by Minter Dial | May 5, 2009 | Marketing
I am now the owner of two Jawbone bluetooth earphones, the latest of which is the snazzy Jawbone Personal NoiseAssassin™, with its medical-grade plastic and leather earloops. With the NoiseAssassin feature, the ambient noise does diminish considerably. You can...
by Minter Dial | May 2, 2009 | Marketing, New Tech
State of the Spam Business How many legitimate (non junk or spam) emails do you receive in your inbox? It may come as a surprise to you that only 3% of the world’s supply of emails are legitimate, at least that’s what a recent Microsoft survey says. On a...
by Minter Dial | Apr 5, 2009 | Marketing
In these times of recession, a change is certainly gonna come… For the companies feeling the hit (not referring to Sam Cooke), there is plenty of talk of cutting budgets and payroll (though much less of the latter in France). In such environments, one speaks of...
by Minter Dial | Apr 4, 2009 | Marketing
For this post, I would like to take you on a kind of virtual journey. Specifically, I will share a series of videos that show the world connecting through music, proof that music has a special universality. Take the trip, I think you will enjoy the ride. In the best...
by Minter Dial | Apr 2, 2009 | Business, Marketing
THE MOST IMPORTANT DIGITAL LESSON I’VE LEARNED… I have picked this pearl of wisdom to share with you today: You can’t control what people say about you on the web, but you can be a good listener. This is from Walmart: Walmart has been getting into...
by Minter Dial | Mar 31, 2009 | Marketing
I love watches. Maybe it’s a guy’s thing and/or maybe it’s because guys don’t have much “jewellery” to bandy about. In any event, I was struck by a couple of things in a recent article in Le Figaro (“Des montres qui...