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Andrew Carrier 🍸

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Marketing and comms guy with a passion for financial services, technology and the media. Writes #InMarketing This Week (or #IMTW). Subscribe > https://andrewcarrier.com Let’s work together > https://linkedin.com/in/andrewcarrier/

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 3d

#InMarketing #IMTW

Robo Adviser (†2025)

Clients care about what you do for them, not how you do it.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 3d

#InMarketing #IMTW

Robo Adviser (†2025)

Clients care about what you do for them, not how you do it.

andrewcarrier.substack.com

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

You’re getting them but they’re filed with Unknown Senders. Available from the hamburger menu in Messages.

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

*Sigh*

If, like me, you miss what Instagram used to be, I can’t recommend @glass.photo highly enough.

Just wish they’d add geo-tagging. That would really supercharge discoverability and network growth.

Instagram ‘exploring’ making Reels the app’s new default view - 9to5Mac

Instagram is “exploring” making Reels the app’s new default tab, replacing the traditional Home view and becoming more like TikTok.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

Weren’t they always?

The Vision was just a stepping stone to the product people actually want: smart glasses that are actually desirable and functional.

Apple's Smart Glasses Are Now A Bigger Priority Than The Cheaper And Lighter Vision Pro - BGR

Apple is said to be working on two pairs of smart glasses, one that resembles the Meta Ray-Ban with a camera, and the other with a built-in display.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

Is it because no one wants to see them?

James Cameron Explains Why 'Avatar 4 and 5' Are Still Not Sure Things

'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is opening December 19; its sequels aren't slated to arrive until 2029 and 2031.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

As if anyone needed a reason to avoid cruise ships at all cost…

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Nearly 100 on Royal Caribbean Cruise

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

The mass affluent space is so tricky.

#InMarketing

Lloyds set to take control of Schroders wealth tie-up in ‘mass affluent’ push

The banking group is considering buying out Schroders’ 49.9% stake in Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW).

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

Thoughts and prayers.

Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry after cyber attack

Vast majority of factories of nation’s most popular beer have stopped work this week

on.ft.com

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

I use this and it’s great. That said, what I did before worked just as well: never answer a call from an unknown number, leave it to voicemail.

We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 6d

Shithole.

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 7d

It’s just not a nice business.

Revolut still the worst UK firm for fraud complaints, warns Which?

Revolut has once again recorded the highest number of fraud and scam complaints escalated to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 8d

Just give me Clippy back.

Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with

To make users ‘more comfortable.’

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t like to brag but…I’ve found the greatest gadget ever made.

POP Phone

Thoughtfully designed for more meaningful conversations, the POP phone helps you disconnect from distractions and reconnect with people. Its USB-C connection works effortlessly with your smartphone, l...

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

Grifters gonna grift.

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

Is that quiet luxury?

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

Anyone who’s not a Nazi should come off X.

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

“Do you really cast bad spells on people?” I ask Aspinall. “Yes, of course I do. I call it justice,” she replies sassily. “Like, if someone kidnapped, raped and killed my sister, I’d not only hex them. I’d hex their whole family under a dark moon. Fuck. That. Shit.”

Thanks for @jemima.bsky.social.

Jemima Kelly: why I joined a witches’ coven

HTSI’s alternative wellness columnist celebrates the joy of hex

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

What kind of an animal are you?

Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 10d

#InMarketing #IMTW

Out with the old

When the nature of your business shifts fundamentally, your brand should too.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 12d

"Meta is preparing to roll out a new subscription service in the UK that will allow users to pay to remove ads from Facebook and Instagram, raising questions about the future of ‘free’ social media."

Errr, @cityam.bsky.social, social media was never free.

If you're not paying, you're the product.

Meta to launch paid ad-free option on Facebook and Instagram in UK

Meta's new UK subscription will allow users to pay to remove ads from Facebook and Instagram, raising questions around 'free' social media.

www.cityam.com

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 12d

They’re certainly in need of better comms people…

UK Home Office hiring Deputy Director Migration Communications in Greater London, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 6:53:20 PM. Deputy Director Migration CommunicationsLocation - LondonSalary£81,000 - £91,000A Civil Service…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 12d

So did I. Let’s face it though, there’s a lot about this country that’s completely bizarre. In too many ways, we’re still very much a little island.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 12d

Same here. Growing up in Brussels, I had a photo ID on me at all times.

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Andrew Carrier 🍸 @andrewcarrier.com · 14d