What a busy month to end the year!

Who ever said pre-Christmas was quiet?! This December we’ve been busy getting proposals out of the door, having 2011 strategy/planning meetings with Clients and preparing for and subsequently winning a pitch! I think the team here are very much looking forward to a break. Well done everyone, overall a great 2010 with lots of hard [...]

Apple launches iAd

Apple announce that their product iAd is due to launch in Europe over the course of the next 2 months. Brands are already lining up to advertise on the new mobile platform. So what will iAd offer? Delivering targeted rich media ads to the Apple device family of iPhone 4 and iPod touch users. Apple [...]

The Fancy Dress Night Out

Whose great idea was it to all dress-up in silly outfits and hit the town?! Oh well, we are in the crazy world of media after all. A joint birthday party led us to an “anything goes” fancy dress theme and I think it’s safe to say that there were quite a few sore heads [...]

Taylor & Taylor win vitamin brand business

Taylor & Taylor Advertising has been appointed to work with Vertese Vitamins, part of Brunel Healthcare. The appointment was made without a pitch and sees a 6-month digital campaign launching this month. The campaign brief focused on two main objectives: to increase brand awareness and drive traffic to the website, www.vertese.com. Once on-site consumers can [...]

The Business Show 2010

T&T went along to the GWE West Business Show today up at Leigh Court, just outside Bristol. The event consisted of a showcase of 100 exhibitors across a wide range of different business sectors plus a program of seminars, free speed networking sessions and a conference café for networking, refreshment and one2one meetings. Our commercial [...]

T&T – you shall go to the Ball!

Last night two of our directors, Tim & Stephanie, went along to the Big Local Media Ball – held at the Royal Marriott Hotel on College Green. The evening was organised by Bristol News & Media and raised money for The Princes Trust. It was good to see a decent turn out of people from the [...]

Taylor & Taylor Advertising is growing

Exciting changes are happening at Taylor & Taylor.
The long established agency has undergone a transformation this year with a new management team and a new partnership. The last 6 months have seen Taylor & Taylor recruiting new staff and growing the three core services; media, digital and creative, maintaining the agency’s position in the marketplace as Bristol’s leading full service independent agency.

How fast is your website?

Google have recently announced that website speed will play an increasingly important role in their search algorithm. Despite keeping the exact details under wraps, Google has revealed that the speed revision to their algorithm is based on around 200 separate factors.

The search engine usually makes around 300 – 400 changes to its algorithm each year. Most of these changes are on a small scale and Google only tends to make large or significant changes public.

Still unsure about social media?

New research has found that almost half (48%) of marketing and communications professionals feel that they do not have adequate knowledge of how best to use social media to deliver effective marketing. This figure, although fallen by 16% from 2009, is still surprisingly high.

T&T achieve Google qualified status

T&T have been active in search marketing for a few years, successfully managing search for a number of clients, but resident PPC & SEO specialists Stephanie & Jon decided that the time had come to take the Google exam!