Tonight’s The Night.

Well, it’s come around a lot quicker than we expected, but Outlook Calendar doesn’t lie; the Big Chip awards ceremony is tonight.  We’ll be heading to the Palace Hotel in Manchester for the awards this evening, and we’ll be in good company; some of the best agencies and freelancers in the northwest will be there as well.

Big Chips Shortlist 2010

We’re really excited about it, and not just because it promises to be a bit of a party. The 2010 Big Chip awards are the first awards that we’ve ever entered, and to make it on to the shortlist is pretty good going. At Moo we’ve just begun a very exciting stage in our growth as a company, and we’re looking at our shortlisting for Big Chip 2010 as a sign that we’re heading in the right direction.

There’s already a lot of chat happening on Twitter about the Big Chips; people are using the tag #BigChip2010. It’s more than likely that the tweeting is going to go on all night, so have a look if you want to find out the results as they’re announced, or read tipsy nonsense as the night progresses.

We’ll post another blog tomorrow to let you know what happened – fingers crossed! – but until then we’ve got some work to do. Good luck again to everyone else who made the shortlist. We’ll see you at the Palace.

June 10th, 2010 - No Comments »
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MADLAB BLAB BLOG

Northern Digitals’ BLAB event at Madlab last night was pretty special. As well as an opportunity to meet a fair few like-minded digital people, it provided a chance to see a couple of presentations from some remarkable digital creatives.

Andrew Brooks talked us through some of his insanely detailed photographs, and generally dazzled/inspired everyone with his skills and the results of the hours he puts in to each piece. It was interesting to hear from someone who is straddling the worlds of both commercial projects and artistic commissions. We can safely say that pretty much everyone in the room was stunned by the attention to detail in his hyper-real digital art. Wonder how many office and studio walls around Manchester will be featuring one of his prints sometime soon?

After a brief break, during which everyone flooded out into the street for some fresh air (Madlab is a cool place but it was very busy, which meant that it was very warm) the second speakers of the evening took over. Hellicar & Lewis took us through their background, their impressive achievements so far, their ethos in general – including some big statements about selling software – and what’s on the horizon for them.

It was a great event, and the hot weather (and much appreciated refreshments supplied by the event sponsors) provided a rare opportunity for some “continental-style” outdoor networking. Keep an eye on the Northern Digitals site for more info about the next one; we’ll see you there.

June 4th, 2010 - No Comments »
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A Night At The Theatre.

The team ventured out of Moo HQ last night for a spot of socialising. As part of the Future Everything festival that’s currently taking place in Manchester, this month’s (in)famous Northern Digitals meet-up had switched location to Oxford Road’s Contact Theatre. We’d been meaning to attend a Northern Digitals meet for ages, and once we got there we saw what all the fuss was about. Contact was packed out, and especially crowded around the bar, as you’d expect from a digital industry event. We are a thirsty lot, aren’t we?

We spent a lot of time with the Fudge gang, mostly discussing robots, occasionally touching on the morals of training a monkey to clean your flat, and once or twice actually talking about work. It was also grand to get a chance to talk to Jake Smith. A director at JP74, he was doing a good job of convincing our very own Duncan Green to have a bash at some skateboarding. Sounds like trouble.

As with all events of this nature, the variety of the people who attended was an excellent reminder of how diverse and vibrant the online creative / marketing industry is, especially around Manchester. Schedule permitting we’ll be at the next Northern Digitals meet, and should be attending a few more of the Future Everything events as well.  Come and say Hi to us if you happen to be at any of the same events; keep an eye on our twitter (@moomarketing) to see what we’ll be attending and when.

May 14th, 2010 - No Comments »
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Everyone’s A Winner.

The Manchester Mosquitoes’ first game of the season (and their first game since signing their sponsorship deal with Moo Marketing) went very well indeed. They won a convincing victory in their first game, beating the Sheffield team 15-16-106 to 1-8-14: the Aussie rules scoring system is pretty complex!

The Manchester Mosquitoes with banner

The Mozzies also played a social game against Wolverhampton Wolves. And a very social day it was for all involved; there was a good turn-out, and everyone enjoyed Burnage Rugby Club’s excellent facilities. For the players and those of us who weren’t running around like lunatics on the pitch, there was a BBQ and a post-match Raffle to enjoy. Oh, and a well stocked bar…

Aussie rules is an excellent spectator sport, and the Mozzies made us very welcome. We’re hoping that their winning streak carries on, and we’re definitely looking forward to their next match.

The Mosquitoes’ next home game is on the 12th of June – two days after the Big Chip awards – and we’d like to extend an invitation to anyone who fancies watching some full contact sport and having a (hopefully not full contact) chat. For those who’ll be attending the Big Chip awards, there should be enough time to recover between events.

We’ll be posting blogs and tweeting (tweets will be tagged #ManchesterMozzies) with more information about the next Manchester Mosquitoes game closer to the date. Until then, another big congratulations to the Mozzies, and a big thank-you to everyone who was there on the day.

May 10th, 2010 - No Comments »
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Big News About Big Chip.

Moo Marketing are very pleased – and very proud – to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for this year’s Big Chip Digital Industry awards.

The Big Chip awards have been recognising the best of the digital industry in the North-West for over a decade, and received a record amount of entries this year. We’re shortlisted in the “Best Freelancer/ Micro Enterprise” category, one of the 15 categories shortlisted by Big Chip’s expert judging panel and announced today on the Big Chip 2010 website.

The Big Chip awards are always competitive and always focussed on recognising and rewarding the best of the best in our industry. That’s why they’re such prestigious awards, and why we’re so happy to have been shortlisted. Although it does mean that we’re up against some pretty stiff competition…

Big Chip Awards

PS: Congratulations to all of the other agencies and freelancers who made the shortlist. Feels pretty good, doesn’t it?

April 22nd, 2010 - 1 Comment »
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