Reporting directly from our Manchester HQ, we are happy to announce that Scott Reed has recently joined Lakestar Media as our Director of Sales. In this role, Scott will be responsible for driving sales, attracting new clients, and developing the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Microsoft Aim to Beat Google with Bing
Microsoft have announced they plan to go live with their new search platform Bing on June 3rd in the US. Although it is still in Beta in UK, I’m sure it won’t be long before we are fully integrated. Bing … Continue reading
Find Us Elsewhere on the Web
Just a few quick pointers to our readers who follow our blog but not necessarily elsewhere. If they subscribe to our FeedBurner RSS feed, they know about our Flickr channel, and we can see the interest in links we bookmark … Continue reading
Twitter Creatures: Twitter Bird, Fail Whale, and Wired Lynx… And a Bit of Twashion
Update: fashion becomes Twashion on Twitter, and @failwhale has posted a YouTube video featuring a make-up artist inspired by the Fail Whale. But to judge by their branded Twitter channel, the make-up artist’s gifted hand added a touch of beauty … Continue reading
Don’t Just Digg It – Facebook It!
This morning Digg brought me a very sad story about an old ill bulldog who saved her owner’s life – but had to be euthanised, due to illness. I read the comments, and all things combined made me digg the … Continue reading
The Da Vinci Code Tweet: La Gioconda in 140 Characters
This year has so far been the Da Vinci year in almost proper sense of the word. A new portrait of Leonardo was discovered; an exhibition of the master’s drawings landed in Manchester; and now the famous Mona Lisa was … Continue reading
Would You Follow Jesus Christ on Twitter?
Thou shalt not be surprised… but Jesus Christ is on Twitter. As are Buddha, William Shakespeare, Frank Sinatra, Julius Caesar, and many more. In fact, they have their own Twitterverse – Tweeji – with a fittingly black background. And so … Continue reading
It’s All More SEO Fun for Butlins and Lakestar Media
We are excited to announce that we will be providing Search Engine Optimisation services for Butlins – the UK’s famous holiday company. Since 1936, Butlins welcomed millions of guests and received multiple awards, the most recent one is being voted … Continue reading
As Featured in Crain’s Best Places to Work Program
I am sure many employees who took part in the survey organised and supported by Crain’s Manchester Business can tell the stories of how badly they were treated in a workplace that they eventually decided to leave. Of course, a … Continue reading
Everything Meets Future at Futuresonic 2009
It is an immense pleasure for me to say that I am the delegate of Futuresonic Festival this year again. Back in 2006, I was there as a radio hack; today, I am here as one of those professionals who … Continue reading
