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Liam
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Posted by Liam on July 18, 2010
Our Blog; Word from the Street
Here, three of our team blog their ideas, thoughts and observations; some promotional, some personal. Enjoy!FaceTime
Most of you know, I love the iPhone!
I’m already a proud owner of the iPhone 4 - and no - i haven’t had any problems!
But I saw a beautiful FaceTime ad from apple today to promote the iPhone4 video calling app.
I never thought how perfect video calling would be for deaf people! Three Mobile (remember them?) never did an ad which would show all the uses of video calling!
And you can only use FaceTime on WiFi - Three can do it anywhere - I bet the people in the three marketing department are KICKING themselves!
anyways - take a look and see all the clever uses for this genius piece of equipment! p.s check out how many views its had!
Liam x
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Posted by Liam on July 18, 2010
There’s a brand on my windowshelf, dear Liza, dear Liza.
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make you smile. No, I’m not talking about Channel 4’s recent Sex Education show. I refer instead to those little symbols that remind us of special times. It could be a photograph, a smell, a building, but something visceral erupts inside us, and suddenly we’re right back where we were all those moons ago, in the moment, the now, err…then.
For Janet, it came from a squirrel. For me, it came from two little cherries in a special pack I bought from the Co-Op.
As I looked at those cherries in my hand, a rhythm begin to beat within my heart. I lifted my right foot, discovering sand was stuck to the bottom. I looked around me, and suddenly I was in Pacha, Ibiza, one of the greatest clubbing experiences that an intrepid clubhead can ever hope for. With Erick Morillo spinning the discs until dawn’s gleeful accost, ramming heads and hearts alike with big, progressive, balearic beats, it’s unlikely that you’ll even notice the sweat dripping down from the ceiling until the cold, harsh light of day. And then, my friend, you won’t even care.
Of course, recognising this global brand from simple semiotics is market mastery, yet that reminiscence can only take you so far. For all of us entrenched in day-to-day working lives and commitments, we have two choices. We can either scrub what you’ve got on our calendar and get a flight out there pronto to join up with the hundreds of other promotion people that populate the pack, or we can realise the dream with a compromise, and get on over to Pacha in London, home to an amassment of indulgent nights like Hed Kandi and Too Dam Glam.
If you want to close your eyes and imagine you’re in Ibiza, it’s probably best to head down before September when the sun finally gets off for the last time. Check out the website here:
http://www.pachalondon.com/pages/home
Does anyone think that it looks a little like a site not a million miles away from me now?
Oh yes. The Republic is where it’s at.
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Posted by Pawan on July 07, 2010
What do you mean you know the Definition of Cute!!!
So whether you are made of ROCK!!! or marshmallow, there are some things in life that have a common denominator recognised by man and mouse alike. For those of you who think they have seen it all when it comes to be surprised and adorably cute, this will melt you….
Without further ado, on this glorious balmy summer evening I give you SURPRISE….......
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Posted by Josh on June 30, 2010
The best guerilla activity I have ever seen!
Take a look at this!
How much did you love that?
If you have seen anything that you think should be on my VLOG, let me know!
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Posted by Liam on June 15, 2010
What do you mean Robert Green made a football Gaff!!!
Now we all know that Robert Green gained notoriety last Saturday for all the wrong reasons but let’s not be too harsh on the man, have you seen these howlers:
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Posted by Josh on June 15, 2010
Meanwhile back at Pantry Manor….....
Well it’s been a busy few weeks with one promotional job or another, an Event Manger’s work is never done as they say!!!
So is this to be the summer we have all waited so patiently for, hot glorious sunshine, the type where we the great British actually take time preparing to sunbathe, safe in the knowledge that it won’t cloud over in 10mins. So instead of the usual ridiculous panic ridden strip followed by a 100m dash that even Usain Bolt would be proud of, to the nearest patch of doggy doo free grass!!, we can gracefully skip and dance, our bodies sun-kissed whatever we do…
I rather think it will be!!, so here we are with the World Cup upon us and our opening game as inspiring as our confidence in the weather, maybe Mr Green could look forward to some sponsorship and an advert for Anchor butter, something along the lines of “Butter Fingers strikes again!!” Or maybe “I Can’t Believe He’s not Better”, considering he made the opening line up!!
