James Allan

Planner in the evil ad industry. I force you to buy shit with Jedi mind tricks. Thinking fast, not slow.

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@MetaforBusiness Hi - my Instagram and Facebook shops have been stuck 'in review' for weeks now. All my products are approved and synced with my Shopify store and I've already run ad campaigns with Meta. I cannot get hold of anyone to help move this forward. Can you help?

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@HMRCcustomers Thanks Steve. That seems to have done the trick. Although I had no idea that was available to me

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@HMRCcustomers Good morning my request for self assessment repayment has been outstanding since 10th April 2024. I've not been advised of any security checks being required. I can't get hold of anyone to check on progress. Can you help or advise?

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@HMRCcustomers No it's showing as 'in credit' on the app despite me submitting a refund request. I don't want to send another request as apparently this restarts the whole process. There's no other way of checking the status.

[James Allan @JamesAll]

Be really honest about who your customers are, then be equally honest about who might understand them.

[adcontrarian @AdContrarian]

In light of the stupidity of WPP CEO Mark Read's recent remarks, I'm posting a talk I did last year. Excerpt: "People over 50 are creative enough to dominate the Nobels, Pulitzers, Oscars, & Emmys but not creative enough to write a fucking banner ad." https://t.co/8zPlanaiqb

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@cmogle 'Twas always thus. Car retailers generally pay sales people badly, train badly and have high churn of young inexperienced staff, incentivised to sell you stuff you don't really want. It destroys brand equity and costs manufacturers a fortune in lost sales and goodwill.

[cindygallop.eth @cindygallop]

When I tell agencies and brands they should be falling over themselves to hire older people (or, as I like to call us, 'experts') because our experience makes your business so much more creative, time- and cost-effective - THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. Hire @georget20 NOW! #LiveOlder

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@cindygallop @georget20 Anything that 'ushers in'...kill me now 😄

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@cindygallop @AdContrarian @adage Enjoyed and agreed with your article @cindygallop but @adage programmatic served up their '40 under 40' publicity plus a cure for varicose veins in Chinese before I finished it...I wish I was joking.

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@georget20 So much technology, so little help. Great article.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Hard to tell if I recorded this 30 years or 10 minutes ago...

[James Allan @JamesAll]

This is genuinely extraordinary and very moving.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

In 1944 Harry's friend Joseph died in his arms...
Now in 2020 Harry is meeting his son for the first time ❤
@timmuffett @normandymtrust

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

I love this new genre.

[James Allan @JamesAll]

I hope my MP @jakeberry can lend support to this early day motion to help small limited companies overlooked for Coronavirus financial support during lockdown. #2MillionReasonsWhy #forgottenLTD

[James Allan @JamesAll]

@OpenreachHelp I just want to shout out one of your engineers (Douglas) who fixed my elderly parent's fibre broadband connection in Bexhill today. He was helpful, polite and above all sorted the problem so we can video call again. A big thank you.

[James Allan @JamesAll]

Extraordinary but I'm not surprised.

[Dr Phillip Lee @DrPhillipLee]

We could have been ready for #COVID19. That’s what makes me so angry about this Government’s mishandling of this pandemic....1/

[James Allan @JamesAll]

The Anti CEO. Inspiring and brilliant presentation from the man who founded Chobani in a forgotten corner of the USA and reinvigorated an entire community. #inspiration #hamdiulukaya #employees #culture

Watch Hamdi Ulukaya's first TED Talk here: https://t.co/KRQSBaGFse

[James Allan @JamesAll]

This feels very pertinent right now. Humans (sometimes known as consumers...) haven’t changed much so old school brand planning skills are more valuable than ever. https://t.co/SrL8gTTTND

[James Allan @JamesAll]

If you run a consumer brand with national scale and reach, basically, this.

[Shane O Leary @shaneoleary1]

So this week @adidas' Global Media Director Simon Peel had some really interesting, important stuff to say about marketing effectiveness & media planning in @MarketingWeekEd.

https://t.co/KTjWHqaXEz

Here's a quick thread pulling apart the most important takeaways:

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