We were on holiday in Umbria, and we were driving to a medieval,
hilltop city called Cortona. So we put it into the SatNav and followed
the directions.
Also on Dave Trott's Blog:
Readers of my US blog,
AdScam,
were informed yesterday that I have given up on Twitter. Why? Because
in the last few days, I have had dozens of emails from very pissed off
people asking why I am bombarding them with shitty emails flogging
everything from insurance to condoms.
Also on MadScam:
What a brilliant visualisation of the logo. The best yet. While
so many brands are stuffy about their logos and actually think messing
with it will open the door to others messing with it (never let lawyers
have a voice in your corporation) Google likes to have fun. No wonder
they are so successful.
Also on Arnold on Ethical Marketing:
Twitter is about to make life a whole lot easier to navigate, with the
introduction of what it is calling Geolocation, which will help finding
meaningful information when searching (ever harder even with hashtags)
a whole lot easier as the number of tweets inexorable rises.
Also on Gordon's Republic:
Dentsu, the leading Japanese listed marketing group, surprised the
industry this morning by upgrading its profit forecast for the year to
31 March 2010 by 44% from ¥11.4 million (£76 million) to ¥16.4 million
(£110 million).
Also on the Bottom Line:
I've been over in NYC for the last couple of days, and whilst out in Soho spotted an overly enthusiastic girl selling Obama Condoms.
Her pitch was pretty tight - buy one for $5 or go for the ultimate
triple stimulus package for $10. I went all out for the $10 stimulus
deal. Bang!
Also on Rubbertopia:
If it wasn’t already abundantly clear, I’m a technology addict. I’ve
had a Wii and Xbox 360 for a couple of years now, and last week I was
given a Playstation 3 for my birthday. I’m not the only person that
loves games, millions of people spend hours every week playing them.
Also on IAB Blog:
In media, we like to create either/ors. Different media are generally
pushed (or pulled of course) into various binary oppositions. As well
as push/pull, we have lean forward/ back; interruption/engagement;
new/old; and, today’s niggle, passive/active.
Also on the Thinkbox Blog:
Sitting in my inbox is an email from the organizers asking, “How can we make Cannes Lions even better?”
Also on Reputation v Image:
Today at 1pm, I went to collect the Euros that I'd ordered using the Post Office's Travel Money service. The online experience had all gone very smoothly, I got a decent enough exchange rate and the service guaranteed to have my money round the corner at my local post office by 1pm the next day.
Also on Alan Munro's Blog:
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Also on Comment Central:
Another week, another round of bank bail-outs. The latest cost to UK taxpayers? £30.5 billion. That’s around £500 for every person in the country.
Also on DM, Data and Beyond:
Also on Digital Blogger:
As hard as it is to predict who the winners will be when the inevitable
rationalisation takes place within the increasingly cluttered ad funded
/ music subscription market place, it's a fairly safe bet to suggest
Google will still be in a strong position.
Also on Frukt on Music:
As social networking continues its growth and appeal in new areas, the idea of community brands is gaining pace. Traditionally buying into a brand meant that you were part of that community. You are a Tesco shopper, a Louis Vuitton advocate etc.
Also on Brand New:
Last week Dell hosted an event intended to unite the worlds of fashion
and technology bloggers. Their goal was to discuss how technology could
be re-positioned as fashion in order to sell it to women.
Also on Lady Geek:
From France to Fiji, bottled water brands rely on spring-based provenance to lure customers.
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Also on Too Smart For Advertising:
Argos shuns the familiar retail format in favour of a strange lobby arrangement consisting of little more than a few catalogues and a counter dispensing a peculiar array of boxed goods. Shopping at Argos is an oddly furtive experience.
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