What should I do? What should I do? With the economy being in an “official” downturn here are some thoughts to keep everything in perspective. Based on an article by by Mark Tewart 1 – Don’t read too much into the news reportsThings are rarely as good as they seem and things are rarely as…
turn it off for profits sake… Here is a very interesting mini-report regarding return on investment (ROI) for green products. I have edited it down a bit from the original. Saving energy makes sense any time, but particularly now, given our short supplies of oil and the pollution and climate change we create when we…
No it can’t be me I’m too important… Car salesmen, real estate agents and investment bankers are among the most likely to lose their jobs this year, a new study says. Bricklayers, catering contractors, boat builders, tire manufacturers, prawn fishermen and some miners also will do it hard. The findings come from business analysts IBIS…
I am a great businessman because I have a logo that only cost $5… NOT Here is a great article (edited) about why cheep logos from the internet are a bad idea. For a full version of the story please go here. Logo design in today’s world is totally under rated. People do not understand…
Hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo stuff… This is an edited report from John Battelle who has made some very accurate predictions in the past. I think a lot of this stuff is prity accurate and will definitlyy effect a lot iof us in the marketing world. Macro economy: We’ll see an end to the recession, taken…
tapity tapity tapppppppppppppppppppp… I have been experimenting with Twitter for about a month and this is a short list of positive things I think it does. Twitter helps one organize great, instant meetups (tweetups). Twitter works swell as an opinion poll so if you have a question about anything just ask. Twitter can help direct…
Here are some ideas specific to your use of social media as part of your personal branding strategy. Stick With One Name If you’re one name on your blog and another name on Twitter, and forced into a semi-real seeming name on Facebook, and using something different for Skype, how will I know it’s you?…
Here are some really fun Japanese internal communication subway signs. How come we can’t have cool graphics like this in our transport system? I’m sick of the TransLink slick corporate graphics. I think we should have something more West Coast and laid back. Have a great weekend.
Tweetburner is a twitter mashup that allows you to create tiny URLs and also allow you to track how many times they where clicked on it. Just ran into this great blog regarding Twitter mashups. Also you will find several more links at the bottom of this post that are from the comments section of…
Click image for larger size One of the great ways to introduce products and services is through a catazine which is basically a catalogue that has a magazine formate and editorial look to it. Giving a catalogue an editorial theme and designing can make it possible to feature many of the products a store has…