Merry christmas

Hi everybody, just wishing you merry Christmas and taking the chance to post through the iPhone wordpress application. Checking out how it shows up. Have a great 2010.

I am back

ok, I do have to really apologize for the long silence to whoever (anybody out there?) has been following my blog, but a few things happened in my life that kept me extremely busy during the last months. Also, it’s fair to add a bit of laziness (and sleep deprivation) to the list below: 1- Two re-locations. Now I have three apartments to undust: one in London, one in Milan, one in Antwerp (the diamonds capital...

Wow!

Ok I am sorry and I have to apologise. Been quiet for quite a while, but have been travelling a bit, went on vacation for long and been quite busy with my work. Also, have been quite shocked at what happened recently in the world. Probably about to recover as I write. To summarize: Freedie and Fannie went “bust”. Well, they did. Lehman’s going bust, or something. Next, please. Oil down to 100$ and...

The economy slow down and online advertising

We surely are in an economic slowdown, if not in a recession. Some even say a depression. How long it is going to last isn’t easy to say. Some say months, some say quarters, some others (a few, in fairness) say years. I say at least quarters, and I say recession, without inflation. So what is going to be the effect of such difficult times on advertising? Well, surely a cut in spend. Marketing budgets are...