Author: Bob Garlick

Real Advertising Ideas

Real Advertising Ideas

Need some creative candy forĀ  a great marketing idea of just want to see what real advertisng looks like. Check out this years Cannes Lions 2010 Champions. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the world’s only truly global meeting place for professionals in the communications industry. Don’t you wish you had gone. Well maybe…

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The Writer Who Could Not Read

The Writer Who Could Not Read

This is very interesting story that makes you appreciate something most of us can do with ease. We are inundated with visual icons every day and we use them to read. The mind does not use movement as part of that proses and for years therapists have been using physical movement to rewire the brain…

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Youtube Adds Vuvuzela Noise Button

Youtube Adds Vuvuzela Noise Button

OMG! I can’t believe they did this. Now you can be a Soccer fan on YouTube and block out the soundtrack with fun ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ sounds just like the World Cup In SA. Check this feature out quickly because it is sure to get pulled post World Cup. From diTii.com: “If you watch World Cup on…

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Hiking In North Vancouver

Hiking In North Vancouver

Lynne Peak and South Needle Since the summer is almost upon us I thought you all might enjoy this website that lets people with GPS units upload the hikes and trips they have enjoyed. Here is one I did last year. The photo slide show can be switched to an animated line if you click…

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Vancouver Weather Is Very Confusing

Vancouver Weather Is Very Confusing

Here I am… lamenting Vancouver weather and planning for the weekend. Upon checking the weather forecast on the net I found these two options. Just goes to show that the net is not accurate. I plan for Sun all weekend come rain or shine.

Meet the Boss TV, My New Mentor

Meet the Boss TV, My New Mentor

Wow… Meet The Boss is an amazing service and it’s free. I stumbled upon this and checked out one of their (shorter edited intro) video interviews on flat management style… 3 minutes later I was registered and listening to a fascinating 16 minute interview with Rory Sutherland on how to most effectively manage your brand…

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Big Companies and Socail Media

Big Companies and Socail Media

Check out this graph showing how the top fortune 100 companies are using social media around the world. With more people utilising social media technologies such as Twitter, Foursquare and Facebook, it makes sense that established and emerging businesses are looking to leverage these technologies to reach and communicate with their target audiences. In this…

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Great Viral Ad

Great Viral Ad

Nice one Adidas. This video is screaming around the world thanks to a great Facebook based campaign to help it go viral. I have 4 people already posting it on their facebook walls. Enjoy a bit of nostalgic madness.