Best Practice email signup form: PSFK

Nice information ask here from trend spotters, PSFK. They call it ‘need to know’ – I hope they do. It includes a request for twitter id – first time I’ve seen that on an email newsletter sign up form. Interesting that they choose to put it so high up – under your name – the […]

How MontBlanc could improve its email marketing

I just bought a pen, a beautiful pen and shared my email address with the supplier – top luxury brand, Mont Blanc. A week later I got an email, beautifully crafted but inappropriate message.  This is not the way to say hello and welcome to your new customers.  Launching right in with a sales message…. […]

Online event PR – how to do it on a small budget

We’re working for a lovely creative client, Global Culture, who design t shirts and gifts with a New Zealand “kiwi humor” twist. Their designer, Russell came up with some fun Star Wars designs and we suggested promoting them around the May 4th, World Star Wars Day event.  [May the Fourth Be With You – in […]

Another great Website Holding Page design

If you are redesigning your website or just taking it offline for a while, a bit of humour can help with your readers’ patience: Enjoy this one No related posts.

4 best books on pitching for new business? Let me pitch them to you!

Find the best self-tuition books on how to pitch and win new business – we review four of our favourites. Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning NewBusiness Written by Jon Steel Published – October 2006 A professional “pitching coach” for one of the world’s largest marketing conglomerates, Jon Steel shares his secrets and […]

Pay-with-a-tweet: helpful content marketing tool

Are you a business that gives away your content free (as we do)? Want to get some reciprocal publicity from your work? Take a look at Pay with a Tweet from the creative folks at Innovative Thunder We got a free download e book from Naked Marketing Manifesto They got promoted using our twitter account Symbiosis and ‘payback’ all in […]

Infographics used for business development

Former client, Ctrl-Shift, is a strategy consultancy focusing on personal data and its use online. They realised that the landscape of personal data availability online has changed hugely in a very short time and despite hysterical outcries about Facebook privacy settings, it is an important area that both brands and consumers should be knowledgable about. […]

Brand campaign brief template improvement

Rob Lane my colleague recently wrote a first draft of a new proposal for a client brand and I was delighted that he chose to insert a new section header, “Your responsibilities”. Imagine an agency telling a prospective client – not one we’re working with already – that they had to actively participate in delivering […]

Shout! Interview with Corey Eastman of Teehan + Lax

Corey Eastman is the new business director at top user experiencer agency, Teehan + Lax.  He approached us saying “your blog is on my daily RSS feed along with other agency sales blogs.  I try to stay up to date.”  And we were so flattered, we asked if he’d like to be interviewed. Creative – what […]

Shout! The Marketing Agency Blueprint: Paul Roetzer interview

Paul Roetzer is a striking, energetic man.  We met after I’d read his first book, the Marketing Agency Blueprint which explains how he has founded a PR agency in a 21st century mould. You worked in a traditional agency – how did they view biz dev? They didn’t really have it – they were reliant […]