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Brook Hill Cottage is nestled in the hamlet of Carlecotes, at the northern edge of the Peak District, where the counties of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire meet. The cottage is a perfect base for exploring the Peak District National Park and Yorkshire surroundings and has been furnished and equipped to make you feel at home from the moment you walk through the door. This 4 bedroom, semi-detached house is available all year around for self-catering holiday lets.
The house was completely renovated in 2013 and now offers bright, modern accommodation, whilst remaining sympathetic with the local architecture. Heating and hot water are provided by biomass boiler which is also supplemented with by solar heated water. In addition, there is a log burning stove in the living room to ensure the cosiest of evenings. All utilities, fuel for the boiler and linen are included in the price of your stay (a spare set of linen is provided and there is a washing machine, tumble drier, ironing board and iron with washing powder provided, should you wish to change sheets and towels during your stay). We will also provide 2 baskets of logs for the burner and information as to where you can buy wood more locally, if needed.
Downstairs the layout is bright and open plan, with natural light flooding in from French windows and skylights. Glass sliding doors allow the living room to be separated off if required, without blocking out any light. The kitchen is fitted with the usual all mod cons, including dishwasher, fridge, freezer, microwave, double oven and induction hob. It is also very well equipped with pots, pans, utensils, plastic storage boxes etc and a supply of cleaning products and dishwasher tablets. The dining area provides plenty of space for 8 people to sit down for a meal.
There are 4 bedrooms at Brook Hill Cottage sleeping 4-8 people (+ one baby). The master bedroom has a king-size double bed, en suite shower-room and ample space for a travel cot if required. 2 further double bedrooms and one twin room share use of a family bathroom with shower over a bath. Both bathrooms have under-floor heating and heated towel rails.
A utility room leading off the dining area provides additional fridge and freezer space, washing machine, tumble drier, ironing board, iron, clothes airer and plenty of space for drying or storing walking and/or sports kit. There is also a downstairs loo and a secure garage with flat access through to the back garden, big enough for a car and several bikes or other sports equipment. 2 to 3 cars can be parked on the gravel drive at the front. The back garden has a small area of lawn and a gravelled area with outdoor table and chairs, BBQ and space for petanque.
Pets - we welcome well-behaved pets but ask, for the comfort of future guests, that these are please kept on the ground floor, off the furniture and not left in the house by themselves.
The renovation of the house has been undertaken whilst being mindful of the environmental impact, both in terms of climate change and using a design that is in-keeping with the rest of the village. Many of the building materials have been salvaged and recycled from other outbuildings that were taken down as part of the renovation or from the farm next door.
Situated close to the major routes between Sheffield, Manchester and Leeds, all three cities and surrounds are easily accessible by car. Local towns of Holmfirth and Penistone offer plenty of places to shop, eat and drink.
National Route 68 of the National Cycle Network is known as the Pennine Cycleway, West Yorkshire Cycle Route, Route 627 starts in Kirkburton and takes Shepley and Millhouse Green before connecting to the Trans Pennine Trail. There is also access to the Trans-Pennine Trail within 1 km of the Cottage which provides a safe environment for learner cyclists of all ages to practice their skills. There is also access to the Pennine Way at Torside reservoir, about 15km away. We have plentiful maps and local guidebooks which are available for guests to use.
Brook Hill Cottage is owned and managed by the Bailey family. Malcolm and Angela, both retired teachers, live in the village and can help with any queries you have during your stay. Their children, Sarah and Matthew, live in London and help with management of the cottage and bookings.
Brook Hill Cottage is true, family business. My parents, brother and I clubbed together to buy the property in 2011 when the previous owner moved away to be closer to his family.
My parents, both retired teachers, live in the hamlet and manage the property on a day-to-day basis.
My brother and I look after the marketing, finances and booking. We both live and work in London, but love our trips back up north to enjoy the fresh air, spectacular views and great local food and days out.
Sarah Bailey purchased this cottage in 2011
My Mum grew up in the area and we have a close affiliations with the village, having spent our holidays and weekends away there for as long as I can remember. Brook Hill Cottage came up for sale a few years ago, after the then owner, who had been in the house since 1954, sadly lost his wife and decided to move closer to his son.
At that time, house needed complete modernisation. We thought that, if we bought it, we could make sure that this was done in a way that way in-keeping with the character of the village. For the time being, we have decided to run it as a holiday let, so other people come and enjoy this wonderful part of the world that we all love.
