Some of us wear glasses. Some of us love shoes. Some of us are hybrids. The mind of a Squid is as unique as it is curious, and this is where we put our innermost thoughts on display.
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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If the recent events have shown us anything – there’s safety in women. This includes knowing ...
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New Year tends to be the sort of occasion, like major birthdays or life events, that cause people...
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I think it’s safe to say that this year has been the most peculiar year for marketeers and empl...
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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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