June 27, 2008

Get your email opened!

Do you send out marketing emails? Do you want to increase your open and conversion rates? Here are some tips […]

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May 1, 2008

Seen in Adwords

“Johnny Depp T Shirt -As seen on Amy Winehouse in Heat!”
 
Thank God for accurately-used prepositions.

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March 12, 2008

The ASA is at it again

Haven’t they got anything better to do with their time? I don’t want to repeat all the elaborate insults I […]

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March 5, 2008

The boy is back in town… and writing up interviews

I had a great time skiing in Norway, managing to avoid catastrophic, high-speed symbiosis with trees and the attentions of […]

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February 11, 2008

Headline of the week

As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t updated the blog for a while. As usual, the reason is that I’ve been […]

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January 30, 2008

‘Unelected, self-appointed dimwits’

Copywriting can get you into a lot of trouble.
The title of this post is a direct quote from Peter Sherrard, […]

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December 18, 2007

A fairytale of PR

BBC Radio 1 is busy whipping up a storm this Christmas by censoring the word ‘faggot’ from the Pogues song […]

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September 11, 2007

The media-trained copywriter

If writing Working For Yourself was like giving birth to a child - albeit with more than the usual amount […]

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July 16, 2007

Simpsoniana

Despair of man, and watch The Simpsons. You will despair no more. If human beings can make a TV show […]

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July 11, 2007

Eh?

Here’s a good rule for anyone hoping to communicate ideas, philosophies or marketing messages: speak a recognisable human language.
Like a […]

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