What can I say! Hold tight as we take you on a completely FREE VIP press trip across the world to meet some of the best in the business. Subscribe now and don't miss a single episode.

Steele Public Relations Ltd is ideally positioned at the centre of the UK, in Cheshire. We're a strategic advisory service as well as a delivery partner.

Call for a free half hour consultation about how you can take your PR and marketing to the next level, whether you're a PR practitioner, business or public sector executive.

Mob: +(44) 07591 745 742

Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to the second series of PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast.

This is growing to be your number one podcast for industry insights, whether you're a PR professional or in business wanting to know more about the PR and Marketing landscape.

I am so excited for this series because it's going to take me - and you - on an incredible journey across the whole globe in our search for answers about what makes good PR and marketing.

It's all designed to help you - our listeners - so please show your appreciation and subscribe now!

In this episode we're speaking with Justin Kent, Founder of Hawksby Executive Search. Justin has sourced, interviewed and placed countless communications professionals across the UAE during his decades of work as a comms professional turned recruiter.

Justin talks to us about the jobs market and his experience of working in Dubai, and what candidates can expect in their job search and placement out in the Middle East.

If you want to find out more about Justin or contact him:

Justin’s Profilelinkedin.com/in/justinakent

Website hawksby.com 

Email[email protected]

I’m your host Beverley Steele (nee Walkden) and I'm the founder of Steele Public Relations, an agency that builds brands and provides strategic growth solutions for the public sector and wider.

What can I say! Hold tight as we take you on a completely FREE VIP press trip across the world to meet some of the best in the business. Subscribe now and don't miss a single episode.

Steele Public Relations Ltd is ideally positioned at the centre of the UK, in Cheshire. We're a strategic advisory service as well as a delivery partner.

Call for a free half hour consultation about how you can take your PR and marketing to the next level, whether you're a PR practitioner, business or public sector executive.

Mob: +(44) 07591 745 742

Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to the second series of PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast!

I am so excited for this series because it's going to take me - and you - on an ambition-infused journey across the whole globe in our search for answers about what makes good PR and marketing.

It's all designed to help you - our listeners - without whom there would be no point to this. So please show your appreciation and subscribe.

To kick-off we're speaking with non other than Advita Patel - the official Comms rebel!

Advita is President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, here in London, and she pours out her insights on where she feels the industry is pointing to in 2026 and beyond. Of course Artificial Intelligence features as a big factor!

I'm your host Beverley Steele (nee Walkden) and I'm the founder of Steele Public Relations, an agency that builds brands and provides strategic growth solutions for the public sector and wider.

What can I say! Hold tight as we take you on a completely FREE VIP press trip across the world to meet some of the best in the business. Subscribe now and don't miss a single episode.

Steele Public Relations Ltd is ideally positioned in the centre of the UK, in Cheshire.

We're a strategic advisory service as well as a delivery partner.

Call for a free half hour consultation about how you can take your PR and marketing to the next level, whether you're a PR practitioner, business or public sector executive.

Mob: +(44) 07591 745 742

Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to the second series of PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast!

I am so excited for this series because it's going to take me - and you - on an ambitious-infused journey across the whole globe in our search for answers about what makes good PR and marketing.

It's all designed to help you - our listeners - without whom there would be no point to this. So please show your appreciation and subscribe now.

To kick-off we're speaking with non other than Advita Patel - the official Comms rebel!

Advita is a President Elect of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, here in London, and she pours out her insights on where she feels the industry is pointing to in 20025 and beyond. Of course Artificial Intelligence features as a big factor!

I'm your host Beverley Steele (nee Walkden) and I'm the founder of Steele Public Relations, an agency that builds brands and provides strategic growth solutions for the public sector and wider.

What can I say! Hold tight as we take you on a completely FREE VIP press trip across the world to meet some of the best in the business. Subscribe now and don't miss a single episode.

