Archive for October, 2006

Accidentally undersold…

Friday, October 27th, 2006

High street retailers fail to exploit the power of search

LONDON - A web marketing firm has warned that high-street retailers are failing to exploit the potential of search engines such as Google in the build-up to the pre-Christmas shopping spree.

When bollards strike back!

Friday, October 27th, 2006

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So the moral to the story is don’t even bother trying!

Digital backbone

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

E-mail Resurges

At times, e-mail has worn the mantle of both “killer app” and unread spam, but its true value as a digital backbone is now beginning to be realized.

Online research precedes 25% of consumer electronic purchases

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

One Quarter of Consumer Electronics Purchases Researched Online

Of the $32.5 billion spent on CE products purchased in the last six months, 77 percent were influenced by online research.

Necrons and the Tau invade Jolt!

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Check out these banners running on Jolt for THQ http://www.jolt.co.uk/

Five by Five logo competition

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Calling all budding designers.

We would like you to take the Five by Five logo and place it in the coolest locations and send us these via email to then re-post on the Blog. We have an iPOD up for grabs for the best one and we will contact the winner after January 31st 2007. Please send all entries to contact@fivebyfivedigital.com for the attention of Mark. Here are a few to get started. Good luck and keep checking back for posts.

You can download a copy of our logo here: http://www.fivebyfivedigital.com/fivebyfive.png

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When Creative Directors go mad II!

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

So this is what happens when you put too much pressure on your Creative Director before a pitch. Well Patrick now resides in a hut in a forest in North Wales living off the land and chasing off any ramblers who come within 100ft of his hovel. We miss him…

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Want a new calendar for 2007?

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Our very own Rally Driving account manager, Clare Rhodes, is appearing in a new 2007 callendar featuring all UK women rally drivers including some real serious talent… driving that is ;-) The calendar has been produced to raise money for the Welsh Air Ambulance so come on dig deep and order your copy today. It’s quite a racey little number :-)

http://www.gravelgirls.co.uk/

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Mercenaries with soft hands, how nice!

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Nivea, stay on the good side

The new videogame “Splinter Cell: Double Agent” features a series of in-game product placement by Nivea. The brand aims
at reaching the male 18- to 34-year-old market by featuring its product
in the main character’s hotel bathroom as well as through in-game
billboards with slogans like “There are many faces of evil. Don’t let yours be one of them” or “The ‘Good Guy’ almost never has a beard” etc…


Viral Video Chart

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

The world’s most blogged about videos…now tracking GooTube & MySpace

http://www.viralvideochart.com/