Kevin Harrington

Tag: straplines

  • Perfectly Picked

    Thank you Perfectly Picked for making smile, and, demonstrating that a simple office door sign can communicate so much, so effectively.

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    Perfectly Picked

  • Marketing Bollocks

    Now I’m sure that Lakehouse is a wonderful company and does great work. That’s not the subject of this post. A test for you: what is the business of a company that claims they are “making an impact through deeper relationships”? Go on, have a guess. I wouldn’t have guessed either. The marketing bollocks strapline…

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    Lakehouse, making an impact through deeper relationships

  • Great (and bad) straplines

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    I found the following on Dangerous Thinking, a blog that unfortunately seems to have fizzled out. They are all examples of straplines seen on lorries in the UK. Nando’s – poultry in motion. Bargain Booze, making life richer for the pourer. and another that the blog owner David Rosam liked a whole lot less, in fact…

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  • Supporting the UK Economy

    Advertising and marketing straplines continue to provide me with amusement. I’ve just driven past a van operated by HS Works. The strapline on the van, and on their website, is “supporting the UK economy”. Well, I don’t know about you, but they may not be my first port of call at the moment. HS Works…

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  • Unbelievable strap lines

    Southall Travel – redefining the travel experience. Well that’s the unbelievable statement on all the baggage carousels at Terminal 3, Heathrow. By contrast their website home page title says: Flights to India Cheap Flights to India Holidays to India Cheap flights to Dubai Cheap flights to Nairobi Cheap Flights to Thailand Cheap flights to Singapore.…

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  • National Clamps…we care

    It seems every business needs a strapline. Many of these strap lines seem to sit quite naturally with the brand, but some don’t. I spotted this one on the back of a van today, “National Clamps…we care.” All I could do was laugh. The thought of wheel clampers caring does seem a bit incongruous. They…

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