Category Archives: Digital

The Anniversary of the Internet

Written by monkey. Posted on November 12, 2010. Filed under Comment, Digital. Tagged , , . No comments.

I was only 6 and three quarter years old when Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau proposed the idea of a world wide web. At 26, twenty years after their proposal was submitted, the internet has taken over my life. It’s given me a career, it … Read More →

Faxing in the digital world

Written by monkey. Posted on July 21, 2010. Filed under Digital, Media planning. Tagged , , . 2 Comments.

Probably the biggest irony of my day-job is that in the course of booking digital media I am routinely left to resort to technologies that have long since been improved upon. Whilst I’m sure the traditional fax machine has played its part in share-shattering business deals (not … Read More →

Great websites do the little things right

Written by monkey. Posted on July 19, 2010. Filed under Conversion, Digital, Marketing, Retail, Web sites. Tagged , , , . 1 Comment.
Photobox's basket sweep up to ensure fulfilment and reduce conversion drop off

Like Photobox.com… When you empty your basket, they want to keep you on the site. They want to counter the reason you emptied your basket. They want you to find what you’re looking for. They want you to be happy avoid your day being unfulfilled. … Read More →

LinkedIn election poll

Written by monkey. Posted on May 5, 2010. Filed under Digital, Social Media. Tagged , , , , , . 1 Comment.
LinkedIn Election Poll - UK General Election May 2010

LinkedIn are conducting an election poll and the results seem to confirm a few assumptions I’d already made about the electorate: Creative types are more liberal and idealistic (and I think this applies to social media and digital geeks too) Business leaders have lost confidence … Read More →

Don’t Risk The Tories says Labour PPC ad

Written by monkey. Posted on May 5, 2010. Filed under Digital, Marketing, Outdoor advertising, PPC, Social Media. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Tweetminster has helped bring Westminster to the online community (or vice versa?!)

Labour’s anti-Cameron PPC (plus #UKelection display ads by Conservatives and the Google Chrome party) Lots has been said and written about the impact of social media on politics. Barack Obama surged to power on the back of a Facebook campaign; Stephen Fry brought the strife … Read More →

Viva la revolution: apps that have changed the way I do things

Written by monkey. Posted on January 7, 2010. Filed under Apps, Blogs and blogging, Digital, Social Media. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 5 Comments.
Readefine makes browsing regular blogs easy - but doesn't detract from actually going there to comment

Apps are the buzzword of the moment. Whether on your iPhone, desktop or bolted on to your browser, ‘add-ons’, ‘applications’ and ‘clients’ are the tools that help us get what we want from technology. I’ve compiled a list of a few apps that have significantly … Read More →

There’s no day like a snow day for retailers

Written by monkey. Posted on January 5, 2010. Filed under Digital, Retail. Tagged , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Most of the UK will be making snowballs instead of working today, or just maybe hiting the world wide web for some shopping

Todays definitely a snow day. If I take twitter as a reputable source then there’s been anywhere between 4 and 8 inches across Leeds this morning. And it’s still going strong. What does this mean for the economy? Buses can’t get anywhere, the post will … Read More →

I’m a Golden Twit

Written by monkey. Posted on December 13, 2009. Filed under Beer, Digital, Display ads, Social Media. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.
Golden Twit Award commendations for Real Ale Reviews

And to top it all off, I recently found out that my beer reviews blog, Real Ale Reviews, had won two commendations from the inaugural Golden Twit Awards organised by The Drum magazine…

Draw Your Own Ad: Auto Trader and Republic

Written by monkey. Posted on September 16, 2009. Filed under Digital, Display ads, Media planning, Retail. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Landing page for Auto Trader's 'Draw Your Car' display ads

Examples of recent online display adverts from Auto Trader and high-street retailer Republic that make use of the drawing API in ActionScript to create ads that make use of the digital technology that the web offers advertisers.

Branding & direct response in the same ad?!

Written by monkey. Posted on September 3, 2009. Filed under Digital, Display ads, Media planning, Online tools. Tagged , , , , , , . 1 Comment.

I stumbled across two great finds today, firstly a great ad for Land Rover, and secondly a great little tool which will allow me to show you this ad! From what I can see Land Rover took over the MSN (UK) homepage today with an … Read More →

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