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8/07/2009

Tribalisation of what?

如何让你的社区产品更有价值

在线社区已经成为目前最主要的网络应用之一,很多企业和组织都建立了相应的在线社区,但如何才能让你的在线社区为你产生更多的价值呢?最近一项名为“The 2008 Tribalization of Business”的研究针对这个问题,对140多家拥有在线社区的不同的组织进行了调查。


研究的结果显示,在线社区对于这些组织最大的价值在于增加口碑(35%)、增加品牌认知(28%)以及增加客户忠诚度(24%)。毋庸置疑,网络社区对企业来说是一种有效的营销及客户管理工具。

而阻碍在线社区这种工具产生它应有价值的最主要因素,既不是技术也不是资金,而是如何吸引用户(51%)、如何增加管理社区的时间(45%)。

而在调查中,这些组织认为在线社区的重要元素包括:类似人群的连接能力(54%)、可以帮助他人(43%)、是否有热点话题(41%)、社区管理的质量(33%)等等。

本次调查还发现了一个有趣的现象,就是这些组织建立这些社区的初衷和他们实际的实施内容普遍存在着差异。

所有的调查结果都表明,已经建立的大部分在线社区都能为企业带来不可忽视的价值,其很多企业本身也已经意识到在线社区的重要性。但是在具体实施的过程中大部分还缺乏经验,策略和方法的选择有很多不确定因素。

这里的问题可以尝试用这两种对策:

首先是专职人员的配备。 目前大部分企业中和在线社区相关的工作,都是由市场部门的人员来兼任或者索性是外包。对公司品牌和产品的了解和对网络社区文化的专业知识是在线 社区的管理人员必备的条件。这样,公司内有专门的人来负责这部分工作才是一个比较好的解决方案。关于这方面的内容,也可以看看Mr.6最近写的一篇关于“社群经营经理”的文章。

其次是新技术和新服务的运用。随着网络服务平台化和各种数据的不断开放,有很多问题也可以通过技术来解决或者改善。例如Google OpenSocial、Facebook Connect等等都将可以帮助企业非常方便的吸引用户、并方便的管理用户间的关系。即使企业没有特别高的技术实例,很多网站提供的各种便于使用的API 也可以帮助企业提高在线社区的互动性。

The Star: What does "tribalisation" mean in business?

7/11/2009

Jam from kitchen to factory

小果酱 大生意

2002 年,当同龄人正在新潮的互联网上创业时,14岁的Fraser Doherty在他父母的厨房里开始学着用奶奶的秘方调制果酱。邻居们和教堂里的朋友们非常喜欢这些果酱的味道,便一传十,十传百,建立起了不小的名气。 Doherty接到的订单之多,单靠在自己的厨房里已经不能满足需求了。他便从一个200人的食品加工厂租赁时间,每月租上那么几天来制作他接到的订单。

到他16岁时,Doherty便离校退学开始全职果酱生意了。

2007年初,英国一家高端超市Waitrose找到了他,希望能在旗下的超市里出售Doherty的超级果酱 Super Jam。数月之内,Waitrose 184家超市的店面里,便出现了超级果酱的身影。这使Doherty和他的生意都上了一个新台阶。
于是,他从银行贷款5000英镑(约合9000美元)以支付日常费用和租赁更多的工厂时间,来生产三种品的果酱。Tesco超市也跟进了,将Doherty的超级果酱摆进了其全英国300多家店里。

去年,超级果酱销售额高达120万美元,比2007年猛增60%。目前排队等待上架的超市包括英国Asda沃尔玛、爱尔兰的Morrisons和Tesco。

2008 年,Doherty有力量了,便开始了一个超级果酱茶会的公益活动,目前已经举办了100多块。主要是为苏格兰、英格兰和威尔士在家独居的老年人或老人院里的老人组织歌舞活动,并提供饮料。今年,Doherty准备将超级果酱打进全英国最大的食品连锁店。其生意合理估值约为100万美元至200万美元之间。

