Archive for October, 2007

Call Centres, Outsourcing, and the Third(?) World!

Posted: October 21, 2007 by noshtradamus in Humour
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I found this on Youtube… via BrettVincent

Google VS Facebook, or Google AND Facebook..?

Posted: October 19, 2007 by noshtradamus in Internet, New Media, Social Networking
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They are two brands I admire, and use every day. Not just for entertainment and personal kicks, but also for understanding and learning what’s up in terms of trends and technologies in the internet space. Google‘s constant stream of innovations and brand extensions are great teachers. And Facebook‘s current explosion in terms of usage is [...]

Marketing Concepts Redux

Posted: October 16, 2007 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Humour, Marketing, Public Relations
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I didn’t write these… neither did Kotler… whoever did, did a great job and I’d love to know who. I received them as a ‘joke email’ from a dear friend and thought I’d share them here with you: MARKETING CONCEPTS IN REAL LIFE You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to [...]

Mine is bigger than yours!

Posted: October 11, 2007 by noshtradamus in Social Networking, Stargazing
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What is it with people and their ‘connection/friends’ lists on business/social networking sites!? Look around you in any network – professional or personal, from LinkedIn, to Facebook, Orkut and MySpace - and you will find most peoples lists growing by leaps and ‘founds’ every day! Do people really have so many ‘friends’ and ‘connections’ or is [...]

Google Giveth, Google Taketh Away

Posted: October 8, 2007 by noshtradamus in Common Sense, New Media, Thinking Aloud
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Last week I was putting together an online campaign for a client of mine. And during the course of this, I engaged with a couple of pretty large firms specialising in “Search Engine Marketing” or “SEM”. Five minutes into conversations with the folks at these companies, I got the feeling that everything they did in [...]