From time to time, an annoying advert or jingle can be beneficial for a brand, but it's an extremely fine line between an endearingly irritating, yet catchy song ('we buy any car, we buy any car...') and something so bad it makes everyone hate your product. If anyone's seen the advertisement... read more

Congratulations to Crain's, which yesterday put on a fantastic event at the Ramada Hotel Piccadilly. It was really well organised, and everyone from the I-COM team had a great time. Unfortunately I-COM, nominated in the 'Big' category, didn't win, but the fact that we reached the final is a... read more

Longstanding I-COM client and fantastic charity, the Foundation 4 Peace, needs your help! The charity, based in Warrington, has been shortlisted in the Best Education Project category in the National Lottery Good Causes awards for their Survivors for Peace programme.  The programme helps... read more

During a recent conversation I was surprised to learn that Greggs the Bakers had a Twitter account. I was even more surprised to see that they had a massive number of followers yet seemed to be doing nothing with it. As you can see the account has remained dormant since July and they have... read more

Whilst the internet is an ever-expanding and eclectic resource, it would seem that one particular area is shrinking day by day – the world of free, good quality online content. This is an issue rarely out of the papers (on and off line) at the moment, thanks to big names like Rupert Murdoch... read more

If you think, SEO Manchester clients come to us at all stages of a sites SEO Manchester life cycle. For example they could have been just built or handed over from a previous SEO Manchester company. I’m sure that my James Cognac Roome presence has spurred many of the SEO Manchester companies... read more

Last night (October 21st) saw the annual Manchester Blog Awards take place at Band on the Wall. The event was part of the Manchester Literature Festival and is always a good night. If the turnout was any indication, blogging is indeed alive and well and taking on a range of subjects. It's my... read more

If you're familiar with Google Local listings you'll know that when you add an entry for your business or the business you represent, Google checks its listings to see if they already have your business details registered. If it finds a similar address or company name, it asks you if you want... read more

Last night Manchester's blogging community got together for a semi-regular meeting of the minds, as organised, once again, by Kate from The Manchizzle, sponsored by Creative Tourist.The timing of the event was chosen because (I presume, as today marks the final day to submit nominations for the... read more

Earlier today I attended the launch of the Creative Credits scheme in Manchester. It was a very well attended event which included an interesting debate organised by Nesta about the important issues facing Manchester in the new economy.Creative Credits are an experimental attempt to engender... read more