对一个20岁的年轻人来说,能做到这样真是不氏是。Doherty对其他年轻的创业家的建议是:对冒险有自己的想法,享受冒险的过程吧。

Forbes: Jam, from kitchen to factory

7/04/2009

The First Million at age 20

在20岁前挣100万

Ephren Taylor。这位泰勒同学是个游戏迷,买得起任天堂游戏机,但买不起游戏。所以在1994年他12岁时,他决定自己写游戏。于是每天下学后都到公园去读一本书,Andre LaMothe写的《怎样在21天内做一个视频游戏》(没有家庭作业就是好啊)。几个月后,他写出了自己的第一个游戏,情节是射杀想绑架总统的坏蛋(读游戏书也能这么爱国!)。然后他以每份10美元的价格卖给了30个朋友。

这仅仅是开始,当泰勒同学 13岁时,习惯自学的他开始设计网站。然后在聊天室等地方推广,通过电话(当然是压低声音假装成熟)和经纪人谈价格。最初报价每建一个站200美元,后来发现竞争对手相同的服务报价几千块时,他也突破了这个价格。一般是经纪人拉活,完工后客户直接把支票寄给泰勒。“当我收到一张从卖维他命和营养品的网络商店寄来的3800美元支票时,我父母以为我肯定是在贩毒。”


16 岁时,泰勒拉了好友Michael Stahl入伙,他们建了个招聘网站,专门面向高中生和大学生。他们把当地的记者叫来开了个新闻发布会,说要开张新生意。报道一报,立刻为网站吸引来了3 万个访问者。他们的定价这次还是有点低,每个招聘信息收费38美元。不过很快他们发现必胜客、花旗集团这些大公司为了招募到年青人才愿意付比这贵100倍的价格。于是这俩家伙就租了办公室,雇了他们以前的历史老师。2001年该网站在互联网泡沫破灭中应声倒下,不过最辉煌的时候,网站估值达350万美元。

现在,26岁的泰勒经营当地一家控股公司,投资一些社区相关生意,比如克立夫兰和堪萨斯市的低成本住房等。此外,他还担任City Capital公司的CEO,抽投资旧城改造和油井等生意。另外,一年他还要做70多场演讲,每场8000美元。

Forbes: Video-game design; Web-site design; job-posting site for teens

5/31/2009

2009 BrandZ™ Top 100 Ranking

明略行Millward Brown Optimor于日前发布了第四年度的BrandZ全球品牌100强排名,其结果显示即使在目前比较恶劣的经济形势下,各大品牌仍有效地捍卫了它们原有的品牌价值。

BrandZ全球品牌100强排名以美元来衡量品牌价值,它通过结合两方面的数据来进行品牌价值评估:包括企业财务数据及BrandZ对消费者和企业用户的研究数据(BrandZ是当今世界最大的品牌资产研究数据库)。

前100强的品牌价值总值已达到了1.95兆美元(略微上涨了1.7个百分点)。其中,谷歌名列第一,价值1000亿美元;微软排名第二,价值762亿美元;可口可乐首次位列第三,价值676亿美元。

“在目前的经济环境下,很多企业的价值会有所下降,而此时,品牌会变得尤为重要,因为品牌能帮助公司在艰难时期坚持下去。”Millward Brown Optimor的首席执行官 Joanna Seddon这样说,“那些在艰难时期会继续坚持对品牌进行投资的企业,在经济状况好转时,会比那些现在削减品牌投入的企业拥有更强的优势。”

今年共有15个新的品牌进入排名。帮宝适在新晋者中名列最高,排名31,任天堂(排名32名)和VISA(排名36名)紧接其后。从今年的排名中可以看出这样一些趋势:

价值 — 那些以“物有所值”所著称的品牌表现优秀,这意味着质量与价格一样重要,例如:沃尔玛(+19%)、阿尔迪(+49%)和欧尚(+48%)。H&M(+8%)现成为了服装的第一品牌。