Mum and Dad have now retired to the village and have overseen the complete modernisation and renovation of the house. They look after the property a day-to-day basis and are responsible for the warm welcome you will receive when you arrive.
The universal appeal of our cottage is its quiet location in a rural hamlet, with great views over green fields and plentiful farm and wildlife. We have had rabbits and hares in the garden, owls in the woods, a flock a sparrows that visit the bird feeders throughout the day, and regular spottings of lapwings, curlews, kestrels and twite. There are also some very fluffy chickens that occasionally pop over the wall from the house down the road for a peck around the garden.
As a family of keen cyclists and hikers, our initial intention was to create a holiday let that had great facilities for outdoor activities (laundry, drying area, hose down area and secure storage in the garage), but would offer a high quality, comfortable, real home from home in which you could get cosy and warm at the end of a day outside. But even if you are not into your sports, there is plenty to recommend Brook Hill Cottage for your stay, with original stone work walls, wood burner, comfy sofas, beds and bedding, underfloor heating in the bathrooms and dining area, views out over the fields and eco-heating system based on a biomass boiler and boosted by solar panels.
This is the perfect cottage for a relaxing weekend away. Generously kitted out with everything you could possibly need and beautifully refurbished, it's very homely with a great sized kitchen/dining area, lounge with log fire and very comfortable bedrooms. It didn't feel too big for just the two of us but would also be perfect for a bigger group, we could definitely imagine going again with a group of friends. The cottage is situated on a quiet road amongst fields and lovely scenery. We walked around Langsett Reservoir (the perfect walk for non-hikers like us!) but there's all kinds of more serious walking or biking you could do in the nearby area. Holmfirth is nearby for shops, cafés, restaurants etc if you want them, it's certainly worth a wander round. All in all, we highly recommend it, and will be going back ourselves one way another!
Absolutely beautiful. Home from home. Would highly recommend.
Brook Hill Cottage is a real gem - furnished to a high standard and very well equipped - you have thought of everything! The cottage exceeded our expectations and thanks to Malcolm and Angela for advice and warm welcome. A lovely area to explore - hopefully in the sunshine next time!
Seven of us celebrated my wife's birthday here; everyone loved the house. I can only reiterate the previous highly positive reviews. There was absolutely nothing to find fault with except the weather and I'm guessing the Bailey family weren't all that involved in arranging that. We had two visits to the sculpture park and two meals at the big pub around the corner. Altogether a really good and comfortable stay. Really excellent, thanks.
The cottage was great, spacious, super clean and everything worked well - including super comfy beds, good plumbing (not always easy to find) and Sarah even arrange beautiful sunny days for us the entire visit. Cottage easily fit one night with 7 guests and no one felt cramped. Kitchen was well stocked and we enjoyed communal meals at the wooden table. House had lots of local maps and info so we hade everything we needed for a great visit. Easy access to lots of walking and sightseeing - the Yorkshire Sculpture park was a terrific surprise and not to be missed.
We were very fortunate to be able to secure Brook Hill Cottage for our Kiwi group of 4 couples the week which overlapped when the Tour De France was literally on our Carlecotes doorstep. We found this property meet all our needs and some, exceeding all expectations. The website depicts brilliantly all that is on offer and we would have no hesitation in recommending this place of stay to others. This cottage offered everything and lacked for nothing; it had all the home comforts, was clean, spacious and was a true breath of fresh air from the outside to in. The owners of this property went the extra mile to accommodate our group and we very much appreciated all that they did for us. Thanks once again and to others who are fortunate enough to be able to stay here, you will enjoy all that this region and cottage offers.
We just spent the last 3 weeks in this fabulous cottage...we were really sad to leave..it was like a 2nd home, complete with all the amenities you need and the comforts of home. The views from the front and back of the house were lovely. It was great location being on the edge of the Pennines and conveniently midway between Huddersfield and Sheffield. Overall we had a splendid family holiday and would highly recommend the cottage to anyone wishing to stay in this area.
Yorkshire has been voted by Lonely Planet as one of the top three places to visit in the world! There are loads of ideas of things to do on:
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Outdoor activities
Located on the northern edge of the Peak District and grouse moors as far as the eye can see, the cottage is a great base for outdoor activities such as on- and off-road cycling, hiking, golf, climbing, fell running and sailing.
