Tag Archives: marketing

Brandmarks – thoughts from a 5 year old

1 Feb

Tweet I saw this pop up recently (I think it was @missrachelle who found it) and had to put it on here. While it’s not strictly marketing / advertising focused, it is definitely brand focused (something I’m equally as interested in, but regrettably doesn’t get much coverage here). I think sometimes we forget that we came from [...]

I’ve got 99 blog posts and this aint one!

23 Nov

Tweet Well, 100 posts. It’s a bit of a milestone for us, and something we want to celebrate even though it’s a low number for a few reasons. Firstly, we didn’t slack off and quit after a month, not even when jobs changed and we no longer sat opposite each other. Secondly, we’re massively cynical [...]

Life in a Day – empowering charitable giving and the social media community

20 Jul

Tweet A while back (June 2010) there was a Google blog post that announced an incredibly ambitious project, ‘Life in a Day’. This was a film about people, culture and life, made my people within those spheres of influence. Anyone with a camera and an internet connection could film their day and contribute to the [...]

The Twitter Job Hustle by wonderyears.nl

5 Jul

Tweet I had to post this one up for two reasons, one because it’s incredibly clever and insightful, and two because it’s evidence that this social media laark isn’t stagnant yet! (although there are a number of copycats in the industry trying to prove otherwise). These guys, Bas Van De Poel, and his business partner, [...]

Homebirds creative use of old fashioned clothes pegs

15 Mar

Tweet I recently returned home from work to find 2 old skool clothes pegs attached to a card tag advertising home spring cleaning services (with Eco options) Not revolutionary you might think, but really clever all the same. Targeting affluent areas where career driven adults who have the money to care about ecological issues is [...]

Guerilla marketing

10 Mar

Tweet Last week, while travelling home on the tube, two unidentified individuals entered my carriage and removed one of the advertising signs. They proceeded to write a message on the back and place the advert back in it’s mount the wrong way round. I’m not an advocate of defacing property (much) but it did raise [...]