Recently I’ve become very conscious of images as part of the brand mix online and offline.  There are brands who create visual icons – take a look at my ‘Marmite’ Pinterest board created for a client celebrating the fact that New Zealand has run out of Marmite(!)- true story. And so I think we’ve changed [...]








So, do you know how to to hack a Facebook welcome tab as a landing page?  No?  Not to worry, neither did we.  By learning on our feet and just going for it, we more than quadrupled the number of likes for a client’s Facebook page in 24 hours. Here’s how. We had a client [...]








An awesome fun-poke at the advertising industry from the Canadian geniuses behind the big orange slide blog from Grip Limited. Take a read and weep! But before I lose your attention to the fun, check out their blog rationale / objective.  Think I might copy this…. Our big hairy goal? To be the best 5-minutes [...]








Nick Burcher is a super star… but I didn’t know that when I first met him.  We had coffee together and he gave me very early advice on setting up this blog and since then I’ve followed his work. Nick’s latest views are about the integration of advertising, marketing and social media in the context [...]








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How big does your company need to be before you use marketing professionals? For brands who are growing  and becoming profitable there comes a time when you choose to professionalise your marketing.  Many businesses decide at this point that they have two choices: to hire a staffer or to buy in expertise from an agency. [...]








How much do marketers and their agencies need to know about technology. Code is now on a par with content. Allison Mooney, head of trends and Insights, Marketing Google Ben Malbon, Director of Strategy, Creative Lab Google Matt Galligan, SimpleGeo Rob Rasmussen, Tribal DDB Rick Webb, The Barbarian Group #agileagency How much do marketers and [...]








This is a guest post by Kath Pay from The Email Academy. She will publish another 3 articles over the next few weeks. For most companies, your database is essential and list growth is one of your key aims. Ideally the subscription process needs to be as easy as possible – my mantra for building [...]








The US has a bill before congress to regulate online behavioural targeting.  The industry has responded with self-regulation by including an icon “Interest based ads” on all ads seved using behavioural targeting.  Personally, I think this phrase is hardly explanatory about what’s going on.  It should really be “Hoped-for-interest-based-on-a-guess ads” This is going to be [...]








Help is needed: Rebecca has been asked to speak at a Cambridge University Careers service recruitment evening about our industry. I’d like to give them a decent informational talk with a bit of humour thrown in. Here’s the brief. You may remember we met back in the Spring and amongst other things I mentioned that [...]