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- useless ads!
- Feeling down? this will help
- Management!
- “EMOTION” – The ONLY WORD you SHOULD be THINKING about
- Sarah Palin Emails – important…
- 7 words that will help with your argument
- All Things Lead to Philosophy!
- hOw to gEt YES! [Part 1]
- It’s all about Value
- Free is Expensive, Beware!
- Ditch Business Cards – for cause
- How to get creative
- all we need to know – and we already know
- The Museum Wasn’t Amusing!
- New Beginning
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When Advertising backFIREs
How can advertisers hurt the sales of the products or services they are obliged to help try to sell? I don’t think there is anything more shocking than a reverse effect of a message. Imagine you wanted to tell someone … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisement, Business, consulting, influence, Marketing, Psychology, understanding human behavior, yes
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useless ads!
Sitting in the subway the other day, this is an ad for some Diet & Health Clinic. *All* it says is: “MP lost 196lbs in 14 months. Yes, you can.” and an image by the side. My response: Thanks. OK. … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisement, Business, Effective Advertising, influence, Marketing, persuasion, social psychology
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Feeling down? this will help
Think of this: “Is this what I’m set out to do? Am I happy doing it?”* These 2 questions are core for every second’s decision and how it’s to be spent. As an added bonus, think of what you want, … Continue reading
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Tagged Challenge, Inspirational, journey, Life, Motivational
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Management!
What is management all about? Not getting a chance to pursue MBA this year, I will try to seek and write what would be useful, on my own. Management: “Manage Men” – Managing people to accomplish desired goals and objectives … Continue reading
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“EMOTION” – The ONLY WORD you SHOULD be THINKING about
Whether for personal success, business, relationship, or brand, the only thing to be concerned about is “EMOTION”. It’s how you feel, what you feel, how you make others feel, how you feel about yourself, how others feel about you or … Continue reading
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Tagged 1001, branding, Business, Emotion, lessons, Marketing, philosophy, Psychology, success
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Sarah Palin Emails – important…
NOT! Such a Waste of Resources. In today’s news: “Alaska set to release thousands of Sarah Palin emails“ If you are thinking ‘so what?’, that’s exactly what I have been thinking :) Some facts: 24,199 pages of emails, after … Continue reading
7 words that will help with your argument
According to Kevin Hogan, these are 7 words that change minds: Because: I want you to do this, why? ‘because’ it pays off. Please donate ‘because’ it’s really important. Now: go vs go Now. You need to do this NOW! … Continue reading
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All Things Lead to Philosophy!
What do weather, water, and weblog have in common? They all lead to “Philosophy”! Thanks to rww for sharing and posting this interesting insight. Actually, All Things Lead to Philosophy, on Wikipedia at least! Try it here for yourself: … Continue reading
hOw to gEt YES! [Part 1]
Professor Robert Cialdini defines the six principles of social influence: – Reciprocation; feeling obligated to return favors performed for us – Authority; looking to experts to show us the way – Commitment/Consistency; wanting to act consistently with our commitments … Continue reading
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It’s all about Value
Water is crucial to our survival and has many uses, and yet is very cheap. On the other hand, Diamonds are very expensive. facebook is free, a certain car may be cheap, whereas Bugatti and Bentley are among the most … Continue reading
Free is Expensive, Beware!
Disaster is free, do you want it? No, we don’t want everything that is Free, perhaps when we have a good understanding of it. How can anything be Free, with no strings attached? Free is a mask. Free is … Continue reading
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Ditch Business Cards – for cause
You may have seen this image, or this one… No doubt these are very creative ideas, but this is I think where creativity has gone too far. It might have got a lot of attention and so it might … Continue reading
How to get creative
Start by getting off your computer – Wait! not now. After reading this post : ) 1- gEt diScOnNeCted from present – present time, present location, present ideas, present situation and circumstances. Think of future (or past if you … Continue reading
all we need to know – and we already know
I’m fascinated by finding answers to questions that are thorough and complete in themselves. Of course nothing is perfect and so can’t be all answers to all questions. But when I find answers to questions that are helpful and don’t … Continue reading
The Museum Wasn’t Amusing!
What’s the one thing one would think of and expect to see at a museum? “History”, I’m sure you would agree. Of course there are various types of museums, some historic, some contemporary, military, etc, but a place that features … Continue reading
New Beginning
This blog was started as a means of recording my experiences while taking Open Source course towards my Degree at Seneca. The topics in this blog reflected Open Source, Eclipse, IBM & Jax/RPC. That information is no longer related to … Continue reading
