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Social media and the God given voice
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It seems that on a daily basis I am being shown a positive side to the social media phenomenon. I must confess, my views are...
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Wanted: A local revolution
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The Holiday season is a great time to reflect, relax, re-connect and revive for the new year. While I had little time to do any of...
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Social network
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Call me a cynic if you may. I, however, think that the majority of people who use the social network are not very social. If...
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The Internet. The great leveller?
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It used to be that publishing was an option only for the rich and connected.  Not any more.  Any wretch now has a soap box...
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"I don't listen to that channel"
Media Schedules are the ‘orphans’ of advertising (and so are the people who plan them)
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Winfield Aleong, my first mentor in the advertising business, used to lament that clients would spend hours haggling over the punctuation in a headline and...
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Attending… Maybe… Awaiting… 10 ways to get her to choose your brand
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Make sure your brand works (does what it says it would do) Own one thing in her mind and heart (what do you mean to...
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Can T&T do without Carnival?
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Can T&T do without Carnival?  Some people might answer "hell yes".  They see it as providing the space for lewdness and drunkenness and a loss...
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Here’s a company that blows away customers. Literally.
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Bloomberg TV (Flow Channel 30) has some really good stuff for anyone interested in entrepreneurship.  Like right now the founder of Zappos, Tony Hsien is on...here's...
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10 Things I would do to differentiate T&T.
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1. Own one thing. (I believe that one thing could be in the area of culture for core segment) 2. Divide to conquer (Segment the...
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Where will you spend next year’s budget?
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What will deliver the goods for you in 2011 in terms of advertising ROI?  The options available are captured in the following marketing drivers: Advertising,...
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Bye local
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During my boyhood, after the jolly free-spending oil boom days were over, the recession hit sweet T and T, “Boop!” like a big stone hit...
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A Roti and a Red Solo
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Thank You Serjad Makmadeen (taken from Newsday article) What a story. You have to admire entrepreneurs especially when they start from below zero. Born in...
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