Category Archives: Living in the World Today

The narrow window of Twitter

Posted on February 16, 2010 by markkolier

I’ve been reading a lot about the ‘future’ of twitter.  Yet is more in the context of ‘will it last’ than ‘what it will be?’  Our agency’s clients are eager and interested to know how we see Twitter and what … Continue reading →

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Lindsey Vonn’s 15 minutes are now

Posted on February 12, 2010 by markkolier

The Winter Olympics are here.  Finally?  After all it’s been less than a week since the Super Bowl and this is the time of the sports year where there is VERY little going on.   This weekend is the NBA All-star … Continue reading →

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User Generated Super Bowl ads are cool and not threatening to marketing agencies

Posted on February 9, 2010 by markkolier

Much has been discussed the past few days related to the Doritos ads presented during the Super Bowl telecast this past Sunday.  Like them or not (I liked the Samurai one and the other not so much), there have been … Continue reading →

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Being Toyota means you finally have to say you are sorry

Posted on February 5, 2010 by markkolier

Just this morning Akio Toyoda the grandson of Toyota’s founder FINALLY spoke his first words regarding the Toyota debacle that has unfolded over the past two weeks.   The world’s largest carmaker took personal responsibility for the problems.  He went on … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl traditions – Are you looking more forward to the game or the ads?

Posted on February 2, 2010 by markkolier

Already the Tim Tebow anti-abortion ad has gotten the pre-game buzz.   Will it hurt his future prospects as a pitchman?   I highly doubt it.  Go Daddy.com will feature Danica Patrick once again (fully clothed in case you are wondering).   Bridgestone … Continue reading →

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The non-glamour of Business travel

Posted on January 29, 2010 by markkolier

It’s 11PM and I’m sitting in seat 4D (First class) on a Delta/Northwest (why can’t they make up their mind already?) flight to Ft. Myers, FL.   I am to attend a 1 ½ day conference with other marketing agency folks … Continue reading →

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I love the Tennis Channel – the future is here

Posted on January 27, 2010 by markkolier

I’ve been playing tennis a very long time.   Competitively to a degree (tournaments, rankings – mine was pretty low).   As I’ve gotten older I don’t play as much, as well, or as much singles as I once did.   I still … Continue reading →

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Twitter could have been a big help to the poor people of Haiti

Posted on January 19, 2010 by markkolier

But it’s not Twitter’s fault.  Haiti has a population in which many people live on $ 10.00 per week – or less.  So having a mobile device is out of the question.   And how sad that is considering that the … Continue reading →

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Radio Shack – it isn’t the Love Shack

Posted on January 12, 2010 by markkolier

Radio Shack has been around for as long as I can remember – when I looked it up they were founded in 1921.  For many years any promotion done by RS had a tag ‘a Tandy company’ – like that … Continue reading →

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A quick fix is not the tonic

Posted on January 8, 2010 by markkolier

I just read a story that was posted on line this afternoon of January 8, 2010 U.S. Job Losses in December Dim Hopes for Quick Upswing http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/economy/09jobs.html?hp Were you hoping for a quick upswing?   Is that what everyone really wants?   There … Continue reading →

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