Marketing Fail
We have had a Ditsch open up in Leeds this week, which I was quite excited about. Not only is this a German Pretzel chain (mmmm real German pretzels) but it’s on my way to work, which means I can have pretzels for breakfast as often as I want, right? Well no it seems not. As I walked… Read More...
When did this happen?
Forget the poke, it's all about @
Facebook appear to have slipped this under the (Turner) radar and are slyly robbing Twitter’s functionality bit by bit.
Now you can @ reference anything (almost) in Facebook by typing in the symbol in the share… Read More...

If you are going to run a successful social media campaign, for a real life client, there are some things you are going to have to come to terms with. Depending on your current state of mind this may involve you growing a pair.
Firstly, the last thing you want to say to a client looking to do social… Read More...
Do you ever have the reaction, when the internet goes down at work, where you start thinking
“oh as I can’t do any work right now I’ll just check on that eBay auction. Oops can’t the internet’s down, OK I’ll check my email…”
and on and on it goes, until you remember that your PC has solitaire.
Well that’s how I have felt all afternoon with twitter… Read More...
Anyone who has been following me will know that I get easily wrapped up in competitions that involve winning a MacBook. First came #moonfruit and this week it’s all about #mpora. I love these viral promotions but they have the unfortunate side effect of causing my feed to be flooded with cheesy rubbish. That said, I really do thing… Read More...

In our first ever guest blog, Teifion Jordan (@Teifion) from Searchlight Digital and creator of the turn based strategy game World of Arl gives some useful advice on sure fire ways to loose friends and alienate people on Twitter… Read More...
A bit of a marketing post for you today my beloved readership.
@steph_woods and I were discussing the merits of the amazingly beautiful Palm Pre (coming out soon) as she is looking for a new phone. Here’s a Youtube review if you’re interested.
Gaze upon it’s beauty – so smooth <drools>: