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Hello friends, find below some of the stuff I have been reading lately. Your comments are welcome. Bitcoin is evolving, national brands are turning into global brands, traditional marketing is already dead. Don't forget to register your Trademark for business operations across EU. Last but not least, data is the new oil...+free widget for your website +social media creating attention deficits Lets get this straight, Bitcoin is an experiment in self-organizing collective intelligence The world’s most valuable brands in 2017 The traditional marketing funnel no longer exists - It has been replaced by 3S Why you should get a trademark registration to operate in the EU market. Contact me (skassios@gmail.com) for an introduction to Innovires legal office. Data is giving rise to a new economy Free Moovit Widget so your customers navigate smoothly to your office The Age of Notifications and Attention-Deficits  

Moovit celebrates 10 Million users worldwide! Join the revolution- Share if you #ILikeToMoovit More in our latest blog post: http://www.moovitapp.com/10-million-users/ ”Alex Torres, former Global Head of GeoConsumer Community at Google Maps, is appointed as VP of Global Product Marketing, and will manage the company’s headquarters in San Francisco” – Digital Journal:  http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2304249

Swedish autumn is moving fast & I am in a rather happy position to announce my approved internship for the Swedish major music organization BILDA. I will be joining the company's cultural & music sector "bildamusic.nu" which also has offices here in Jonkoping, where I have been studying. During my entire internship I will be dealing with festival management & planning, budget documentation, consultancy, marketing, ticket - pricing apllications, analysis of cost structures, and lots of other things complying that most of the professional promoters are involved with around the world of music business. Starting with a big event ( http://www.jonkoping.se/english.4.e570c6911fb81aceb880005662.h tml ) taking place in Folkets Park in Huskvarna, where about 90 bands will perform in two days time, this is a festival with a cheap entrance ticket. Bands performing have been asked to pay a small fee in order to participate. The internship adventure will continue wi...

When somebody asks me to pick my favourite album from their discography through the 80's and 90's (still kicking in the 00's), I would rather answer a simple mathematical question instead. Yes, I admit that I am a die hard fan, even though my "Holidays in Eden" vinyl scratches sensitive strings inside me whenever the "needle" runs in circles. So what happened to this band after its commercial success in USA & their hit single "Kayleigh"? Sales went down indeed, even though they retained their popularity in South America and Europe too, but they didn't top their previous releases. Their contract with EMI (which used to handle all their marketing & promotional campaigns up to that point) expired. Something had to be done to keep the train moving. The new singer, Steve Hogarth, replaced the Scotish theatrical poet-singer Fish, splitting fans in two. Sales continued declining down to the point where their album titled marillion.com ...