1 million trees: rewilding Broughton Hall
My work this month involved a fascinating workshop and discussions with Broughton Hall’s current custodian Roger Tempest and his team. His ancestors were given the land almost 1000 years ago by William the Conqueror. In the 25 years since Roger took on running the estate, he has launched the over-subscribed rural business park, the inspirational […]
Sustainable films for a more sustainable world
Director Mark Downes’ THE GREEN EYED MONSTER film and animation company brings together a wealth of multi-disciplined talent to deliver engaging and finely crafted films with one goal in mind: to build a much equitable, greener and sustainable future. GEM only choose to work with brands and organisations that have sustainability as part of their […]
Living and breathing design solutions
Martin Hughes’ M3H design agency draw on their years of expertise in digital platforms and traditional marketing in order to give their clients the competitive edge by applying strategic thinking and innovation to any design solution. The full-service design agency provides branding, web design and digital content services to support companies as they grow and […]
Email marketing love: the laser focus of optimised CRM
Email marketing certainly isn’t dead. Customer Relationship Management systems have become infinitely smarter, allowing you to send out carefully curated emails that respond to the behaviour of your customers. Getting your CRM system optimised so that you reap the benefits of highly targeted marketing emails to your segmented customer base should be the foundation of […]
Definitely Worth Your While
With an agenda to make great creative communications affordable to even modestly-sized companies, and with their focus on super-memorable messaging, Copenhagen’s Worth your While craft campaigns that you will tell your friends about. Working with purpose-driven businesses and across all media – from film and display advertising to social media initiatives, Worth Your While offer […]
One Planet Pizza
Vegan father and son Mike and Joe Hill founded the award-winning Norfolk-based One Planet Pizza in 2015 and know that their pizzas have a 54% lower carbon footprint than standard pizzas and are 100% palm oil free. As the UK’s first crowd-funded pizza business, every part of their packaging can either be reused, recycled or […]
Hyper-ethicul
Having all moved to Brighton from Portsmouth in 2016 to attend university, friends Matthew Denford, Charlie Jordan and Ryan Hudson were staggered to see how many fantastic, ethically minded retailers there were in and around the city, and they hatched a plan to give them the exposure, visibility and reach they deserve for all the […]
Forward the revolution: My Green Pod
Jarvis Smith and Katie Hill run My Green Pod – a quarterly sustainable lifestyle magazine that is published with The Guardian, and their new ethical online store www.mygreenpod.com DOASSN got a few minutes with Jarvis, and got a glimpse behind the scenes of the company spearheading nothing short of a consumer revolution. What’s new with […]
Learning to love your superfans
I’ve become slightly obsessed with the concept of superfans. By superfans I mean people so passionate about your products and/or service that they do your selling for you – evangelising and recommending you to others. If you have identified superfans – then they should be cherished, and treated like your nearest and dearest. What can […]
Podcast review: Foundering – The WeWork story – Bloomberg Technology I listen so you don’t have to
You will have been hiding under a rock if you have not been aware of the meteoric rise and subsequent crazy crash of coworking company WeWork and its charismatic and decidedly ‘marmite’ founder Adam Neumann. Not only is this a roller-coaster ride of a tale, but there are some great observations: 1. The Founder Myth: […]