I’ll Shut Up Now | By Paul Smith

Final London Marathon T-Shirt Advertising Opportunity

Posted by Paul Smith on Thursday, April 15th, 2010

I blogged a little while back about one of our team (Kelly Frew) taking part in the London Marathon, and my how time has flown, it’s only 10 days away now! So for the final time here is our plea, Kelly is running to raise money for the Cardiomyopathy Association. Cardiomyopathy, which literally means “heart [...]

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London Marathon Sponsorship

Posted by Paul Smith on Friday, February 5th, 2010

No, i’m not silly enough to dig out my running shoes and take on 26 1/2 gruelling miles of London’s streets along with a whole bunch of other like minded crazy people. That said, one of our own Miss Kelly Frew has decided that this is the year she will be taking on the challenge [...]

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Grandma We Love You…

Posted by Paul Smith on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Or not in the case of this searcher who found their way onto our Gifts UK website with a cracker of a search term (click for larger image): It’s not been a bad year for the GGUK site. We built the site in late November 2008 and have left it virtually untouched until October 2009 [...]

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Archive for the ‘I Really Should Shut Up Now’ Category

Compare The Market, Aleksandr Isn’t Happy!

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

My name is Aleksandr, founder of comparethemeerkat.com. Recently I searches the Googles for my website and I finds comparehtemaaarrrrket.com. Needings cheap car insurance I get ze quote for ze insurance and I buys! Zen this morning I receives an email from comparehtemaaarrrrket.com saying: Aleksandr, you saved on home insurance, try us for car insurance too! [...]

Dragons’ Den – Series 7 – Episode 1

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

I’ve been meaning to write my analysis of the 1st Dragons Den episode of series 7 for the last week but time has stopped me from doing so. So here I sit at 2am in the morning having just watched the 2nd episode and thought I’d better get around to doing so before they remove [...]

Aston Martin Cygnet – For The Love Of God Don’t Do It!

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Two car posts in one go hardly sum’s up the emphasis for this blog, but I promise this one is related to marketing and not just self indulgence. Take a look at this monstrosity: This is the Cygnet concept car that Aston Martin are planning to put into production. Why am I so against it? [...]

Should I Buy A BMW Z3 Falcon?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Today I had my head turned by what I can only describe as a beautiful BMW Z3 complete with Falcon bodykit. Specs are: 2 Doors, Automatic, Convertible, Petrol, Metallic Blue. ABS, Adjustable seats, Adjustable steering column/wheel, Air conditioning, Alloy wheels, Central locking, Colour coding – Body, Driver airbag, Electric mirrors, Electric windows, Foglights, Head restraints, [...]

Sometimes “The Hodge” Shows Me Things I Don’t Want To See

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Sometimes “The Hodge” Shows Me Things I Don’t Want To See

Probably The Easiest Game Show In The World

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

When I walk into a bank I immediately identify the CCTV cameras, I note the guards, the protective glass, and identify the little old lady I could take hostage. By the time I’ve paid in my cheques and left the bank I’m convinced I’ve got a fool proof bank robbery in the making. I’ve never [...]

And The One Millionth English Word Is …

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Doo Do Do Doo Dooo Dooooo !!!     …         Web 2.0 For the last few months boffins have been somewhat excited (bless them) about what word will take pride of place as the English languages official one millionth word. According to Global Language Monitor, a Texas-based global language tracker,  the word Web 2.0 was officially unveiled [...]