小腐败 — 人们即使在荷包紧张的情况下,仍不免偶尔奖励一下自己。比如麦当劳(+34%)、万宝路(+33%)以及百威(+23%)这样的品牌都表现不错。

居家 — 能在家里体验或享受的品牌显示了强劲的增长。这包括了在家购物(在线购物):亚马逊(+85%)和eBay(+16%);能在家制作的咖啡:奈斯派索优 Nespresso(+27%)和雀巢Nescafe(+23%);以及游戏: 任天堂首次进入排名就跃居第32名。

无线 —通过iPhone和黑莓,在移动设备上使用互联网越来越流行,刺激了数据服务的需求,从而带动了移动运营服务这一产业的整体巨幅增长。沃达丰今年首次进入前十(+45%)。

明略行全球首席执行官Eileen Campbell就此排名发表评论说:“成为世界上最具价值的品牌之一是一项了不起的成就,我们祝贺所有榜上有名的品牌。在一个营销支出正遭受前所未有的严格审查的时刻,这个排名让营销者们能够证明品牌为企业所创造的价值”。


来源: 2009 BrandZ™ Top 100 Ranking

3/27/2009

Malaysia's Top 10 Favourite Brands 2009

2009大马十大最受欢迎品牌

100Plus和Sony是大马消费者最受欢迎的2品牌,据The Nielsen Co.在今年14/1至4/2超级品牌网上调查的结果。拿过4次超级品牌的Gardenia是唯一登上十大本土品牌。

此次调查共有1,500名大马消费者参与,调查也同时在新加坡和香港进行。各别排行榜如下:


Malaysia's Top Ten Favourite Brands 2009
1. 100Plus
2. Sony
3. Google
4. Maggi
5. Panasonic
6. Shell
7. Gardenia
8. Colgate
9. ICI Dulux
10. Honda

Singapore's Top Ten Favourite Brands 2009
1. Colgate
2. Google
3. Starhub
4. NTUC Fairprice
5. Sony
6. SingTel
7. Yahoo
8. Straits Times
9. 7-Eleven
10. Nippon Paint

Hong Kong's Top Ten Favourite Brands 2009
1. 7Eleven
2. Circle K
3. Sony
4. Coca Cola
5. Starbucks
6. Yahoo
7. Cathay Pacific
8. Colgate
9. Nike
10. TVB Hong Kong

3/20/2009

MTM - My Personalised Beauty Care

MTM 寫上我名字的保養品

由日本實驗室衍生出來的MTM,每一間專店都有一個類似實驗室的區域,在這裡,美容顧問穿著嚴肅的白袍、戴著口罩,像個化學師那樣一臉嚴謹地為消費者量身調配保養品。

除了用高科技儀器檢測肌膚,美容顧問也會向消費者諮詢29道問題,包括“每天逗留在冷氣環境的時間多久”、“長期服用什麼藥物/健康食品”、“一般用餐的含鹽量”、“每天喝水/茶/咖啡/果汁/汽水/紅酒的數量”、“體內是否附置任何金屬物件”等,掌握了詳盡的個人資料後,再從中調配最合適的保養品。

調配好的保養品,MTM會即時為顧客印上名字、品名和使用期限,一瓶215克的標準庄產品,保鮮期是6個月。

MTM這種“個人護膚,現場調配”的概念,撼動了流水線式生產的美容傳統,也把人性化、個人化和更細緻入微的服務概念注入保養品領域。

报导:Truly exclusive

3/13/2009

Mi Adidas -Create Your Own

Mi Adidas 專屬我的球鞋

Mi adidas是打造個人化(Customize)鞋款的新概念,它運用先進的電子儀器,量度出腳部長度與闊度、檢察腳部的壓力分布及體能特質,再由消費者挑選出心水的球鞋顏色,同時輸入個人名字,一雙結合科學數據及個人風格的球鞋就呈現眼前了。


訂造私家Mi adidas,由鞋墊以至顏色都可任你自由配搭,製作出一對完全屬於自己的球鞋。如Predator Absolute便有90種顏色,跑鞋Supernova及Adizero更有120種,消費者也可以配合所選的不同鞋底物料,創作自己的設計,更可在鞋舌位或其他地方繡上名字及符號。

不過,這雙Adidas能否與眾不同,就要看你的眼光和創意有多少了!