Art lovers
http://www.ysp.co.uk/ - the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/ - the Hepworth Wakefield gallery
https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-galleries/information-about-museums-and-galleries - the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-galleries/information-about-museums-and-galleries - Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens
Nature lovers
http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ - Peak District National Park
http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/collections/yorkshire_northeast.aspx - RSPB reserves at Fairburn Ings and Dearne Valley
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Mid Spring 2015
22 Feb 2015 - 28 Mar 2015
3 night minimum stay
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Easter 2015
29 Mar 2015 - 11 Apr 2015
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Early Summer 2015
12 Apr 2015 - 23 May 2015
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24 May 2015 - 30 May 2015
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31 May 2015 - 18 Jul 2015
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High Summer 2015
19 Jul 2015 - 5 Sep 2015
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Early Autumn 2015
6 Sep 2015 - 17 Oct 2015
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October 2015
18 Oct 2015 - 31 Oct 2015
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Late Autumn 2015
1 Nov 2015 - 19 Dec 2015
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Christmas 2015
20 Dec 2015 - 2 Jan 2016
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Prices for short breaks calculated using a nightly rate of 1/7 x weekly rate, with a minimum 3 night stay (except for Christmas/ New Year weeks when there is a minimum 1 week stay).
Additional nights after first week will have a 20% discount applied.
Well-behaved pets accepted by special arrangement, including additional damage deposit and small additional charge. Please enquire when booking.
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But DOD's directive applies to entities under U.S. government authority. In certain cases, including counter-IED operations in combat zones, some information comes from other sources, such as civilian bystanders posting observations on social media, or foreign governments that are not mission partners – parties not subject to U.S. regulations.
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Montgomery, AL – Insurance executive John Goff is trying to keep state Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell from hearing a complaint against him. He filed paperwork asking Bell to step aside and let someone else hear the case. Goff says Bell and other members of his department are key witnesses in an administrative complaint filed last month against the Montgomery-based Goff Group. The complaint accuses the firm of collecting more than 800-thousand-dollars in premiums from Alabama customers and agents in 2002 -- and NOT passing along the money to companies that were actually writing the insurance. Goff says he and his company have done nothing wrong. An Insurance Department spokesman says Bell is reviewing Goff's request.


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Good, some usability problems Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Quite good extension, gives a functionality that firebug should already have implemented: autocompletion in the larger command line editor (as they did in the smaller one). But has many usability flaws.
@thomas: it's a problem with firebug 1.6, recently released. While the developer fixes it, you can download the xpi, unzip it, edit "install.rdf" and replace "1.6X.*" with "1.6.*" or "1.7X.*", then rezip and (re)install the extension. I think IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO TWO MORE CHANGES while you are at it: edit "chrome/skin/classic/style/overlay.css" and "chrome/content/style.js", replacing "background-color: -moz-menuhover !important;" with "background-color: highlight !important;", and "color: -moz-menuhovertext !important;" with nothing (which I recommend) or with "color: highlighttext !important;". That way you could solve one of the UI problems: the selected and hovered items have a background extremely clear.


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Cooking and Pairing?
See what happens when you start a new job. You start slipping and missing things.
Yeah, one day...bam!
Just after that beer can collecting thing. (I can't keep away)
What is pairing?
EDIT : Oh, the drink that goes with the food. 0942am here - coffees lagging behind dodgy brain cells...
I thought TxBrew was starting a dating service with recipe suggestions.
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Mobile Fix – March 27
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Video evolves
Almost exactly 10 years after the launch of YouTube we have probably seen the next step in the evolution of video ; live ephemeral video from Meerkat
In the 10 days since I signed up after seeing it on Product Hunt, the vast majority of my notifications have been from Meerkat – both as many of the people I follow on Twitter sign up and others go 'live now'. Much of the content is peoples first attempts and not that interesting, but we are starting to see some interesting use cases. For example smart VC @cape has been using it to talk with some of their start ups. There were a couple of people streaming the Watch launch and news channel CNBC have used it for some news coverage
To get an idea of how people are using it this early piece is good but probably the best take so far is from VC Mark Suster who really understands video. But Variety already suggest it is losing its cool .
And Twitter have just acquired Periscope which sounds pretty similar – and being able to leverage the Twitter ecology is obviously going to be crucial. This description of Periscope talks up the possibilities.
Whichever service wins out, the genie is out of the bottle. Take just one obvious use case – football. The Premier league have been trying to get Vines of goals taken down but I see Leeds goals on Facebook Twitter etc all the time; imagine someone filming the whole game on Meerkat. Or Periscope.
