Innovative, New Online Marketing Portal Packs A Punch From £1 For Advertisers Wanting To Beat The Credit Crunch

‘Credit Crunch’ or ‘Recession’?  Whatever you choose to call it, the words of doom and gloom are all the same.  Businesses of all sizes are cutting costs and many varied enterprises are tightening their belts.  Advertising budgets are feeling the pinch as they struggle through these tough, economic times.  At this crucial time, what can be done to scream the plus points of your endeavor from the rooftops without breaking the bank?

‘Brand Pods’ are the brainchild of Terry Chiu, a freelance digital project manager whose work with small to medium enterprises did not escape the effects of the current ‘crunch’.  With the economy tipped to get worse before it gets better, a family to support and bills to pay, necessity truly was the ‘mother of all invention’. In order to help combat the situation in some way,  ‘I decided to do something creative… something that not every Tom, Dick or Harry could do’ said Terry.  And so, the Brand Pod was born.

Brand Pods were designed with the walls of TV’s seen displayed in electronic stores around the world in mind.  Miniature TV Screens (Pods of internet advertising) are arranged in rows on the homepage, which, when rolled over, showcase a brand in its entire glory via the medium of streaming video allowing the viewer to see everything you can offer. Each Brand Pod’s aim is to energise and introduce your brand to the world over the Internet.

Many brands are searching for new, economic ways to breathe fresh air into their advertising campaigns and at Brand Pods we can create that surge of ‘Broxygen’ (Brand Oxygen) that will help invigorate your marketing mix. With your very own Brand Pod, you can showcase your brand across the Internet through rich online media, a streaming video introduction to your brand, your brand logo or product image accompanied by a 300 character text word introduction.

You are probably now wondering if you can afford to spend on advertising?  The answer is, with prices ranging from as little as £1 per week, you can’t afford not to! 

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Dogsbody – Urban Assistance

Modern Domestic Services

(Manchester, November 5) Dogsbody – Urban Assistance understands the pressures that come with modern, urban living.  We know that it’s usually the small things that get in the way and that these small things can quickly pile up into big things.

Our modern domestic services offer good, old-fashioned elbow grease with a contemporary flair to bring you and your home the ‘urban assistance’ you need and deserve. 

“We take care of the things that you can’t get around to or simply just don’t want to.”

Dogsbody – Urban Assistant

Our wide variety of domestic cleaning and home services can match all of your requirements. Whether you are looking for a regular or one-off cleaning service, cleaning up after party, spring-cleans or quarterly deep cleans, tidying of the garden or patio or, maybe even just walking the dog – Dogsbody Urban assistance can help. Many of our customers find that they are unable to fit domestic duties into their busy work and social commitments, and use our domestic services to ensure that their home is always clean and tidy and their commitments around the house are not neglected. 

Further more, Dogsbody guarantee their work; if you are not 100% happy with the service we provide we will do it again, free of charge. 

Contact us today if you need a Dogsbody

T// 0161 7368431

E// enquiry@urban-assistant.co.uk

www.urban-assistant.co.uk

Domestic Services – Facts

 ·      Despite concerns about the current financial climate, UK households are becoming increasingly reliant on domestic services according to Yell.com – the online service from Yellow Pages.

·      Whilste belts are being tightened, Yell.com’s data experts, who analyse the search habits of its millions of users, found that searches for businesses offering help around the home have increased by 60% since the same period last year. ?

·      It seems UK householders are moving to outsource household chores with Internet searches for private cleaners rising by 14% and searches for gardeners growing by a massive 122%.

·      A 59% rise in searches for dog walking services also suggests that Brits are struggling to fit their pets’ ‘walkies’ into increasingly busy routines.

·      Clodagh Ward, consumer development director at Yell, said: “These search increases may be surprising, especially with the current emphasis on reducing day-to-day outgoings. Yet, rather than being a luxury, it would seem that these services are essential in helping people stay on top of their busy lifestyles.”

Graham Gartside-Bernier joined various member of the North West media this month to give his advice and two pennorth worth about the current state of the UK’s independent, regional media.

Pictured from left to right: Nick Cook (Editor, Menswear Buyer), Flick Everett (Editor, Moving Manchester), The Magazine (Editor), Graham Gartside-Bernier (GTWO-PR and the TWICE Media Group) and Kerry Spencer (Editor, YQ Magazine).

GTWO-PR, Manchester’s contemporary, fashion and lifestyle public relations agency. 

GTWO-PR, Manchester’s contemporary, fashion and lifestyle public relations agency. 

 GTWO-PR, Manchester’s contemporary, fashion and lifestyle public relations agency. 

GTWO-PR features in the Canadian regional publication, the Westender. 

GTWO-PR, Manchester’s contemporary, fashion and lifestyle public relations agency. 

(April 2, 2008) Quarterly for the style-savvy, design conscious individual, MI CASA will bridge the gap between high fashion magazines and interior design bringing interesting and unique editorial to the people who want to read it. 

The concept for MI CASA is one of breaking the mould.  The idea behind it is of multiple facets, being able to fit into a style but without a label, and above all, being different. A magazine with pages devoted to products, design inspiration and local designers, MI CASA explores the idea that an interiors/design magazine doesn’t just have to include pictures of other people’s houses.  MI CASA aims to achieves a level or normality while still taking it’s readers out of their comfort zone.  

MI CASA is one of very few oversized design magazines, a format usually reserved for the very high fashion magazines. Inside, readers can enjoy vibrant colour, large layouts, and high quality matt finished paper that enhances the design spreads, relevant interviews, and specially designed photography editorials. Part interiors, part design, part art, part fashion, the magazine has a very natural quality to it.  

We will spark new ideas by speaking with and featuring designers that are trying to do something completely new and different. MI CASA is a real life magazine and can be read by many. It’s a peculiar idea, giving away a high quality design magazine for FREE, but there is a lot to take in from a lot of different types of people, and with no cover price we aim to infect  as many people as possible with the design bug! 

www.micasamag.com

Ampersand Media Group Proudly Launches Manchester!s First, Glossy Food and Drink Magazine

Something hot is being served in the city.   Eat Me, Manchester’s only; glossy food and drink magazine will be launched in March as an exciting new addition to the Ampersand Media Group’s portfolio of independent, informative and original titles. 

Manchester has an eclectic mix of culture and cuisine to rival the biggest cities in the world. When it comes to food and drink Manchester is definitely not England’s second city. The capital of the North West leads the way with some of the countries finest contemporary restaurants, traditional pubs, international cuisine, bakeries and deli!s offering world fares locally in some fantastic locations ranging from quirky to intimate to ultra modern venues.  

“At last a Manchester magazine that has nothing to do with property!”  

Eat Me aims to cover everything the borough has to offer and will include:

o Restaurant reviews 

o Wine by the glass 

o Best breakfast 

o Food and drink events 

o Kitchen gadgets 

o Recipes from the city!s finest chefs 

o 5 of the best (restaurants) 

o Features 

o Bar and restaurant design 

With 10, 000 copies produced quarterly and distributed to over 350 locations across the borough Eat Me is the only choice on the menu if you want to know what’s cooking in the city.