Local goverments seem to enjoy the unenviable reputation of being red tape obsessed beaurocrats. Luckily some of these organisations are willing to shake of this dusty image and rebrand themselves in a way that will appeal to the man on the street.
Last month we blogged about what we felt was Birmingham City’s overcosted and shoddily [...]
Tag Archives: FAIL
Burnley Council Logo – How Did They Do It?
October 16, 2009
Filed under:Fun @ Fluid, Graphic Design
Birmingham City Council fail
September 9, 2009
Filed under:Fun @ Fluid, Industry News, Social Media, Web Design, Web Development
We’ve been working on a social media listening platform in recent weeks and as a result we’re increasingly in tune with what people are saying about web design in the UK. We couldn’t help but notice that Birmingham City Council have been taking some flak over their recently launched website. Not surprising when you consider [...]
CommentsRead MoreTwitter (isn’t) the hardest avenue to crack
September 2, 2009
Filed under:Social Media
“Twitter is the most difficult channel to crack, say experts” was the headline in an NMA article I read today…and yet at no point in the article did any expert ever say that. They did mention it being complicated, but the headline “Twitter is complicated, experts say” is somewhat of an oxymoron and leading with [...]
CommentsRead MoreHow to absolutely fail at social media
July 14, 2009
Filed under:Industry News, Social Media
There’s a dangerous thought that taking part in social media is confined to what you do and don’t write on your blog or twitter account… Guinness just got schooled by FAIL blog, that this thought is nowhere close to being true. Guinness’ first mistake was to post a world-record on their site “Most individuals killed [...]
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