The user experience isn't currently great but this is a new format and it is going to disrupt a lot of things.
A new model for creating and consuming video is emerging and Peter Chernin (formerly Rupert Murdochs right hand man) believes we are heading for the golden age of video.
It's just not clear where advertising fits.
That Watch
The other big story this week was the Apple Watch. But we actually didn't learn very much we didn't know before. No information on the tech, vague hints about battery life and we don't even know the dimensions – it looks like quite a deep piece of equipment.
Probably the best commentator on Apple is Neil Cybart and his take on the launch is worth reading. The markets weren't impressed and neither is the fashion industry.
Our view is that the launch will do pretty well as there are plenty of people who love Apple and will want to be seen with the device asap. We will only really know about the long term success when these people start showing their watches off to their friends. Word of mouth from passionate iPhone users drove that success. Will the same thing work for the watch? For that to happen the battery life needs to be good and the apps need to convince. Time will tell.
They still make laptops?
The surprise at the event was the launch of the new Macbook which got quite mixed reviews, with many thinking the current Air and Pro are better. With great timing Google launched their new Chromebooks – which are getting great reviews.
We have long argued that – at some point – Apple gets the Levis 501 problem. Yes they are great jeans but when everyone else has them, it's time to find an alternative. Look around any artisan coffee shop in London, Lisbon, LA or Leeds and everyone has a Macbook. How long before having a Chromebook or the Experia Z4 is the cool choice? And what does that do to the Apple ecology?
If you are in London you can play with the new Chromebooks (and the very impressive Nexus 6) at Googles first ever retail store. It's not quite the Brand Cathedral that Apple typically does – being a part of the Currys store on Tottneham Court Road –but it is worth a visit.
Audio – next big thing?
One thing we can be sure the Watch will do is popularize voice commands. There is a whole Dick Tracy thing about talking into your watch and Siri (and Google) has taught us how to do this. Google research shows that teens love voice search and we expect the rest of us will catch up.
There is a likely new dimension though – text to voice. If I get an alert on my watch about a new email, why do I have to try and read it on my watch or get out my phone? Why can't it be read to me – hopefully, for everyone elses sake - through my Bluetooth head set?
If you hack around with the iPhone accessibility settings you can get anything read out but you have to redo it for each web page or email. But we find using it with Kindle works quite well. Expect to see a lot of innovation around this in the next few months And, sorry -yes, we did predict this in our futurology piece back in 2001
Quick Reads
The Apple app store was down for 12 hours– is that enough to impact on Facebook and Yahoo next quarter figures?
We are fascinated by the similarities – and differences – between GAFA and their Galapogos equivalents BAT (Baidu, Alibaba & Tencent). An interesting move sees Amazon open a store on the Alibaba owned Tmall to try and build their business in China. And Alibaba have invested $200m in Snapchat – at a valuation of $15bn. Which raises the intriguing question; what are Snapchat spending all this money on?
They are also doing quite well on advertising – in their new Discover section Snapchat is getting $100cpm with no targeting and no clickthrough.
Depressingly, over half of UK media agencies regularly leave mobile off their plans! This article looks at some of the excuses.
The tension between many clients and their agencies over remuneration erupts again, with GroupM denying allegations they profit from rebates. One of the media industries best informed bloggers gives his perspective. This distrust is likely to get worse as brands begin to understand the significance of their data and worry about who they share it with.
A look at where Buzzfeed find all those cat videos
This is a good look at the threat from GAFA for banking – from the head of Spains top bank BBVA. And this is how BBVA is embracing digital. Plus some smart advice on how banks should be thinking about payments and how they should be experimenting.
Facebook are helping brands deliver their messaging by letting them target formats by device type. So on a smartphone with a good connection the video shows and those on a poor connection or a low end device get still images. This is the first green shoots of ads that are optimized to their audience – as Kelloggs say "30% is the media; 70% is the creative, as far as I'm concerned,"
And they are sharing their treasure trove of insights with their advertisers in their new Topic Data
This is an excellent piece on the need for creative to evolve to take advantage of the programmatic opportunity. And this piece on the age of context – by an ex Google and Facebook exec turned VC – details the opportunity. Follow @Route55 for more news on our progress in this space.
Finally…This stuff might just work. BooHoo profits up by 27%. Could it be down to this?
