A key concept to successful marketing is to prove that you, or your product/service, provides a much needed solution to a common problem. But what happens when you have the solution, but there’s no immediate problem? You do what some of these brilliant minds do: you create the problem.
How many of these items did you know were the product of insanely innovative publicity and marketing?
Continue reading “Some of History’s Best-Hidden Marketing Stunts – and Some of the Worst.”
Whilst Christmas is not celebrated by everyone, most can appreciate the season so often synonymised with gift-giving.
But how can you gift responsibly this year? Read on to find out some of my favourite ways to be eco-conscious over the festive season 🎄
Continue reading “4 simple ways to be more eco-conscious this festive season”
For LGBTQ+ history month, I channeled my energy into writing an essay-turned-personal-essay-turned-blog-post on LGBTQ+ media throughout my childhood, and some thoughts on improving the appearance of LGBTQ+ portrayals in said media.
Continue reading “An Exploration on the Importance of Queer and LGBTQ+ Literature and Television in the United Kingdom”Working in Digital PR means I often have a lot of ideas floating in my head that are just too bloggy for digital campaigns, and so I’ve decided to make an effort to turn some those ideas into blog posts.
So, here are some of my favourite video game characters and, based on their in-game story lines/characteristics, what I predict their professions would be in the real world! Salary predictions have been collected from glassdoor.co.uk, who calculated average earnings based on the information employees provide them.
Continue reading “Video Game Imaginings: Which Professions Would our Favourite Characters have?”
Hallowe’en this year will not be the same. I can’t see my partner, I can’t dress up and get drunk with friends, and I can’t even go out to the pub. Hopefully you’re in a better place than me and can do one of those, or maybe you can’t. And maybe, to top it all off, you can’t even take your little one on the prowl for some sweets through your town.
I’m hoping Hallowe’en 2021 will be a lot better. And what better way to look forward to it than with a nice count down? I have put together a list of 12 upcoming scary publications – one for each month until the next Hallowee’en! Genres included range from mystery to horror. I tried to focus on releases by UK Indie publishers, but eventually had to concede to across the pond publications.
Continue reading “12 Spine-tingling Reads to Get You Ready For Hallowe’en 2021.”
Late to awareness of this campaign (Oxfam, if you need a volunteer Marketing Assistant, I am available), Secondhand September was launched at the start of the month. Countryliving explains it best with their article opener of ‘#SecondHandSeptember is a 30-day campaign run by Oxfam encouraging people across the UK to stop buying new clothes for the month in a bid to curb our fast fashion habits’ (source).
I’m here to tell you a little bit about the two main ways you can take part in Secondhand September: Charity shopping, and Upcycling. And best of all? These are practices you can extend beyond September!
Continue reading “Secondhand September”
Amy is an MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate. Active in the bookstagram community, you can find her over on Insta @readingwithamy_. With science being a life passion for her, she is here to talk about how important science is for the future.
I’m writing this in response to two graduate job applications that I have seen now that require a university degree to apply, as well as for you to stipulate all of your GCSE, AS & A2 results in your application – which, considering the DISASTROUS government grading algorithm during the pandemic, seems even more relevant.
Some of this has been taken directly from the cover letter I wrote whilst applying for one of the jobs – needless to say, I never heard back from the employer. If you’re somehow reading this, Palladian Publishing, consider sending out rejection emails to those unsuccessful; it is infuriating to receive no response from employers, although that often seems to be the norm and understandable considering many jobs have hundreds of applicants, but that doesn’t mean one can’t send out an auto-generated rejection to keep job seekers informed – but that’s a discussion for another time.
Continue reading “GCSE/A-Level Results on Graduate Job Applications: thoughts?”
Hi all!
I am organising a blog tour for my upcoming MA Project, ‘Devil’s Lettuce’, and I am looking for blogs and bookstagrams to participate! I have a wide range of options for participation in.
The tour will run from August 25th – August 31st, kicking off right here!
Devil’s Lettuce is an anthology of poems, short stories, and stream of consciousness writings written whilst under the influence of THC.
A formal ‘press release’ of the publication will follow soon!
If you’re interested in participating in the blog tour, please fill out the Google Form:
https://forms.gle/WsejZ8Qno8VeyZqv5
I can’t wait to start working with you all!
Returning to Birmingham was unplanned, sporadic, urgent; it was a decision made out of my hands and accompanied by an exhausting, inexplicable mix of emotions. I think a lot of students have felt the same way, and I can’t help but ramble on.
Paige Briscoe 