November 2008 - Posts

• Can you see what they've done here?

  There's more than one way to take advantage of the recent decision by the UK government to cut the standard sales tax (VAT) by 2.5 percent. So hats - and crew neck sweaters - off to West London's finest mail order clothing store Boden:   I'm Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 25 November 2008 19:24 by Peter Springett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Marketing

• Chuffed to bits

  Apologies for the quality of the mobile phone photo, but when I read this paragraph in a UK railway station, just south of London, my heart leapt. It's the little things that bring delight to copywriters, especially when the organisation in question Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 17 November 2008 07:19 by Peter Springett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Words, Writing

• Annoying phrases and some choice words

  Here's another hardy perennial hot off the press at Oxford University. This time a list of annoying phrases used in everyday speech and the workplace.  A lot of them probably crop up in marketing conversations too, although expect 'conversations' Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 12 November 2008 08:45 by Peter Springett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Words, Writing