So I am patiently waiting to get my new phone the HTC Desire, I have been educated that if you wait for something you value it more, what they don’t realise in the world of mobile phones is that there is a reason why you should buy it asap and that is the longer you wait the less it’s worth!!! Hey it’s all character building stuff..
So working on some busy campaigns at the moment, as with all event managing if you have a great product a great message and a hard working team the public will always be inspired to listen and motivated to make changes in their lives, changes to what they purchase. It’s all down to conversation, you just can’t give out a leaflet and say thank-you, it would be like going to the cinema and watching the opening credits quickly followed by THE END!!!
Anyway I digress and as mentioned at the top our story continues down at Pantry Manor where love blossoms for the new Doctor Ryan with Nurse Val, but what’s this!!! His shy, conservative exterior hides an evil darkness that will descend on Badger’s Wood women folk, hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha ha ha hoo hoo hoo, ouch my throat!!!!
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Posted by Josh on June 15, 2010
What A Difference A Day Makes
Well, what an anti-climax, as my Yorkshire-born uncle might say.
All that hooplah, and for what? Like I said, being half-Welsh, half-Indian does have it’s saving graces. I watched the game with a room full of Englishman…something about “Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum” springs immediately to mind. Still, for anyone who’s watched any of the other games it’s not really much for England to get worked up about. As I said to my friend Gaz as he nearly put his fist through the TV, it’s important to keep this in perspective. They didn’t play badly, they still earned a draw even though Wazza forgot to turn up, and they’ve still got Algeria and Slovenia to play (which, as anyone who saw that game will know, is no bad thing at all). Not only this, but our American cousins celebrated the draw like they’d just won the World Cup itself.
Amid all the despondency, there are a few saving graces. We decided to stage a “Come Dine With Me”-style bonanza showcasing the cuisine of each of England’s opponents. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but while hot-dogs and pizza is alright for the USA, we’re now in some trouble for Slovenia and Algeria. If anyone wants to help us out, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
And the other? Witness Mick McCarthy’s commentary for the BBC. “Italy are playing parasite football.” The man’s a mother-flippin’ rhyme-nocerous.
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Posted by Pawan on June 14, 2010
The World Is Not Enough
Well, it is. The World Cup is every marketing agency’s dream. According to FIFA, the final is watched by over 715 million people, with the tournament itself pulling in a whopping 2.2billion viewers. I’m not one for text speak, but this is one occasion where I won’t find the use of OMG! inappropriate.
I go mad at the World Cup. Crazy. I’m even looking forward to watching Greece verses the Korean Republic on Saturday, and I’ll no doubt cast an eye over New Zealand against Slovakia, those two powerhouses of the modern game. Tim Lovejoy expressed it perfectly when he described to Louise Redknapp the worst football match he had ever seen - “Amazing!” (I overheard him while my wife was watching Something For The Weekend...honest!)
Obviously, being born in India and raised in Wales, I’m pretty much neutral every time the World Cup comes around although I’m obviously rooting for England, but I don’t feel the pain and heartache that the die-hard English fans do. They feel it the same way that I would if Wales were involved, but the last (and only) time we qualified was in 1958 and, let’s be Frank (okay, can I still be Garth?).
However, during the hype (on TV the other day we saw a football-based ad in every single slot in a break. Every single one!) you can’t help but pick up on it, even if you don’t have football-radar eyes and ears like mine. For instance, I bought some clementines from the supermarket the other day and was traeted to a small pack of football cards that kids up and down the land will be poring over as we speak, the days stretching ever onwards before that magical first whistle is blown. I browsed through them, a tear coming dropping from my eye, reminiscing about Roger Milla in 1990 and Ray Houghton in 1994, when I discovered a Chilean player that may have finally resolved my allegiance issue. Sorry England, this guy is just too cool.
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Posted by Pawan on June 09, 2010