Steele Public Relations Ltd is ideally positioned in the centre of the UK, near Staffordshire.

We're a strategic advisory service as well as a delivery partner.

Call for a free half hour consultation about how you can take your PR and marketing to the next level, whether you're a PR practitioner, business or public sector executive.

Web address: www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Mob: +44) 07591 745 742

'Strategy and growth solutions for the public sector and wider'

www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Welcome to Series 1 Episode 20 of 'PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast'.

This is our last episode in Series 1! Come and join us for a glass of fizz.

You've been amazing, so thank you.

We'll be back with Series 2 in September 2024, when there'll be a line-up of inspiring, ambitious and, quite frankly, magical and mystical guests, with decades of wisdom to share with you so that you can master PR & Marketing and smash those sales and performance targets.

Join host, former award-winning TV and newspaper Journalist, Beverley Walkden (Steele) as she raises a well-earned toast to you, our listeners!

About the host:

Your host, Beverley Walkden, is Managing Director of Steele Public Relations. Steele PR offers strategy and growth solutions to the public and private sectors. We give your brand a brilliant digital footprint. Beverley was voted 'Best Female' at this year's Cheshire Business Awards. She is a former TV and print Journalist and now runs Steele Public Relations Limited. She is also guest expert on TVs Cops Gone Bad with actor Will Mellor. Bev is a judge in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards.

www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Follow us on all major social channels @steelepublicrelations

If you think you'd make a great guest, get in touch!

Our programme is for you:

It will cover the critical elements of PR; how to plan and deliver PR & Marketing consistently for your business and win the attention of the press, TV and Radio - plus how to grow your socials,

Your award-winning programme hosts have been on TV and write for the press and have forty years’ PR experience between them. Beverley Walkden runs Steele Public Relations and is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Judge, plus ‘Best Female’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards. She appears in the press and on TV.

Sarah Stephens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well as an Associate for Steele PR, runs her own luxury travel PR business - Tree Communications - and is a finalist for ‘Best Customer Service’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards.

Combined, they make a powerful partnership of skills spanning newspapers, Radio TV, PR, Social Media, Sales and Marketing.

Email or call for a brochure detailing our next day long course.

Email: [email protected] or call: (07591745742)

Welcome to Series 1 Episode 19 of 'PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast'.

This is our penultimate episode in Series 1 - The Broadcast And The PR. The second series is out in September and will be even better! Make sure you follow us so you don't miss out!

ALERT: There are sound issues on this podcast but the content is so fab - I had to publish!

Phil Caplin from London-based agency, Broadcast Revolution, gives us his insights into how to pitch to TV. He takes time out of his incredibly busy schedule to talk to PR Matters about how public relations professionals can successfully pitch their clients on to TV and radio. It's just a shame this rare interview doesn't meet the normal broadcast standards as Phil's sound is 'in and out'. Apologies for this.

If you're still eager to listen and this hasn't put you off, you'll learn how to use PR in television environments. What's the best way to get the attention of TV journalists? Is TV still relevant? What's the benefit of getting on to TV? How do you do it?

Join host, former award-winning TV and newspaper Journalist, Beverley Walkden (Steele).

About the host:

Your host, Beverley Walkden, is Managing Director of Steele Public Relations. Steele PR offers strategy and growth solutions to the public and private sectors. We give your brand a brilliant digital footprint. Beverley was voted 'Best Female' at this year's Cheshire Business Awards. She is a former TV and print Journalist and now runs Steele Public Relations Limited. She is also guest expert on TVs Cops Gone Bad with actor Will Mellor. Bev is a judge in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards.

www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Follow us on all major social channels @steelepublicrelations

If you think you'd make a great guest, get in touch!

Our programme is for you:

It will cover the critical elements of PR; how to plan and deliver PR & Marketing consistently for your business and win the attention of the press, TV and Radio - plus how to grow your socials,

Your award-winning programme hosts have been on TV and write for the press and have forty years’ PR experience between them. Beverley Walkden runs Steele Public Relations and is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Judge, plus ‘Best Female’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards. She appears in the press and on TV.

