Wodehouse Blogosphere.

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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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Chris Bridgeman Chris Bridgeman

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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