Category Archives: Living in the World Today

Making your business a destination place

Posted on April 16, 2010 by markkolier

I live in a small town in Connecticut. When I moved here there was an old diner called Orem’s that hailed its beginnings from 1921. You can visit the website – http://www.oremsdiner.com. And inside the place it looked like it. … Continue reading →

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Social media and Internet censorship in the office will not make things better

Posted on April 13, 2010 by markkolier

I heard a radio spot yesterday from Barracuda Networks. Their offer is to help companies make their workers more productive by blocking/firewalling them from websites and social networks that (as the ad infers) detract from employee productivity and company profits. … Continue reading →

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No I-Pad for me. Yet.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by markkolier

Before I left for China a couple of weeks ago I had intentions of purchasing an Apple iPad possibly ahead of the April 3rd release date here in the United States. The Chinese government had different ideas and delayed the … Continue reading →

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A $ 16 million fine on Toyota is not a wakeup call

Posted on April 6, 2010 by markkolier

This morning it was reported that the U.S. Transportation Department is seeking a $ 16.4 million fine against Toyota http://nyti.ms/c6UgOS. This is the largest fine allowed. Toyota has two weeks to contest the fine. How exactly is a fine such … Continue reading →

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How I turned a holiday into a business trip

Posted on March 29, 2010 by markkolier

Having talked about doing business internationally in previous posts the opportunity to do business in China is too alluring to pass up.  Sure I came to visit my great friend but in the back of my mind I also wanted … Continue reading →

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Hanoi – my 33 hours in the 3rd world

Posted on March 28, 2010 by markkolier

Operating out of Hong Kong offers many places to visit rather easily in Asia.  Since funds were not unlimited we decided upon Hanoi since it was a less than 2 hour flight and were able to work a deal through … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong – ahead and behind all at the same time

Posted on March 25, 2010 by markkolier

Hong Kong is 12 hours ahead of New York.  15 hours ahead of L.A. and San Francisco.  By the time we start our day back in the states it’s evening in Asia (and a bit later than that in Australia).   … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong IS China

Posted on March 24, 2010 by markkolier

Even though I’ve been here less than 24 hours my initial impressions of Hong Kong are that it is much more Chinese than I anticipated.   Now that might seem a bit strange but I had the idea that the British … Continue reading →

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Foursquare still needs a little more refinement

Posted on March 19, 2010 by markkolier

If the darling of 2010 applications is to truly take hold Foursquare still has some work to do.  A location based mobile application; the mobile marketing community is watching Foursquare’s adoption and usage with great interest.   It’s pretty simple.  You … Continue reading →

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Geo-fencing is one way 2010 can be the year of mobile

Posted on February 23, 2010 by markkolier

Two articles today one in the NY Times and the other in the Wall Street Journal cover location based mobile advertising.  Using a tactic called Geo-Fencing a company called Placecast (http://www.placecast.net) has a platform of ‘location-triggered’ mobile marketing solutions.   They … Continue reading →

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