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Unsocial media (part 6) - book review: 'Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts' by Jaron Lanier
Categories: social media + digital
'Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it's tearing us apart' so says Silicon Valley sage Jaron Lanier whose book proposes that by liberating yourself from social media you might become a calmer, nicer person.…
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Welcome to Team bd2
Categories: bd2
We've grown again! Learn all about about our latest recruit Alex...…
My week at bd2
We recently had graphic design student Luke from Wigan College in the studio for a week’s work placement. We asked Luke to tell us about his week at bd2.…
Bulletproof Agency Conference
Categories: digital + events
A conference promising to help agency owners 'take control' of their businesses through effective processes and planning…
Prepare to be elevated
Categories: bd2 + digital + creative + events
Business Growth Hub launch the new Elevate programme to an invited group of 15 digital and creative agencies chosen from the 150 who completed the Greater Connected Programme.…
International Business Festival 2018
Categories: marketing + digital + design + events
Creative Industries day at The International Business Festival 2018 at Liverpool's Exhibition Centre on the banks of the River Mersey…
Allermuir US site refresh
Categories: bd2 + digital
We've just refreshed Allermuir's US website to feature their stunning new Axyl range which has just won the prestigious Red Dot Design Award and Best of Neocon Award for innovation at this year's show in Chicago.…
Destination Digital at Wigan Town Hall
Categories: digital + wigan + events
Who knew that Wigan's Town Hall, which is a former Mining and Technical College, would be 'Destination Digital'.…
Umbraco Certified Partners
Categories: bd2 + digital + umbraco
We've been using the leading Umbraco Content Management System since version 2, we're shortly moving to version 8, so you could say we're quite experienced.…
Kay Burley at Wigan Youth Zone
Categories: wigan + events
Sky's Kay Burley at Wigan Youth Zone's Business Breakfast talking about her career in journalism which started at The Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle…
Umbraco CodeGarden 18 Odense, Denmark
Categories: bd2 + digital + events + umbraco
Things didn't start too well, if I'm honest, as getting to Umbraco's annual developer conference CodeGarden, held in Odense Denmark, proved something of an ordeal...…
20 ideas from the last 20 years
Categories: bd2 + Brand + digital
We're celebrating our 20th year with 20 ideas from the last 20 years.…
bd2 People
We've grown again! Read about our new bd2 recruit and the latest achievements of our digital apprentice.…
Beyond Wigan Pier premiere
Categories: bd2 + Brand + wigan
Beyond Wigan Pier Premiere…
Sherringtons (part 1)
And so the journey begins.…
Becoming GDPR compliant and the impact on marketing
Categories: marketing + digital
With just over a month to go until the much anticipated GDPR comes into effect, we look at where to start and what it means for marketing.…
Unsocial media (part 5)
Categories: social media
"We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you." Five days after the Cambridge Analytica story broke, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg comes clean.…
Invest in Wigan
The 'Invest in Wigan' Insider event with Ian Lenagan [Wigan Warriors Owner], Donna Hall [Wigan Council Chief Exec], Chris Shaw [Urban Splash], Gary Speakman [CFO Shearings], Duncan Sutherland [Director Sigma Capital] discussing impact of HS2 and inward investment on Wigan, the town centre and Wigan Pier Quarter.…
Unsocial media (part 4)
We've written a series of blogs about the ills of social media which has now hit the front pages following last night's Channel 4 News exposé of Cambridge Analytica's possible misuse of user data procured from Facebook to allegedly influence electoral campaigns in various countries including the US.…
Dr Warren Larkin REACh interview
Categories: bd2 + marketing
Video interview with Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Warren Larkin who is the Clinical Lead for the Department of Health Adverse Childhood Experiences. Warren is also Visiting Professor at Sunderland University where he is working with the Faculties of Public and Population Health and Mental Health to develop their research programme and training curricula for Public Health and Mental Health professionals.…
