Bob Jones

About Bob Jones

Bob founded Publitek in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience in running technology PR and marketing communications agencies, following earlier careers in broadcast engineering and electronic component marketing. Bob read Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bangor, Wales, and has an MA in Marketing. He was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in 1996. He is a member of the IEEE and the IET and in 2015 was named as one of "The 100 most influential tech agency PR executives globally" by the Hot Topics community of technology leaders.

The state of US electronics trade and tech media – a snapshot

Every now and then, I take a look at the media landscape for clients that want to communicate with electronics design engineers, particularly hardware engineers that specify or buy components and sub-assemblies. Anyone working in B2B technical marketing will know that this landscape is evolving. Companies are publishing more of their own material in website Read more...

By |2019-12-04T08:48:22+00:00December 1st, 2019|

Publitek sponsors the Bessemer Society to help technology entrepreneurs tell their stories

Publitek is now sponsoring the Bessemer Society, “a forum and mutual society formed of ‘serial’ CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs who are committed to creating successful new companies based on technological innovation in the fields of science and technology.” Publitek will help communicate the Society’s ethos, ambitions and achievements to like-minded individuals throughout the UK and beyond. Read more...

By |2019-06-11T09:41:26+00:00June 11th, 2019|

Publitek sponsors the Bessemer Society to help technology entrepreneurs tell their stories

Publitek is now sponsoring the Bessemer Society, “a forum and mutual society formed of ‘serial’ CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs who are committed to creating successful new companies based on technological innovation in the fields of science and technology.” Publitek will help communicate the Society’s ethos, ambitions and achievements to like-minded individuals throughout the UK and beyond. Read more...

By |2019-06-11T09:41:26+00:00June 11th, 2019|

Revealed: how to boost ROI by over 10X in digital, B2B electronics trade media advertising

With an analysis of 2,913 trade media campaigns placed with 180 media outlets across Asia, Europe and North America, Publitek’s latest independent research report demonstrates exactly what works and what doesn’t when it comes to digital advertising in B2B electronics media. When you’re trying to reach engineering audiences, the results could enable you to drive Read more...

By |2021-04-28T13:10:56+00:00April 11th, 2019|

Revealed: how to boost ROI by over 10X in digital, B2B electronics trade media advertising

With an analysis of 2,913 trade media campaigns placed with 180 media outlets across Asia, Europe and North America, Publitek’s latest independent research report demonstrates exactly what works and what doesn’t when it comes to digital advertising in B2B electronics media. When you’re trying to reach engineering audiences, the results could enable you to drive Read more...

By |2021-04-28T13:10:57+00:00April 11th, 2019|

Radio-Electronics.com moves into new website, Electronics Notes

Radio-Electronics.com, the UK-based website, is now being incorporated into a new site called Electronics Notes. The new site has established itself as a popular electronics industry publication for providing information on electronic components, technologies and techniques for electronics engineers, makers and students. This change has been brought about by the semi-retirement of editor and owner Read more...

By |2019-01-25T12:49:51+00:00January 25th, 2019|

Radio-Electronics.com moves into new website, Electronics Notes

Radio-Electronics.com, the UK-based website, is now being incorporated into a new site called Electronics Notes. The new site has established itself as a popular electronics industry publication for providing information on electronic components, technologies and techniques for electronics engineers, makers and students. This change has been brought about by the semi-retirement of editor and owner Read more...

By |2019-01-25T12:49:51+00:00January 25th, 2019|

Five lessons learned about B2B tech media coverage from trade shows

Electronica, the world’s biggest electronics trade show, starts today in Munich. With 3683 exhibitors set to attend spread across the halls, plus nearly 300 journalists already registered and (what feels like) countless extra visitors what should your press strategy be? To answer this we’ve analysed coverage and Google search data for a handful of the Read more...

By |2018-11-14T09:33:38+00:00November 13th, 2018|

Five lessons learned about B2B tech media coverage from trade shows

Electronica, the world’s biggest electronics trade show, starts today in Munich. With 3683 exhibitors set to attend spread across the halls, plus nearly 300 journalists already registered and (what feels like) countless extra visitors what should your press strategy be? To answer this we’ve analysed coverage and Google search data for a handful of the Read more...

By |2018-11-14T09:37:29+00:00November 13th, 2018|

Why we should thank Georg for Electronica

I'm traveling today by train from my Wiltshire home near Bradford-on-Avon, England, to the thriving Bavarian City of Munich in the south of Germany. I'm on my way to the world's largest electronics trade show for engineers, Electronica, and I can't help but reflect that the event may not be taking place but for the efforts Read more...

By |2018-11-12T10:57:06+00:00November 12th, 2018|