Ramblings
Articles and Blogs from the Finnick Creative Team
Instagram & Mental Health
Is Instagram affecting your mental health? Social media has never been more prevalent in modern day society; they have revolutionised the way people connect, speak and behave. Through their stratospheric rise into society, there has been a growing need to...
Keeping your data safe on Faceboook
How to protect your data on Facebook News broke a couple of days ago that Facebook data from 50 million users wound up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica who seemingly collected private information from over 50 million Facebook profiles, using Facebook's...
What to expect from Facebook’s new algorithm
What to expect from Facebook's new algorithm “One of our big focus areas for 2018 is making sure the time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent”. This was the opening quotation from Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg when taking took to his personal profile to...
Case Study: Park Farm
The Client Park Farm is a fabulous country home, nestled peacefully in the beautiful rolling countryside on the edge of the famous Cotswold market town of Stow-on-the-Wold. Park Farm offers an ideal break for friends and family to make the perfect retreat from...
Everything you need to know about LinkedIn
I know what you’re thinking… not ANOTHER social media platform I need to get to grips with! However, if used correctly LinkedIn is an extremely simple and useful tool for businesses – sometimes even more so than any other social media channel. This blog explains...
Keighley Racing Ltd & Finnick Creative Case Study
The Client Martin Keighley is a National Hunt Horse Racing Trainer based in Condicote, in the heart of the Cotswolds; a stable that is proud to have trained over 200 winners to date, of which over 17 were at Cheltenham, the home of jumps racing. Assisted by his...
Emoji Dictionary
Emojis – What are they? Why do we use them? How are they useful? Emojis (or ‘Smileys’) are ideograms used in electronic messages and websites. The term ‘Emoji’ originated from Japan in 1999, when a picture character was produced as a form of communication by Shigetaka...
Graphic Design Dictionary
The language used when discussing Graphic Design can be confusing to say the least! If you’re professionally trained you will already have a sound understanding of the lingo used by graphic-designers, but if you’re self-taught it can get a bit overwhelming! Allow us...
Promoting your Social Media Profiles
5 Tips to Promote your Social Media Profiles Finnick Creative is a team of specialists who live and breathe social media. The impact social media marketing has on an organisation's success is becoming more and more significant. We make sure your content and social...
Social Media Trends 2017
Social Media Trends 2017 What is going to happen to Social Media in 2017 I hear you ask? Well, here are 3 social media trends that are being predicted for 2017. Larger platforms are getting rid of the ‘social’ Facebook holds around 1.8 billion monthly users and since...
Instagram Bookmarks
You’ve probably noticed that there’s something a little different about Instagram recently! A pesky but delightful new button has appeared for us to use and abuse to our hearts content. We’re pretty excited about this new feature as we’ve been yearning over having a...
Is this the Golden Age of Christmas Advertising?
Are you feeling Christmassy yet? No? After reading this blog you most certainly will. We are currently in the interim of getting seriously Christmassy. I'm a Celebrity is slowly filtering in the Christmas adverts, The X-factor is dropping contestants worryingly fast...
How to survive ‘Black Friday’
It's that time of year again... the Black Friday sales are looming. Are you beginning to get into a nervous sweat about it? Well don't worry! We've come up with some top tips for your survival! What is Black Friday? Well... it is know for being the day when retailers...
Cheltenham Town Ladies Football Club Visit Finnick Creative!
Last Friday (11th) we had a delightful visit from a couple of players from Cheltenham Town Ladies FC! Captain Jen Brown-Wealls, midfielder Louise Fensome and their Manager Graham Fletcher. They had the prestigious tour of Typecraft and Finnick Creative HQ where they...
Twitter Moments
What are Twitter Moments? According to a tweet from the company’s official handle, creators everywhere can now tell stories with tweets. Moments are curated stories showing the best of what’s happening on twitter. It enables users to stitch together multiple tweets...
The Effect of Social Media on the US 2016 Presidential Elections
Whether you are in favour of Hillary Clinton’s “Stronger Together” campaign, or Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement, there is a good chance you have tuned to social media to learn more about this year’s Presidential elections. Throughout this 2016...
How To Improve Your Instagram Photos
Amazingly there are around 60 million new photos uploaded to Instagram every day! Since the release of Instagram in 2010 the purpose of the app has remained relatively constant but the users themselves have become far more sophisticated. There is nothing more we love...
Top Tips for Instagram
Top Eight Tips for Instagram Business With Instagram releasing Instagram business pages recently companies have been flocking in the masses to the platform. To help you get noticed we’ve created our ‘Top Eight Tips’… Optimize Your Profile – complete your profile with...
Ten Tips For Twitter
Twitter is a great way to connect with new people, keep in touch with people you know, find out the latest news and get your message out there! Here are our top ten tips for Twitter… Profile Picture – this needs to be striking and simple! Using block colours behind...
Snapchat News
Snapchat has a new name! Snapchat has recently announced some pretty exciting changes! Not only have they changed the name to ‘Snap Inc’ but they’ve also revealed that they are venturing from software into hardware! Now that ‘Snapchat Spectacles’ have been confirmed...