报导:Shoes made to fit


2/20/2009

Sea Inspiration of Misaki

Misaki来自海的启发

往往天才之手令一个生意产生。当然它还必需发生在对的时间和地点。

闪耀的比利时珠宝公司Misaki是因为一个在航空公司朋友向创办人推介在空中售买珍珠的概念而诞生。

应用当地的设计师,有时和欧洲设计师合作,Misaki以欧洲手艺和款式,结合创意,当今精致,诱人的设计。采用日本无可匹比的珍珠,制成耀眼和高品质的珠宝饰物。

来看看最新系列 -来自海的启发:



原文:Sea Inspiration

2/13/2009

Facebook beat out Myspace

Facebook beat out MySpace to become the most popular social networking site in January, according to Compete.com.

In Compete's Top 25 Social Networks Re-Rank, which ranks sites by number of total visits, Facebook was listed as having over a billion visits for the month. By comparison, MySpace had a mere 810 million visits, according to Compete. The positions represented a reversal of fortunes from a year ago, when MySpace was the most popular site and Facebook was number two.

As for the number of visitors on the two social networking sites, Compete claims that MySpace had 58.5 million uniques versus 68.5 million for Facebook. But users seem to be getting a lot more out of Facebook these days, based on two other metrics provided by Compete. Over the last 12 months Facebook has steadily grown in the number of visits per unique visitor and time spent on the site. MySpace has tailed off, especially in the latter metric. Compete's data charted a significant drop for MySpace last summer, when the average time spent the site fell from 20 to about 11 minutes.

Source: Facebook Takes Over Top Spot, Twitter Climbs
Related:Facebook beat MySpace

1/17/2009

For sale - Balance of life

出售剩余人生

如果对生活无望,剩余人生也能拿来买卖。北京一名25岁正妹陈潇,在中国淘宝网开设「出售剩余人生」,只要网友出得起价码,就可以安排她的时间。陈潇靠这个另类服务赢得不少顾客,最高一天赚了2千元人民币。

「安排陈潇的生活是你们的权利,为你们服务是我的义务…」这是「陈潇的剩余人生店」的网络简介。陈潇的时间价格为1小时20元人民币,1天100元人民币,违法的生意不做。

曾经做过服装生意的陈潇,去年底因为心情不好在网上发文表示:「对生活感到绝望,想换一种生活方案,就由网友来安排我的生活吧。」之後,她开始认真按网友请求做事,最後正式开店。

这跟台湾所谓的跑腿商机有点类似,陈潇帮人送过咖啡、买火车票、陪同吊点滴、给乞丐送饭以及代替网友品尝小吃等业务。每次顾客只需支付钟点费与交通费。

陈潇表示:「难免会遇到骚扰情形,不过真诚的人也很多。」当前已有数百人购买陈潇的剩余人生。虽然有人认为陈潇只是想炒作赚钱,但也有网友认为,她让这个虚幻的网络变得真实而温暖。

【论坛原创】我把自己的下半生交给网络(开始吧)


1/16/2009

Global Retail's New Dream Lover - Vietnam

全球零售商的新夢中情人

根据科尔尼的「2008全球零售业发展指数报告 (Global Retail Development Index, GRDI)指出,对于打算在海外开店的零售商来说,最具吸引力的地区是中东地区和北非,但人气最旺的单一国家市场则非越南莫属。

越南由第四名跳升第一,把蝉连三届冠军的印度挤到第二,俄罗斯和中国也各向退了一名。美国经济疲软、油价攀升、中国制造业成本激增,使得零售商把注意力转到扩张海外业务。 越南在零售扩张最具吸引力国家排行榜能够跳举榜首,是综合了经济、政治风险、国民平均所得、市场饱和度和市场吸引力等因素的评估结果。

