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Awkward timing for new Levi’s ad

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Levi’s has released the latest ad in its Go Forth series of spots. The campaign is centred around youthful freedom, usually of the semi-naked-in-nature variety, but this spot also features kids fronting up to riot police, scenes the brand no doubt didn’t actually think would be happening when they released the spot… Titled Legacy – [...]

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A naughty viral…

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We recently came across a rather naughty viral for Skittles… {Please note: this isn’t suitable for under 18′s} Although there’s a big disclaimer saying it has nothing to do with Wrigley or Skittles themselves, there’s some nice production in it that cost ‘someone’ some cash. Clearly, watching the video it’s obvious why they can’t be [...]

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A Midsummer Night’s Picnic

Another marker for the start of summer is the number of outdoor theatre productions that are advertised. As it’s on our doorstep, Clare and I decided to watch a production of ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ at Packwood House, one of Warwickshire’s most popular National Trust venues. Whilst some of the audience came armed with deluxe [...]

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Lib Dems launch manifesto iPhone app

  We have no strong political views one way or the other here at Cloud 9, however it does seem the Lib Dems are trying to win our votes in getting down with the kids in launching their own Manifesto iPhone app Could a queue of Lib Dem MPs be ordering their Apple iPads on [...]

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Why a better built website actually saves you money in Adwords

So, you’ve got pots of money and a hot new product or service? Surely the more you spend on Google Adwords, the higher your ranking right? WRONG! Google is now combining the maximum price you’re prepared to pay per click with the quality of your website in order to determine how high up the sponsored [...]

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Oakfield Primary School creative writing contest

I was delighted this week to be invited to judge a creative writing contest at Oakfield Primary School in Rugby. Mrs Walsh’s class of 9 year olds had to design a poster advertising fictitious chocolate – ‘Cocoas’. Not only had everyone created great looking posters, I was amazed to discover that even at this early [...]

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Merry Christmas!!

Well here it is – Christmas day 2009! At first glance it looks as though Mike has nothing better to do on Christmas day than blog , but I’m cheating (actually like most people on Christmas day, I’m probably well oiled and feeling stuffed from eating too much).For the geeks amongst you, I setup our [...]

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Now on Linkedin

My professional blog entries are now on Linkedin.But what is LinkedIn? Watch the video below to find out more

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Why I wish I was American and a PC user

Stuck for ideas on how to crank up the fun at your Windows 7 launch party?Well, luckily, Microsoft has produced a brilliant guide to throwing a bash in their honour. Sometimes it hits me hard; how unfortunate I really am being a Mac user living in the UK… Thanks to the guys at Creative Review [...]

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NPS 4-Cross

this looks really cool… NPS 4-Cross.

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