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Creating Tomorrow » Ready, Steady…GO!
Dear Friends, Like so many of you, I spent the Holiday Season in a mix of visiting (and - in my case - talking long-distance) with loved ones, relaxing, reflecting on the past, and planning for my personal and professional future. For me this means: celebrating the progress I’ve made over the past months identifying areas where [...] [Link]
Creating Tomorrow » New Year’s Greetings!
“It is never too late to become what we might have been” (Source: George Eliot) Dear Friends, Wishing you health, happiness and success in the coming year - and always! Trina [Link]
Creating Tomorrow » Thought for New Year’s Eve
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. (From: T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”) [Link]
AdHurl » Google gets greedy???
With billions in cash sitting around, and with passbook savings rates what they are, Google is always looking for ways to put its money to work, and now it's reportedly considering a formal structure to make sure its bucks are performing productively in the service of the company's greater goals. According to the Wall Street Journal, the search sovereign, following … [Link]
AdHurl » This shit is good for you… So, shut up and eat!
If you ever wondered why so many young Americans are spotty, overweight, and just generally a pain in the butt… Listen up… We are to blame. And no, I'm not talking about us as parents (well, maybe to a certain extent) I'm talking about the "Us" in the ad biz. Did you know that here in the US, food companies … [Link]
AdHurl » Big Mac does Big Time!
Just to prove that weird things happen when clients decide "Social Networking" is the next big thing they should jump into.. McDonald’s “Big Mac Chant Off,” went looking for the best performance of its “Two all-beef patties” jingle, they soon found a winner. But one of the runners-up is grabbing the headlines… Why? 'Cos he held up a McDonald’s back … [Link]
AdHurl » Spam kills!
Remember Eddie Davidson, the guy who was known as the "Spam King?" Davidson, aided by several subcontractors, sent hundreds of thousands of unsolicited e-mail messages to potential purchasers of worthless stocks throughout the United States and the world touting the so-called excellent investment opportunities the stock offered. Well, according to a story in the Denver Post, Davidson, 35, was found … [Link]
AdHurl » Welcome to Gods country!
Everyone I've ever known and worked with over the many, many years I've been in this totally screwed up business, who now asked me where I live… Get's the answer, Boise, Idaho. To which I usually get the answer… Fuck!… Boise, Idaho! What the hell are you doing living in the Mid-West? Further proof that most people don't know their … [Link]
AdHurl » AOL… Getting prepped for sale?
According to a mid-July memo AOL is doing a bunch of housekeeping that will see a number of services shot behind the woodshed — among them media-sharing site Bluestring, Xdrive online storage, the AOL Pictures photo-sharing site, and MyMobile. In the memo to employees, EVP Kevin Conroy said, "There was a time at AOL when the strengths of our aggregate … [Link]
AdHurl » Can Steve Jobs fix Apple's "MobileMess?"
Even though Apple has a well deserved reputation for "cool" and great looking products, if somewhat "pricey, they are certainly keeping up their reputation for bad customer service. David Pogue, in today's New York Times, Circuits section, has a well written piece about how two full weeks after the launch of "MobileMe" (which costs $100 a year) Apple still hasn't … [Link]
AdHurl » Google unveils "knol" encyclopedia.
It was announced today that Google is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. The service, dubbed "knol" in reference to a unit of knowledge, had been limited to an invitation-only audience of contributors and readers for the past seven months. … [Link]
AdHurl » Steve Jobs… Smarter than the average Wall St investor!
Interesting to watch Apple stock in the last couple of days. In typical Wall Street fashion the market hammered the stock, even though they reported record profit. The problem for the lame brains who inhabit the market was that Apple said it would be going for reduced margins and bigger market share in the future. As is pointed out in … [Link]
AdHurl » Amazon thinks long term.
Interesting to read in The New York Times that Amazon has begun a limited testing of its new Video on Demand service, which will replace its Unbox store. The big difference between the two is that the new service will stream movies through your browser rather than requiring you to download them and use Amazon's video player. Users will also … [Link]
AdHurl » Bigger and dumber!
Interesting to read in today's AdAge that Johnson & Johnson has kicked off a soup-to-nuts review for its $25 billion pharmaceuticals group. Recently Dell Computer put all its business in a WPP creation by the strange name of Enfatico. As I have posted previously, this is little more than an "In-House" agency. Which means that because you only have one … [Link]
AdHurl » Google tanking?
Google, the "can-do-no-wrong" company is watching it's stock get h ammered today after it announced pre-tax profits for the second quarter of 2008, which jumped 35% year on year to $1.25bn, but failed to meet analysts' expectations, sending its share price down by as much as 12% last night with further falls today.The internet giant's profits for the quarter ending … [Link]
AdHurl » Barack Obama… Marketeer Extraordinaire!
Interesting article in Salon about Barack Obama's marketing machine. With over 5 million people on Obama's e-mail list this is just the start of what political strategists say is one of the most sophisticated voter databases ever built. Using a combination of the information that supporters are volunteering, data the campaign is digging up on its own and powerful market … [Link]
AdHurl » When is a fake not a fake? When it's on EBay?
If you've been looking for fake bags, watches and jewelry on EBay, you can carry right on doing it now that the site has won an important battle with luxury jeweller Tiffany, after a US court said that the Internet company would not be held liable for the sale of counterfeit jewelry on its site. Tiffany sued eBay in 2004, … [Link]
AdHurl » Yahoo… Boohoo!!!
When you continue to read about the never-ending saga of the Yahoo-Microsoft takeover, buyout, collapse… You have to think about that scene in the movie "Lost in America," where, after his wife has lost their six-figure nest egg in a Las Vegas casino, the Albert Brooks' character tries to convince the management of the casino what a public relations coup … [Link]
Creating Tomorrow » Presentation Skillz - Anne Deavere Smith
Dear Friends, Storytelling is becoming an ever more essential tool within the skillset of the modern leader. Now that corporations and organizations are beginning to grasp and accept the fact (five minutes to midnight as it is, economically speaking) that an excellent manager is no substitute for visionary leadership, people are realizing how important storytelling can [...] [Link]
Creating Tomorrow » Presentation Skillz - Dalton Sherman
Dear Friends, While I am putting the finishing touches on some of the written training material I am preparing, I am starting a monthly series on great presenters I’d like to award Creating Tomorrow’s ‘Presentation Warrior‘ status. Dalton Sherman is a third grader from Dallas, Texas. He was chosen to be the keynote speaker at a teacher’s [...] [Link]
