June 2011 Update

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IN THE PRESS

June 2011 Update

Welcome to the ‘Delineo Update’ A round up of our latest work, marketing news and top tweets of the month

Myspace sold for $35 million 30th June 2011

Highlights

How will mCommerce affect retail? 6th July 2011

K TA E

With mobile users continuing to switch to smartphone and Android devices, it would appear that mCommerce (mobile commerce) is anticipated as the latest digital medium for online shopping and opportunity for growth within the retail sector.

O U R PO LL

Myspace, once one of the world’s hottest internet firms, has been sold to an online ad company for around $35m, a fraction of the $100m its parent company was seeking for the ailing social network and billions less than its value five years ago.

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Thorntons to close half its store portfolio

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David Prior

28th June 2011

The chocolate retailer is set to half the number of stores in its portfolio over the next three to five years as the new management team led by CEO Jonathan Hart looks to rebalance the organisation.

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Utopia launch latest recruitment campaign

We congratulate the Top 100 NW Marketers

IT rebrand focuses on the business benefits to its clients

Our latest challenge was to design a business recruitment campaign with accompanying web and print materials for IT equipment distributor Utopia, part of the D&P group.

Securing a position on the list is a real achievement as a large number of high calibre candidates are considered for a place, highlighting the pool of talented individuals in the region.

ICM Business Continuity and Servo came together to form one company in April 2011. This leading IT solutions provider tasked Manchester advertising agency to rebrand ICM.

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Waitrose launches online grocery campaign to take on Ocado 17th June 2011

Waitrose is set to launch its largest ever marketing push for their online grocery arm as it prepares to compete against Ocado for the lucrative London home delivery market.

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Read More > TOP TWEETS

MySpace has been sold for $35 million. It was purchased in 2005 for $580m.

Job: Want to be an account executive for Delineo Some lovely 'ghostsigns' here - old advertisements painted onto walls from @bobotheeklown

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Using Social Media for Job hunting

The advertising copywriter’s USP

We’d like a viral video, please…

Delineo’s social media manager Tom Mason was invited to speak to students at Employability Week, a series of lectures organised by the Manchester Metropolitan University Career Service to offer graduates tips and advice to help with their career progression.

Whether you are a copywriter or an art director, your employer hires you based on the advertising work which you produce. But for me this goes beyond just thinking of great ideas. Its you: the way you write that makes you stand out from the thousands of other people in our industry.

As an advertising agency, we often get asked, ‘should we do a viral ad?’ Unfortunately, you can’t really plan something ‘to go viral’; viral is just that, creative that needs to get into the veins of consumers’ social networks and email address books. And it won’t do that unless it’s worth spreading.

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New blog: @phil_monks on why copywriters need to be adaptable #amwriting

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