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I've been writing, blogging and marketing online for more than 15 years.

This page offers snippets of what I find interesting, and what I'm working on.

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Rent my Budapest flat

I'm traveling in Asia through May 2012. You can rent my flat in downtown Budapest while I'm away.

Current projects

TheRealPashmina.com
Hand-woven pashmina (cashmere) shawls, made to order for you in Nepal


SeaGypsyAdventures.com
Blogging my way through Southeast Asia to Nepal


nowEurope.com
Tech entrepreneurship in Central Europe since 1995


Kaskosan.com
Earth's largest Gypsy social networking site


BudapestToastmasters.com
I'm a founder and past president of the club


Archive

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eMarketer is out with what should be its last online ad spend forecast for the year—and the final stats for 2009 are even gloomier than they were when it updated projections in October. The company estimates that total online ad spending in the U.S. for 2009 will end up at $22.4 billion, down 4.6 percent vs. 2008; eMarketer previously said the drop would be just 2.9 percent. The good news? “The economic cycle has reached bottom—at least for the online ad industry,” according to senior analyst David Hallerman. (via eMarketer Trims ‘09 Online Ad Forecast (Again), But Calls ‘Bottom’ | paidContent )

eMarketer is out with what should be its last online ad spend forecast for the year—and the final stats for 2009 are even gloomier than they were when it updated projections in October. The company estimates that total online ad spending in the U.S. for 2009 will end up at $22.4 billion, down 4.6 percent vs. 2008; eMarketer previously said the drop would be just 2.9 percent. The good news? “The economic cycle has reached bottom—at least for the online ad industry,” according to senior analyst David Hallerman. (via eMarketer Trims ‘09 Online Ad Forecast (Again), But Calls ‘Bottom’ | paidContent

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