Will you tune in for ‘tales of the vanilla slice…. and other things’?

28 10 2009

Well, I had so much fun writing yesterdays blog that I’m going to do it again today! I don’t for one minute think that I have the dedication and perseverance to write a blog every day, but I guess I’m in the ‘novelty’ stage with it at the moment, so I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts.

But what shall I write about? Should I fill it full of positive PR about Workhouse Marketing and Workhouse Studios and use the blog as a promotional tool? Should I fill it full of key words so that the search engines pick it up and move Workhouse Marketing and Workhouse Studios up the rankings? Should it be called something like ‘the beleaguered life of an MD in a marketing agency’ and I could offload all my stresses and worries to the hordes of followers that will no doubt be glued to this amazing tale as it unfolds. Perhaps it should be an ongoing marketing seminar and I could preach about the need for awareness and visibility, I can see it now ” Marketing through the Storm – number 783 – ” Please spend some money on marketing it really works you know”.

I could use it as a platform for charitable and social causes, raising money for charitable foundations as we are doing with ‘The Ribchester Calendar Girls’ fundraiser for Rosemere Cancer Foundation, and for the Cystic Fibrosis charity which my son, Workhouse Graphic Designer  Ben Jones is running the London Marathon for this year. More about that in future blogs. I could just use it to promote my true loves, the Welsh Rugby Team, Blackburn Rovers, a pint of Wainwrights, the X Factor, most rock bands, my company Workhouse Marketing, and the ingredients of the Vanilla Slice.

Anyway, I guess it will be a mixture of all these things (although the Vanilla Slice will feature heavily), and of course I’m absolutely sure that my in-box will be flooded with messages of exciting topics that I should apply my wisdom and acerbic wit to. Not.





Workhouse delighted to work the Wainwright way.

30 07 2009

The agency is chuffed to bits to be asked by Daniel Thwaites to handle the on trade marketing campaign for the Wainwright brand. If you haven’t tasted Wainwright yet, you really must.

Thwaites Wainwright is a 4.1% golden coloured ale available as a cask hand pulled beer and in single 500ml bottle.
It is lightly hopped, with a delicate sweetness and at 4.1%, in both cask and bottle, has a very easy drinking appeal to both men and women, particularly with the light golden colour.

The beer is ‘exquisitely lovely’ and I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like it. We all think it’s gorgeous!

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