Wodehouse Blogosphere.

We’ve popped a few posts ‘of note’ on from our ‘old website’ plus new ones from here on.
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Promoting a Business or Charity in Winter.

Promoting your business or charity in the Winter can make use of the approaching good vibes and festive cheer to connect with your target audience effectively! Here are some approaches we’ve thought of just for the winter period, so pour yourself a virtual mulled wine and read on…

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Why We LOVE the Doodle!

Why We LOVE the Doodle!

At Wodehouse we are always doodling - we admit it. We’re a design team not AI algorithms - humans, and that’s what sets the ideas in a creative design agency apart. 

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Why Delegation is the Key to Great Marketing.

Delegation is the key to great marketing

When working on graphic design or direct mail projects we always emphasise the importance of sharing responsibilities with your colleagues, even if the urge to steer a project ‘solo’ can be so alluring and seem on the face of it safe. For a variety of reasons sometimes, particularly over multiple assets, it’s not.

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Online Design Compared to Working with a Marketing Agency You LOVE...

Online Design Compared to Working with a Marketing Agency you LOVE...

We don't regard template based design as a catchall for a particular sector. Design and indeed the personality of a brand and its values is far more subtle and nuanced. To get something off the shelf that you feel 'closely' matches your brand is still doing it a disservice. Making it generic rather than memorable. You can’t base your communication on something a designer made available to everyone with no knowledge of your company. This post is not a Canva pile on!...

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A Shout Out to the Humans! Creative Design and Direct Mail Marketing

A Shout Out to the Humans in a World of AI! Creative Design and Direct Mail Marketing.

Enhancing Visual Design and Traditional Mail Marketing

In an era of transformation brought about by artificial intelligence across various sectors the field of graphic design and direct mail finds itself at a critical point. Although AI provides resources, for enhancing productivity and leveraging data driven perspectives, the unique essence of creativity, emotion and intuition remains unparalleled. This is why human centred design continues to prevail in a technological landscape.

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Men's Mental Health: A Silent Struggle has a voice.

Men's Mental Health: The Silent Struggle now has a voice.

There's an elephant in the boardroom. Men’s Mental Health.

Chris our Head of Creative wanted to discuss a personal journey, and we were more than happy to share since at Wodehouse, we absolutely support Mental Health Awareness and the importance of open conversation.

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The Secret Life Of The ‘W’…

Useful for all sorts of words like Wisdom, Welcome, Wonder and Wodehouse but did you ever wonder how we got the only letter in the alphabet with two syllables?… or indeed whose name hints at its appearance?

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Being Timely with Direct Mail.

Our White Rabbit looks at his gold pocket watch and with a fevered brow, frantically dashes off down the rabbit hole, realising he's very late for a Direct Mail Campaign.

Situations like this happen frequently in the business of Direct Mail, it’s the mission creep that really can affect the responses to any clients’ campaign.

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Why Social Media should be landing on doormats, as well as compelling Direct Mail!

Double the effectiveness of your campaign be it for a charity or business by combining the powers of social media and direct mail! There's a natural pairing with these two means of communication - online and print. You'll extend your reach to two different audiences or both, and benefit from the ability and audience enthusiasm to share posts at no additional cost to yourselves!

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Today we’re asking a serious question about your branding…

In this blog we discuss the difference between being a brand or a commodity. You don’t want to be the latter! If you don’t have a distinguishable brand that is recognisable and communicates your values you might as well be a commodity, one more sack of coal, or a bag of grain. If you fail to have differentiation between your peers and can often end up pitching for business on price alone. A rebrand could be just the tonic for your business in 2024.

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Greenwashing. Dyed in or Washed out? How green are companies really?

In an age where environmental consciousness is at an all-time high, consumers are increasingly scrutinising the environmental claims made by companies. However, amidst the growing concern for sustainability, a deceptive practice known as greenwashing has emerged, casting a shadow on the authenticity of environmental commitments.

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Direct Mail... Okay, it's a bit early for Christmas but...

This might come as a surprise. We’ve not even had the sand between our toes this year, never mind going on about chestnuts roasting on an open fire! Yes, we’re talking about Christmas campaigns and already, how the available fulfilment slots, or stockings hanging on the virtual fireplace are starting to fill up.

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The Wodehouse Wanderer - The Edale Skyline and Kinderscout.

Hello office chair ramblers. Today we take in The Edale Skyline and Kinderscout in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District. Well worth a stay, it's an area frequented by both walkers of all abilities and fell runners due to its exceptional beauty.

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Get Creative this Summer - with Wodehouse!

With the arrival of Summer why not let your creative tastes flourish as well as the flowers! We have built an enviable reputation since we started way back as a green shoot in 2003 for compelling cost-effective direct mail, but that’s but one facet of what we do.

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The Wodehouse Wanderer - Arenig Fawr, Bala.

On a prior week the Wodehouse Wanderer took us on a hike to the summit of Arenig Fawr, Bala, North Wales. 562m ascent (1,855ft) – the best views of Snowdonia in Wales! On the first image you can see the remnants of a slate mine.

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A winning gift for an NHS client’s supporters…

It’s not uncommon for us to be asked to think of something unusual for our clients - a lateral approach is required. We love the challenge. So when our client wanted a gift that made an impression that was a little more out of the ordinary we thought of something that well, surely deserved a medal…

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The Wodehouse Wanderer - Win Hill Derbyshire.

The return of the intrepid Wodehouse Wanderer. Our trip takes us to Win Hill, Derbyshire. He’s got a few walks under his poles since his well received updates on the previous website, but now he’s back. So enjoy the walk from the comfort of the office chair…

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