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CARNIVALE HEAT @ BEACHCLUB FUEL

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April 8, 2011
Poster Carnivale Heat 17-4-2011

Met het aanbreken van de lente mogen de winterjassen weer naar zolder. De tijd van binnenzitten is achter de rug en de zon lokt, met zijn steeds warmere stralen, iedereen naar buiten. Ook Carnivale. Op zondag 17 april strijkt de circus karavaan daarom neer in Bloemendaal, bij de fonkelnieuwe beachclub FUEL, voor de eerste...
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FREEMIUM; Now Translates to Music’s Survival:

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March 23, 2011
bad-apple

I always give my new client this statement to consider before I start working with them: “Always have one thing foremost in you’re thought process when you’re designing your business model and that is that computers are never going to get any worse at copying things and that means any thing!.” Being the UK’s...
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UK Regulator, drastically cuts mobile phone rates:

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March 18, 2011
mobile-money

The cost of calling mobile phones from other networks and landlines is set to fall after Ofcom imposed severe cuts. IT Bloke-London, My Word of Mouth marketing magazine in the UK,  http://www.itbloke.net has for a long time worked for and supported the Terminate the rate campaign; http://www.terminatetherate.org Well it seems that now our, Word...
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Is experimenting with social media over?

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March 16, 2011
experiment

This week amongst other things, I have been reporting on the UK’s first ‘twibel’ case.  While there was no ruling – the case was settled out of court – it is the first reported case where a person has paid compensation for a libel on Twitter.  Taken alongside new CAP code regulations, the risks...
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Never Underestimate the Pink Euro:

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March 10, 2011
pink-euro

To be truly effective in the implementation of  Word of Mouth/Social Media, Publicity/Marketing you first  have to be totally open minded and not scared to explore any new trends or experiences in any new markets.  One of my personal favorites and by far one of the most underestimated is the Gay and Lesbian market...
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Amsterdam Derby-Dames, We support you!

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March 3, 2011
Derby Dames New Banner

‘Well there you go, pleasantly corrected, yet again’. Following on from my recent article on the exciting and dynamic Sport of Roller-Derby, it turns out, that Amsterdam now has it’s very  upcoming Roller-Derby team,  in in the guise of the Amsterdam Derby-Dames. This is utterly Fantastic news which has definitely got most of our...
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BARTITSU: SHERLOCK HOLMES LOST MARTIAL ART:

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February 28, 2011
Sherlock-Holmes-Fight-Landscape

As some of you know I have practiced and taught martial arts for most of my life, firstly I qualified as a Black Belt in Jujitsu, then when I became disenchanted with the effectiveness of that I swapped to Krav-Maga, which I have taught for many years now.  I have also dabbled quite extensively...
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KILL ALL HIPSTERS!

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February 23, 2011
Kill all Hipsters

Greetings all you Carnivaliars out there, you do not see me writing articles in the Music column that often, usually I like to leave it to the “PROFESSIONALS” who know your neck of the woods far better than me. However there has been so much talk about KILL ALL HIPSTERS in East London recently...
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Women strap on your skates for the Roller-Derby Craze:

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February 23, 2011
whip-it-roller-derby

Well it’s official ~ “I am a Roller-Derby Widow”, You see, there’s a sporting phenomenon sweeping Europe  at the moment, but you’re not likely to see it in the sports pages of your local paper paper.  It’s Roller Derby for women.  However if you’ve seen the Drew Barrymore film Whip It, which gave the sport...
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HOW TO: How to create publicity, Using 2D Codes:

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February 21, 2011
2dcupcakes

By now, most you Carnavaliers, (as I now like to call you) are probably already familiar with 2D codes, because you are such up to date hip people. For those not in the known, (Judging Look!) They’re the square boxes that are showing up on ads, posters and billboards that connect people to mobile...
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Oh dear… Nokia N8 hands-on feedback & it’s bad:

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October 22, 2010
NokiaN8-e1

Recently, I was almost convinced that we were seeing a Nokia turn-around… the Ovi store is looking better and sales are picking up, there’s been bold moves like free Ovi Maps and there’s some impressively priced new handsets coming.  However preliminary  feedback on their flagship N8 Smartphone  suggests that this brief spell of good news is over...
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Don’t underestimate or undervalue the power of Twitter:

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October 21, 2010
moneywhale

Greetings, Carnavalites, as many of you will already know I am a huge Twitter fan and although I would be a fool not to acknowlege the shear all out power that is Facebook, I always get the feeling when talking to most people that they severely understimate and decidely undervalue the power or credibility of Twitter...
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