Once again Zone have done their bit to support local schools, with Charlotte heading up our dedicated voucher collection team. So our big thanks to everybody who helped to collect over 250 Tesco vouchers and over 130 from Sainsburys.
We’ll be giving these to the local village primary school who we hope will spend them on some art and design supplies to help raise the next generation of designers!

No. 3 in an indefinite series.
Keep your email marketing campaigns engaging with help from our series of bite-sized spot checks. Today, tips on presentation and why you might want to consider using a mailing system rather than blasting away from your desktop.
5 presentation tips
1. From: send email from a person, even if you are using a mailing company like mailchimp or dotmailer to do the send. If I see mail come in with a company in the from box, it usually goes in the bin. I am sure I am …

In the past we’ve talked about why we think industry awards are important.

We also did a piece last month on the merits of investing in original photography for advertising campaigns. At the time this was close to our hearts because we’d recently completed a successful shoot for our client, Bayer, using the talents of award-winning photographer, Chris Frazer Smith.

This all now ties together in an exciting way for us is because Chris’s dramatic shot of Cassie the Red Setter (‘Bayer Dog’) has been voted a finalist in the Health and Pharmaceutical category of the Campaign Photo Awards 2010.

No. 2 in an indefinite series….

Another in a series of bite-sized spot checks to ensure your email marketing is working well for you.

This time it’s the 4 email must-do’s. Permission, Opt-In, Decide on Objectives and formatting.