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Hub Digital Networks is launching today as the UK’s only dedicated Digital Out of Home (DOOH) sales and consultancy business.
It brings together the extensive knowledge and expertise of DOOH expert James Thornton, formerly Head of Agency Sales at Amscreen, and account and data planner Ian Robinson who was previously board director and Chief Intelligence Officer at Tullo Marshall Warren. Hub Digital Networks will be the only one-stop shop of DOOH expertise, with a focus on supporting small and medium sized networks.
The Creative Designer behind Lightbox, acquired this week by Facebook, has announced plans to launch a new global design consultancy and build a portfolio of brands “as cherished as Coca-Cola, Apple and Nike”.
As the seven-strong Lightbox engineering team prepares for its relocation to the States, Creative Director and Product Designer Giles Peyton-Nicoll is staying in London and is set to launch a new agency. [more…]
TFM&A Manchester 2012 : The biggest industry innovators and gurus will be sharing their insights, experience and future predictions surrounding all things marketing and digital commerce in the Keynote Programme.
Argos, one of the UK’s leading retailers, has launched the Argos Multi-Media Centre (AMMC).
The retailer is partnering with strategy and communications agency Summersault, who are running Argos MMC, selling advertising opportunities to partners and key brands across a variety of media channels including catalogue, website and email marketing programs.
Dr Mariann Hardy, social media expert and academic from Durham Business school examines Facebook’s future ahead of Friday’s IPO: Is Facebook a good investment?
There is a history here going back to the first Dot.com bubble in the late 1990s that rightly adds significant concerns about the Facebook valuation, as much as $104.2 billion, for what is perceived as just an ‘online’ company. The market price for Facebook concerns many investors who are worried and/or have a skeptical view that is based only based on a very short-term snap-shot of Facebook’s current position and the future financial coordination of the company as a growing-concern.
Editor. Here is a very useful online proofing solution which ProofHQ's Paul Fernandez brought to my attention. He told me...
ProofHQ makes digital versions of printed proofs and layers markup and commenting tools on them so that retail teams can review and approve the content virtually. All the commenting and discussion happens directly on the proof.
This Compassion UK email does an extraordinary job of helping children all around the world
The InboxVision Email Gallery Design of the Week Award (Controversially)
InboxVision reports.... This Compassion UK email is an excellent example of how to hit all bases in terms of design, well… pretty much! Unfortunately this email hasn’t been optimised for all browsers and has been received disjointed due to border settings on the linked images and setting correct widths for tables, let’s look at the top 6 reasons that made it this week’s winner: [more…]
One of the UK’s leading trade unions Community: The Union for Life, has chosen award-winning digital agency Redweb to design and build its new user-centric website.
In addition to developing an all-new site aesthetic, the Bournemouth-based agency will be working closely with the union to deliver a comprehensive restructure of its content and information architecture. [more…]
DMG (DSNR Media Group) – announced today that Traffiliate for Mobile, DMG's platform that provides comprehensive real-time visibility of mobile campaigns, now includes an anti click fraud solution for more accurate measurement of mobile ad effectiveness.
Based on DMG’s extensive experience in mobile advertising, serving over 10 billion impressions monthly, this anti click fraud capability identifies unwanted clicks that can result in savings of tens of thousands of dollars every month for mobile advertisers. [more…]
Social networking giant Facebook has started to trial a system of charging users to promote their own posts, reportstelegraph.co.uk. By Red Rocket Media [more…]
