The general appearance of our business offices are currently influencing the way we work. Modern decors, innovative designs, and practical spaces for employees are essential because they boost satisfaction and increase productivity.
Last week Edelman’s representative office in Vietnam announced the release of Words of a Generation: Vietnam, part of an ongoing series of films which show interviews of 10 people born in Vietnam in between 1975 and 1986. The so-called “Doi Moi” generation, the subjects are the first generation of citizens there born after the Vietnam War.
Instagram announced today their release of Instagram Direct, a new tool for sending on the spot photo and video messages to fiends. What significant more than the 150 million who will be using this tool, is amazing potential for what could be called “residual advertising effect.”
In a world so filled with negative news that detracts from the season, it’s nice to be associated with and to see entrepreneurs with a vision that’s truly sustainable, giving, and viable. Just such an initiative came to us via the most unusual route, Runway Baby* is not exactly your everyday startup.
Shoot out my tires all my redneck, pickup truck driving pals back in the States, I’ve always been a fan of scooters, they just make sense. As for Vespa, of course they are the Rolls Royce of Ferrari of what we Americans consider putter putter mobility. Now at the Paris Salon de la Moto, running thru this Sunday, the all new Vespa Primavera is now being marketed all over Europe.
For those of you out there convinced the typewritten page is all through, news from the LA Times proves the intrinsic value of the printed word. This Christmas, maybe you should head on over to the bookstore or Amazon, not to get a digital book, but a real live bound copy for your kids.
For all of you naysayers in hospitality out there determined you did not need Twitter, guess again. According to news from Loews Hotels and Resorts starting today you’ll be able to make reservations via Twitter.
Well, supposedly Seth said something like this, but the reality is closer to good marketing “winning” the contest for consumer attention. If you ask 100 people to define marketing, you’ll also get 100 different answers, two for each for discerning what PR is. This is problematic, obviously.
And the Greenpeace press hits just keep coming. This morning we received yet another notification in the Russia versus Greenpeace Pirates case notifying us the 30 detainees are being transported from near Murmansk, to an undisclosed location near St. Petersburg.
Here’s a short Monday bite about the absolute best PR there is, and the magnificent job Incredible Crete, and Cretans are doing for Visit Greece and the ministry of tourism there. We’ve been focused on clients in Crete and around Eastern Europe for some time, and I just wanted to share some fabulous promotional video with our readers. I know you’ll find these and more from The Island of Crete extraordinary .