越南的零售市场规模虽然还很小,但因为市场竞争程度不高,且国内生产总值 (GDP)成长率高达8%,使得越南市场非常具有吸引力。另一有利因素是越南消费者在亚洲地区年龄层最低,他们向城市移居,消费支出迅速增加。 据估计越南的零售市场规模在200亿美元,但越南政府预计今年零售市场可有20.5%的成长率,而达到5430亿美元。

反观大马则由2007年的第8名跌至2008年的第13名。

全文:Vietnam Tops A.T. Kearney's Annual List of Most Attractive Emerging Market Retail Destinations

11/26/2008

Malaysia Most Valuable Brands 2008

The brand value was derived through a valuation study commissioned by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) and The Edge. It was conducted by Interbrand, one of the largest brand consultancies internationally.

The total value of the top 30 brands stood at RM61.8bil, a 9% growth over the RM56.6bil achieved last year.

The study said 14 brands showed a growth in value this year.

Only brands that were public listed or owned by listed companies were considered for the study. Hence Maxis, which was ranked third in last year’s study, was not in the list as it was delisted.

Meanwhile, Mamee Double Decker and Bonia have dropped out of the list. Sin Chew, JobStreet.com and Ogawa are the new entries in the top 30.



Source: The Edge Daily

Extended Reading: The Star , MMVB 2007

11/20/2008

ICCA Best Marketing Award 2008

Honoured: (From left) ICCA president Leigt Harry, director of sales Simone Sfeir, Henry and convention bid manager Amelia Roziman posing for a photo after the award presentation ceremony in Canada recently.

The ICCA Best Marketing Award, established in 1997, recognises the excellence and outstanding achievements of organisations in their effort to market their destination or product. Entries can range from full scale campaigns and branding exercises to individual promotions and events. The ICCA Best Marketing Award is open to all ICCA members, regardless of their sector. The business or organisation that wins the competition will receive the Award at the ICCA Congress Closing session in Victoria.


Winner 2008

Sarawak Convention Bureau - Malaysia

"Winning this award is the ultimate endorsement of our marketing creativity and shows that, as a relatively new bureau, we have come a very long way in a short time. The win is also important in reaffirming to our government and industry stakeholders that we are on track to succeed in delivering on our ambitious growth targets over the next few years."

Jill Henry, Chief Executive Officer
Sarawak Convention Bureau

Finalists 2008

The 3 finalists for the ICCA Best Marketing Award 2008 were:

1 Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool - U.K.
2 Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau - U.S.A. - Click here to see their marketing video
3 Sarawak Convention Bureau - Malaysia - Click here to download their presentation

11/14/2008

Malaysian Entrepreneurship Platform -eBay

MALAYSIANS are using eBay as a platform for entrepreneurship and cross border trading according to a survey by eBay Southeast Asia.


The study revealed that 41% of eBay Malaysia members considered themselves serious sellers — either actively sourcing for products to sell on eBay or using eBay as the primary source of income.

Malaysians are also very active buyers, spending close to one third of their time online browsing for goods and services on the auction website. Also, 42% visit eBay once to three times a week.

Clothing, shoes and ­accessories were the most frequently purchased items on eBay Malaysia (38%), followed by books (36%) and computers and networking services (34%).

The visitors surveyed on the local website were generally affluent and well-educated with 64% having completed tertiary education and 75% earning at least RM20,000 per year.

On average, Malaysian shoppers spent approximately RM411 on eBay, out of the total RM542 spent online.

Credit cards were the most common payment method while PayPal came in second.

Other interesting findings on eBay Malaysia — 75% are adults in the age group of 25 to 49, more than 60% are male, 84% use broadband, and the majority spend an average of 29 hours per week online (of which seven hours are spent purchasing products or services on the Internet).

