Nilesh Babu

by Roger Ebert.

1. Broken Embraces
2. The Class
3. Coco Before Chanel
4. Gomorrah
5. Lorna’s Silence
6. Munyurangabo
7. O’Horton
8. Paris
9. Police, adjective
10. Revanche
11. Seraphine
12. Sin Nombre
13. Still Walking
14. Summer Hours
15. Tokyo Sonata
16. Tulpan

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photo credit: Dustlake

To everyone

Merry Christmas!

1: Do toot your own horn — but not too loudly
2: Don’t expect your network to do all the work for you
3: Do follow up — but don’t be a pest
4: Do be prepared — but make sure your references are prepared, too
5: Do be accommodating — but not obsequious
6: Don’t expect them to “show you the money” too early
7: Do clean up your online “house” – very important!!!
8: Don’t tell people about your chickens before they hatch
9: Do upgrade to “Skills 2.0″
10: Don’t give up: The right job, like the Truth, is out there

Probably the best advice I’ve read so far. Though, I’m not sure how much of these are applicable to local Malaysian companies. Nevertheless, I don’t see any harm in following this perfectly sounding advice. Do visit the webpage for detail explanation for each point. There’s also PDF version that you can download and keep it for reference.

1. Emancipate your agency from fear.
2. Select the right agency in the first place.
3. Brief your agency very thoroughly indeed.
4. Do not compete with your agency in the creative area.
5. Coddle the goose who lays the golden egg. (provide enough time and resources to do the job well.)
6. Don’t strain your advertising through too many layers.
7. Make sure your agency makes a profit.
8. Don’t haggle with your agency.
9. Be candid and encourage candor.
10. Set high standards.
11. Test everything.
12. Hurry. (Profit is a function of time.)
13. Don’t waste time on problem babies (Back your successes and abandon your losses.)
14. Tolerate genius.
15. Don’t under spend. (The surest way to overspend on advertising is not to spend enough to do the job properly.)

Wisdom of David Ogilvy – thanks to BrandingStrategyInsider.com for sharing this.

photo credit: Christopher Chan

Fantastic, truthful and insightful speech from our neighbor’s Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong.

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