Opinion

Halloween will feel a little different for the Skout team this year due to the ongoing pandemic and lockdown measures. Our spooky office decorations will have to stay in storage and pumpkin carving will have to wait until next October. However, this doesn’t mean that us PR pros can’t get involved in this annual event […]

The impact of Covid-19 has been far reaching, and many businesses have had to strengthen their digital infrastructure to continue operating during the pandemic. For example, Sadye Nadella, CEO at Microsoft recently said that businesses have “gone through two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.” While there is still debate as to whether […]

I think it’s safe to say that every business in the UK, regardless of sector, has had to make changes to the way it operates as a result of the pandemic. It has certainly had an impact on the way that we work at Skout, and while it has undeniably created challenges, it has also […]

Hayley Moss is currently regional marketing director for Smiths Medical and has a wealth of experience in the healthcare sector amassed over the last 20 years. Her expertise in building effective marketing teams has seen her work for some of the leading companies in this sector, leading some of the most successful marketing campaigns in […]

Interview with Sue Westhead Among her many talents, Sue Westhead is a serial Skout client. We’ve been her B2B PR agency in three separate roles over the past 10 years. One of the reasons we love working with Sue is that, like us, she’s a great integrated thinker when it comes to B2B PR and […]

As someone just five years into my career in communications, I try to soak up knowledge and experience from wherever I can. Working for an agency like Skout allows me to collect these glistening gems of knowledge and general life experience throughout my day to day activity. I’m thankful that I get to work alongside […]

Last week we hosted an informal Zoom gathering to bring together the marketing folk in Skout’s diverse client base so we could connect, share experiences and learn from each other while we continue to run marketing and comms operations remotely. Over the past couple of weeks at Skout we’ve also been thinking about important brand […]

For many B2B (and B2C) organisations operating during these turbulent times the focus of the management team goes straight to the bottom line. What costs can be cut? How deeply can we go? And how will that bolster the cash flow as we ride out the Covid-19 storm? But history tells us that investing in […]

The rise of the virtual influencer With the influencer market expected to reach $15 billion by 2022, there is no denying that this marketing strategy can add incredible value to a campaign. The virtual influencer is becoming increasingly important given the current climate of the world. Influencer marketing is often associated with just B2C as […]