Events

Introduction As we approach BrightonSEO 2023, the SEO community is abuzz with anticipation. But what does this conference mean for CEOs and directors of medium-sized UK businesses? Especially for those who have transitioned from the corporate world and recognise the …

Virtual events might sound a little futuristic right now, but they’ve actually been happening since the year 1993. This is when the very first live stream happened. It showed footage of a coffee maker mid-drip, creating nail-biting footage that drew …

I’m unashamedly a tech geek who loves trying new things. So I’m really excited by the current buzz around immersive virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). I’ve seen some mind-blowing examples of these new technologies being used to wow …

Why aren’t we learning from the big retail collapses? From the early days of Blockbuster, Borders and HMV to ToysRUs, Maplin, Poundworld, House of Fraser and Homebase this year. A decade has passed and lessons still aren’t being learned. Working …

This week I attended SearchLeeds 2018 (14 June), the north’s biggest SEO conference hosted at the first direct arena. The free, one-day search event is, in their words, “designed to attract the leading search marketers in the UK, both from …

I was one of many attendees at The Yorkshire Mafia’s annual ‘Buy Yorkshire’ event at the First Direct arena. It is now the North’s biggest B2B conference and exhibition with over 200 stands and 4,000 registered delegates. It was very …

I recently had the pleasure of delivering a presentation as part of the third Leeds Digital Festival programme. It was the 2nd time I had hosted a session during the Festival, and it was great to be back at what …

GDPR has become somewhat of a business buzzword in the last few years. I heard it mentioned a lot at Leeds Business Week and Thrive Yorkshire, and nowadays it’s all I ever see on LinkedIn! Odds are you will already …

The start of October marked the fifth anniversary of one of the biggest business events outside of London, Leeds Business Week. I had the pleasure of getting it off to a flying start with the annual ‘Social Media on Toast’ …

Last week I was invited by CHS Group to speak at one of their events on how to keep visitors flocking with great storytelling, using PR, SEO and social media. Having worked with events industry clients for a number of …

Guest blog post by jrc.agency associate copywriter, Gabrielle Whitehead. Testament to the prolific rise of freelancing in recent times and the enterprising job freelancers do for the economy and business community, is the fact that each year a day is …

Following on from a lively day one at Buy Yorkshire 2017, the jrc.agency team gathered bright and early at the Royal Armouries in Leeds to set up our stand for day two. The morning began with another interview with Radio …