All eyes are trained on the United States as the Republican and Democratic candidates continue to duke it out, fighting to be the guy who’s left in the ultimate game of “Who’s Who in American Politics”.
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Live the “Good Life” with Allstate’s new commercial
Live the “Good Life” with Allstate’s new commercial We all love getting funny birthday cards, but getting a card written from the heart is almost always preferred. AllState Insurance recently took that advice when they switched from their recently popular comical “Mayhem” commercial series, to the new emotional “Good Life” commercial. The company partnered with …
House Slaves, ready to unchain?
The average housing price in 100 major Chinese cities fell for the fifth consecutive month in January 2012, as China’s property market continued to slow, according to The Wall Street Journal. This news seemed like a sigh of relief to the Chinese young generations. A question mark may be raised in your head: what does …
Copycat? Or not?
When I began college in China, I decided to learn oral English from the very famous TV show, Friends. My first impression after having watched the show, was that Americans are very into film, and expressions like “wanna see a movie?” or “I’m going to see a movie, wanna join me?” were used almost as …
Smart Devices: How Young is Too Young?
With the holiday season quickly approaching, I imagine the wish list for many children, adolescents and adults alike is comprised of the breakthrough technological goodies such as the recently released list of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new Amazon Kindle Fire that have created a media firestorm. I also imagine that the age of the …
The Blog Epidemic
Today, blogs are the latest form of entertainment. People use blogs for advice, fashion tips, how-to’s, politics, the list keeps on going. You name it, there’s a blog for it. Why the sudden increase in blog use, you may ask yourself? Blogs (such as this one) are opinionated commentaries by individuals that are as credible …
Where is China’s Steve Jobs?
Apple is experiencing a booming market for product sales in China: two years ago Apple (NASDAQ: APPL) generated just $1 billion of business in China. Today, revenues are a hair under $5 billion for the first half of 2011 alone. China has already accounted for around 10 percent of Apple’s revenues, and is projected to …
Beyond Demographics
How well do you know your customers? Of course there are basic demographic and psychographic data, but there’s a lot more to know: where they live, where they shop, what they read and who they are friends with. And once you know all this, what do you do with it? Create mammoth Excel spreadsheets, two …
The Hispanic Powerhouse
The 2010 Census profiles have been released and the numbers reflect what many of us already knew – Florida’s Hispanic population has seen a dramatic growth in the last ten years. Florida’s population grew 18 percent to 18.8 million with the Hispanic population growing 57 percent to 4.2 million residents. This growth accounted for 55 …
Time is on your side.
Intern Blog Contribution by Andre Gooden. Today, your favorite shows don’t necessarily have to be viewed on live television. Remember when your mom had to set the VCR to record her favorite soap operas or when you actually had to be home at a certain time to see your favorite show or football game? Well …