Komodo launches emails from beyond the grave

Last Messages Club was a client with a heaven-sent story, the kind of client that PR companies dream about. Their service allows people to send posthumous messages to loved ones (you can find out more about them here). After launching them with an exclusive article on the front page of the Sunday Times more (followed by plenty of online PR), coverage went ballistic – BBC Radio 4, Five Live, Daily Mail, FT and much. Here’s a feature that ITN produced about them.

 
 

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  • Interview with DJ Laurent Garnier from our client Rivmixx

  • Aerial video of the Big Brother house, created for 192.com maps

 

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says a vote for his party at the election is "a bold commitment to hope and opportunity".   Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified".   Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report said Russian tanks had invaded and the president was dead.   Three prison officers are stabbed with a broken bottle by an inmate at Durham's high-security Frankland jail.   Thousands of motorcyclists starts a ride to Wootton Bassett to honour the people of the Wiltshire town - and the soldiers killed in Afghanistan.   James Bulger's mother calls for the children's commissioner to be sacked for "twisted" comments about her son's murderers.   Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters march in Bangkok to press the Thai government to step down.   Pregnant teenagers are being forced out of education due to a "lack of support", a children's charity claims.   A leading member of the Hamas militant group, Mahar Uda, is arrested in the West Bank, the Israeli army says.   Thirteen people die, four of whom are beheaded, in drug-related violence at the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco.   Loud hailer announcements and a leaflet combine to cause fears of a nuclear emergency in a Dorset resort.   Comedian Rufus Hound is crowned Let's Dance champion in aid of Sport Relief after an entertaining parody of a Cheryl Cole hit.   Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is in pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso just behind.   England close day three of the first Test against Bangladesh on 131-5, a lead of 434, after choosing not to enforce the follow-on.   Rangers host Dundee United with a place in the Active Nation Scottish Cup semi-finals at stake.   The age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 to 12, says England's children's commissioner. Your views?   Tough questions as undecided voters quiz the PM   Benefits of the web trickle down in Rio de Janeiro   Hundreds of South Asian woman allege abuse by in-laws   Secrets of Italian artist Caravaggio in the frame   Bombed out and banned: Gaza's male hairdressers   Do we secretly like tough guy leaders instead of Mr Nice?   Burglars break into the home of French Resistance heroine Andree Peel, who died last week at the age of 105.   The first stage of a planning process to build a coal plant with carbon capture technology in Ayrshire is to get under way.   A row has broken out over a report produced by Barnardo's criticising childcare provision for young mothers in Wales.   A man is shot in both legs during a robbery attempt at a house in Meigh, County Armagh, on Saturday night.   Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, denies giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans.   A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is due to be unveiled, but it may struggle to get backing in the Senate.   Partial results for Iraq's elections show PM Nouri Maliki's coalition ahead in the crucial area of Baghdad, officials say.   Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejects criticism that Beijing keeps the yuan undervalued in order to boost exports.   France holds regional elections that are expected to reflect disenchantment with President Sarkozy's government.   Bomb attacks on the Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to US and Nato forces not to target the region, the Taliban say.   The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.   The British National Party is forced to rewrite its membership rules again after a court rules them discriminatory.   Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, say US researchers.   Black fathers need to become more involved with their children to help tackle their social problems, an MP will say.   UN wildlife negotiations begin on banning the trade in bluefin tuna and permitting sales of ivory at a two-week summit in Doha.   Take That star Mark Owen checks into rehab after admitting to a drink problem and cheating on his partner.   A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.   
 

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Komodo’s At New Horizon Youth Centre Re-Launch Event

Posted by Caryn February 24 2010 06:03pm

Komodo are proud reptiles today after a successful re-launch of the New Horizon Youth Centre in King’s Cross. With the help of the New Horizon team, Jon Snow, Sarah Brown, Kathy Lette and Rory Bremner as well as many other famous faces, the rebuilt refuge will continue to offer world class services to homeless young people in style!Rory Bremner 2 blog formattedSarah Brown blog formattedKomodo at New Horizon

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Foursquare…in a nutshell

Posted by Lucy February 1 2010 02:08pm

badgesHere at Komodo we’re always on the look-out for new and exciting ways to communicate, and we’re predicting this to be the next big thing in the social media world: Introducing you all to Foursquare, a social media platform that tracks where you are, where your friends are and recommends places to go relevant to the city you are in. (more…)

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Jedi knights, bounties to arrest Blair and other cause campaigns on social media

Posted by Jayne February 1 2010 02:00pm

From Facebook campaigns to get Rage Against the Machine to Number 1, to online petitions to get Gavin and Stnumber_one_two_1546974cacey back to our screens; cause campaigns powered by social media have become a favourite tactic for the PR world to ‘close the loop’ on brand campaigns.

As long as the cause is related to the brand that is represented, they offer a great reason to talk about products whilst trying to make some kind of social impact.

Here are three campaigns (not-necessarily PR driven ones) that have caught our eye at Komodo:

  1. Arrest Blair – a current campaign to raise a bounty for someone to make a citizen’s arrest of Tony Blair. At the time of writing they had raised over £2,000 in donations
  2. Inclusion of Jedi in census statistics – back in 2001, over 300,000 ‘Jedi Knights’ campaigned for Jedi to be included as an official religion on the British census
  3. Make St George’s Day a public holiday – a campaign from Komodo client This England Publishing to create a new public holiday on April 23rd raised a ton of awareness last year. Read more about it here.
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