As you may already know, I love working with clients that give me free stuff. Especially food. And especually gluten free chocolate cake. A bunch of Pudding Pops have just been delivered to the office. And, yes, they really are cakes on a stick, so are ideal for weddings, parties, corporate gatherings, and anywhere else where holding a napkin or fork is a...
Chrimbo came early at Turner Ink Towers this week when I was sent a book on punctuation from the cool guys over at User Design. If you’re the kind of person who still buys your reading from a bookstore, this is the kind of book you might purchase on a whim if it was sitting next to the till surrounded by...
These bloopers need no introduction. I'll let the headlines speak for themselves. ...
This is a guest post by writer Sally Gurteen (who btw was my 1500th follower on Twitter and consequently won herself a pack of Turner Ink pencils.) She used to live in Barcelona. Now she's back in blightly. There are many things that I missed about England when I was living in Spain. My daily cup of tea was never quite...
Check out this great infographic from Infographic Directory. What did we do before Facebook and Twitter? ...
Agree with all of these apart from 8. When you don't have something to say just shut the hell up. Like this infographic? Get more content marketing tips from Copyblogger....
A couple of magazine campaigns were brought to my attention this week. And they ain't pretty. First up we had the ‘Victim of Beauty’ fashion spread from Bulgarian magazine 12 featuring beautiful models with violent and sickening injuries. These include a black eye, broken nose, acid burnt skin and a slit throat. Then Durex very kindly featured the following ad on their...
Checking your work for errors is a tricky business. And that’s because you’re brain is fiendishly clever and will ‘make good’ the word even if it’s written incorrectly. I’m sure you’re familiar with the paragraph below where the first and last letters of the word are correct but the rest of the letters are muddled. And you can still read...
How many of these receipts have been handed out in the last few weeks do you wonder? And how many people have even noticed? (And yes, most of it was booze.) ...
So for those of you that received a Turner Ink Xmas card this year, these are the bloopers. How many did you get? A Christmas tail [A classic homonym. It should be tale.] Santa was having a bad day. 4 [up to number 10, spell out the number. So Four] of his elfs [elves] were throwing a sickie and the work experience...