Mobile now represents almost half of all traffic and daily unique visitors to its website, which markets and sells own-brand clothing and shoes to a core market of 16 to 24-year-olds. Mobile conversion improved by more than 40 per cent in the past quarter, it said.
Everyone in your sector knows how to use TV and old media. They have sorted their distribution and pricing, just as you have. But the chances are, they are pretty poor at mobile and social.
So if you do mobile really really well you can get real competitive advantage. What are we waiting for?
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Mobile Fix – February 20 – Money, Location, Apple Watch & Car & much more
Mobile & Money
Currently there are two fairly distinct centres of gravity in mobile money. One is here in the west where incumbents are looking to use mobile to reduce costs. The other is in emerging markets where people see the potential to transform peoples live through better access to financial tools.
These two will collide before too long – with incumbents disrupted by allowing new players to offer better tools and products.
MPesa as now widely accepted as a huge success story – inspiring services like PingIT in the UK. Now Bill Gates is talking about the potential to transform more lives;
"In the next 15 years, digital banking will give the poor more control over their assets and help them transform their lives. By 2030, 2 billion people who don't have a bank account today will be storing money and making payments with their phones. And by then, mobile money providers will be offering the full range of financial services, from interest-bearing savings accounts to credit to insurance."
But if you spend any time looking at what Western banks are doing, it's fairly unimpressive. Essentially the core element of banking technology hasn't changed in generations; the written ledger was translated into the paper bank statement listing transactions in date order. Online banking took that statement and made it scrollable and with mobile they have just made it a bit smaller. The smart people at Adaptive have been looking at this space and have a very interesting report looking at how the big bank apps fare – and how they could be easily improved.
The tsunami of money invested in Fintech hopes to disrupt these firms and we will see lots of activity in this space. Spain is shaping up as an early mover with lots of innovation – both from existing banks and startups. And the impact of Apple Pay is yet to be seen – but early indicators suggest it is going to be successful. This MIT piece is very positive;
None of the individual technologies is novel, but Apple turned them into a service that is demonstrably easier than any other.
Samsung have stepped into this space with the purchase of LoopPay – where retailers don't need to change their existing POS systems so potentially this will work in more places than Pay. Both Apple and Samsung see that having your mobile wallet on your smartphone is a potential Anchor – keeping you buying the same make of device.
We can't talk about mobile and money without mentioning Bitcoin. This video from the FT is a good simple explanation of a terribly complicated space. And Dave Birch, one of the smartest thinkers on mobile money, talks about how Blockchain may be more interesting than Bitcoin. Let's not forget that really smart people see Bitcoin as (potentially) having more impact than the Internet.
Apple Watch
We are now just weeks away from the Apple watch going on sale and the hype is building. A very long (but fascinating) article on Jonathan Ives manages to capture the spirit of Apples designers and gets over their obsession for delighting users. And it makes you really want the watch.
Lots of brands we talk with are thinking about what to do with Watch. It's clear that the potential for notifications is huge – but making them useful – even valuable – rather than annoying, is the challenge. Some great thinking in this piece, that digs into the Apple guidance for Interface. There is a big prize here to make the killer app for the Watch and it may well be someone unexpected who does break through.
The more tantalizing question is what apps will cause high engagement on the Watch by itself, with minimal iPhone app interaction? That's what a Watch-first killer app will look like.
Location, location ,location
An event we spoke at last year coined the notion that location is the cookie of mobile. At it's most simple we know people that use the broad location of the user to thwart ad fraud. And at the bespoke end, clever people are identifying real football fans by their presence at the Emirates, Elland Road and even Old Trafford at certain times. Using location history or in real time can be a significant aid to targeting.
The intersection of location and local has huge potential too, as Facebook recognise with their hyper local ads targeting people within 1 mile of a store and their new Place Tips.
Fix friend Russell Buckley digs deeper in this piece on hyper local. And banks are starting to use location to reduce fraud - and remove a major irritation to regular travellers. Rather than declining a transaction because it's in a foreign country, the banks will now use location data from the phone to see if that is also in the same country. We pitched this concept to a number of banks 5 years ago, with a business case around the fact a traveller will choose to use a card where the change of a decline is reduced. I think we were a little too early.
The other hot spot in location is beacons and we are seeing more experimentation. A trial with a Swedish newspaper and Unilever shows how they can be used them to gather data to drive retargeting.
