With more and more Hong Kong men reflecting a social change towards being more and more metrosexual, the cosmetic industry in Hong Kong is on a surge. With the “Boys over Flowers†show, it figures that girlie looks are in!Long hair, a clean shave and a flawless complexion. Well, that’s the description of the quintessential [...]
What is Corporate Social Responsibility? Introduction.Would you believe it if I tell you that the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1962) had opposed to the underlying premise of Corporate Social Responisibilty and feel that the sole responsibility of business is profit maximization. He wrote in his book, Capitalism and Freedom, this statement: “The view has been gaining widespread [...]
Acne dragging you down? Your acne problem is more than just an acne problem. To some extent, you make it what it is by the way you react to it. In other words, no two people have the same experience with acne, even if they have the same symptoms, because responses to the acne problem [...]
Robert Prechter (Socionomics) made a twin contrarian observation giving profound and substantive explanation for where we are in our economic trends: One, we humans behave emotionally as one moving herd, and two, our herd emotions are the cause rather than the effect of the rising and falling of our markets. Never mind the overstatement and [...]
To determine whether a senior is socially isolated or enjoys an active social life, we must first see where the senior resides, the organizations the senior belongs to and the activities she participates in.Retirement Communities – Seniors residing in retirement communities can participate in a wide range of community organized activities that can help minimize [...]
Here is your crash course in small business marketing in 2008 – Web 2.0 for business.Lets start with a few society trends to give the REALLY big picture.Society trend number 1: People buy differently now than they did 10 years agoRemember 10 years ago, when having a website was a “BIG THING”. Now having a [...]
Have you considered purchasing your own business? Perhaps you have contemplated being your own boss for some time but don’t know which business is right for you. Or maybe, you have particular interests or experience that would be very useful as an entrepreneur that would allow you to work for yourself and create a comfortable [...]
Thanks to the Internet’s presence, people from all walks of life are now able to use various web sites and social networks to meet new people, reconnect with old friends and broadcast their lives in the World Wide Web. This new social trend has opened up a myriad of possibilities in marketing, promoting and in [...]
The face of marketing is changing and it’s changing fast. With today’s changing technology it is difficult to keep up with all the new online social trends. And with all the social networking applications available, which do we choose to help us market our product? I think using any medium of getting your message across [...]
Building a relationship by social networking with others can be extremely beneficial, and profitable. The first social networking site I belonged to was hi5, which was “all the buzz†a few years ago (at least here in Canada). Later came MySpace, and now it’s Facebook.Here’s why I like social networking and why I believe you [...]