Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Marketing Tip – Get Professional Media Buying
When you embark on an advertising campaign, many small business owners believe that they can go out and buy their own media and save on the agency costs. Usually, this is only true if there is some mis-communications between the company and the agency. It is quite unthinkable that ad-hoc media buying can be more…
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Wished I knew about VisionBedding.com earlier!
A few years ago, I had the privilege, or perhaps, some might say, the misfortune; of being selected to go out of the country to set up a subsidiary office for my employer. It was almost two years away from my family. I do not know if you have ever experienced this, but I can…
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Entrepreneurs, Do It Yourself Logos!
For all those who are going it on their own, one of the biggest hurdles when starting your own business is your logo. But everyone knows that a logo is one of the most important communications tool for the long term. But if you do not have a rich uncle, where are you going to…
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Bad Product? Learn from Yahoo!
Hey, everyone! We got good news! Yahoo! just bought MyBlogLog! Yay! More power to them. I have been waiting to see what comes out of this. Finally, they are moving. Hey, everyone! We got some well, not so good news… your profile pics might not appear in the MyBlogLog widgets in future when you visit…
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The Entrepreneur’s Best Friend – A Loan
Last week, my friend, who recently moved to Hongkong, called me. He was excited. He was so excited that he asked me to call him immediately. Guess who got the priviledge of paying the international call charges? Anyway, to cut a long story short, his great idea required serious money. The bane of entrepreneurs. I…
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Mattel Apologises to China for Lead Tainted Toy Recalls
Here is an interesting twist. Seems like Mattel is taking the blame for the lead tainted toys. Fascinating! For those who can remember, I had three other posts on this: Thomas the Test of Crisis Marketing Remember Thomas The Tank Engine? Lead Poisoning Again? This is an interesting follow up. [tags]mattel, toys, thomas the tank…
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Are we online yet?
I just saw this site, that sells a cool ice maker. Quite normal, since I do a lot of shopping online. But wait! This company has been around since 1936! Usually, when a company is successful with their sales model or their business practices, they find it very hard to change. It is so very…
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Tips to make other bloggers hate you – ONE KILLER TIP!
BEWARE! Poor attempt at humor ahead. Scary post follows. Yvonne over at her blog has written some really good tips on how to use comments to make other bloggers hate you. While I would agree with her tactics (and I must say, I enjoy them myself!), I do feel that such tactics are a little…
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