In this episode, I talk about mobile technology and Google. More specifically, I talk about Eric Schmidt’s keynote in Abu Dhabi and what I think it means for us.

CNN of course, completely misses the point of the entire presentation. They focus on the lamest parts of the presentation instead of on the real meat of the presentation.
CNN focuses on the advertising aspects of what he said, completely missing the part about mobile phones being the primary gateway to the internet for a lot of people in emerging economies.
Seeing as how Carlos Slim Helu (owner of Telefonos de Mexico) just unseated Bill Gates as the richest person on the planet, methinks that there may be something to this …

Yes, I still have video from South by that I have not posted yet. Mostly because the videos are too long for youtube and otherwise too big to upload to other video sharing sites.
This was one of those videos.
This guy named Hank Wasiak used to work at the ad agency featured in the TV show “Mad Men.” I’ve never seen the show, so I can’t attest as to whether being affiliated with that advertising agency is a good or bad thing. What I can attest to, is that Hank was …

Interestingly, Reuters reports that the person that made the prediction, IATA Director-General Giovanni Bisignani, also predicts North American airlines will lose $1.8 Billion in 2010. The most interesting thing about this report is that it flies in the face of the commonly held belief that Latin American companies are somehow less efficient, or run in a less efficient manner than North American companies.
Latin American airlines, do not charge baggage fees, fees for booking with a live agent nor fees for booking online. Latin American airlines do not try to nickel and …

Joanna Shields, who was instrumental in Bebo’s sale to AOL for $850 million in 2008 has joined Facebook as head of EMEA operations. Technically, she’ll be vice-president of sales and business development for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Photo Credit: AIB London
The current vp of EMEA, Blake Chandlee, was the first Facebook employee in London. He will be vice-president of sales for emerging markets. He will focus on Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
I’m not sure how he will manage the Latin American market for Facebook from Europe, but …

In his inimitable style, Gary Varynerchuk shows us step by step how to get advertisers for our blogs, or podcasts etc.
Basically, here are the steps:

Find companies that are already advertising on Google, Bing or whatever.
Go to the advertiser’s site, click around and find their contact information
Reach out to them and tell them why your blog/show would be a good fit for their ad money
Convince them that your channel is a good place for their ad. At the very least, get an affiliate deal with them
Popurls is your friend
Never underestimate the …

Here is a special edition of the Marketing Latinos podcast. It’s special because I play more music than talk in this podcast. I feature the music of a group called “Salsa del Rio” that plays in San Marcos, TX at a club called “George’s.” They play on the first Friday of the month, most of the time, at that place.
I talk for the first 4 minutes or so, and then the music starts. Enjoy the music.

This article was originally posted on my aviation site.
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article where they talk about the history of Embraer, and its prospects for the future. I feel that they echoed what I said in my recent post where I talked about Airbus, Boeing and Embraer.
Embraer, also known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica SA, was officially started back in 1969 by the Brazillian government. Embraer’s, and Brazil’s, roots in aviation go back to the early days. However, it wasn’t until Embraer was privatized in 1994 that …