Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications

Category archive: Reviews

Roadtesting mobile broadband from 3

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

I’ve been trialling the latest HSDPA mobile broadband USB stick from 3.

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Thoughts on the 3 Skypephone

Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 11:09 pm

We’ve been road testing 3’s new Skypephones for a month now. Here’s our verdict.

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Categories: Mobile, Reviews

First thoughts on the 3 Skypephone

Monday, November 26th, 2007 at 11:41 am

I’ve got my hands on a pair of 3 Skypephones to test out, thanks to the team at 3mobilebuzz.com.

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Categories: Hardware, Mobile, Reviews, Social media, Software

Book review: Where’s the sausage? by David Taylor

Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Marketing books are typically dense, academic texts stuffed with theories and principles or they’re dumbed-down idiots’ guides. David Taylor’s new book falls comfortably between the two.

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Categories: Branding, Marketing, Reviews

Looking back at the CIPR Northern Conference

Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm

I presented at the CIPR’s Northern Conference in Newcastle yesterday and enjoyed the opportunity to find out about PR in the north-east.

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Categories: Events, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Reviews

Reviewing “Life’s a Pitch”

Friday, March 9th, 2007 at 7:50 am

I’ve been reading Life’s a Pitch, a new book by Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity about how we can pitch more effectively every day of our lives.

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Categories: Business development, Marketing, Personal development, Public relations, Reviews

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