Solomon Creatives

Sales and Marketing, is there a distinction?

April 2nd, 2008

by Kevin Lee

Is there a clear distinction between the sales and marketing functions of a company? To your customer, there is apparently none, and the transitions between the two appear seamless to them. I believe this to be true even in the Singapore context, and this may be an universal rule of thumb with all customers. This [...]

The essence behind your SEO

March 31st, 2008

by Kevin Lee

In my opinion, online advertising has to be engaging rather than just being persuasive. Consumers are, after all, a very sophisticated bunch, and massive amounts of information are readily available online. You may have drawn them into your site by being organically relevant in search engines or through online advertising, but a potential customer going [...]

Facebook gets a fresh injection of funds

March 28th, 2008

by Kevin Lee

Hong Kong billionaire, Li Ka-shing has upped his stake in Facebook from his initial US$60 million investment to $120 million.
You can read more about it here in this release by Reuters.

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Applying social media marketing strategies

March 28th, 2008

by Kevin Lee

Ask a young Singaporean about MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, and they will almost certainly know what it is. Social networking in Singapore is prevalent among students from 13 to 19; there are some 34,000 youths on Facebook alone. So much so attention has been drawn to these sites that even young working adults are getting [...]

Social networking for business people

March 27th, 2008

by Kevin Lee

This link came off my news reader. As an advocate for social media for businesses, I strongly believe in the merits of creating profiles on these social media networks. These networks not only provide relevant advertising channels but also allow you to make good business connections, which in some cases might result in done deals. [...]