Sarah Stephens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well as an Associate for Steele PR, runs her own luxury travel PR business - Tree Communications - and is a finalist for ‘Best Customer Service’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards.

Combined, they make a powerful partnership of skills spanning newspapers, Radio TV, PR, Social Media, Sales and Marketing.

Email or call for a brochure detailing our next day long course.

Email: [email protected] or call: (07591745742)

Welcome to Series 1 Episode 18 of 'PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast' where you'll learn all about music management and how public relations plays a central part in rocketing musical careers.

We talk to legendary music manager Natasha Maddison about her career managing and promoting American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, Maceo Parker, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.

What's it like being a music manager and how important is PR in this business? Natasha talks takes us through it and leaves us in no doubt that hard work and commitment is the only way to succeed. Managing the talent's ego is a huge part of the role and for the artist, mastering the ego is a sign of success. The ego gets a bad press - but It's the ego that helps us get out there on stage and perform in the first place. A balance is required.

Find out more about Natasha and her career:

About the host:

Your host, Beverley Walkden, is Managing Director of Steele Public Relations. Steele PR offers strategy and growth solutions to the public and private sectors. We give your brand a brilliant digital footprint. Beverley was voted 'Best Female' at this year's Cheshire Business Awards. She is a former TV and print Journalist and now runs Steele Public Relations Limited. She is also guest expert on TVs Cops Gone Bad with actor Will Mellor. Bev is a judge in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards.

www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Follow us on all major social channels @steelepublicrelations

If you think you'd make a great guest, get in touch!

Steele Public Relations brings you ‘Push Your Own PR’ - an in-person training day that reveals the hidden secrets to power-up your own PR without breaking the bank, critical for SMEs and start-ups but also suitable for bigger corporates who want to teach in-house staff these crucial skills.

WHEN?

Join our in-person day in City Centre Manchester, on Wednesday, March, 27, from 10am to 6pm (venue tbc) for an insightful deep dive into the workings of PR and how to master it.

It will cover the critical elements of PR; how to plan and deliver PR & Marketing consistently for your business and win the attention of the press, TV and Radio - plus how to grow your socials,

Your award-winning programme hosts have been on TV and write for the press and have forty years’ PR experience between them. Beverley Walkden runs Steele Public Relations and is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Judge, plus ‘Best Female’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards. She appears in the press and on TV.

Sarah Stephens⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well as an Associate for Steele PR, runs her own luxury travel PR business - Tree Communications - and is a finalist for ‘Best Customer Service’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards.

Combined, they make a powerful partnership of skills spanning newspapers, Radio TV, PR, Social Media, Sales and Marketing.

Welcome to Series 1 Episode 17 of 'PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast' where you'll learn how to master the fear of public speaking.

Glossophobia is one of the biggest phobias in the western world! But what causes it? Why are some of us more prone to this fear than others? As a PR you need nuclear levels of confidence, but many lack it. So, how do we get it?

We talk to expert transformational coach, Marcus Matthews, about the brain's ability to be 'debugged' of fears and phobias like public speaking. "We just need to install a new software into the brain," assures Marcus, "and then we won't fear speaking in public ever again."

Marcus says the fear is a feeling that influences the mind and behaviour, and hypnotherapy is the only way to re-programme the mind. It's a fascinating bite-sized episode that answers some deep questions about the human psyche as it relates to the fear of public speaking.

For more information about Marcus and his work visit:

About the host:

Your host, Beverley Walkden, is Managing Director of Steele Public Relations. Steele PR offers strategy and growth solutions to the public and private sectors. We give your brand a brilliant digital footprint. Beverley was voted 'Best Female' at this year's Cheshire Business Awards. She is a former TV and print Journalist and now runs Steele Public Relations Limited. She is also guest expert on TVs Cops Gone Bad with actor Will Mellor. Bev is a judge in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards.

www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Follow us on all major social channels @steelepublicrelations

If you think you'd make a great guest, get in touch!

