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Why the “Giraffe” Riddle’s Success Wasn’t Just Dumb Luck
Mon 4th Nov, 2013|Blog, Digital Marketing
Have you been wondering why your Facebook friends changed their profile photos to a giraffe? Well, they must have gotten the riddle below wrong: Try...
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11 possible reasons why concert goers gave Ne-Yo and R Kelly the red light.
Mon 4th Nov, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy
Ne-Yo and R Kelly's best before date may have passed especially the latter. (Nigel Telesford described him as aging) Perception that R Kelly does not...
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Neither Fish nor Fowl.
Fri 1st Nov, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy
People often build their factory (restaurant, real estate agency, hotel) without absolute clarity on what they want it to represent in the eyes of their...
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Porridge Creative.
Thu 31st Oct, 2013|Blog
In my working life, I have spent more time on the client side than on the agency side of the business.  In fact, I've also...
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10 things new Marketing Grads should know.
Mon 28th Oct, 2013|Blog, Off-Topic
You don't know anything about marketing.  Your learning has just started. You need to find yourself a mentor.  (go for substance over image) Money should...
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10 things we Marketing people should stop doing.
Sun 27th Oct, 2013|Blog
Making decisions without insights Advertising a lousy product or service Selling only the steak (we must also sell the sizzle) Going to war with our...
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Brand Momentum.
Fri 25th Oct, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy
It’s hard to stop a brand on a roll. Either moving up or down, people follow a brand’s momentum.  I've seen what happens when 'town'...
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Interruptions? Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That!
Thu 24th Oct, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy, Traditional Advertising
Over the past few weeks sleeping babies were woken up, young people were disturbed from studying and migraines were triggered as campaign trucks blasted loud...
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T&T people, how do you recover?
Thu 24th Oct, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy
Not from a hangover.  How do you recover when you give bad service?  Or when something goes wrong with your product?  I started thinking about...
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T&T Advertising Hall of Fame. Thank you Clive, John, Kitty and David.
Wed 23rd Oct, 2013|Ad Industry, Blog
The Advertising Agencies and the ad community got together earlier this evening to induct its first four 'Hall of Famers'; Clive Belgrave, John Corbin, Katherine...
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Have a presentation to give? Tell a story.
Sat 19th Oct, 2013|Blog, Off-Topic
An insurance salesman made a presentation to a group of us yesterday and I left confused. He used too many technical terms and insurance speak...
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The Bandwagon Effect and that St Joseph Seat.
Fri 18th Oct, 2013|Blog, Off-Topic
Can the Local Government Elections affect the St Joseph Constituency Bye-Election?  I think so, because of the bandwagon effect. (Especially if one party does particularly...
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