Category Archives: Alex’s Thoughts

Using Posterous for testimonials

Here at Indigo, the customer services team are often delighted to get testimonials and thank you messages from happy clients via email. The challenge was how could we quickly publish the testimonial to our website, twitter (@indigo) and Facebook (Indigo FB page)? Also, how could the customer services team member do this themself without asking [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing all our friends, clients and suppliers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are back at work on 2nd Jan 2009.

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Max from Healthcare Europa…

…joins us Indigo office, working alongside Roland in the copy and design department. He also runs a company called Healthcare Europa: Healthcare Europa follows the deals, maps the markets and identifies the opportunities thrown up by reform, technology and consumer demand. We welcome him and are delighted with all the new faces pitching in at [...]

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Beijing Olympics 2008

Annie Vernon, Indigo’s second client, and one time blog contributor, happens to be rowing for the Great Britain team in the upcoming Olympic games in the Women’s Quadruple Sculls. Her crew enter the tournament as reigning World Champions and everyone is hoping they can bring home gold. Indigo Clothing made up this embroidered logo, featuring [...]

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Brand Evangelist

10 brands I am currently evangelising: Indigo Clothing (Our Promotional Clothing Company – UK) Zagat (Food Guide -USA) Weber (Barbecue Manufacturer – USA) Zara (Clothing Retailer – ESP) WeLoveLocal (Local Directory Website – UK) Chateau de Sours (Wine – FRA) Nikon (Camera Manufacturer – JAP) Flickr (Photo Sharing Website – USA) TravelZoo (Travel Deals – [...]

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£50 Google Adwords Vouchers

I have 9 lots of £50 Google Adwords vouchers available (you must not be an existing AdWords advertiser). If you want one to help market your t-shirt business please drop me a comment below. First come, first serve, etc.

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Getting the point of twitter

Starting to get the point of twitter – some good stuff from those I’m following: CNN Headlines printed on t-shirts on-demand [via tCritic/twitter: karllong] London bike shop Velorution have Bagaboo messenger bags (photos on Flickr) – designed by messengers, very tough, great colours, in stock from £100 [via Velorution/twitter: _velorution] Also, via traditional email this [...]

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Apparently white people like vintage t-shirts

To carry on the vintage t-shirt theme (see last post about 1976 t-shirt from ISO50) I came across a controversial site the other day called “Stuff White People Like” (SWPL). It has been getting an extraordinary amount of media coverage in the US and it seems the reaction it has generated has been pretty heated [...]

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Hong Kong Tailor

A trip to the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament left me reflecting on the state of my wardrobe. Despite being involved in the t-shirt printing industry, it does not mean I come into work every day sporting a Gildan Ultra T-Shirt or whatever is lying around the samples cupboard (though I do confess I am [...]

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Luxury Redefined

There is a group of people out there who share the collective aim of developing the ‘perfect t-shirt‘. They have now developed a great looking website (luxuryredefined.co.uk) and, being t-shirt related, it sits in my bookmarks in the t-shirt websites category (it is a BIG category!). I do though find it’s presence there a slight [...]

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