Archive for the ‘business’ Category
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) use about 75% less power than incandescent bulbs.
The current market share of CFL bulbs in the United States is about 6%, up from less than 1% before 2001. That compares dismally with CFL adoption rates in other wealthy countries, such as Japan (80%), Germany (50%) and ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
The Age of Conversation is an eBook (not to be confused with Ewok, for those playing along at home). The eBook is a collaboration of 100+ bloggers on a variety of business and advertising topics.
Gavin Heaton and Drew McClellan are organizing and compiling the content. I signed up ...
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
I got a Marketwatch alert: Google posts $1 bln profit as first-quarter revenue jumps 63%
Google profit rises 69%; net sales up 66%, slightly topping views.
The results were slightly lower than analyst expectations ($3.18 per share vs. $3.30), but goodness, who wouldn't want that level of growth (if it can be ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
I had a previous entry about the Airbus snafu (The Airbus $6 Billion Software Mistake), so I thought it was blog worthy to post a follow-up with release of an AdAge article today: Airbust? A380 Hits Marketing Turbulence
I'm hoping their agency has some projects in the works to battle ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
I appreciate the Futurelab Marketing and Strategy Innovation Blog because, well, the name says it all.
Alain Thys, one of the contributors fo rthe blog, recently wrote a post called The Seven Tips for Agency Survival, summarized below:
TIP 1: Take the lead in ROI conversations rather than undergoing them
TIP 2: Differentiate ...
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
via AdPulp, a story about an optician that is abusive to a reporter who is investigating complaints about his company, all caught on camera.
What caught my attention was that the optician had to be out of his mind to think that everything wasn't being recorded. I mean after all, he ...
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
With all of the controversy around CEO compensation (the average CEO received 431 times as much as their average employee received in 2004), I thought I would point out a bright spot: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
Bob Nardelli, the former CEO of Home Depot, walked away with $210 million when ...
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Today's bquote from bguides(tm) got me inspired.
Inspired to pursue creative outlets.
Inspired to keep blogging, when I only have a handful of people reading.
Inspired to not give in to the budgets, schedules and numerous demands we all live by.
And most importantly, inspired to have the courage and patience to keep pushing ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
I was having some Smuckers Strawberry Jam on my toast the other day at FirstWatch, and I noticed "Grade A Fancy" imprinted in the upper right corner.
"Grade A Fancy" Jam? What is the grading scale for Jam? Not to be outdone, there is "Grade A Fancy" syrup as ...
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Great Wall Street Journal article about Blackberrys and the impact the have had in regards to "always available" that we have all found to be wayyyyyy too common.
Unfortunately, I have to admit that I am just as guilty as everyone else that has one, although after continuous reminders that its ...
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