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Lessons From America: What your business can learn from the U.S election

Philip O’Brien – Creation Media 18/01/17 I recently read two great articles on some of the reasons why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections. Simon Dumencos excellent post mortem of Hillary’s doomed campaign in 9th Novembers Ad Age entitled “How Did Hillary Clinton Screw This Up? For Starters, Her Advertising Was All Wrong” […]

5 Ways to Comfortably Present to Camera – Video Part 3

Philip O\’Brien Creation Media How to Comfortably present to the camera. The videos to accompany the First and Second blog posts can be accessed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY6WvfV6jDM and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXiAjtwnysM To view the video for this blog click here:  https://youtu.be/S36ALRkgfgI An estimated 90% of people are termed visual, meaning they respond to visual cues. Therefore it is critical […]

Using Video to Build your Brand. – Part 1

Philip O’Brien Creation Media  04/09/16 Lights, Camera, Customers! Video Blog: http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFD3A12nNU0 I recently delivered a workshop which focused on using video content to build brand. So I\’ve written a few blog posts to compliment the videos on this topic. This first post explains some of the basics around developing and creating content and how it can […]

Unsocial Media – Are we listening to our customers?

Philip O\’Brien – 29/08/16 Social Media, the great saviour of the small business. If I\’d a euro for every time I’d heard this comment! Social media has levelled the playing field in many respects. It allows smaller businesses with modest budgets to compete with bigger brands. Yet almost all businesses employ social media without realising […]

Stories for Business – A Workshop.

Creation Media are delighted to be delivering a workshop entitled \”Content Imagery & Great Storytelling, how great stories can attract customers to your business\” on 10th March 2016 as part of Leitrim Enterprise Week. Creation Media\’s Philip O\’Brien will be exploring how great content connects and attracts customers to businesses and allows businesses to build […]

Practical Methods for Branding Small Businesses

… But Branding is only for big businesses Practical methods for branding small businesses. Philip O\’Brien Creation Media Updated 30/08/16 About 6 months ago I had a conversation with a business owner. The company has been established since the eighties. and recently expanded to a second location. She said she wanted marketing. I explained that marketing […]