Archive for October, 2008

Selenis: Most Communication Efficient Banks in Romania

Dragos Dehelean announced yesterday that Selenis released a study in which they explored the usability of the top 20 banks in Romania (based on market share), in terms of their communication features on their corporate web sites. In times of global economic and financial crisis, the study done by Selenis is a pretty good tool to [...]

E-commerce and Payment Systems at RoNewMedia 2008

    RoNewMedia 2008 Conference and Expo On November 11, 2008, I will be present at RoNewMedia Conference & Expo, representing and speaking about Okazii.ro during the e-commerce and online payment systems panel. The event will take place at JW Marriott Grand Hotel, starting very early in the morning, at 8:00 am. RoNewMedia 2.0 program will [...]

The Politics of Political Marketing 2.00.8

Tonight, at Diverta Bookstore on Magheru Boulevard, Sorin Tudor marked two premieres by launching his first book, Politics 2.00.8, also the first political marketing book ever published in Romania. The book explores all aspects of political marketing, from communication and political consultancy to mass media manipulation and online political campaigns. Written in a very friendly and easily [...]

Posted on October 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm by Daniel · Permalink · 3 Comments
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Origins of Google Chrome’s Logo

From The Next Web:  Also seen at Pahomi & Orlando.

Posted on October 29, 2008 at 5:31 pm by Daniel · Permalink · Leave a comment
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New RSS Feeds by Feedburner.com

I have installed Feedburner in order to monitor the readership of my RSS feeds. I know there are a few visitors that have already subscribed to my RSS feed and I would like to kindly ask them to renew their feed subscription with the new links.  Entries RSS  Comments RSS Thanks and enjoy!

Posted on October 29, 2008 at 9:48 am by Daniel · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Wassup – Obama Style

From Marketing Alternatif (who picked it up via Roycod, who picked it up from Whiteblog, who picked it up from Vinvin, who picked it up from… ok, yes, it’s viral) here’s the new Obama style wassup video: Edit: already more than 2 million views in 4 days (video posted on Oct 24, today is Oct 28).

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 5:36 pm by Daniel · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Coaching and Exponential Marketing Aim For Performance

Wikipedia (citing various sources, of course) defines coaching as “a structured process-driven relationship between a trained professional coach and an individual or team which includes: assessment, examining values and motivation, setting measurable goals, defining focused action plans and using validated behavioural change tools and techniques to assist them to develop competencies and remove blocks to achieve valuable [...]

Entrepreneurs: The Leader and the Market

Mihai Stanescu, a good friend of mine and executive coach in his everyday life, is organizing on November 6, 2008, a seminar with the theme: Entrepreneurs: The Leader and the Market. The event will take place at Intercontinental Hotel, Rapsodia Hall, starting at 9:00 am.  The event will explore ways of successfully handling the main challenges that [...]

Posted on October 24, 2008 at 3:10 pm by Daniel · Permalink · One Comment
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Can We Estimate Growth During an Economic Crisis?

Yesterday at Web Club, some of the online advertising professionals in Romania expressed their views related to the growth that the Romania online advertising industry will experience during 2009. Their predictions can be noted in the message Victor Kapra posted on his blog. Vivi remarked on his blog that, during a crisis, business people restrain from [...]

How to Position Yourself During a Crisis

We are all aware that the global economy is currently going through a significant downturn, making executives cringe while watching the evening news, fearing that another – once solid – financial institution might go down in flames or in the generous pockets of a bigger fish, all because of the so hated credit crunch plague. [...]

Posted on October 22, 2008 at 5:42 pm by Daniel · Permalink · 3 Comments
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