Archive for May, 2006

The future of marketing - doing some good could do you very good

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

The economy is doing remarkably well - given the facts that gas is heading towards $4 per gallon and that interest rates are going up. All the economy: Not quite: The marketing world is a bit in turmoil. Getting under people's skin should be our job. But ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 17: Action in the stands

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Usually soccer fans are very nice and decent people. There are just a few exceptions. Here is one of them. I am asking myself what happened between the guys before this scene? What do you have to say to trigger such a reaction? Another mystery in the world of soccer...

World Cup countdown - T minus 18: Nike going Urban

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Time to go a bit Urban today. No pitch activity in this one but some cool juggling, dancing, acrobatic scenes. All Ali G. style ;-) You won't break any catenaccio that way but it looks pretty. No worries: We'll be back to the pitch again. I overdose very quickly ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 21: Going for a dive

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Ever wonder how so many guys are so sophisticated in faking a foul? Take a look at this video then. Let's hope this was all just a joke. Practicing dives should be banned. I could do without those scenes this summer but with so much glory at stake we will ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 22: Nice collection of mishaps

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Another world class collection of soccer mishaps. Amazing stuff - these are the moments some players become remembered for. I can relate to some of those...fortunately noone remembers;-)

Fun +World Cup + conceptbakery = Send A Player

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Currently, soccer fan sites, forums and blogs are popping up left and right. We decided that we can't just let the World Cup let slip by without doing anything about it. Therefore we created Send A Player; an e-card generator that let's everyone build silly soccer e-cards ...

A guy named Guy tries to apply…for a job at the BBC

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Nice little mishap at the BBC: A guy is applying to a data support cleanser job. The next thing that happens is that a guy named Guy is called up at the reception desk and the job applicant accidentally ends up being interviewed live at the BBC about ...

Publishing an entire book as a blog?

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

My hyperactive brother and partner in Germany came up with an interesting idea a few weeks ago: He had written a 27 chapter book about Guerilla marketing (who doesn't these days;-) and wanted to publish the entire book in blog format and as a podcast. My ...

PETA demonstrating against the use of meat

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) can turn pretty graphic at times. That's their only choice to reach a mainstream audience. So what better to do than to put naked human bodies into large plastic meat trays and wrap them in cellophane? PETA has been around since ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 23: Nice ball control

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

An amazing goal by David Ginola as he controls the ball and chips it over a defender before smashing home a left foot volley into the top corner for Newcastle against Ferencvaros in 1996. You can't learn that by purchasing a book - no matter how hard ...