Friend and SEO colleague, Rob Dobson, emailed me this pic this afternoon from the Fulham Road, London. Hmmm…nice shop. Poor sign. But La Maison is in good (bad?) company. Take a look at these corkers that have been sent to the MSN News site recently. Do not cling? Do not climb? Or what the heck. Let's have both. Yeah, help us reduce crime against...
I spotted this on the Holloway Road this week. Well we have just had a recession. So I guess some businesses may be stationary. But I don’t suppose this is what they are talking about. Come on people. This is a schoolboy error. The easiest way to remember the difference: stationers (with an E) sell stationery (also with an E). ...
Out and about over the holiday period I snapped these lovely pics on my mobile phone. You know those posters that people make which have loads or ClipArt, WordArt and about six different colours? This isn’t one of them. This 'poster' was stuck to the ladies’ loo wall of a pub in Battersea, where I was watching the footie last week. Times...
This week saw the 30th Plain English Campaign award ceremony, held at The Brewery, London, honouring the best and worst in written communications. There was the imaginatively named Web Award for the ‘clearest website’, won this year by the Financial Ombudsman Service. Whilst The Daily Telegraph, BBC Radio 1, and Birmingham Mail were all winners in the media category for excellent journalism. But...
Copy spotted on a PR agency website today. I dunno. Perhaps luxury goods brands like this kind of thing. But it all seems a bit lah-di-dah to me. What do you think? [Something] PR is cognisant of the connoisseurship and the hunger for luxury goods and services by the affluent market. Our agency knows how to communicate to that luxury lifestyle...
I have a secret desire to write novels. Ok, that’s not such a secret now. But when I’ve hung up my copywriting boots, my plan is to lock myself away in a drafty attic and bash out a bestselling novel in the style of, I dunno, Jackie Collins or someone. Yes, that’s it. I could write a bonkbuster set in...
Continuing our occasional series where we look at the reasons why techie types shouldn't be allowed to write copy. Hmmmm. So what is it you do exactly? We're dedicated to providing results oriented, cost efficient solutions for customer outreach by employing existing and proprietary technologies that maximize exposure and obtain a leadership position in your market through the use of [software] our...
Is there anything more tedious than waiting for your baggage at the airport? It's enough to make your holiday joie de vivre go right out the window. So there I was at London's Gatwick Airport at the weekend, waiting with breathless anticipation for my case to arrive, when I spied this ad for Gatwick Express, the fast train service into central...
So this company calls me up on Friday afternoon and says: Dubious company: Hi, we're working with Google and we just wanted to let you know about a phrase that has recently become available which was last seen 11 months ago. It's ‘marketing agency Surrey'. It's a great opportunity. (There are so many lies in this opening sentence it's hard to know...
Ok, so I know this isn't aimed at me; but even so. What does it all mean? Answers on a postcard. Or leave a comment. With considerable experience in the application of advanced integration technologies to drive business strategy, partnered with experience in pragmatic enterprise architecture consulting, [business] has the skills and experience to be able to get to the bottom of the...
