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Feeding A DVD Addiction

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I don't mind admitting that I have a serious addiction to DVDs.The only problem is paying for them!Of course the beauty of the internet is that you don't have to restrict yourself to buying from your local shop. You don't even have to restrict yourself to Amazon or Play. The downside with ordering anything online can be the shipping cost and possibly customs duty if you're … [Read more...] about Feeding A DVD Addiction

Pet Hates – Adverts on DVDs

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I buy a lot of DVDs. Most of them are retail ie. not ex-rental, so they are designed for home use.Why do I have to sit through adverts for bars of chocolate? If I could skip them I wouldn't mind, but any attempt to skip them fails miserably.One of the reasons I buy DVDs is to avoid adverts on TV and now the DVD distributors are making extra money from forcing me to watch their … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Adverts on DVDs

Quick Sunday Post

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Adrian Weckler's column this week doesn't mention facebook, but he does cover EULAs and the demise of HD DVDs. (I can't seem to find either article on the SBPost site)Argos has opened in Carlow, so I'm going to see how bad the traffic is shortly. Hopefully the bypass will help take some of the traffic away from the town, as the commercial centres must be suffering. I'm … [Read more...] about Quick Sunday Post

Surprise The Client – Marketing With Impact

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I'm subscribed to a lot of mailing lists, bulletin boards, RSS feeds etc.,As a result I get a lot of email everyday.For an email to have impact it has to be special in some way.Warner Brothers did that today.I got an email earlier today with the subject line: "A Birthday Gift For You!". It's my birthday on Sunday, so they got that right. However the email itself wasn't yet … [Read more...] about Surprise The Client – Marketing With Impact