Scoop the poop up
Monmouthshire County Council have a nice little twitter campaign launching for the weekend asking why don’t people scoop the poop up? #stpu It’s lead by some meme styled […]
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*Santa* is a concept, not an idea
Communications agency (or “brand language consultants” the URL of their about page reads) Quietroom have released a set of brand guidelines for *santa* just in time for Christmas: www.quietroom.co.uk/santa_brandbook/. As […]
Read moreJohn Lewis and John Lewis
The John Lewis Partnership hasn’t been fortunate enough to claim the @johnlewis twitter account, it was snapped up by another John Lewis from Blacksburg, Virginia. The co-operative had […]
Read moreEveryday comms
You know when you’ve been working in communications team for a while when you find yourself taking a picture of a letter from your energy company thinking “that’s […]
Read moreReal retro iphone gaming
One of the biggest uses of smartphones is gaming, (60% of owners play games, 67% of time spent is playing games and 80% of app revenue comes from […]
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Dear John (Lewis)
The John Lewis Partnership hasn’t been fortunate enough to claim the @johnlewis twitter account, it was snapped up in 2007 by another John Lewis from Blacksburg, Virginia.They had […]
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Don’t just ‘do’ customer services on twitter, do it quickly.
Customers expect to be served by social media, and they expect that service to come quickly, according to research by Lithium Technologies. Fifty-three percent of consumers who expect […]
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The circle of online life
Kids Teenagers take up new technology Usage spreads to university and young adults Technology enters the mainstream Even parents and grandparents use it Kids and teenagers take up […]
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Do long hours get the best or better of you?
Jason James at We Are Mamoth writes about the culture of working long hours, and what those 45 hour weeks really mean. His first point goes straight to […]
Read moreAndroid apps open up to web search
One of the main reasons I rarely recommend a mobile app for a council service is that any information contained within the app is only available within the […]
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