up for the cup: how #foxnewsfacts stormed the charts

Our post on the exceptionally brilliant response to the exceptionally stupid Fox News commentator stormed the chart this month. But what came second, third, fourth and fifth?

by Dan Slee

It was a typically Birmingham response. When an entire city was faced with slander it responded not in a fit of North Korean pique but with wit.

Fox News screened an interview with a 'terror expert' who claimed that the Midlands city was a no-go area for non-Muslims. The response? The #foxnewsfacts hashtag of bizarre and blatantly wrong facts that tweet by tweet took down the reputation of the Rupert Murdoch-owned TV channel.

We will, of course, send the special silver cup to Dan Wainright on the Express & Star whose tweet of Mecca bingo in Kingstanding was widely shared. Evidence that the city was a hotbed of Islam. And bingo.

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up for the cup: april's most popular posts

Every month we award a plastic cup to the winner of the most read post and the competition is sublime. Forget Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City in the Premiership. This is on another level.

by Dan Slee

It was another good month for posts on comms2point0 with another clutch of case studies, how to guides and think pieces.

It was also a month where I left local government comms to spend the time exclusively on comms2point0 and met some ace people and worked on some rather good projects.

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post of the month for january

Pinch, punch, the first of the month. It's that time of the calendar where we take a look at what has been the most popular post.

by Dan Slee

Well, what an opening to 2014 it has been with a blizzard of new content on comms2point0 and an impressive two-way fight for the top spot.

In a tussle that brings back memories of Blur v Oasis, Ali v Foreman and Stoke City v Port Vale the top title has seen an epic battle between Hel Reynolds and Eddie Coates-Madden.

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up for the cup: october's top posts

Back in the early days, when they were good, U2 sang about October being the month where the trees are stripped bare, of all they wear. But there wasn't a bit of that last month on comms2point0 where we had another feast of new comms posts.

by Darren Caveney

Competition for the coveted 69pence cup shows no sign of slowing down. And we had a stonking, record number of website visitors to our little old site again last month.

But which was the most read post?

In fifth spot was Hull's very own 'hit parade ever-present', Eddie Coates-Madden this time with the fab 'wake up and sheikh up: five years is too long to embrace technology'

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up for the cup: september's top posts

Our specialist team of engravers here at comms2point0 HQ are about to get to work. It's that time again when we announce last month's top post...

by Darren Caveney

September can be a strange old month. It's the month that the schools go back, when the summer holidays are over, when shops begin taunting us with their Christmas tut. So it's important to read some great new posts to inspire us to get on with delivering our best work. And our marvelous contributors delivered that in spades.

But who wins the coveted 69p plastic cup...

In at number five...

Came Are we seeing a social switch in communications? by one of Cornwall's finest, Matt Bond

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up for the cup: august's top posts

Well August is historically a quieter month for the old web traffic, with you good people disappearing to every corner of the globe, and Weston-Super-Mare. But actually last month was really busy. And we had a surprise number one in the comms2point0 hit parade.

by Darren Caveney

We like to think that we have a little something for everyone on the site these days. Last month's most read posts underlined that range of tidy little case studies and learning.

And competition for one of our prestigious little plastic cups remains high. You simply cannot buy one from eBay. No way. You have to write a belting little post which lots of folk read. Easy peasy.

So, the top five, in our usual reverse order...

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up for the cup: july's top posts

As months go, July was a bit special for us. The launch of a new white paper, record web site visitors and a new job for one of us. But nothing quite compares to the announcement of the top post for July...

by Darren Caveney

With well over 300 posts on the site we like to think that we have a little something for everyone now. And the top five most read posts in July underline the mix of case studies and learning from across many sectors.

So, the top five, in our usual reverse order:

At five, was What would Basil Clarke the father of British PR make of today's industry? by Richard Evans.

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up for the cup: june's top posts

It's the most eagerly awaited news of the month. Who is in the coveted top five of most read posts on comms2point0? Who? Who? Have I won? Will my CV be decorated with a silver cup from those nice people? Wait no longer! The answers are in...

by Dan Slee

So, the stats are in, the numbers have been crunched and the most popular post of the month can now be announced.

It's also been a busy month with some excellent quality of writing. We've added more than a dozen posts to the site that's worth taking a look at.

