You might know that here at Pink Squid, we just launched our new Education Marketing offering. We...
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I was seven or eight when I read the first Harry Potter novel. After that, I grew up with it ever...
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I know, I know. 10 days is a little unrealistic, so let me first start with a disclaimer – it...
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From classics like The Snowman and A Christmas Carol, to the most un-Christmassy Christmas films ...
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It’s Black History Month, so of course I’m writing this now. I feel like all black creatives...
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2020 has been an extraordinary year of upheaval, uncertainty and change. The Covid19 pand...
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It’s no secret that Lockdown has brought us it’s fair share of challenges. But in many cases...
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It will not be a revelation to anyone to state that Covid has not had a positive impact on our c...
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We all know that words have the potential to inspire, comfort, empower or exaggerate. But when r...
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For someone who talked way too much as a child, I couldn’t stand the sound of my own voi...
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During lockdown, we’ve been taking the opportunity to reach outside our bubbles and chat with p...
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By now, you’ll have seen what is happening across the world, triggered by the deaths of Ahmaud ...
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TikTok. It’s become the shiny new toy during lockdown for many people, primarily Generation ...
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I’d been in two minds about joining the protests, right up until my iPhone alarm cut through...
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Two months ago a new word came hurtling into my vocabulary: furlough. A word that’s broadly ...
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For as long as I can remember, those in positions of power who have emphasised the importance ...
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SETTING THE SCENE For people across the world, the Coronavirus pandemic has created...
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With so much extra time to sit around musing during lockdown, my mind keeps wandering to what goo...
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Do you recall that scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where a Defence Against the...
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I know how that feels. It’s a weird time right now, and we’re all finding different ways to c...
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Like the vast majority of people in the UK and beyond, March 2020 will be a month forever imprint...
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Let’s talk about gendered language. There’s a lot of myths going around about how we should b...
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As International Women’s Day approaches, keeping feminism on everyone’s radar, it see...
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For a long time, the pursuit for diversity in the workplace has been a game of numbers; ticked-bo...
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Design thinking is a bit of a buzz phrase at the moment. But, what exactly does it mean? IDEO, ...
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Hi, I’m Paloma. I’m 19 years old, and for the past two days I’ve been doing some work exper...
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Want to know a secret about your competitors? Come on, get in close… You have something in comm...
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Do you know what stops employer brands from actually working? Their name. Employer...
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The London-based employer branding agency that is Pink Squid is, in some aspects, worlds apart fr...
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Facebook advertises itself on Instagram nowadays, in an amusing glimpse into our utopian social m...
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Showing real people when creating people comms is a no brainer. Call it social currency, ...
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It’s election day, and here are our aims for delivering award-winning social media campaigns i...
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Damn trolls. *Eye-roll*. The #WALKERSWAVE campaign is a recent example ...
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Two funky web GL experiments caught our eye this week. Both are great ideas, fun to use, and brin...
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Building a social media team is not easy. Budgets are squeezed, stakeholders are many, and compli...
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For a number of years now work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crude...
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Last week Snapchat launched its owners into the billionaire boys club. Since then, we’ve seen ...
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The sad thing about social media right now is the lack of buzzing new platforms to dive into. Bu...
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Thermals on, gloves packed and coats ...
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The fall-out in 2009 – after the worst recession since the 1930s – consisted of a ...
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Social platforms have been treating us well lately, so it’s high time for a fresh round-up. Ex...
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Can you hear that? It’s the collective sigh of relief omitted by Community Managers, still aud...
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It sounds terrifically insincere, but it’s true – the Recruitment Business Awards and their o...
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With Team GB returning as heroes from their triumphs in Rio, this week we reflect on the success ...
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Since taking our first steps into the big, scary world of being an independent creative agency, w...
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If Facebook is ‘home’, Twitter is ‘on the go’ and Instagram is ‘dinner and downtime’...
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As a recovering child prodigy myself, I know all about letting my folks down, increm...
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“And, because they’ve been cheering so loudly all night, I’m delighted to announce the ...
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Admittedly, if you’re not of a certain age, the whole Pokemon thing may have passed you by. On...
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Ironically, last Thursday someone apologised for not knowing what “Tee Bee Tee” stood for. Wi...
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Twitter, ever keen to capitalise on the ‘live’ or ‘real time’ nature of their platform, ...
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Twitter aren’t having the best time of it right now, with even CEO Jack Dorsey branding his pl...
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If you’ve been following Pink Squid’s blog at all, our fondness for all things virtual reali...
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In a move that brought joy to the world’s Community Managers, Twi...
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Things in the Tank have been high-octane this week, fuelled by audience profiling and late night...
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Algorithm. Noun. A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other prob...
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We’ve been doing some number crunching here in the Squid Tank, and at the risk of ma...
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The Bank Holiday weekend is almost upon us! But before you race off, we’ve got a quick social ...
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A slow-motion rainbow trout, sliding balletically across a shiny floor; cut to a smile...
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Being a Squid of the creative UI/UX type, I mainly push pixels and boundaries all day until they ...
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Gather round, people. It’s Friday. Let’s get social with another platform update round up co...
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Social Media is ‘always on’ they said. You need to keep your ‘ear t...
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There are definitely worse ways to be greeted on your first day at a ...
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Our task of transforming Jaguar Land Rover’s 92-page word document into an informative employe...
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Editor’s note: Pink Squid are currently celebrating the arrival of no fewer than seven ...
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There’s plenty to be said for Instagram as a viewtiful social platform, but far few proven meth...
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Tsz goes back to the future of advertising while we crunch the numbers Today is Wednesday 21st Oc...
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Squidology: The Art and Science of Employer Branding took place this week, and a...
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‘Squidology: The Art & Science of Employer Branding’ is now just one week away. On Tuesda...
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Time to drop the pens and grab the sweatbands Ahh, Birmingham. Home to six universities, the char...
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The technology world is gripped by Apple Watch fever – including us. Pink Squi...
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It’s early on day three of a mini viral sensation – #HowOldRobot swept through the Squid tank...
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Travel or Toys? Could you live without the latest gadgets, gizmos, cars or clothes in preference ...
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Last week was the second of what is now becoming our traditional ‘Christmas Party in anoth...
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Yesterday, Jaguar Land Rover’s brand new Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton was o...
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Whitney Houston once sang, “I believe the children are our future”. At Pink Squid we ...
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The shortlist for the 2014 Recruiter Awards is out, and we’re pleased to say that the words...
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