I typically only blog here if something is super compelling or, like cleaning my studio I just have to do it.
With the current outbreak of Covid-19 and a global mandate to shelter-in-place, your emotions and brain can go to some far-out places. As a marketing guy, trends and statistics effect marketing budgets and approach – so, globally what can be studied in these unique circumstances?
RUSSIA IS NOW REPORTING
Russian authorities acknowledged Tuesday that a low number of coronavirus cases in the country could be a result of insufficient screening and warned that the nation must brace for the worst.
ISIS TELLS TERRORISTS BAIL ON EUROPE
Islamic State (ISIS) has adopted a safety-first approach to the coronavirus pandemic and advised its members not to travel to Europe, Homeland Security Today reported.
HOME RELEASES AT A BIG PRICE BUMP
With the spreading coronavirus pandemic forcing movie theaters to close, NBCUniversal is breaking with tradition and making a number of new movies available to watch at home. Check your fav portals like Redbox, Google Play and Amazon. BUT, you might wait a few months to offset the exorbitant $19.99 fee (which, the studios whine that in essence they are now losing individual tickets sales versus a singular home download.
I could go on and on but as a person who prefers to consume lemonaid versus “lemons”, this global pandemic might FORCE politicians, earnings-driven corporations, and even religions to get off their high horses and do what Rodney King asked the public during the 1991 LA riots: