http://www.pondermarketing.com All about the trends, concepts and application of marketing Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:30:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are a stylish woman with bohemian sensibilities, then you owe it to yourself to check out Unika Butika. This is a new source for hand-painted handbags, purses, hats, belts and more. Each item is unique- no 2 are alike! What a great way to attract attention with fashion ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/11/07/looking-for-a-unique-handbag/ While we're on the topic of marketing... a little self-marketing experiment. I took the plunge and put some of my music up on youtube. You can check out my youtube channel here, or check out the song Change For You: oNWZnOSMipY http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/10/08/promotion-of-music-shameless-plug/ How funny is this... Microsoft's new 'I'm a PC' ads were apparently created using Apple computers. See Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ Ads Created On Macs for the details. Great move guys. Crispin Porter Bogusky may have jumped the shark upon picking up the Microsoft account. While they have a history ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/09/20/im-a-pc-but-i-make-my-ads-with-mac/ Here's a good one I came across tonite for all you would-be entrepreneurs out there... A Couple of My Rules for Startups. A few other tips for startups I'd add to this list... Spend lots of money on chairs, but cheap out on the desks (I would cite wherever I saw ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/20/startup-tips/ What's in a name? A whole lot of importance, really. An article from Wall St Journal today called Name That Firm covers examples of a few do's and don'ts for naming your company. The name can really play a role in predisposing people towards doing business with you (or not), ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/17/whats-in-a-name/ Wondering about where you can gather current information on Pennsylvania mortgage rates? Then get over to MyHomeLoanMortgages.com, where they have tons of information on mortgage rates in every state. You can click through for even more detailed info on your own city. You'll find info on local mortgage brokers and real ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/17/mortgage-info/ Jakob Nielsen has a great new article up called Bridging the Designer–User Gap. I highly recommend this for anyone involved in product design or web development. Consider these observations from the first paragraph: Designers are not users. Vice-presidents are not users. Users are not designers. In other words, designers (and v-p's) should ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/17/designers-not-users-users-not-designers/ There are thousands of people out there who are really into fantasy sports such as fantasy baseball. I know guys at work who spend hours and hours working on their fantasy rosters. It's really hard -- you are competing against scores of other players, and your ability to win is ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/16/managing-a-baseball-team-fantasy-or-not/ Just this weekend I finally checked out for myself this whole people-to-people lending thing you may have heard about. In a nutshell, a company named Prosper has basically created a marketplace which brings together people who want to borrow money with people who want to lend money. Typically, that function would ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/16/prosper/ 2 oysters, Sheldon and Pearl, were planning to finally retire after years working down on the farm.  Pearl's been robbed, some clown broke in and stole her jewel while she was asleep. Sheldon says "Don't worry, I brought you some nice grains of sand. You can work on another piece". ... http://www.pondermarketing.com/2008/03/14/are-oysters-inherently-funny/