The sixties and the baby boomers and the present crisis

Having dreams is fine, and there is certainly a place for dreamers.

A lot has changed since 1968. As the years passed and I accumulated my own experience and wisdom, I still continued to dream for better times, goods and services. Even about a better world.

Forty one years later, I and my friends got good educations and good jobs.  We raised well-educated, hard working kids. But we’re facing new problems. The economic crisis is forcing Finland into a new era of innovation and restructuring of its industrial base.

We have made this country a sitting duck for the hungrier an much more hard-working hordes of ambitious capitalists in China and India who are destined to bury us with cheap goods and software for our computers and hardware.

Not only have we made our self uncompetitive economically, we've also made us too stupid, careless, and lazy to compete with all our might for our very survival. But I’m still a dreamer and hope that we can make a change like we did after the big economical downturn 1992.

Four Days to Go of This Year

Four more days to go of this year 2009. What will happen to the economic downturn next year? Are we heading towards better times? Many have struggled for stable footing on a rocky economy.

As people wind down their Christmas cheer and start looking ahead to 2010, there are signs that the US economy is starting to recover from the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

We estimate that it will take some time for the Finnish economy to return to its glory again. Exports of goods and services are dramatically down. It might take years to struggle back to the growth and prosperity of 2005 to 2007.

Globally, millions of people are still out of work, and even those fortunate enough to have a job have had to make adjustments in their lifestyle. We’re spending the holiday season in Sotkamo and besides the cold weather things are quite okay.

I think many of us will be glad that 2009 is over - due to the recession. Probably most of you place lots of hope on 2010. If it doesn't get better at least let's be grateful that it doesn't get worse. 

Will Video Work For Business?

Will Video Work For Business?: "Have you considered what video could do for your business? In what ways could you adapt the use of video to promote your business? Equipment for recording web quality video is affordable and with sites like UStream and Mogulus you can even stream live video for free.

I [Michelle] have a few suggestions for ways you could use video on the web:

• Message from the owner
• Tour of your showroom
• Individual product videos
• Weekly video newsletters
• Frequently asked question replies
• Product instructions
• Behind the scenes look at your business
• Video Coupon
• Video Deal of the Week
• So how do you set that up?

About Michelle Chance-Sangthong
Web Strategy Maven

When a transportation business with annual sales of $200 million lost its webmaster, management asked Michelle Chance-Sangthong to fill the slot. Although Michelle had absolutely no Internet experience beyond her AOL e-mail account, she turned out to be a chance worth taking. Michelle learned fast, during her employment developed and managed more than 17 different websites, applying web marketing, search engine optimization and pay per click strategies.

Helge: I plan to go for video in the future. I need it in this context http://kknetwork.ning.com/