After hours of researching topics of interest to me i finally decided on my dissertation topic for my international marketing communications Masters. It is re: the use of social media in fashion pr. Only problem now is I can’t seem to narrow it down in a way that is measurable.
Should i focus on doing a mere analysis of this trend or are there other alternatives I am not considering.

Can u help me narrowing the topic a bit more?

I look forward to your feedback.

Great work btw!

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Andy

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I must admit closing my account down, that was more easy than i thought it was going to be.
And top it off i didnt even get asked to why i was closing all 3 Accounts down which was a very big shock to me as i did expect that and i did have a answer ready for them!
(Shows they dont care)
But at least it was easy closing down tho.

I would advise anyone to be very careful of the Halifax, Ive been with them for over 20 yrs have had a few probs in the past but this lastest one was the final straw for me.

In the past i had a standing order come out and i was under by 99p so they charged me £35 but they took it out of my account without notice and funny enough when there was no funds in my account..Jammy a!
Then i get a letter saying im going to be charged another £35 because that other £35 wasnt in my account. News to me, now if they had given me notice or told at least then i could of made sure that the money was in there but they didnt, So i went in to my local Branch to sort it out they did admit that they were wrong to take money out of my account when the funds werent there and charge me another £35 without given me notice, so i did get away with that but still had to pay the other £35 which i did…!

Thurs 29th oct 2009 i phoned my bank to transfer my wages into savings, baring in mind i already have a standing order set up the same day to take a small amount out, i just thought i could save a bit more this week, now i was told that standing order goes at 9am Thursday my wages go in @ 12.01am Thursday which i have the proof of that now due to what has happened here.

when i spoke to the bloke i said to him that ive already had a amount gone into my savings today but would like to put more in, he came back and said he had nothing on his computer for any transfers into my savings account, so ive asked can you find out why for me, was put on hold then he came back and said this is a wild GUESS but i think it has be rejected so of course that worried me so i asked to speak to a manager he then said why so i said well you are telling me you are guessing and thats not what i want to hear i would like to find out why there has been no transfer so he told me best thing to do is to ring back tomorrow.
So i came off the phone and thought this out right as i know ive had no probs before and i couldnt wait till tomorrow i wanted to know now as it will just play on my mind,

So i rung back and spoke to a female this time explained what just happened then she put me on hold and then came back and told me it was rejected and that im now going to get charged £35, and it was my fault that the funds werent in there, so i asked her can you tell me what time the standing order was due out as i was told that doesnt come out till 9am, she told me she couldnt get that information so i said can you pass me onto someone that can, and she then said the manager is going to tell you the same thing so i explain in a blunt way im not going to pay the £35.

I explained to her i have all my statements from the past year and i know for a fact that my wages have gone in before with the odd pound left in my account and that my standing order has come out fine so why didnt i get charged them, she turned around and said count yourself lucky then!

So i asked to speak to the manager i want to know the times this standing order was suppose to of come out so she put me on hold and then came back and told me that my wages went in @ 4am and the standing order came out @ 3.30am, now baring in mind at 1st she told me she couldnt get that information.. now all of a sudden she did..hmmm.
Then she started telling me about agreements to the bank accounts and i said i dont want to hear this im telling you now my wages go in at 12.01am and you are now telling me they didnt go in until 4am so hows that my fault if your system is delaying my money! She then put me on hold again,
so i rung my boss @ work and asked is there any proof that you can give me that my wages went in on a date and time, so thank god boss told me yes and then i said can you print it off for me and i will be down tomorrow to pick it up.
when she got back to me i told her that im not going to pay this £35 and that my wages went in @ 12.01am and that i have now got proof of this so if it gets delayed in your system its not my fault then she told me that all standing orders comes out @ 3.30am which is not what i was told when i set mine up (do they honestly believe i would be that stupid to set up a standing order and then have my wages go in afterwards knowing they could charge me if the funds werent there).

we wasnt getting anywhere as she kept saying that i have no choice to pay it and i was saying i wasnt going to, so yet again i asked to speak to a manager she then said there isnt one availble but i will get one to ring you back friday so i said is that a promise and she said yes…
As i got off the phone i was fumming so i thought about it and i stopped my D/D from coming out and stopped my standing orders from my current to my savers.. transfered over from my ISA account to savers so i could walk in friday and withdraw all my money from them 2 accounts.
I rung up another bank account and applyed over the phone got accepted through credit check etc!
So today friday i went into bank withdrew all my money out and closed my accounts my cuurent one is pending as it has got 2 D/D to come out 1st then after that it closes down and did my ISA over the phone.

Then hour later when i got home i got a call from the same female saying that i havent put you through to a manager yet as ive just looked into your account and you will not get charged as we cant find the standing order that was due to come out we can see last weeks one but not this weeks and would i like to set one up now..

what a cheek so i said no as ive just closed all my accounts and that im now banking with another bank, she then said well i would of hoped that you would off waited till you spoke to a manager but she told me that she wasnt going to put me through to a manager as i wasnt going to get charged so she just said im sorry you feel this way so i said maybe you want to get your facts right 1st and you have just lost my custom of 3 bank accounts bye.

To all just be very careful and im now making sure that my standing orders come out the next day after my wages go in do not believe what they say!

Think of this £35 charge for there Error 10 customers hmm £350

Also i would say when you speak to them either phone or in branch write down date time and who you are speaking with, it helps alot!
and always keep your statements etc..
Sorry for the rather long story but hopefully it will help others.

I found your blog extremely enlightening and useful. I have taken an idea mentioned from one of the comments made which noted how a student created their own blogs to use with their dissertation. I have followed her advice but I am currently in need to get the ball rolling.

Would you be kind enough to leave a post on my blog and help to get me started on my analysis of ‘new media’.

I have left a link to your blog on mine mentioning how helpful it was to me so feel free to take a look and leave a comment.

Many thanks and hope to hear back

http://prdiss.blogspot.com/2009/10/choosing-pr-dissertation-question.html

I found your blog extremely enlightening and useful. I have taken an idea mentioned from one of the comments made which noted how a student created their own blogs to use with their dissertation. I have followed her advice but I am currently in need to get the ball rolling.

Would you be kind enough to leave a post on my blog and help to get me started on my analysis of ‘new media’.

I have left a link to your blog on mine mentioning how helpful it was to me so feel free to take a look and leave a comment.

Many thanks and hope to hear back

http://prdiss.blogspot.com/2009/10/choosing-pr-dissertation-question.html

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The slides are probably not very helpful for people who didn’t attend, but for anyone like me, who ends up with a page full of illegible scrawl, they are a great memory-jogger!

I’m stuck, don’t really know how to prove the point. Have you got any tips and hints what i should include in my dissertation? My head is literally empty:( please help.
all suggests welcome.

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