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

 

Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.   Two women raped by their father over 25 years- bearing seven of his children - are given an apology by authorities.   The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.   Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.   More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.   A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.   A care home manager from Somerset accused of killing two of her residents has denied she was a "drug-crazed monster killer", a court is told.   Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality.   The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.   Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.   Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.   England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart Broad.   AC Milan's David Beckham says he is excited to face Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time but maintains he wants them to lose.   Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country.   About 60% of prisoners serving short sentences reoffend within a year. Is prison the right answer?   Who can read my notes? Electronic records explained   It's a big task, but how do you recycle a plane?   Test yourself, now Royal Mail will no longer limit the stuff   PM tries to be seen as modern-day Churchill   Can a fatwa to counter a fatwa really work?   Onlookers watch gang steal jewels in broad daylight   A Leeds drugs gang are jailed for torturing a boy, 16, to force his family to pay a £20,000 ransom over a "drugs debt".   A man who admitted causing the death of another motorist by dangerous driving is jailed for three years.   A man is found guilty of the murdering his 17-year-old daughter, whose body was found when police stopped his car.   A faulty electric blanket led to the fire that killed a baby girl in her home in County Londonderry last June, an inquest is told.   South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.   The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.   The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace.   Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.   A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.   Gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.   Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.   The Conservatives pledge to reverse what they say is the UK's "shrinking" influence in the world if they win power.   Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.   Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says.   Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.   Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for.   Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.   
 

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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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