Here are the results of a survey of 1,044 people in the UK asking whether the UK government should carry out air strikes against ISIS in Syria. The exact question wording was as follows: “Should the UK Government carry out air strikes against ISIS in Syria?” All answers were gathered between 13:52 & 19:40 on Wednesday 2nd, December 2015, …
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Here’s a very short tale about spending what looks like millions on launching a digital product, without paying attention to the basics of digital marketing. It is about “Electric Jukebox”, a service that has just been launched, with Stephen Fry, Robbie Williams, Sheryl Crow, and various other celebrities on board. Electric Jukebox is billed as a simple …
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Here’s a tweet that sums up the depressing state of the London property market. You may well have seen this: Only… if you spend 2 minutes looking into it, it may not be all it seems. As you can see, it was retweeted well over 4,000 times (probably many more if you take into account …
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In the UK, the main opposition party just appointed a new leader. A man called Jeremy Corbyn. Many of the country’s leading newspapers have since cast him variously as a buffoon, a court jester, a threat to security, a terrorist sympathiser, and various other extremely negative figures. Even newspapers that traditionally support his party seem …
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Hillary Clinton has officially announced she’s running for US presidency in 2016. This was all handled rather well online, with a high-production value video, a quick change of all of her social accounts, and the launch of a new campaign site. Alongside the positives, there were however a few mistakes. None of these were ‘campaign …
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Toward the end of 2014, a man called Mark Wright won “The Apprentice” in the UK, with his idea to create a Search Marketing Agency called ‘Climb Online’. Just after the show aired, I ran a quick poll asking the question “Do you think Lord Sugar should have invested in ‘Climb Online’?”. After 45 minutes I …
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Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg have been touring the world talking about ‘How Google Works’. Eric is the former CEO of Google, and current ‘Executive Chairman’, Jonathan is the former SVP of Products at Google. Much of the talk was a condensed version of their book “How Google Works”, but there were a few extras in …
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I carry a camera around most of the time, which means I often get asked what kind of photos I take. This page exists mostly to answer that question. Do read the captions for context, do feel free to contact me if you have any questions. A man takes his grandaughter for a walk around …
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Here is a very short post about an enormous Twitter Gaffe, along with a short set of suggestions for minimising the risks of this occurring. The Gaffe During a period when over a million people were marching in Paris, following a series of terrorist attacks, a woman on Twitter hit the ‘Tweet’ button & published …
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