Archive for December, 2008

Chris Lake: ‘If you knew’ video in HD

Music on December 19th, 2008 No Comments

Here is a high resolution version of Chris Lake’s (a former client) latest single ‘If you knew’. I am predicting this track to be the biggest of his most recent dance tunes, I reckon it is going to make the difficult crossover into the mainstream charts – so it could be one to watch. Chris [...]

Wolfstar wins the national award for Outstanding Small Consultancy of the Year

Public Relations on December 17th, 2008 No Comments

Warning – this is a self promotional post! I took a call yesterday out of the blue from a lady at the CIPR who called to inform us that we had won the overall national Grand Prix Award for our category. To be honest I was a little shocked but also truly delighted. I won’t [...]

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Are we seeing the death of email?

Consumer Technology, Social Media on December 16th, 2008 1 Comment

Have our inboxes grown too quickly? Is email passé? Are terms such as ‘Facebook me’ about to become the norm and kill email entirely? I read an interesting article by Erik Qualman this morning about Generation Z no longer using email and using social networks instead. Erik writes: “Just as people use Google as a [...]

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PR echo chamber – five reasons why you should blog!

Blog, Public Relations on December 12th, 2008 No Comments

I have noticed recently that more and more PR professionals are looking for ways to get into digital communications. I met up with an in-house PRO yesterday who told me his team has finally started using Twitter. Many PROs believe that a PR blog is just part of an echo chamber and is only ever [...]

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Another clever viral from Disney

Amusing, Marketing, Social Media on December 11th, 2008 No Comments

Viral videos have got to have something intrinsically clever, entertaining or interesting to make them go viral in the first place. Following in a similar vain to the recent US election viral that I shared, here is another really clever example which focuses on Disney renaming its park for one special day. Technorati Tags: Disney [...]

Are creative people really full of juice?

Amusing, Marketing on December 5th, 2008 1 Comment

Stephen Waddington has posted a brilliant viral video on his blog this morning which I thought had to be shared as it made me laugh. A viral agency called Rubber Republic has made the video below demonstrating the South West’s capabilities in being creative. I think it’s a really clever idea which has been brilliantly [...]

Working from home Vs the office?

Public Relations on December 4th, 2008 4 Comments

This morning I woke up to a beautiful white covering of snow – between two to three inches – see my back garden below. When I took a quick look at the surrounding roads I found a van stuck fast and several cars backed up and sliding all over the place. I took the decision [...]