The winner as ever gets to have a finest quality Chinese plastic cup that will be the envy of their workplace, family, street and town.

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up for the cup: may's top posts

Well the weather may have been pretty ropey in May - the coldest for a million years or so - but on comms2point0 there were posts galore to warm the cockles of every comms person's heart.

by Darren Caveney

As you know, we invest heavily in little plastic cups to award to the most read post each month and excitement always grows prior to the big monthly announcement.

So without any further messing or flannel from me, here's goes...

At 5 was last month's top post by Eddie Coates-Madden - PR is dead... and just for good measure newspapers are dead too.

In at 4 was Why gov.uk is the best sight on the web by debut contributor Dave Thackeray.

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up for the cup: april's top posts

You could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Our specialist team of engravers are about to get to work. It's that time again when we announce last month's top post...

by Darren Caveney

Well April has seen a record number of visitors to our little old site. We thanks each and every one of you. And an even bigger thank you goes to last month's contributers - there genuinely were some absolutely brilliant posts and case studies, which meant competition to win the coveted £1 plastic cup was tougher than ever.

So, here goes.

In at number five...

I always feel very slightly fraud-ish when one of ours appears in the list. After all, we could completely cheat and award ourselves all sorts. But fifth was Head of Comms JD2.0 by me.

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up for the cup: march's top posts

Excitement always grows at Comms2Point0 Towers when the engravers get to work on the shiny £1 cup awarded to the creator of the top post for the month.

by Darren Caveney

March was a bumper month for both the number and quality of new posts. And this possibly accounted for a record number of visitors and page views in March.

Anyways, cue drum roll and we'll do this, as usual, in reverse order...

In fifth spot was the superb, unfortunately, essential, 10 things to do when your team is cut in half by Rebecca Crosby.

At number four was Liam Barrington-Bush with How an author is using small conversations and viral campaigning We were chuffed to receive Liam's debut comms2point0 post.

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up for the cup - january's top posts

Well the January blues didn't stop us receiving a swathe of great posts. But which one was good enough to nab the coveted, shiny, £1 cup for the month's most read post...

by Darren Caveney

January 2013 will be remembered at comms2point0 HQ as a good month. A very good  month.

We love it when we get to feature and share posts which genuinely make you stop and think.

Which make you shout 'Yes!'.

Which give you a fresh perspective.

Which spark new ideas.

Which sometimes make you think, 'nah, not a chance.'

Here's the top five most read, in reverse order (just to build extra excitement... )

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up for the cup - december's top posts

We were fortunate to land some great new posts in December - you may have missed some of them whilst you were christmas partying and dashing around shopping.

Some of these posts made our most read top five of the month. Some were from back in the day. But what came out top?

By Darren Caveney

Top of the pops was What If? by the always brilliant Helen Reynolds. It actually sits in our top 5 ‘Hall of Fame’ too. If you haven’t read it, take a look.

In at number two…

From our own stable, that Dan Slee with Why every organisation should have Trojan mice.

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up for the cup: november's top posts

It's that time again when we award the prestigious, shiny £1 comms2point0 cup for the month's most read post. It was a close, close call this month. But a winner we have...

by Darren Caveney

November saw in our landmark 200th post as well as some brilliant case studies on everything from social media best practice, strategic communications, industry surveys, life as a press officer and a whole lot more. But the most read posts came from the archive and one in particular holds a special place.

In at number one...

I'm delighted to say that last month's top post was a Google+ case study, which is a really interesting development. Thanks to Shane Dillon for teaching many of us a thing or two about this platform.

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why every organisation should have trojan mice

There's no shortage of advice on how to tackle digital communications. Here's one book that's worth getting and one pearl from it.

by Dan Slee

Okay, confession time: I try my absolute hardest to avoid books on social media.

Books on climbing? Yes. Books from self-styled social media ninjas? no thank you.

One of a few that stands like a shining beacon is the excellent 'Organisations Don't Tweet, People Do' by Euan Semple.

I've lost count of the number of people I've recommended this hardback work to. Even if you don't go out and buy it you can take something from the title.

One of the reasons why I'm rather keen on it is that it strikes a chord with some of the work we've done.

One example that Semple comes up with is 'Trojan mice.'

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