The potential for connecting mobile with the real world is enormous - this report speculates it could influence $40bn in US retail sales next year. The friction is the tech back up needed to scale beacons in a robust way. There is a lot of smoke and mirrors in this space. One of the best startups in this space seem to have cracked this and their partnership with one of the worlds biggest retailers should be a great case study - when they can go public with it.
Apple Car
As we all now know, it looks like Apple want to play with cars. People in the automotive industry say it's not their best idea but experts in musicplayers, phones and the watch industry have told Apple the same in the past. The long New Yorker piece on Ives points out he used to drive a vintage DB4, so he gets cars and has taste.
This FT article points out that Google is partnering with firms like Bosch rather than Ford to develop their cars, as the proportion of a cars cost for electronics has doubled in the last 10 years – with the cost of the electronic parts in the average car now hitting 40% of the total car cost.
And Tesla have shown you can enter the car market and be disruptive. Some predict that Apple will buy Tesla to get traction. When you have Google driverless cars being tested, Uber changing the economics of owning a car, Daimler replicating Boris Bikes model for cars and electronic charging points sprouting all over London, the transport market is clearly in flux. Why couldn't Apple take it to the next level?
Quick reads
A look at what Facebook are doing with Artificial Intelligence and deep learning.
The New York Times know they need a distributed presence across digital and this is a good look at how they use Instagram
Apple do product placement at another level – a whole Modern Family episode filmed on iPhones and played out on Apple devices.
The question Facebook never answer is just how much of their revenue is app install advertising. Now a report says the total spend in the US will be nearly $5bn this year. It's hard to say how robust this figure is but we do know mobile agencies that are spending ten of millions of dollars on app install ads every month. As brands see the value of apps to their business they can justify significant spend on acquiring a new customer. We saw MyFitnessPal bought for a figure that represented around $5 a user, and King, Amazon and Google etc will know what they can afford to keep spending.
Route55 – Using Tech to make Creative better
Our interest in this space is constantly reinforced by new evidence that tech can add real value. A new Microsoft tool is better at recognizing images than people are. Ikea create 75% of their catalogues using CGI. Nike sent personalised videos to 100k users of their apps – and this approach could work as a programmatic buy. Facebook have a new ad format where brands can promote a range of their products by tailoring the ad to data on the viewer. (Our friends at HighStreet can already do a lot of this with Google Shopping ads etc )
New research from Celtra highlights how brands want to do more with programmatic but struggle with the current tools and the investment of time and money needed to make creative work harder.
We are working to solve this and we're looking for brands that want to collaborate with us. We are exploring how we unlock the value of creative optimised against the data signals that programmatic throws off. Keep in touch with this project by following @Route55
Finally …. At Chinese New Year it's a tradition to give friends and family a red envelope containing cash. As you might expect this behaviour has migrated to mobile and last year around 20 million envelopes were sent on WeChat.
This year over 1 billion envelopes were sent. This huge growth was partly driven by a Chinese TV show which invited users to shake their WeChat app at certain points in the show, to have a chance to win a share of $80million donated by corporate sponsors. This show generated 11 billion shakes – at one point over 800million per minute.
The sheer scale of China is amazing but the thing for Fix readers to think about is that the power of combining TV and mobile has yet to be unlocked in the west. Imagine if ITV and Shazam combined to do this sort of thing?. Or the BBC and Facebook? Or what if a brand comes up with a truly compelling reason to interact with their TV commercial.
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Mobile Fix – January 9
Happy New Year
It's 2015 and the world has changed. Flurry tells us app usage grew by 76% in 2014. Variety point to 3 key deals from last year with the potential to transform the entertainment industry. Video views on Facebook grew by 75%. Messaging is huge and WhatsApp has 700m monthly users. And the Washington Post points out that tech disruption is only really getting started.
Everything is Mobile. Everything is Social. Anything is possible.
And smart brands have never had a better opportunity to profit from change, as their slow competitors continue to do what they did 5 years ago. What are you waiting for?
Some sectors are changing faster than others and retail is one of the canaries in the coal mines everyone should be watching. Over Christmas we saw that digital has profoundly changed the way people shopped.
John Lewis saw over a third of their sales online – up 19% – with click and collect bigger than home delivery. House of Fraser saw digital sales increase by 31%. Mobile was a key factor with John Lewis telling us their mobile sales on Christmas Day peaked during Downton Abbey.
