Professional Bloggers

Written by monkey. Posted on July 26, 2011. Filed under Blogs and blogging. Tagged , , . No comments.
Pop Sugar blog Lisa Sugar $10 million

There’s no money in blogging, right? Meet three women who’ve turned weblogs from a personal fanzine into full time businesses.

Alternative Google Plus circles

Written by monkey. Posted on July 20, 2011. Filed under Social Media. Tagged . No comments.
Alternative Google circles

Happy Place crack another missed opportunity with this little visual ditty. Wish I’d thought of it… Click to see the full version (and thanks Happy Place!)

The Sun website hacked!

Written by monkey. Posted on July 19, 2011. Filed under Newspapers. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Murdoch hacked

Rupert Murdoch got what some might call a taste of his corporation’s own medicine last night as The Sun homepage was hacked, seemingly by LulzSec. For some time during the night The Sun.co.uk redirected to a … Read More →

Social media: the new wall of shame

Written by monkey. Posted on May 9, 2011. Filed under Social Media. No comments.
social media wall

Once upon a time people used to write obscenities on walls. A marker pen in a toilet cubicle, a spray can of paint round the back of the bike sheds, a blunt knife and a … Read More →

Dell’s Suicidal iPad Killer

Written by monkey. Posted on March 20, 2011. Filed under Technology, design. Tagged , , , . No comments.
dell inspiron duo tablet pc

Trying to be more cynical than I really am, I’ve always wondered what benefits and iPad would have for me? Sure there’s all sorts of possibilities for using them at work, at home and on … Read More →

The future is in us but may not be us

Written by monkey. Posted on February 24, 2011. Filed under Comment, Social Media, Viral. Tagged , , , , , , , . 2 Comments.
get-off-the-internet-day-web

Mystic Meg tried to predict it. Arthur C. Clarke and HG Wells were intrgued by it. George Orwell nailed it more than he could imagine. The future. How do you pre-empt the next big thing? … Read More →

The Beatles on iTunes

Written by monkey. Posted on November 17, 2010. Filed under Music, PPC. Tagged , , . No comments.
Tailored PPC ads for the Beatles/iTunes announcement

Apple announce that The Beatles back catalogue is now available on iTunes I wonder how many news stories will be buried quietly today under the news of Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton? The happy … Read More →

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 … Read More →

I want to work on the Yeo Valley farm

Written by monkey. Posted on November 8, 2010. Filed under Brand awareness, Media planning, TV ads. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.

An open letter to the creators of the Yeo Valley farm TV ad… Dear Yeo Valley, After watching your new TV advert recently I would like to ask if I could come and work on … Read More →

The price is right at Waitrose

Written by monkey. Posted on October 14, 2010. Filed under Retail. Tagged , , . No comments.
Waitrose brand price match

If Pizza Express’ price strategy has left me a bit confused recently the new brand price match advertised by Waitrose has me positively discombobulated. Waitrose is a supermarket with such a good reputation that house … Read More →

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