Well it’s that time of year and the festivities are now only moments away! Yes, that’s right…it’s CinéfestOZ 2009.
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My wife and I bought a new car a couple of weeks ago and it was a fast painless transaction that took less than ten minutes, and in the comfort of our own home.
This is part one of a series of blog entries focusing on spring cleaning – your business that is. Does your business need a tidy-up? Are you paying attention to your one percenters? Is there a few areas you just ‘haven’t got around to doing yet’? Well here’s my nudge in the right direction – this week focusing on email signatures and how important they are in overall business image and communications.
It’s dominating the news, dinner conversation and about every other known communication on the planet so I guess it’s no surprise that I’m writing a blog on the subject. Yep…you guessed it – GFC!
I confess! I had my first experience just two weeks ago. It was something I had anticipated but they swept me off my feet and seduced me. Someone else planned it all and I went along as a willing, but innocent participant. I joined the club and at 39,000 feet enjoyed every moment of it.
When we design a brand at Jack in the box we do things a little bit different than a lot of design agencies. To start with we hold a discovery session with the client. We also conduct our own research of the client’s industry and their competitors. We spend hours brainstorming, sketching and working on several different alternatives but when it comes time to present we only ever show the client one solution. We just make sure it is the right solution.
It’s remarkable how much things can change in the span of a few years. I’ve heard so many comments that companies are experiencing a huge influx of unsolicited job applications or requests. CV’s and resumes that were so hard to come by only 2-3 years ago, are now flooding in from all corners of the world. I also believe some of the rise in popularity of company Facebook and Twitter pages have been due to the increase in job searchers in the market. All of this poses an interesting question – should a company ever stop managing its employer brand?