Archive for February, 2008

Challenges of marketing in Asia

Today I was digging for some info on ‘marketing positioning’ and came across the following paragraph:

Regardless of the product or its position, companies must make greater efforts to research Asian markets and local consumer preferences before plunging in, said B ooker….Companies with well-known, high-end brands understandably want to move deliberately as they enter new markets, fully investigating pricing, positioning and distribution c hannels….

source: Challenges of marketing in Asia, BeautiControl Blog

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Facebook faces change for worse?

Today I was digging for some info on ‘display advertising’ and came across the following section:

… pay attention to what was being advertised. … The uniqueness of Facebook was the very fact that everything was displayed on one page, it was easy to read and it didnt take too much effort….Not only that, MySpace faced a slow down once it started to display too much advertising and it was revealed by many polls that users simply didnt…

source: Facebook faces change for worse?, madcomments

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Creative Advertising Has a Long Tail

Businesses should always be looking for interesting and creative ways to advertise and market, both online and offline. Clever ads have a long reach. Not only are they attention grabbing in the actual location, clever ads gets spread around via newspapers, magazines (maybe a TV spot), as well as online, via blogs, forums and social bookmarking sites. If its videotaped, as the one below was, you have potential YouTube virality. Brand awareness, baby. Heres a creative approach from India . An

source: Creative Advertising Has a Long Tail, sellsius real estate blog - real estate, blogging, business, advertising, marketing, and technology

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Toy Fair 2008: DC Minimates

The speculation was confirmed when ASM gave a rundown of talks with DC Direct at Toy Fair, which included the following: … There has been several calls to arms to help show support for the line, but at present it is unknown what effect this will have on the overall marketing decision o f DC….

source: Toy Fair 2008: DC Minimates, Minimate Headquarters

I tried several more searches on ‘direct marketing’ but after some time I got tired, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Sign up bonus’. Still, I think it was an interesting time.

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Mixed Martial Arts Gear

This morning I used Yahoo! to find more information on ‘channel marketing’.. And this is one of the many results:

I don’t really watch a whole lot of television because I stay pretty busy writing and researching for my blogs and doing some marketing and other things, as well a s working out in my own right. … But when I do get the chance to do some channel surfing at night I am always drawn in by the mixed martial arts competitions….

source: Mixed Martial Arts Gear, NFL Total View

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Broker Shutdowns

Last night I used Live search to find more information on ‘bank advertising’.. And this is one of the first results I found:

Hello, I’d like to talk about a problem that many of us have experienced, and I’d like to propose some solutions to this problem and hear your ideas on this subject as well. Since this has happened to me more than once, I’d really like to see us pull together and form a solution to this problem as group to the benefit of all. I’m talking about brokerages being closed down by regulatory agencies, and it taking a minimum of months and in most cases years or simply unknown before any of the mon

source: Broker Shutdowns, Forex TSD| Metatrader Indicators and Experts Advisors

I tried several more searches on ‘bank advertising’ but after some time I got lazy, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Advertisement design’. Still, I think it was an interesting time.

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Tata Motors may ink Land Rover, Jaguar deal next week

I’ve a passion for Business and keep looking for more info. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ‘the business’ in Google and found this:

Tata Motors may ink Land Rover, Jaguar deal next week No Comments By Indo-Asian News Service on Thursday, February 28, 2008 Filed Under: Business Indias Tata Motors was expected to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motors as soon as next week, but the US automaker would continue to supply engines and other key components for the marquee brands, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported. Continued

source: Tata Motors may ink Land Rover, Jaguar deal next week, Latest News|News Blog, Breaking News, India news, Latest Business news, Hollywood news, latest bollywood news and Health News.

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Don’t play hardball with me, I’ll remove yours.

Well, I said that as Hitachi had left the domestic market in Australia that the prices should fall. … I always get a good discount on display stock, he really wasn’t making an effort and at some point someone will pay full price for the display model but I’ll go b…

source: Don’t play hardball with me, I’ll remove yours., l i f e j a c k e t’s journal

Not exactly what I was looking for, nevertheless still a excellent read.

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Cigarette Smoking - OTHER COUNTRIES ARE CLAMPING DOWN

People are always asking me to blog more often, well here i go, I searched for some info on ‘cigarette advertising’.

And if you ever find yourself feeling silly about fighting the dangers of cigarette advertising as it presently exists, consider this: Italy and Great Britain have already cracked down on cigarette advertisers. The West German government is currently considering an anti-cigarette campaign to be financed, nicely enough, with half of the $1,000,000 it collects in the form of cigarette taxes. The British government has sponsored an advertising campaign of its own; posters proclaim smoking as

source: Cigarette Smoking - OTHER COUNTRIES ARE CLAMPING DOWN, Quit Smoking Blog

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RealPlayer users held to ransom

People are always asking me to blog more often, well here you go, I looked up some info on ‘market data’.

It has been a couple of months now since a Russian security researcher, Evgeny Legerov, confirmed that the widely deployed media software RealPlayer was vulnerable to a zero-day exploit. The Russian company, Gleg, is in the business of selling information on such exploits and security flaws. Unfortunately, according RealNetworks’s Vice President Jeff Chasen, Gleg has been unwilling or unable to provide the necessary data to allow the alleged gaping security hole to be patched despite repeated

source: RealPlayer users held to ransom, SecGuru

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Jail.

People are always asking me to blog more often, well here i go, I looked up some info on ‘false advertisement’.

accept credit cards despite the advertisement in the window bragging about Visa and Mastercard, you know, the obscure brands paying for exposure … only to shut again when I actually had the car and felt the home stretch was not too much false hope to fill myself with. I WAS IN JAIL….

source: Jail., The Magical Adventures of the McRoberts Tea Collective

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Western Property Market 'Buoyant' like the Titanic

Today I was digging for some info on ‘market trends’ and came across the following section:

S. slowdown and ongoing financial market volatility. … The graph clearly shows the trend of Calgary house prices becoming unlinked and diverging from Albertas current GDP….Warren said the underlying fundamentals suggest Canada is likely to maintain a relatively healthy real estate market, particularly in its fastest-growing r egions. … But there is growing concern over the sustainability of these trends in light of the U…. In relation to Albertas tight job market, one must analyze what type of jobs are being created (transient, F/T, etc. … Yet, affordability is becoming a constraining factor in several centres, including Calgary where average home prices have doubled in the past four years, said the Real Estate Trends report….

source: Western Property Market ‘Buoyant’ like the Titanic, Calgary Real Estate Bubble Blog

Ah, well, back to the drawing board and try again.

History of the Internet

… s research programs, This lead to the development of several packet switched networking solutions in the late 1960s and 1970s, including ARPANET, and X. 25. … Investor speculation in new markets provided by these innovations would also lead to the inflation and collapse of the Dot-com bubble, a major market collapse….

source: History of the Internet, pichit44

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Buying From China: The Short List

People are always asking me to blog more often, well here you go, I looked up some information on ‘marketing companies’.

Paul Woodward over at the Asia Business Media blog has a post up that nicely lays out the basics for those buying product from China. This list actually comes from Trapp Lewis, “formerly of both Global Sources and Alibaba.com, now running the Palmetto consultancy:” Sourcing websites - Don’t forget that these are designed to provide marketing channels for suppliers/exporters and aggregate product/supplier content for buyers/importers online. Read the User Agreements closely as they clearly state

source: Buying From China: The Short List, China Law Blog: a blog about Chinese law and the legal issues of doing business in China.

Not exactly what I was looking for, but still a excellent read.

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