Blue Skies Blog

Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Caroline Bland

Design & Branding people have their say

A recent study by Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment asked a sample of people working in the design & branding sector their thoughts on what they considered most important to them when looking for a new job, and what the key…

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Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Julian Saunders

Engagement: the innocent word that spells the end of control for the adman

A warning before we start about something called endism. Endism happens a lot in marketing and occurs when the arrival of a new medium causes pundits and experts to stand on platforms and announce the demise of an older medium.…

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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by James Farmer

Vertical or industry recognition … why bother being a B2B marketer?

Posted By James Farmer, Publishing Director, B2B Marketing Magazine. james.farmer@b2bm.biz

 

It seems that I am regressing back to the beginnings of time asking what is B2B marketing all about, or more precisely what is a B2B marketer all about? I have…

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Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Kate Middlemiss

Crunch time for design and branding jobs

 

The effects of the ongoing credit crisis are now being felt in many sectors around the world. The marketing industry appears to be no exception, with the most recent Bellwether Report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising suggesting that…

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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Patrick Collister

Creative rules for the new communications landscape

Presentation by Patrick Collister at a recent Blue Skies seminar identified the key rules for the evolving communications landscape.

 

1. A business about brands

 

In today’s world if you understand brands, you have a future! We have become more concerned with the…

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Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Paul Banham

Try harder or try another line of work

The creative/marketing industry is not an industry that starts at 9 and finishes at 5. Never has been; never will be. The business that we’re in is that of selling ideas – and I’m afraid they have a tendency of…

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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Ben Vickers

Marketing Recruitment, Ben Vickers, Director, Blue Skies

Marketing Recruitment – With the national news media constantly speculating on the state of the country’s economy I thought it might be timely to offer you an update on what we’re seeing, from the ‘front line’ as it were.

 

The specialist…

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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Patrick Collister

Transport for London - Patrick Collister, Creative Matters

Transport for London – The Bus

 

Whenever there’s a recession, advertising is one of the first sectors to feel the pinch.

The Bellwether Report, a review of how marketers plan to spend their money, suggests that if the cold winds do blow,…

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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Patrick Collister

BBH’s Lynx Campaign, by Patrick Collister, Creative Matters

At the centre of every teenager’s life is their mobile phone so it is unsurprising that adland has been exploring new ways of using the phone as an advertising platform.

The trouble is, most mobile-based marketing has been creatively uninspiring.…

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Marnie Chrisp

Internet favoured as an employment tool

Jobseekers are turning their backs on more traditional methods of seeking employment, research has found.
A new survey has found that jobseekers are increasingly turning to the internet when applying for vacancies, according to Onrec.com

Taleo Research discovered that almost…

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