{"id":3642,"date":"2017-01-09T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?page_id=3642"},"modified":"2017-05-11T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:43:09","slug":"blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/marketing-data-versus-information-my-challenge-to-you\/\"><b>Marketing Data versus Information: My Challenge to You.<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/9\/2017)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This Marketer's Looking For Answers. Can You Help? (This post was first published on Linked in, February 2016) As a marketer, I've spent countless hours wrestling with Data to provide my stakeholders with Information. It's a challenge that will never go away, for anyone who works in a role where things are routinely measured. Can&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/love-story\/\"><b>A Love Story, in need of a name&#8230;<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(10\/18\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I woke from a very intense dream this morning. This post is my attempt to capture this dream before it becomes a poor memory. It felt like a strong Act 1 Scene 1 from a movie or a novel to me, so I wanted to commit it to digital paper just in case I come&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/cleaning-your-lay-z-spa-filter-whilst-saving-95\/\"><b>Cleaning Your Lay-Z-Spa Filter Whilst Saving \u00a395<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(9\/5\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">So You've Got A Hot Tub... Well done! Aren't they great? We love ours, it's a Lay Z Spa Monaco. I'm told that all the filers look the same, whichever model you have. Like most people, we did a lot of reading about how to maintain the water quality to keep our family and friends&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/small-goals-small-achievements-happy-days\/\"><b>Small Goals, Small Achievements, Happy Days<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(12\/23\/2015)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Serendipity Feeds Enthusiasm Recently, two linked pieces of good fortune resulted in me achieving a goal I hadn't realised I'd had: to have one of my musical heroes welcome a PhillConnellPhotos print into his life. I'm going to tell you the story. If you're looking for instant gratification or 'YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT'&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/suffering-from-overwhelm-no-just-bad-english\/\"><b>Suffering from Overwhelm? No, just bad English.<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(3\/17\/2015)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Suffering from Overwhelm? Aaaargh! I'm overwhelmed with terrible written English and it's all the internet's fault. The greatest democratic vehicle in the history of historical things has enabled language to be messed up. I'm all in favour of misappropriating the written word for comedic effect. Puns and other plays on words are funny: fact. However,&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/hoodie-season-is-upon-us\/\"><b>Hoodie Season Is Upon Us<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(10\/14\/2014)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Time To Buy Those Winter Warmers I was sat at my desk in work today, considering how it was just that little bit too cold to have not brought a cardigan in. Searching through my 'top drawer of mystery' for a Cup-A-Soup to bring my core temperature back up to a normal level, I remembered&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-a-thought-about-photography\/\"><b>Just A Thought About Photography<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/1\/2014)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I saw this and liked it. The nice people at Snapknot actually asked me to post it, so that's exactly what I'm doing. Courtesy of: SnapKnot If you've never seen Steve McCurry's photos, you've missed out. Have a look at his site. Tell him Phill sent you. \ud83d\ude42 <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/youve-got-another-life-to-live\/\"><b>You&#8217;ve Got Another Life To Live<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(5\/22\/2014)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Somebody very close to me said something amazing over the weekend. It went a little bit like this: \"So, you're about 40 now. So you have ANOTHER LIFE to live now before you die\". Think about that for a minute. If you're fortyish now, you should have another life to live before you die. Let's&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-a-photo-filter-stuck-on-your-lens\/\"><b>How to remove a photo filter when it&#8217;s stuck on your lens<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(1\/31\/2014)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Oh NO! I Can't Get The Polarising Filter Off My Lens! I know I'm not the only person this has happened to. I felt a bit of a fool when I realised I couldn't unscrew my fairly expensive filter from my (much more expensive) lens recently. Looking into the problem I discovered that lots of&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\">...<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/photo-club-competition-entries\/\"><b>Club Competition Entries &#8211; 2014 POTY<\/b><\/a> <span class=\"date\">(1\/27\/2014)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Isn't a POTY something a baby poos in? No. It's the Photographer Of The Year competition. This will be the first one I've ever entered. The competition, run by my local Geek Club, is run over 4 quarterly sessions and I need to submit my first batch of 5 photos this week. 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A Marketing Manager in blue chip organisations for over 25 years, Phill is highly skilled, specialising in campaigns and content to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Phill Connell Profile","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0840-Profile.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1391,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/blog-articles\/","url_meta":{"origin":3642,"position":3},"title":"Blog","date":"16 January 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"Phill Connell B2B Marketing Solutions","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF5154-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3637,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":3642,"position":4},"title":"B2B Services","date":"9 January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Marketing Training - photo: The Gherkin by Phill Connell Photos","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF5148.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4035,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/contact-us\/thank-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":3642,"position":5},"title":"Thank You","date":"20 February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for your enquiry. 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