So, from what’s trending out there, it seems that this new search engine isn’t perfect in everyone’s eyes. Some books of varying shades of grey are not being blocked. Other more colourful items are being blocked but probably shouldn’t be. (more…)

Forbes has reported that Lego has been replaced by Disney as the world’s most powerful brand. Disney’s strengths are, of course, in its heritage – but also because it has several powerful brands under its magical spell. Pixar, The Muppets and its most important, Lucasfilm i.e. Star Wars. That’s all folks – but you can read in more detail here.

Get hurtled into a fantastical world of lords and ladies, 3 headed creatures and other mythical-esk beasts. We love this new video from Hendrick’s Gin for their Rose and Cucumber gin, complete with its cinefilm effect ending. Watch, enjoy and get yourself one too!

It’s come to our attention that some companies appear to have dropped email marketing from their digital offering and replaced it entirely with social media. We have certainly found the once prevalent ‘sign up to our e-newsletter’ prompt difficult to locate on many websites, whereas share and follow buttons are hard to miss.

So what’s happened? Are e-shots not instant enough? Too much like hard work to put together? Or put simply, not a sexy enough marketing proposition anymore? We have put together a few good reasons why this digital marketing forerunner ought to be among the first to get an invite. (more…)

It’s so much easier to let the news come to your door isn’t it? We are now on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, so sign up to your network of choice if you’d like to make things easier.