Dennis Ramdeen

Thu 3rd Dec, 2009Sun 21st Jun, 2020|Ad Industry, Blog

All of us in advertising can start looking for a new career or we could do something else. We could change. The old media is...

Loblaws: Supermarket to Superwarehouse

Tue 24th Nov, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

I'm walking through a Loblaws Supermarket in Toronto yesterday and started thinking; "This is not an efficient way to sell stuff". And this led me to...

How I use LinkedIn

Sat 14th Nov, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Digital Marketing

When I was first invited to join LinkedIn I felt unease in entering the online space. I didn’t see myself going back so wondered why...

Stresses of Running a Business

Fri 13th Nov, 2009Sat 1st Jun, 2013

Business people get a bad rap. They are normally seen as exploiters of labor who get a disproportionate amount of the benefits that come from...

Rituals brings Jamaican staple to Trinidad

Wed 11th Nov, 2009Tue 26th Aug, 2014|Blog, Marketing Strategy

It had to happen. Someone had to see the potential goldmine of bringing Jamaica’s version of Doubles to Trinidad. Just as many Trinis see Doubles...

Is T&T TV on its Deathbed?

Tue 10th Nov, 2009Wed 21st Jul, 2021|Ad Industry, Blog

When did local TV start to decline? Was it the coming of cable? Or was it when it started expanding its hours into daytime; so...

Doubles Website?

Mon 9th Nov, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

Should George’s X Doubles have a website? I can feel it. We are going to wake up one day soon and find everyone, even a...

What Minister Hunt could have done differently

Mon 9th Nov, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

I have not been following the Flag at the National Stadium issue very closely; however, I know enough to know that from henceforth Minister Hunt...

Differentiation: Vanilla or Chocolate Macadamia?

Sun 25th Oct, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

In a world in which more and more average work can be done by a computer, robot or talented foreigner faster, cheaper "and just as...

Sonnet to Venky’s

Fri 23rd Oct, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

We did not know her because we just met A perfect stranger in a far far place She saw no religion she saw no race Welcomed with open...

Has Venky’s paid it forward…..

Fri 23rd Oct, 2009Sun 9th Jun, 2013|Blog, Marketing Strategy

One cardinal rule in marketing is that you must get distribution before you start advertising. Why tell people about a product that they cannot find. That is a double...