30.9.09

An abundance of ideas beats the song and dance man

Sadly our world is becoming increasingly ruled by the performance not the words in a speech or presentation. If you think about the greatest speeches in history you are likely to land on either Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 or possibly Winston Churchill’s ‘We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches’ speech in the House of Commons in June 1940.


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When reassuringly bland delivers ROI

Located a short drive from Manhattan, clad in brick, limestone, granite and cast stone, it is the new landmark of sporting greatness in the US. Citibank is rumoured to be spending $400m dollars on buying the naming rights to the new Mets Stadium, an interesting move when you consider they have recently received $350 billion in US Federal aid.


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Marketers get the MASH?

The world continues to embrace web 2.0 tools at an extraordinary pace, but marketers are often left

scratching their heads as to how to make web 2.0 work in their own day to day marketing efforts.

One of the hottest web 2.0 trends that has great promise for the response driven marketer is the

web Mash Up.


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24.9.09

Google Launches Fast Flip Content App

This may very well be the new way to find news, articles and relevant content. Google Fast Flip is like flicking through a magazine, just online with endless volumes of content to flick through. Find what you like, follow that topic and you’ll get more of the same or just browse away and create your own custom magazine. The big thing about Google Fast Flip is that you can flick through lots of websites with out ever having to visit them!

Earning brownie points with the consumer

"Marketers have to be living in a deluded state. Do we really believe the consumer doesn’t know what we are doing? Do we really think we can pull the wool over their eyes? Our problem is that often we believe we have a god given right to sell to the consumer. There lurks an arrogant expectation that the consumer is always listening..."

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The ugly truth about marketing rules

"We live in the most over governed country in the world. A full three layers of government, with public servants paid to endlessly navel gaze about how to standardise business and society. They are intent on improving our lives with a confusing set of labyrinthine rules and processes that drive us all wild with frustration..."


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14.9.09

CTR's for Various Industries...

A nice little goldmine - Clickthrough rate benchmarks for various industries.
Take a gander.