My wife wanted get a new stand fan as the current one is a little old and one of the blades broke. And I happened to receive some email marketing updates from Harvey Norman which I tend to visit on occasion and things were on offer (Or it seems to always be.) So after lunch, …
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Consumer Vs Creator
I’m always impressed with content creators on YouTube, the amount of ideas, execution and production that goes into creating stuff, I think sometimes it’s easy to underestimate the amount of work, time and effort that goes into doing something like that. It’s not my style to create videos as I’m more of a person that …
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal?
I don’t agree with the statement above. That’s why I believe NFT art is somewhat decent as it verifies the authenticity of the artist. In my marketing and advertising career, I’ve modelled great ideas but I avoid plagiarism. However, in my years of working on social media ads, copywriting or ideas, even website design ideas, …
Crisis vs Good Times
In good times, smooth days, when everything rolls according to plan, that’s fantastic. It is only when times get tough, hard and unexpected things happen, is when we either rise to the occasion or fall and crumble. How do we then prepare for times of crisis? I run many online and offline events and I’ve …
What can I learn from a hawker food court experience in Ipoh?
Recently, I took a trip to Ipoh, a city famed for its food, tourist attractions and tin mining history. This is a lunch experience at a hawker food court somewhere in Ipoh which I won’t be revealing as this is not a food review blog. Having lunch there two days in a row, I had …
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DIY or DFY
I recently had a client who worked with me where I had everything (DFY) Done for Them for a few months and then decided to go with a (DIY) Do it Yourself approach. Mainly this is due to budgetary concerns. Which is totally understandable. What intrigued me was that they were going to “go online …
Opportunity or Fog-pportunity?
Fog-pportunity, yes I just made that word up and this post is inspired by the fact that there are many, numerous marketing schemes, ploys, disguised as real but as a matter of fact, only serves the one who masterminded it. It’s 2022 and what’s in the news? Job scams, life being taken away from young …
Simplicity of advertisement
I’m typing this just after lunch and there are two stories that I feel that’s worth telling and that caught my attention. For about a week now, I had trouble with my clothes dryer, after asking around, I had to resort to good ol’ google. So I googled clothes dryer repair and a couple of …