Do you want to learn how to do your own PR?

Steele Public Relations brings you ‘Push Your Own PR’ - an in-person training day that reveals the hidden secrets to power-up your own PR without breaking the bank, critical for SMEs and start-ups but also suitable for bigger corporates who want to teach in-house staff these crucial skills.

WHEN?

Join our in-person day in City Centre Manchester, on Wednesday, March, 27, from 10am to 6pm (venue tbc) for an insightful deep dive into the workings of PR and how to master it.

It will cover the critical elements of PR; how to plan and deliver PR & Marketing consistently for your business and win the attention of the press, TV and Radio - plus how to grow your socials,

Your award-winning programme hosts have been on TV and write for the press and have forty years’ PR experience between them. Beverley Walkden runs Steele Public Relations and is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Judge, plus ‘Best Female’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards. She appears in the press and on TV.

Sarah Stephens⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ as well as an Associate for Steele PR, runs her own luxury travel PR business - Tree Communications - and is a finalist for ‘Best Customer Service’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards.

Combined, they make a powerful partnership of skills spanning newspapers, Radio TV, PR, Social Media, Sales and Marketing.

Welcome to Series 1 EP 16 of 'PR Matters - The Public Relations Podcast.'

Do you struggle with confidence while working as a PR? Do you find it hard to talk about your work in front of your team because you're shy or nervous - yet you're in a role which requires nuclear levels of confidence? Don't worry. You're not alone. There are plenty of ways to get rid of this annoying state of mind and bring a much more calm and confident version of yourself to work each day. In this episode we're talking to clinical expert hypnotherapist, Stephanie Newton, from Diamond Wellbeing, based in Wilmslow, to hear all about how we can build our self confidence by taking some simple steps in life and ultimately doing away with limiting mindsets and nervous emotional states.

By the way...don't miss this!

Do you want to learn how to do your own PR?

Steele Public Relations brings you ‘Push Your Own PR’ - an in-person training day that reveals the hidden secrets to power-up your own PR without breaking the bank, critical for SMEs and start-ups but also suitable for bigger corporates who want to teach in-house staff these crucial skills.

WHEN?

Join our in-person day in City Centre Manchester, on Wednesday, March, 27, from 10am to 6pm (venue tbc) for an insightful deep dive into the workings of PR and how to master it.

It will cover the critical elements of PR; how to plan and deliver PR & Marketing consistently for your business and win the attention of the press, TV and Radio - plus how to grow your socials,

Your award-winning programme hosts have been on TV and write for the press and have forty years’ PR experience between them. Beverley Walkden runs Steele Public Relations and is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Judge, plus ‘Best Female’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards. She appears in the press and on TV.

Sarah Stephens⁠⁠,⁠⁠ as well as an Associate for Steele PR, runs her own luxury travel PR business - Tree Communications - and is a finalist for ‘Best Customer Service’ in this year’s Cheshire Business Awards.

Combined, they make a powerful partnership of skills spanning newspapers, Radio TV, PR, Social Media, Sales and Marketing.

You will come away with:

Cost is £450.00 per person. Payment plans are available. Secure your space with just £50 deposit up front.

Push Your Own PR runs February/March/ June/ August/ November. Just ask for details.

P.S. If the day long event doesn’t suit you just ask about our online 'pay-as-you-go' £60 hourly sessions which are tailored to your personal needs. We recommend weekly sessions over Teams or Zoom platforms.

Contact us at:

⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

MOB: (+44) 07591 745742

⁠⁠WEB: www.steelepublicrelations.co.uk⁠⁠

Follow us on all major socials @steelepublicrelations

If you think you'd make a great guest, get in touch!