Source: The Star, by ZAM KARIM

11/03/2008

The Outstanding Young Malaysian Awards 2008


陳栩原(左5起)、拉查維南、陳蓮菁和覃永建期待,十大傑青能成為時下大馬青年的標桿。左起:陳慶祥、馬金泉、彼得和潘建成。右起:葉永興、莫哈末巴亞魯丁、阿德里安、李昭揚和曾文秀。
2008年大馬十大傑出青年獎候選人亮相。前排左起:曾文秀、馬金泉、陳蓮菁、陳栩原、吉隆坡文華青商會會長覃永建、前青商會國家總會長劉秀嬌及青商會顧問拿督陳金平;後排左起:黃恩德、陳慶祥、張書景、嚴文忠、李昭揚、諾阿馬里、葉永興、雷智雄及青商會國家副總會長陳俊輝。

2008年馬來西亞十大傑出青年(TOYM)名單

商業、經濟或企業成就:
潘建成(31歲)Phison、電子公司董事長
拿督曾文秀(36歲)、 RAMAJUTA公司董事經理

學術領導成就:
李昭揚博士(39歲)、理大昆蟲學教授

文化成就:
阿牛陳慶祥 (32歲)、歌手
馬金泉 (39歲)、共享空間專業舞團創辦人

人道及志愿服務成就:
阿迪安拉新邦(31歲)、PACOS Trust社區組織委員和JOAS土著聯繫主席

科學及工藝成就:
葉永興博士(40歲)、博大科學與技術教授
莫哈末巴亞魯丁(36歲)、博大化學部主任

個人發展成就:
拿督妮柯爾(25歲)、世界排名第一的女壁球手

原文:星洲日報‧2008.11.02

10/25/2008

Internet penetration in Malaysia

While traditional media continue to dominate the Malaysian media scene, the Internet is becoming a more integral part of the media mix.

According to the latest Nielsen Media Index survey, Internet penetration in the country has doubled over the last five years, now reaching two in 10 Malaysians.

Media Reach

(Base: people aged 15+
in Pen. M’sia)

July'06-June '07

July'07-June '08

% Var

Media

('000)

Reach %

('000)

Reach %


TV (yesterday)

13,047

93

13,416

94

+1

Radio (past week)*

12,611

90

13,208

92

+2

PosAd (past month)

9,270

66

9,143

64

-2

Newspapers (yesterday)

7,695

55

7,667

54

-1

Magazines (past month)

3,821

27

3,803

27

-

PowerScreen( past month)

3,389

24

3,170

22

-2

Internet (past week)

2,554

18

2,937

21

+3

Cinema (past 2 weeks)

592

4

617

4

-

Vision Four Guide (past 3 months)

618

4

393

3

-1

Source: Nielsen Media Index and *Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement (Sw2’07 & Sw2’08)



10/18/2008

Best Global Brands 2008



Source: Interbrand | Best Global Brands List | 2008

Slides: Business Week - Best Global Brand

Extend reading: brandchannel.com - Lessons Learned

9/11/2008

Sony -Asia's favourite brand

Japanese electronic giant Sony is Asia's favorite brand, according to a survey of Asian shoppers released on Sunday that was dominated by consumer technology firms.

Sony replaced Finnish phone maker Nokia as the region's top brand, ahead of another Japanese electronics firm Canon and U.S. sportswear firm Nike, according to the survey by Media magazine and market researchers TNS.

The appeal of technology across the region was highlighted by the presence in the top 20 of U.S. firms Hewlett-Packard and Apple, South Korean giants Samsung and LG, as well as Japan's Panasonic, the survey found.

U.S. Internet firm Google was seen as the top media and telecommunications company, while Coca-Cola was the most popular beverage, the survey found.

Asia Pacific’s top 20 brands

RANK BRAND RANK BRAND
1 Sony 11 Nokia
2 Canon 12 Colgate
3 Nike 13 Nestle
4 Google 14 Starbucks
5 Hewlett-Packard 15 Panasonic
6 Coca Cola 16 Honda
7 Adidas 17 Apple
8 Samsung 18 LG
9 7-Eleven 19 Nescafe
10 Yahoo 20 Toys-R-Us

A total of 3,600 consumers in 10 different markets including Australia and China were interviewed for the survey.

