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Blogging is a tool that has been widely underutilised by many businesses, especially in the Caribbean region. Keeping your brand top of mind with customers is vital in the modern crowded marketplace, and with eCommerce being a major driver in boosting extra-regional revenue, Caribbean businesses need to utilise this excellent and virtually free tool. Regular blogging which provides solutions and educates your target persona both enhances your company's thought leadership in the field as well as its SEO. When a current/potential customer searches for a way to address a specific issue in your sector, your business blog should ideally be the one that is found at the top of their search engine result.  

Here are 4 reasons why your business should be blogging.

While all eyes are fixed on how much or little shareholders of Bank Holdings Ltd will receive after the dust is finally settled in and out of court, my interest is on the public relations strategies that the company is engaged in to keep its stakeholders, especially employees, engaged and abreast of new business developments.

With Independence just around the corner and the ‘silly season’ fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about festive content. Although there are still a few weeks until the season gets into full swing, now is the time to be strategising just how your business plans to get festive this year. 

Independence and Christmas are in the air. The colours blue, yellow and black will be a prominent sight as you move around the country. This is one of the busiest times for public relations practitioners and event planners. Normally everywhere is booked up by now and everything that is blue, yellow and black is sold out as planning for this season can start as early as a year in advance. Not to worry, there are still some things you can do if you are a late planner, some quite inexpensive or free and some that will demand a budget. Here are 10 ways to show you love Barbados this Independence.

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In our last blog, we examined considerations of planning a national anniversary celebration such as the upcoming 49^th year of Independence in Barbados. In this blog, we spread our wings a little wider, taking a look at more general celebrations of national culture.

We answer the question – why plan a national cultural event?

As Barbados approaches its 49^th year of Independence next month, already top of mind for most local companies, and even international ones, is what can we do to demonstrate our nationalism and Bajan pride to recognise the island’s half-century milestone next year?  

One of the most important considerations when planning an event is how you will promote it. Obviously, you want people to come. However, without the appropriate promotion to spread the word about your event, you essentially have no event at all! Some of our previous blogs have briefly touched on the aspect of event promotion, but here we take a more in-depth look.

There was a time when officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force actually dreaded seeing me. Yes, the tables had turned. Instead of the police being a signal of trouble, I was their signal that work was on the horizon for yet another Nation Newspaper event – which were at the time some of Barbados’ largest events. These events created lots of fun for participants, but for motorists and local residents of the areas that the Nation Fun Walk and Fun Ride bypassed, for example, they created a temporary invasion or some might even say ‘annoyance’. Therefore, there was a need to work closely with the police to mitigate the disruption that this type of event could otherwise cause.

You’ve decided to host an event for your next business venture. Sounds like a great idea, right? Planning an entire event can sound daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. We’ve created this list of what goes into planning a corporate event to help get you started.