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Advertising Posts: Fred Wilson, Andrew Chen

Two great advertising posts in the last couple of days from:

Fred Wilson and Andrew Chen

Lots of people read both of these blogs, so I am not really doing a lot of unearthing here, but definitely voting for these insights and saving them for myself by linking here.

I have a strong interest in the intersection of advertising as art and advertising as science - both posts relate to this area.

Gonna Be A Shock To The System

Congratulations, Asim!!

TSA, SPOT, Impeccable Logic

"Dubbed the SPOT program, for Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques, the effort is shrouded in some secrecy that makes it difficult to evaluate its worth. . . Federal officials said the program, which requested a $45 million budget this year, is a worthwhile complement to random searches and an alternative to racial profiling. But the program has its doubters."

TSA deploys airport behavior screeners (AP)


Where can I get me some shrouds of secrecy for my $45M request??

Google Trends: Never Underestimate Ignorance

On the Internets, never underestimate the sheer power of misspellings or just plain old wrongness - who is the 'Keith Ledger' fellow, anyway?

In related news, last time I checked, I was #4 for 'Faacebook' YMMV.

A Q&A Model That Works - Texperts

START-UP: TEXPERTS (QUESTIONS ANSWERED)

Sarah McVittie, 30, and Thomas Roberts, 30, set up the company in 2003 as 82ask, and recently gained investment to give it new life as Texperts. It is based around the text-messaging of questions to experts, who come back with a rapid answer for £1.

It is valued at around £7.4m

From The Times of London


Now, how to connect this price point / sales channel up to Askablogr ??