Archive for September 13th, 2006

Order Your Electric Car Online

September 13, 2006

UK based GoinGreen is the manufacturer of the world’s best selling electric car – the G-Wiz.

The G-Wiz looks perfect for the UK and European major city markets where fuel costs are high and traffic congestion reduces overall travel speeds.

Goin Green doesn’t have any showrooms. Prospective buyers book a convenient time to meet with representatives to go for a test drive.

Buyers can even customize their car exterior with a digi-wrap leopard print and order their car online.

See a G-Wiz in action on YouTube.

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Posted in Digi-wrap, Electric Car, Electric Car Manufacturer, G-Wiz, Goin Green, GoinGreen, London, Test Drive, YouTube | 1 Comment »

Pump and Dump Stock Promotion Schemes

September 13, 2006

Pink sheet stock promoters have found a new more efficient way for reaching the gullible and greedy – zombie spam.

According to an assistant professor of finance at Purdue Laura L. Frieder and Jonathan L. Zittrain professor of internet governance and regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, “relationships between spammers and virus authors have caused millions of virus-infected personal computers to be harnessed as ‘zombies’ to send spam further lowering its cost.”

I met professor Zittrain while sailing the Queen Mary 2 from Southhampton to New York in the summer of 2005. I attended his University of Oxford continuing education series along with others including actor Richard Dreyfus. He showed me how to make a free voip phone call from the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean using Skype.

The professors have published a study: Spam Works: Evidence From Stock Touts and Corresponding Market Activity

Next time you receive a hot stock tip in your inbox, thank Bill Gates.


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Posted in Bill Gates, Email Spam, Hot Stock Tip, Inbox, Influence, Influenza, IP Phone, Laura Frieder, Pink Sheet, Pump and Dump, Queen Mary 2, Skype, Spammers, Stock Promoter, Stock Promotion, Stock Schemes, University of Oxford, VOIP Phone, Zombie Spam | Leave a Comment »

Direct Marketing Google Map Mashups

September 13, 2006

Google global search traffic patterns over a twenty four hour period.

Here are three of my favorite resources for making your own Google maps.

Google Maps Mania

Map Builder – build your own maps.

Huge Maps Mapping Programs – great for marketers – types of maps include:

Zip Code Boundaries Maps
Town and City Boundaries Maps
County Boundaries Maps
Core Based Statistical Area Maps
Reverse Geocoding – converts a latitude and longitude coordinate into an address

Geocoding – address conversion into lat and long coordinates

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Posted in Address Conversion, Boundaries Maps, Direct Marketer, Direct Marketing, Geocoding, Google Maps, Google Traffic, Lat and Long, Latitude, Longitude, Map Mashups, Marketer, Search Traffic, Zip Code | 1 Comment »