--- title: The Latest News From Grebot Donnelly | Reputation description: Reputation | --- [![Grebot Donnelly](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/Grebotdonnelly-Images/Grebot-Donnelly-1.png)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/) - [Home](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com) - [About us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [About us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [About GD](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [Our Team](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us/our-team) - [Our Values](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us/our-values) - [Services](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - [Services](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - [What We Do](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - [Marketing & Consultancy](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services/marketing-pr-consultancy) - [Branding & Creative](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services/branding-creative) - [Research & Analysis](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services/research-analysis) - [Training School](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services/training-school) - [Student Recruitment & Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/student-recruitment-marketing-workshop-1) - [Pupil Recruitment & Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/pupil-recruitment-marketing-workshop) - [Sixth Form Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/marketing-the-sixth-form-workshop) - [School Business Managers](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/sbm-workshop) - [MAT Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/mat-marketing-workshop) - [My School's Public Image](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/my-schools-public-image) - [Teacher Recruitment & Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/teacher-recruitment-marketing-workshop) - [Governors Introduction to Marketing](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/governors-introduction-to-marketing) - [The How to Academy](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/how-to-academy) - [Portfolio](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/portfolio) - [Insights](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog) - [Contact us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/contact-us) - [Subscribe to Mailing List](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/subscribe) - [Home](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/) - [About](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [About Us](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [Our Team](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us/our-team) - [Our Values](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us/our-values) - [Services](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - PR - Crisis Management - Social Media - Logos - Photography - Prospectuses - Web Design - Copywriting - Newsletters - Signage - Strategic Reviews - Focus Groups - Competitor Analysis - Recruitment Trends - Government Policy - Mystery Shopper - Public profile - [Training School](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/services/training-school) - [Portfolio](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/portfolio) - [Careers](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/careers) - [Contact](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/contact) - [Blog](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog) [Follow @GrebotDonnelly](https://twitter.com/GrebotDonnelly) - [Home](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com) - [About us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [About us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/about-us) - [Services](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - [Services](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/services) - [Portfolio](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/portfolio) - [Insights](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog) - [Contact us](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/contact-us) - [Subscribe to Mailing List](https://www.grebotdonnelly.com/subscribe) # Latest News ## [What’s your hook? And we’re not talking fishing!](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-your-hook-and-were-not-talking-fishing) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 14/04/2021, 12:30 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/iStock-183799780.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-your-hook-and-were-not-talking-fishing) In marketing terms, a ‘hook’ grabs attention, creates interest and makes an audience receptive to your messages. [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-your-hook-and-were-not-talking-fishing) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-your-hook-and-were-not-talking-fishing#comments-listing) Topics: [School Capacity](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/school-capacity), [Marketing Consultancy](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/marketing-consultancy), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation), [Pupil Recruitment](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/pupil-recruitment), [Reputation Management](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation-management) ## [What’s happening in your cocktail bubble?](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-happening-in-your-cocktail-bubble) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 05/01/2021, 18:33 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.liquor.com/thmb/QW8YyQzkbxb7rWDGcZdjklngU0E=/720x480/filters:no_upscale%28%29:max_bytes%28150000%29:strip_icc%28%29/oddball-tools_flavor-blaster_Bob-Peters-using-Flavour-Blaster-by-Justin-Driscoll_inline_720x480-0edf7ddd4fd24637b14b6611252ab71a.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-happening-in-your-cocktail-bubble) ***Warning: Just to keep the January blues away for a little longer, this article should be read alongside this specially chosen blog playlist – a blend of resolutions, leadership and marketing views.*** [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-happening-in-your-cocktail-bubble) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/whats-happening-in-your-cocktail-bubble#comments-listing) Topics: [Training School](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/training-school), [Marketing Consultancy](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/marketing-consultancy), [Communications](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/communications), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation), [Reputation Management](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation-management) ## [Are you telling a compelling story?](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/are-you-telling-a-compelling-story) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 03/12/2020, 10:17 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/Brand%20storytelling.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/are-you-telling-a-compelling-story) The term ‘marketing’ in the education sector is no longer a swear word and is now a discipline that schools and colleges are interpreting and using to maximum effect. We believe there’s another term that is so commonly misunderstood but which schools and colleges should be embracing and capitalising on – Brand.  [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/are-you-telling-a-compelling-story) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/are-you-telling-a-compelling-story#comments-listing) Topics: [Branding & Creative](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/branding-creative), [Vision](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/vision), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation), [Reputation Management](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation-management) ## [It's never over until it's over!](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/its-never-over-until-its-over) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 04/10/2020, 15:06 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/iStock-497155649.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/its-never-over-until-its-over) Who doesn’t love a motivational quote – and moreover a sports motivational quote, in fact a **‘Yogism**’ from Yogi Berra, an American professional baseball catcher of the 1940s-60s. This quote is particularly relevant to the autumn term and the strategic marketing of secondary schools. [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/its-never-over-until-its-over) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/its-never-over-until-its-over#comments-listing) Topics: [Research & Analysis](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/research-analysis), [Marketing Consultancy](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/marketing-consultancy), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation), [Pupil Recruitment](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/pupil-recruitment), [Open Events](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/open-events) ## [SCHOOL CHOICE DECISION MAKING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/virtualopenevents) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 14/09/2020, 10:32 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/iStock-179258590.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/virtualopenevents) **Who would have thought that open event season 2020 would feature empty corridors, classrooms and playgrounds? As a society, we are creatures of habit and we like patterns, regularity, familiarity…but this is the year we have to do things differently, starting with your school’s traditional open mornings, days, evenings, tours… We can no longer run the same events that we have for years, tweaking here and there, in the hope that when we open our doors hordes of prospective pupils and their families will come** [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/virtualopenevents) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/virtualopenevents#comments-listing) Topics: [Marketing Consultancy](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/marketing-consultancy), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation), [Pupil Recruitment](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/pupil-recruitment), [Open Events](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/open-events) ## [The show must go online](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/the-show-must-go-online) Posted by [Kim Bowyer](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/kim-bowyer) on 22/04/2020, 09:34 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Schools may have had to shut their doors, for now, but that doesn’t mean engagement with your current and prospective families can come to a standstill. [Read More](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/the-show-must-go-online) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/the-show-must-go-online#comments-listing) Topics: [Marketing Consultancy](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/marketing-consultancy), [Communications](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/communications), [Reputation](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/topic/reputation) ## [Reputations - Lessons learned from stakeholders](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/reputations-lessons-learned-from-stakeholders) Posted by [Aimee Monteith](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/author/aimee-monteith) on 03/04/2019, 15:34 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/hubfs/iStock-915197986.jpg)](https://blog.grebotdonnelly.com/blog/reputations-lessons-learned-from-stakeholders) In our experience, schools are generally good at communicating with their internal stakeholders however, some lack an awareness when it comes to key external audiences - be aware that with the pace of change that is happening in society - there is now a need for change and for schools to be extrospective and to embrace how this can support their brand enhancement and reputation management. 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