What’s Up With Technorati?
Jeremy ponders what the heck is up. I’ve been wondering the same. Not only is it bloody slow but also ever increasingly inaccurate with a long time lag. Sigh… Thoughts anyone?
Web Is A Big Influencer Of Purchases
Doubleclick’s third annual Touchpoints Survey reveals that the web is the most consistent factor in purchase influence across ten product categories, according to MediaBuyerPlanner.
Al On Hilton
Interesting piece by Al Ries on Hilton and the need for clear brand positioning. (logon required).
Do you know your brand?
What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
Powerful, long-lasting brands are built by owning a word in the mind.
What’s a Volvo? A safe car.
What’s a BMW? Fun to drive.
What’s a Barilla? Italy’s No. 1 pasta.
For Kiwis In the Bay Area…
Kia Ora! In a little over a month, Maori Art Meets America – here in San Francisco. Save these dates:
- August 4. Dawn: Ceremonial waka arrival into San Francisco harbor followed by a reception that evening at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
- August 5-14: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum ( 701 Mission Street @ 3rd in San Francisco) will host Toi Maori: Art from the Maori People of New Zealand – a world class collection of fine Maori cloaks, enhanced with live weaving demonstrations and kete displays along with photographic works plus live demonstrations of moko (Maori tattooing). Both exhibitions will be supplemented by indigenous carving, jewelry and pottery. Quite simply, this display is “a must see.” Toi Maori: Art from the Maori People of New Zealand is the largest exhibition of contemporary Maori art from New Zealand in the USA in over two decades and seeks to demonstrate the spiritual significance of Maori art and culture.
- August 7, 2pm: Special FREE performance by “Kapa Haka” Maori dance group in Union Square as part of the “Jewels in the Square” series, sponsored by MJM Management Group and SF Parks Trust.
