Stuff & Nonsense
Time for replay technology Herr Blatter! by Brian Wadsworth
One wonders why one, aged old man is allowed to stand in the way of progress and not use technology for the good of the game. Thats not a question … its meant to be rhetorical!
Almost every other major sport uses it to advantage, yet Herr Blatter refuses to yield. It seems that social responsibility [...]
Tagged: replay technology, World Cup, world cup ball
Why are England always ‘cheated’ out of the world cup? by Brian Wadsworth
After ‘66 when a Russian linesman made the right call we have had to suffer all sorts of under-handed tactics to oust us from footballs premier international tournament: Gordon Banks being ‘poisened’ to keep him out of the quarter-final against W. Germany (that cost us the game!), Booby Moore being arrested for shop lifting in [...]
An Alternative view on World Cup exit by Brian Wadsworth
An astute observation by a legendary All Black captain and tough second rower, Colin Meads, once stated that “you never beat the Welsh … you only score more points”! being welsh, this sets the tone for my latest blog ….
After ‘our’ demise from the World Cup over the weekend and in response to the knee [...]
Tagged: Capello, World Cup
Media B..Locks! …. C’mon England!! by Brian Wadsworth
‘Our media’ are going to cost us hosting the 2018 World Cup and are about to cost us potentially winning the 2010 WC! Poor Robert Green didnt have a chance after Tyldsdales blunder as the ITV commentator; yet Green has the media dump on him …. whilst he, the commentator and cause, gets away scot-free!?
With [...]
New offices – shiny shiny! by Alex Craven
Hi to all interested in our agency.
As you may be aware we moved offices over the weekend from our old home in Roundhay back to town in the Holbeck Urban Village next to the Round Foundry Media Centre.. we”ll be uploading some time elapsed video plus something a little more creative in due course but [...]
A Blooming Brilliant SEO Role by Sarah Carling
We’re looking to recruit a blooming brilliant SEO to join the team here in our Leeds office at Bloom Media. If you think you are the person we’re looking for and you can answer yes to all of the questions below, drop me a line at scarling(at)bloommedia.co.uk with your CV and a few words about [...]
Are you an FMCG brand? Its time to get social and emotional! by Alex Craven
On the whole I’m neither a great fan nor believer in the FMCG ‘brand experience’ website.
The first and only time I have visited the Persil website was just before writing this post and having visited it is safe to say it’s likely to be the last time. Similarly, If you’ll excuse the pun, it’s hard [...]
Vodafone Experience a Twittergate of their Own by stuartpturner
Remember Stephen Frygate on Twitter? This afternoon chief execs at Vodafone will be extremely red faced after a massive blunder on their Twitter account.
An employee managed to tweet a fairly offensive message to the world which resulted in a spectacular page of @replies:
The company has already issued two desperate pleas for forgiveness across to all [...]
Tagged: twitter, vodafone
Merry Christmas from Bloom! hope you’re ready for this… ;-) by Alex Craven
We think we’ve excelled ourselves this year with our very own version of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ (eat your heart out Wogan & Jones).. I think its safe to say that Bloom isn’t a hot bed of vocal talent but those of you who know us, we hope this brings a smile to your face and [...]