Showcase: What makes a great place to work?

As part of our work with Beaming, the business ISP, we have produced a short film exploring the characteristics of a great place to work. We spoke three small businesses that have been recognised with great workplace awards and published the film with a study showing the characteristics UK business leaders rate most highly. Check… Continue reading Showcase: What makes a great place to work?

How to get people talking about my business

When a single customer has the power to tell the world precisely what they think of your business, what people are saying about your service and product is increasingly important. But why is this the case? And how should you encourage this? Why is it important to get people talking? It goes without saying that… Continue reading How to get people talking about my business

My time at Roaring Mouse

In August 2018, Roaring Mouse was delighted to open the doors of its new Chesterfield office to Nathan Makalena, a journalism student from the University of Sheffield, who spent two weeks as our first ever summer intern. Here is Nathan’s warts and all review of  his time working at Roaring Mouse… My two main worries before… Continue reading My time at Roaring Mouse

10 things tech entrepreneurs told us about VC firms

We were recently invited to meet with a Venture Capital firm that wanted to boost its portfolio of early-stage European technology startups. One of the first things we do when responding to a brief is to put ourselves in the minds of that customer’s target audience, to understand more fully the challenges and issues they… Continue reading 10 things tech entrepreneurs told us about VC firms

Roaring Mouse named as top UK small business adviser

Roaring Mouse has been recognised as one of the top five small business PR advisers in the UK, as well as one of the UK’s top 50 small business advisers overall. Roaring Mouse was selected for this award by business organisation Enterprise Nation thanks to our work helping small businesses get a good start in life… Continue reading Roaring Mouse named as top UK small business adviser

Why are the Christmas ads so successful?

We were delighted to be in pole position for a recent feature on the PR Moment website asking if retailers’ Christmas ads were a waste of money (we said no). The PR coup of the Christmas adverts is that the retailers have succeeded in making them huge stories in their own right, competitive events people… Continue reading Why are the Christmas ads so successful?

High 5: a birthday update from Roaring Mouse

Roaring Mouse is five years old today. The extra admin associated with year end is upon us, but it is also a time for some reflection on what has been our best year yet. Roaring Mouse started trading on 1 October 2012 to provide progressive businesses with an edge in today’s increasingly digital media environment,… Continue reading High 5: a birthday update from Roaring Mouse

How to get into the news

News: How to get your business noticed by those you want to do business with.

A few days ago, we provided some comments for a feature on the PR Moment website, looking at the challenges of getting customers covered by the media in today’s news environment. Some of our advice was published in the piece, which is available here. Here is everything we contributed: There are more PR people than ever… Continue reading How to get into the news

Listen to allpago’s start-up story in the FT

Earlier this year, we arranged for Philipp Bock, the founder and CEO of allpago, to speak with Jonathan Moules of the Financial Times about his company and how it solves one of the biggest problems faced by businesses in Latin America: the lack of a localised cross border payments infrastructure. The interview has just been published as… Continue reading Listen to allpago’s start-up story in the FT

How to blend business PR & search marketing

How to blend business PR and search marketing

Some say that public relations is the business of building trust. We see its impact being wider, although it is fair to say that building trusted relationships with customers, prospects, investors, employees and other stakeholders remains a major objective for many organisations we work with. Good public relations can help organisations become more trusted by… Continue reading How to blend business PR & search marketing