Disclaimer: This is Tom Murphy’s personal weblog. The opinions I express on this blog and the associated web pages represent my own personal views and not those of my current, prior or future employers.
- Murphy’s Law is my blog about Public Relations and technology.
- PR Opinions, is an archive of all my PR posts from March 2002 to August 2006.
Tom Murphy
My name is Tom Murphy. I live and work in Washington state in the United States where I work as director of corporate communications for citizenship at Microsoft Corporation. I moved to the United States in March 2009. Prior to that I spent four years running Microsoft’s local Citizenship and Public Relations programs in Ireland.
I started working in public relations in 1992 and I’ve had the great fortune to work in a range of great in-house and agency roles working with many of the world’s greatest technology brands such as Corel, Gateway, Intel and Microsoft, as well as a range of successful independent start-ups. I’ve also had fantastic opportunities to work around Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and North America.
I started blogging about public relations and other things in 2002. I am a passionate advocate of the importance of great communications and the positive impact of social media. However, I am a pragmatist and I eschew the hyperbole you often find about social media. I believe that great PR starts with your business objectives and your strategy. Social media is no different. Understand your business and your audience – avoid the hype!
If I blog about a Microsoft product or service it will be tagged with He would say that – that’s my formal disclosure tag.
I’m married to the long-suffering Sorcha and we have the world’s best son, Cillian and the world’s best daughter, Anna.
If you want to get in contact:
E-mail: tpemurphy -AT- hotmail.com
Mobile: +1-425-614-614-6
MSN IM: tpemurphy -AT- hotmail.com
Twitter: @tpemurphy
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tpemurphy
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpemurphy
Comment policy: Comments on any of these blogs are moderated. Any comments I deem inappropriate for this blog will be not be posted. Where those comments are not spam, I will flag that decision with the person who submitted the post. Comments on the PR Opinions blog are closed.
Tom Murphy’s shiny new blog at NevilleHobson.com // Aug 18, 2006 at 8:51 am
[...] Veteran Irish PR blogger Tom Murphy has opened a new shop with a brand new blog – Murphy’s Law: […] I’m putting PR Opinions in mothballs and moving to a shiny new blog which will continue to discuss the finer elements of Public Relations, still moan at the hype, but will also cover more diverse subjects that take my fancy. [...]
Tom
Hey, saw some photos of your son on Flikr…nice work…he looks like a handful.
I have started a blog, it is even more boring then yours…but I have linked your blog, so if you could link me back, that would be great – not sure if that is proper blog etiquette???
thanks, and talk to you soon.
Hi
I think your blog is really interesting and useful. Would you be interested in exchanging links?
My blog is focused on advertising and media.
Eamon
http://www.spotlightideas.co.uk
Build Credibility For Your Personal Brand With Endorsements « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel // May 6, 2008 at 11:17 am
[...] There are tiers of endorsements based on the strength of the personal brand cited. If a CEO from a Fortune 500 company endorses you, it carries more weight than a director from a startup [...]
Glad the PR Week blog contest introduced me to your informative and entrtaining blog. Good luck from a fellow PR blogger.
Ron
Hi
your blog is rather interesting!
check mine out
http://pr-starterkit.blogspot.com
Murphy’s Law » How do you stay organised?… // Aug 29, 2008 at 9:39 am
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PR Blog Round up 15 January 2009 | Thomas Brunkard // Jan 15, 2009 at 11:33 am
[...] Tom Murphy is back on the Blogosphere with a bang with some nice posts; a humourous viral video for media trainers, PR satire and Common sense + Twitter. [...]
You’ve forgotten me and my blog so quickly. I’m heartbroken:( And you now “almost” a yank
TJ
Fantastic blogging Tom but a couple of questions from a PR perspective
1.Are all Twitters now Twats given the inevitable backlash against this fad?
2. Do you think you have too much time on your hands?
Socially Responsible Communication Methods – Textifying // Mar 3, 2010 at 7:25 am
[...] first blog post I read that dealt with CSR was Tom Murphy’s blog, Murphy’s Law. Murphy currently does PR for Microsoft. He observed that there are not [...]
Madison PR agencija » Blog Archive » Osnovne smjernice za komunikaciju društvenim mrežama // May 12, 2010 at 8:11 am
[...] u korporativne svrhe nije samo specifi?na Hrvatskim tvrtkama, ve? kako piše irski PR-ovac Tom Murphy u Getting real about Social Media, PR (and CSR)… to je trend oko kojega se mu?e mnoge svjetske [...]