Asia, including increasingly China, has become a key market for many of the world's leading firms in the past 10 years, with many targeting the region's gadget-mad consumers.

Complete Story: ‘ASIA PACIFIC’S TOP 1000 BRANDS’ 2008 FINDINGS

7/27/2008

Website traffic driving strategy

YOU have invested your time and energy to build your organisation a great new website, but you are not getting quite the results you were hoping for.


Few customers are visiting or interacting with you and rarely do you get prospects to contact you through the site. So what can you do to improve the odds that you are reaching your anticipated audience?

1 PAPERWORK

This is the easiest and most economical method of advertising your site. Make sure you place your domain name on every form that is generated by your organisation. Some of the forms to consider: quote, invoice, orders, bill of lading, purchase order, checks, statements, labels, letterhead, envelopes, fax forms and e-mail signature.

2 VOICE MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT

Announce your domain name and an attention-grabbing message on your corporate and individual voice mails. A great way to attract users to your site is to offer an incentive that is available only on the web. Some examples: “For additional and current specials, check out our website…” or “Check out our website for the article regarding the seven deadly mistakes people make when planning a party.”

3 E-MAIL SIGNATURE

Include your demographic information such as name, address, telephone and fax numbers, your web address and promotional information.

4 VERBAL

Make sure you and your staff are constantly promoting your website and its content and value to your customers.

5 NEWSLETTER

Develop an electronic newsletter to advise your customers and prospects of your products and services and all of the incentives available on the web.

Provide an easy link within the newsletter to direct the user to the appropriate web page. My recommendation is to strive for a monthly frequency distribution.

6 LINKS

Trade links (URL) with other business associates, customers and vendors will drive traffic your way. When providing a resource link on your site to take the user elsewhere, make sure to open that link in a separate session. Once the visitor is on your site, keep them on your site voluntarily and do not force them to leave your site by clicking on an outside resource.

7 MEDIA

Always include your website domain name when advertising or writing about your company in newspapers, magazines, trade publications, radio, TV, web and banners.

8 SEARCH ENGINES

Optimisation and Pay-perclickSEO and PPC is a huge growing segment of the economy and is the reason why companies such as Google, Yahoo, Overture and others have grown as much as they have.

The basic concept is to properly optimise your site using certain key words and phrases to increase the odds that people can easily find you when they surf and search the web. This area requires professional assistance.

Implementing the proper plan to drive traffic to your site is a complicated task that requires strategic and tactical planning. However, you may find that some areas I illustrated above are pretty easy to embrace and are economical as well. Don’t lose the opportunities that are out there. Finish building it so they will come.

– Source: Straits Times/Asia News Network

7/02/2008

Mobile Art by Zaha Hadid

Zaha HadidZaha HADID于2004年获颁被誉为建筑界诺贝尔奖的普利茨克奖(Pritzker Prize)。她每一项充满动感和创意的建筑,都是累积了30多年革命性实验和研究的心血结晶。HADID不时突破界限,探索新的空间概念,在城市、建筑和设计三个互相关连的范畴内,追求完美的视觉美感。

HADID作品的其中一个特色,是以先进的技术,把天然地形和人为的建构融为一体,令建筑、景观和地质精妙地接合一起,结果为她的作品带来几何、天衣无缝和无懈可击的澎湃活力。

 Phaeno Science Center位于德国沃尔夫斯堡的Phaeno科学中心,正好引证了HADID一直追求的流质形态。其它影响深远的前作包括辛辛那提的罗森塔尔当代艺术中心和德国莱比锡的BMW中央大楼,均以崭新的空间意念和大胆而前卫的外型设计,把我们对未来的展望整合为真实的建筑,赢尽赞赏。

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