Security Breach - We F*cked Up

Last week was a nightmare - our website got hacked and we have no idea how. On Wednesday morning users to our website were greeted by Russian writing, a topless model, and redirects to some rather sketchy porn sites - like the ones you find under a dustbin - I thought the world was ending!

This was a real wake-up call for us and caused us to triple-check all our online security measures across the business as well as tightening the security protocols of the other sites we manage - Luckily we were the only ones targeted. 2-factor authorisation and third-party apps are really the way forward and we have activated more security measures than I can count so rest assured you will not be seeing Topless Hetty on our site again anytime soon - thank god.

But if you are worried about your website security (you should be) we followed this handy little guide by Hubspot:

https://blog.hubspot.com/website/how-to-secure-a-website-for-free

Good luck out there guys!

Our Business Journey Insights

If you follow us on LinkedIn you may have seen us raving about a team exercise called Personalisis by Insights Discovery. This session is about looking into what makes you up as an individual, what character traits you have and how to play on these within the team dynamic. We made a great little video on what a session involves so let us know what you think!

I cannot recommend this session enough so if you want to find out more hit up Lindy who can give you a much better synopsis than me: https://performancecatalyst.co.uk/

Modus Magic

Queens of the Stone Age have been killing it on our TikTok. We filmed one of their gigs and received over 300K views within the first day.?

I know what you are thinking - great but how are you going to keep that momentum up? You can't keep posting Queens of the Stone Age videos to make up views on TikTok and I agree. The approach we take as a team is by saying to ourselves, ok I am going to a Queens of the Stone Age Gig - Let’s take some videos and put them on social but say something like Modus went to see Queens of The Stone Age - How F*cking Awesome what do you think of the way we shot it. This type of content really supports our brand personality and who knows a future prospect might be a fan too and bring it up in conversation. It works for us and I guess even if you were an electrical company you could shoehorn in something about the lighting - be creative guys!

Thoughts for This Week

This week we are practising gratitude, especially after our website hack - We are grateful we had this experience so now we have better protected ourselves and our clients.?

Here are some tips to carry this on:?

• Take time to notice what's around you. Practising mindfulness helps you tune in to the present moment. Like now take 30 seconds you’ll feel better.
• Practice gratitude for the little things like the fact I have coffee to drink while writing this - it's not a good day when you find you’ve run out.
• Share your gratitude for your loved ones and team members.
• Spread gratitude via your social media platforms - Everyone loves to see this just look at Gary V!

Modus Madness

Let's round off this week's Modus Monday with our very own George taking a truly gorgeous selfie on a recent shoot in London.

Go smash this week guys

Love Team Modus