#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
Love what we do? Okay. But don’t do what we do. Just don’t. Here’s why…
I often have people – young lads mostly – come up to me and stammer out:
‘Shahzad Sir, you have the best job in the world!’
Continue reading “Why you MUST NOT become a car journalist!”
Check it out! I just made this video. Hope you like it.
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There have been two articles recently, just four days apart both along similar lines suggesting that the ‘social media influencers’ bubble is about to burst.
Continue reading “End of the ‘Influencer’ is nigh – And that’s Official!”
Media Source interviewed me about Automotive PR in the region – read the full text at this link
On the right of this page, you’ll see my personal Instagram feed. Scroll through that and it probably won’t come as a surprise to you that those of us that do the sort of work that I mainly do (that of automotive journalist), are more than frequently assaulted with plaudits like:
Continue reading “Why the best job in the world, is the toughest job in the world”
If you’re going to use social media for a specific awareness programme – remember one thing: social media users are by and large stupid, and I include myself in that.
Continue reading “Social media campaigns should KISS and make up”
I don’t think there’s anything that can be done about people stealing your images on the internet, but at least there should be some etiquette to it, right?
Continue reading “Is a hover-over credit acceptable when ‘borrowing’ an image?”
In this brave new world, when you’re doing your own thing and working from home, 9-5 no longer applies, particularly when you were working till 2:30am the night before.
6 reasons we’re not doing them anymore
I suppose we should really be flattered. Exactly two years – yes a whole TWO years – after our last big car meet (MME Meet 13 at Dubai Festival City – read about it here) people still ask us when our next Meet will be. And they’re usually disappointed with the response.
Continue reading “The problem with Car Meets”
