Piers Newson-Smith

I like stuff about brands, advertising, films and TV. And also bicycles. Views my own.

[Sir Stephen Timms @stephenctimms]

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[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

Loved Mark Ritson’s top ten marketing moments. What’s missing is that 2022 is the year when you can post literally nothing on the topic without someone trying to throw marketing science at it to disprove it. Scholarship please? https://t.co/4bbIbmJtOW

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

Saw @TheSnuts support @thecourteeners two years ago and they were pretty great. Saw them tonight and they were beyond amazing!

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

@StephenLepitak You would like “James Bond; the authorised biography” by John Pearson.

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

This is incredibly sad. My love of film started with Mad magazine. https://t.co/ivqw3ktu7B

[Maisie McCabe @MaisieMcCabe]

. @PiersNS on @DirectLine_UK rebrand, @saatchilondon came up with brilliant insights - industry had forgotten it was there to fix problems and ads always followed a format. #CBforum2019

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

@virginmedia I’ve spent 2 hours on phone calls trying to sort broken broadband today. I am currently on hold again (after a 15 minute wait I gave up on earlier). Please could someone DM and help. £50/ month for totally unreliable broadband and non existent service is not okay.

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

@DaveC_Ready @adliterate @TheDrum How do I get invited to the monthly meeting when all millennials get together and decide what they collectively think?

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

Radio ads that say “Alexa” when you are listening to radio on an Alexa enabled device are incredibly annoying.

[Poundland @Poundland]

Hey @bt_uk we've just spent a £1 updating our logo to be just like yours. #LoveYaNewLogo https://t.co/F0Rzv66Rhr

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

Really enjoyed doing this - let me know if I’ve missed off any boxset ads!

[MoreAboutAdvertising @moreaboutads]

Direct Line's Piers Newson-Smith picks his Desert Island Ads
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[James Bond @007]

Coming tomorrow at 13:10 BST/05:10 PST, the #BOND25 Live Reveal from an iconic 007 location. Ask the cast a question using #BOND25

[Richard @c0unse1]

I have just concluded a nasty kidnap trial. In essence, it was all gang oriented with the victim kidnapped, beaten and humiliated , having stolen drugs from a violent London gang.

My client was convicted along with his two co-defendants.

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[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

Well this is an interesting change of tack - going straight from ‘How Brands Grow 2’ to ‘Laughing@Advertising’! Both utterly brilliant, but very different flavours. Mixing them is like book gin and tonic! Thanks @ProfByron, Jenni Romaniuk and @AdContrarian!

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

I am a huge Beatles fan. But I respectfully suggest that 11 seconds of silent 8mm footage of a TV set showing them miming on Top of the Pops is not “the Holy Grail”. https://t.co/bYGDV8njQZ

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

It feels really odd that the cigarette bit of Duty Free shopping adopts the body language of healthy fresh produce...

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

@StephenLepitak Okay. Will ditch that, as long as I am allowed a song “inspired by”, rather than “in” a film. Bat Dance by Prince. https://t.co/uTnLeJY02r

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

@StephenLepitak Impossible. Here’s the top three: (3) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. (2) The Power Love (Huey Lewis and the News, not Kate Bush). (1) Mrs Robinson. (And I’ve had to leave off Ghostbusters, Danger Zone and One Vision. And A Kind of Magic).

[Piers Newson-Smith @PiersNS]

This is going to Hurt by @amateuradam is brilliant. A laugh out loud funny and deeply moving account of life as a junior doctor. It makes you appreciate the amazing NHS and the incredible people who work in it. Loved this advice on how not to speed up labour!