Category Archives: Living in the World Today

The U.S. fight on China’s currency is nothing but a political showcase

Posted on October 1, 2010 by markkolier

Although it’s been two weeks since I returned from China I am now totally engaged in developing our sinomarketingus.com division. I am being tutored by a terrific woman Grace (her American name) twice a week and my head is swimming … Continue reading →

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Skype and Facebook together – why didn’t I think of that?

Posted on September 29, 2010 by markkolier

In Kara Swisher’s (http://kara.allthingsd.com) excellent Boomtown blog today she offered an ‘exclusive’ that Skype and Facebook are close to a deal. Kara started out with ‘You didn’t think Facebook would integrate with Google (GOOG) Voice, did you?’ I love that! … Continue reading →

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Instapaper – do you want be the editor of your own personal e-newspaper?

Posted on September 27, 2010 by markkolier

As a voracious consumer of information both online and offline I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep track of all the articles and stories that interest me. In fact it gets so bad sometimes that I find out halfway … Continue reading →

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Do you run your business like it is 1999?

Posted on September 24, 2010 by markkolier

In thinking about today’s post I was determined to not post about what’s dominating my thoughts lately – China. I was having a little trouble and then I went to get my hair cut. I really like the woman who … Continue reading →

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Marketing in China is by the numbers

Posted on September 22, 2010 by markkolier

I’ve posted 6 blogs about China and this is the last one for a while. I am planning my next visit and what needs to be done in order for our agency to succeed in helping Chinese companies market into … Continue reading →

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Chinese Government Security is not always as tight as you think

Posted on September 20, 2010 by markkolier

Before I left for China I was told a number of different things about the levels of security – my ability to use Facebook (or lack thereof), ability to visit websites like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, … Continue reading →

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Chinese people will surprise and delight you

Posted on September 16, 2010 by markkolier

This is my last morning here in China for this trip. And it’s a beautiful day in Shanghai. Yesterday after two really good meetings in the city we headed to Wuxi (pronounced wushi) by fast train. Traveling at roughly 180MPH … Continue reading →

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Doing business in China today – anything and everything is possible

Posted on September 15, 2010 by markkolier

China has nearly 500 million of its people on line. Over 300 million watch on line video on a variety of sites like Tudou, Youku, Ku6, Baidu’s video channel Qiyi — and even the video off-shoots of portals Sina and … Continue reading →

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In China geography means a great deal

Posted on September 14, 2010 by markkolier

As I got off the flight yesterday in Beijing coming from Shanghai I immediately noticed that the people in the airport were taller (and a bit wider) than the people in Shanghai. You might also be interested to know that … Continue reading →

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This is not your grandfather’s China

Posted on September 13, 2010 by markkolier

It isn’t even the China I grew up learning about. China is a country with a more than 5,000 year old history. Americans (and Westerners in general) older than 30 grew up with the idea of ‘Red China’. The advancing … Continue reading →

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