by Gill Booles | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Content
I’m not one to jump on shiny new kit, but virtual reality has converted this sceptic to dedicated follower. I went along to the Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival, curious to find out what the latest off-shoot from the Edinburgh Fringe and International Festival...
by Gill Booles | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Communication, Content
Listening to the Talk Talk chief executive Dido Harding being interviewed about the widespread hacking of customer data earlier, I was struck by the use of one particular turn of phrase: “We’re reaching out to our customers”. The dog gave a startled...
by Gill Booles | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Communication, Content, Editing, Marketing, Print
Remember that man in overalls sweeping the floor of the Space Center at Cape Canaveral, who, when asked by JF Kennedy ‘What do you do here?’ replied: ‘Mr President, I’m helping put a man on the moon’? The point was he didn’t say, ‘I just come in and sweep the floor’....
by Gill Booles | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Content
As the leaves fall from the trees, it’s time to turn to evergreen content. That’s content that doesn’t go out of date, words that stand the test of time. Is it evergreen? Ask if someone reading in a year’s time would find the content informative and interesting. If...
by Gill Booles | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Communication, Content
Have you been amused and delighted recently? Give it a minute. Still nothing? I’m surprised, given that everything from coffee machines to garden centres seems to make this brand promise. Just recently the phrase jumped out at me from a B2B marketing industry website...
by Gill Booles | Sep 11, 2014 | Blog, Content, Front page, Marketing
This week I was asked to quote a fee for writing the label copy for a well known Scottish drink. I’m still waiting to hear whether my language must be come-hither seductive shelf stopper or a zingy sassy invitation to ‘take me to the till’. Either way,...