This year we will see more of this online offline mélange, with delivery and click to collect driving who succeeds and who doesn't. Making your stores work for you as both experiences that inspire purchases and destinations for the collection (and returns) of ecommerce is key. But lots of the high street are struggling with this.
Amazon sort of won Christmas in the UK, as they managed to make their delivery system work just as well over the holidays as it does normally. So too did Ocado. The people that had problems with late or non deliveries of parcels and groceries are not going to give people a second chance next Christmas. Owning delivery is an increasingly important part of vertical stack.
Ebay are looking at how they stay relevant and as well as the Rebecca Minkoff concept stores we mentioned they have an interesting innovation lab too. And Westfield are being very active, looking at ways of keeping their malls an attractive option. In this interview their head of digital talks about their experimentation with search on apps and using beacons to connect before people arrive at a mall.
Knowing how online and offline channels are connected remains the holy grail and the new Google metric of Store Visits as a Conversion Action in Adwords. Now the scarily detailed data Google have on its app users would let them see exactly who and when visits each store, but that would freak out those concerned with privacy. Instead Google use estimates from aggregated anonymous data from a sample of people with location enabled on their phones.
One fascinating snippet from the Flurry data shows how shopping apps are used across a typical day and commuting and lunch times are key. US retailer Target view mobile as the new front door to their store.
This whole area is clearly crucial for online and ecommerce retailers, but it is also hugely important for the brands stocked in these stores.
The other canary is Media – a business that is attracting increased investment but it's still unclear as to whether new entrants will find the mobile world any easier than legacy media. The poster child of the sector is Vice, which has attracted investment and partnerships from a number of old media businesses.
Digiday have a good look at the difficulties faced by those who seek to emulate Vice, Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post. And Elizabeth Spiers – who has been involved in some of the better attempts – goes into detail on how to be a good media owner. Essentially, be good at herding cats. Though this long New Yorker read on the King of Clickbait shows that you can still do pretty well by gaming the system.
And this piece from an investor boils media businesses down to one thing; Revenue. And he predicts carnage in 2015 as the VCs look for a return – or at least some indications that one is likely.
As the Flurry data shows apps are taking a bigger and bigger proportion of peoples time on mobile – reflecting the fact that a handful of destinations now monopolise peoples attention.
The new data from Apple showing that their AppStore revenues grew by 50% in 2014 – to around $15bn – proving some people are making a good living from apps
But the very nature of apps continues to morph and whilst the constellation effect (where an app 'splits into two or more connected apps) doesn't seem to be working that well, deep linking is getting traction.
This long piece from the NYTimes gets into some detail on who is doing what with deep linking. And this piece from the former Deezer head of Mobile gets right into how to make it work. Both essential reads.
Along with things like motion design, this level of sophistication means app development a now a fairly rare, specialist skill. Even though there are still lots of mac jockies knocking out cheap and cheerful ones, that are unlikely to ever get any traction.
Forrester have taken to calling mobile the anti channel as it eliminates the whole notion of channels by blurring online and offline. Their new report suggests only 4% of brands are truly prepared to take full advantage of mobile. Getting your apps right is a big part of this – along with a truly mobile optimized site.
Quick Reads
Twitter found Ev makes a great case for better metrics. Monthly users just isn't goo enough
Google continue to push for faster cheaper internet access – now with a new way to make wifi work with an underused section of wireless spectrum.
A new book dishes lots of dirt on Yahoo. VC Jason Calcanis comes out in strong support of CEO Marissa Mayer. And it looks likely they will merge Flurry with Gemini to take on Google and Facebook for mobile ad revenue.
A good piece on BlockChain – the technology behind BitCoin that may have more potential than the currency
A valuable part of the Tesco firesale ( after TalkTalk bought Blinkbox) is Dunn Humby. This firm was profiting from data before anyone started with the Big Data cliché and where it ends up will be a good sign of how the industry us shaping up. WPP have made it clear they are interested but some private equity firms have also declared an interest. Any of the big players in adtech and marketing automation would find this a smart acquisition. Adobe, Oracle and Salesforce are all looking to help brands make the most of their data services and even Facebook and Google could benefit from the expertise here.
Facebook search has matured and their ability to mine the resultant data is quite amazing. Maybe Dunn Humby would help here.
A teenagers view on social media
Nike ( and AKQA ) show us the future of advertising – 100k personalised videos. Smart use of data to make layered/relevant messaging.
Finally…there is some more quality thinking around what is likely to happen in 2015, so here are three of our favourites;


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