Milan's bar scene is famous for its "aperitivi" ie. evening drinks. One wine bar, Wineria, is trying a slightly different tack with its marketing - pay with a kiss. Video below sort of explains it in action: http://youtu.be/lddRUD-dncg Full story (in Italian) … [Read more...] about Pay For Your Drink With a Kiss
Business and Economy
AIB Take Logic To New Low
Both my personal and business credit cards are with AIB. From time to time credit card services need to contact me. Unfortunately a lot of the calls I get from them and other parts of the bank come from a blocked number ie. I cannot see who is calling me when I answer the call on my mobile. I really don't like answering calls from blocked numbers .. So I raised the … [Read more...] about AIB Take Logic To New Low
Bypassing Delivery Restrictions With Parcel Motel
One of the frustrations when you're shopping online from Ireland some of the time is delivery. Either the costs are sky high, or the vendors simply won't ship to Ireland. Parcel Motel takes away some of that pain, as they can give you a legitimate delivery address in Belfast, which usually qualifies for UK priced shipping, which is often free. Last week was the first time … [Read more...] about Bypassing Delivery Restrictions With Parcel Motel
Pushy Salespeople Suck
I'm not sure if this has got worse with the downturn or if I'm just noticing more of it, but there's a definite increase in pushy salespeople invading my inbox and plaguing me on the phone. If your product is good and it's a good "fit" for a sales prospect then maybe they'll buy. Maybe they won't. It's probably down to a certain amount of luck combined with timing, pricing … [Read more...] about Pushy Salespeople Suck
A Couple of Site Revamps
James is worth his weight in gold. With his help I've finally got round to revamping a couple of sites in the last few days: Vacancies.ie - a general job site for the Irish market. Free to use, free to list job vacancies on Freelancejobs.ie - as the domain suggest, it's aimed at freelancers, contract etc., Again - it's 100% free to use and list job vacancies … [Read more...] about A Couple of Site Revamps