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The TV influence

November 17, 2010

It wasn’t so long ago that in the wake of Stephen Gately-gate and early wins from PR and marketing agencies using social media for clients, that people were proclaiming Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as the future of marketing. True, social media has shown itself (on occasion) to be the better of print and outdoor (sorry, not meaning for […]

One ad break, different extremes

November 11, 2010

In one ad break just now, saw two ads which provoked very different reactions. First off, loved the Footlocker ad – it starts mildly shocking (is it an STD awareness ad or a film about domestic violence), challenging (because of this), but it gets the humour just right. Then the Shane Warne 888 ads came […]

National Minimum Comms

November 10, 2010

A tweet alerted me to an interesting discussion about government communications in the HR sector. While the National Minimum Wage (NMW) has been around for years, recent changes and continuing problems with enforcement means that communications both to employees and employers has been a role the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has fulfilled. You […]