This week we received our Child Sponsorship Annual Update from the Cambodian children’s charity CamKids. We sponsor a young girl called Sreylim, whose parents are sadly too poor to support her and her brother. Sreylim is now 14, she is very happy and healthy and doing very well at school, despite contracting Typhoid. She came […]
1. And the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year is…“Selfie”Every year, The Oxford Dictionary announces their International Word of the Year, in previous years we’ve had “bovvered”, “simples” and “credit crunch”. Arguably each year’s word tells a lot about society and the culture at the time. In 2011 “squeezed middle” was the Word of the […]
Last Thursday, TLC Business hosted our annual marketing seminar at Southampton Science Centre. This year, we focused on ‘Marketing for SMEs in 2014’. The guests were treated to a working lunch, tackling topics such as: Digital vs. traditional marketing SEO – what Hummingbird means for marketers Why your marketing isn’t working Moving with the […]
Last week, TLC Business hosted our annual marketing seminar at Southampton Science Centre. This year we focused on ‘Marketing for SMEs in 2014’. The guests were treated to a working lunch, tackling a range of hot topics on marketing for SMEs. As promised, we have created a blog outlining some of the main themes we […]
1. 2013’s top viral advertsEvery month, more than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube. Those users watch over 6 billion hours of footage each month, which works out at almost half an hour per person on the earth today. Every minute 100 hours of footage are uploaded onto YouTube. If you’re not currently using YouTube […]
1. Small Business Saturday comes to the UK Small Business Saturday is already a $5.5 billion phenomenon in the United Sates, which began in 2010. Despite this, it has only just made its way over to the UK. It’s UK debut was last Saturday (7thDecember) and it hopes to raise the profile of local UK […]
1. The brands that are rocking Snapchat Over the last few years we have seen an increase in the number of video and photo sharing apps and social networking sites. You are probably already familiar with the likes of Instagram and Pinterest but apps such as Vine and Snapchat are being widely used by people […]
We would all like to wish you and your business a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year. 2013 has been a great year for TLC Business. We have welcomed Connie and Ben to the team, had the pleasure to work with brilliant people and businesses and even managed to find the time to […]
1. Evian launch their January marketing campaign Yesterday, Evian launched their new marketing campaign for 2014. The month long campaign has launched on Facebook and Twitter asking fans to act young and banish the back to work blues. The slogan ‘This new year, ask your inner child out to play’ is teamed with ideas of […]
1. Ben and Jerry’s marijuana tweet The first of January marked not only the beginning of a new year but also the legalisation of recreational marijuana in Colorado. The state is now the first place in the world to allow stores to sell cannabis to anyone over the age of 21. Unsurprisingly, this is not […]