Archive for March, 2009

March 24, 2009 2

Branded utility. wait?

By admin in Advertising, communication

There’s a bike shop right by my office, which is right at the border of the Forest de Soigne, which is a great forest for mountainbiking. The shop always looked a bit too posh for me, so I never really liked it.
Until yesterday, when I noticed this:

They installed a bike wash, a free to use [...]

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March 17, 2009 3

wantz.it

By admin in wantz.it

Apart from doing my thing in advertising/marketing/thingymajig as a creative/planner/whatever, I’m also an Internet Entrepreneur.
Me and my partner just launched version 2 of Wantz.it
http://www.wantz.it is an online wish list that’s a zillion times easier to use than all the other wish lists out there.
Behold the demo video:
Demo of ww.wantz.it the online wishlist. from Luis [...]

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March 9, 2009 3

A presentation on “Social Media Strategies”.

By admin in Advertising, Interactive advertising Tips, communication

Spent a few hours pouring my thoughts in presentation form.
Uploaded on slideshare.
See what happens.
Feel free to comment here or directly on slideshare.
Put your social media strategy where the sun don't shine.
View more presentations from Crusty. (tags: social media)

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March 6, 2009 4

Everything can be a communication device.

By admin in communication

Here in Europe (and maybe elsewhere) when a big rig truck gets overtaken by another big rig, the one that gets overtaken flashes his headlights when the rear of the overtaking truck clears his cabin, signaling the front truck it can move back into the first lane.
After that the overtaking truck uses it’s blinkers (left-right [...]

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March 4, 2009 1

Platform 21

By admin in Self-sufficiency, sustainability

Here’s a movement that I’ve been latently been a member of and I’m glad someone finally stepped up and tries to get the ball rolling.

Buying something that I can’t repair myself makes me uncomfortable. I’m often forced to do so: the family car, my Macbook. But when I can, I try to avoid it. As [...]

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March 2, 2009 2

Skittles: Close but no cigar.

By admin in Advertising, Internet, communication

So skittles forwards the skittles.com domain to the twitter search results page for the word skittles….
…and all the usual social media suspects go for the standing ovation.
I think it’s crap. For several reasons:
0. Been done: Zeus Jones, Modernista
1. What’s the outcome of this? Not a page of people twittering about skittles but a page of [...]

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March 2, 2009 0

Cook electric

By admin in communication

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