Category: Marketing Stuff

  • An End To Google Page Rank

    OK, better minds than mine have grappled with the whole Google slap issue. It is fascinating to see how a company as savvy as Google can imagine that they can get away with clearly monopolistic actions disguised as “for the good of the users”. Kenneth over at investorblogger.com and Denise in her internetmarektingreview.org post have…

  • Blog Marketing As a Strategy…

    Most people would love to find a method of marketing that is effective, fun and free. Well, blog marketing certainly fits the bill. Unfortunately, not many people understand that “effectiveness” is not the same as having a lot of pages in the blog, nor is it getting listed in as many directories as possible. Actually,…

  • Blogger You Helping Google Shoot Yourself?

    For the past few months, I am sure many of you have been reading about how Google have been going around “downgrading” the Page Rank of bloggers who do paid blogging, in particular, PayPerPost. Well, I guess that is life. Things happen and other things happen. But the irony that I see here, is the…

  • What does SEO and clicking links got in common?

    I just read a very interesting post over at Phil’s blog where he wrote about “Click Here – It’s Not About SEO!“. In the early days of the Internet, everywhere you went, you saw “click here“. The idea then was that since everything was so new, people did not really know what to do, so…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Communications Is The Key…

    The world is getting smaller today. We all know that. Businesses are so international that it is almost a given that most businesses will have some kind of dealings with overseas clients. Well, since Spanish is one of the most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English, don’t be surprised if you find…

  • Is this Good Marketing?

    Here is something that you can think about. Many times, when we are in marketing, we promote stuff. We use hyperboles and we cajole and flatter. We paint pictures with words and convey meanings with pictures. We communicate. Sometimes, we do smoke and mirrors. Sometimes, we distract. Sometimes, we mislead…? Take a look at this…