tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142363592024-03-13T12:10:42.773+13:00IIQ illusions and allusionsIdle feed of thought on politics, sport, technology and those topics of complete inconsequentiality...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-30548103424134769512013-12-09T19:44:00.001+13:002013-12-09T19:44:33.841+13:00Advertorial - where are you getting your traffic from?So you think you've got the source of all your business nailed through those spiffy Google Analytics statistics?<br />
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The issue is you've still got a pretty big hole between someone clicking on your Adwords or your site - and who it is that actually calls you. And when those Adwords clicks are costing between $1 and $10 a pop you rally want to know who did more than just browse for a bit right? And that doesn't begin to look at how do you feed that offline conversion goodie in Analytics - because even Google is admitting that for the non e-commerce driven sites out there the website stats really don't tell much of the actual picture.<br />
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Enter call tracking - a commonplace technique overseas but one that has only been sporadically used in a New Zealand context due to the high costs of entry with an 0800 number the only practical solution.
Digital players are now changing this telco controlled market however, and now you can start assessing not only what campaigns are leading to your calls, but where those calls are originating from as well as when. And all starting for only $10 a month including usage if it's not for you it's because you're not really running a business<br />
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<a href="http://yellowtoolbox.co.nz/calltracking">http://yellowtoolbox.co.nz/calltracking</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-39932543091427220712013-08-11T19:14:00.001+12:002013-08-11T19:14:35.220+12:00Selling Dreams rather than reality<p dir=ltr>http://transportblog.co.nz/2013/08/11/marketing-the-dream-not-the-reality/</p>
<p dir=ltr>Well worth the read - some salient points to think about. However I couldn't help but think how the entire political left works the same way. </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-59270059400671577642013-08-09T17:11:00.001+12:002013-08-09T17:11:21.659+12:00Labours electricity policy savaged - by the economist they quoted<p dir=ltr><br>
So Wolak says Labour’s policy will reduce competition, increase costs and increase teh risk of power shortages. And this from the man they cite as the rationale for their policy. How humiliating.</p>
<p dir=ltr>"Fallow on power" http://feedly.com/k/13SqF1c </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-48510998680055547122013-05-08T14:19:00.001+12:002013-05-08T14:19:18.677+12:00Electricity<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/05/why_you_need_a_balanced_power_supply.html">Why you need a balanced power supply</a></p>
<p>The other part to overlay on this is spin up and down time - once a shortage is impending how quickly can a given source ramp up. And that speed will be very different for standing start versus already generating</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-22285284182093446272013-05-07T18:46:00.001+12:002013-05-07T18:46:16.595+12:00Clowns<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/05/massive_fail_for_labour_and_greens.html">Massive fail for Labour and Greens</a></p>
<p>The only people more moronic than these politicians right now are those that still believe they are competent to govern</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-88852742556007338942013-04-23T19:28:00.001+12:002013-04-23T19:28:48.483+12:00Read it - that is all<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/04/four_reasons_why_nationalisation_wont_reduce_the_cost_of_electricity.html">Four reasons why nationalisation won’t reduce the cost of electricity</a><br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-4200200859842503552013-04-22T18:38:00.001+12:002013-04-22T18:38:09.703+12:00NRT jumps the shark<p><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/04/oh-dear.html">Oh dear</a></p>
<p>Who wants to pay more for power simply so beneficiaries can have another kid? Put like that, I doubt even Labour party supporters would support it. </p>
<p>Except they're most likely the ones paying the more exorbitant amounts of electricity anyway. NRT seems to forget most people hadnt realised until now they were being taxed via their power bills so are now just as pssd at Labour for their gouging as National for privatizing.</p>
<p>What will be interesting to see is how many realise it is the partial privatisation that gives the best chance of stable prices. </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-79765828994997267152013-04-22T08:44:00.001+12:002013-04-22T08:44:17.620+12:00Pending Labor policy announcements<p><a href="http://asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com/2013/04/mrp-dead-duck.html">MRP A Dead Duck</a><br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-71101790480666261622013-04-15T19:21:00.001+12:002013-04-15T19:21:48.928+12:00The history of electricity cost increases in NZ, according to Stats NZ is<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/04/labour_on_power_prices-2.html">Labour on power prices</a><br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-12521081627157032102013-04-01T12:22:00.001+13:002013-04-01T12:22:02.632+13:00Disastrous statistics<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/04/dom_post_on_work_tests.html">Dom Post on work tests</a></p>
<p>In 2010 alone, 4800 children were born to solo mothers already on the DPB – 7.5 per cent of the total live births that year.</p>
<p>What more is there to say about our direction if that's not changed?</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-62492674575000484222013-02-16T17:52:00.001+13:002013-02-16T17:52:56.745+13:00No commodity remains valuable<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/why_we_should_not_own_commercial_competitive_companies.html">Why we should not own commercial competitive companies</a></p>
<p>Salt, spices, cotton, whale oil and many others should have taught us by now that every commodity will suddenly decrease in value.</p>
<p>The main risk is in trying to predict when</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-34658852584228287982013-01-29T12:41:00.001+13:002013-01-29T12:41:38.064+13:00Kiwibank sees its credit rating plummeting from 2014<p><a href="http://www.interest.co.nz/bonds/62905/nz-post-sees-losses-postal-services-201617-or-earlier-without-changes-post-deed-cut-deli">NZ Post sees losses from postal services by 2016/17, or earlier, without changes to Post deed to cut deliveries to 3 times a week</a><br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-42258420076170660552013-01-26T15:40:00.001+13:002013-01-26T15:40:31.070+13:00Not housing unaffordability<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/is_it_reasonable_to_expect_to_buy_a_home_after_one_year_working.html">Is it reasonable to expect to buy a home after one year working?</a></p>
<p>This is pure unadulterated expectations above ones station. </p>
<p>An interesting side point is whether it is everybody's absolute right to have children to the (current) point of society bearing the cost of allowing that right to all.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-2807971015905590982013-01-26T15:36:00.001+13:002013-01-26T15:36:51.689+13:00Minimum wage discussion<p><a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/the_minimum_wage.html">The minimum wage</a></p>
<p>Part that seems to be missed in these debates isn't what happens to the jobs directly affected by the rise, but what happens to those that aren't?</p>
<p>If they all also rose, then the change has achieved nothing except pure inflation. If they don't rise then what happens to the motivation of those that had through education, longer service, and better performance produced a margin above the base...?</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-10794294823393538942013-01-25T20:07:00.001+13:002013-01-25T20:07:37.827+13:00No Right Turn: All about the water<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/all-about-water.html?m=1">No Right Turn: All about the water</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-39339961072866280412013-01-24T14:13:00.001+13:002013-01-24T14:13:03.906+13:00No Right Turn: The first rule of lese majeste is that you don't talk about lese majeste...<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/the-first-rule-of-lese-majeste-is-that.html?m=1">No Right Turn: The first rule of lese majeste is that you don't talk about lese majeste...</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-22250663491946471862013-01-22T17:56:00.001+13:002013-01-22T17:56:58.949+13:00No Right Turn: Censoring the environment: Stupid and undemocratic<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/censoring-environment-stupid-and.html?m=1">No Right Turn: Censoring the environment: Stupid and undemocratic</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-10693359168098071992013-01-22T17:52:00.001+13:002013-01-22T17:52:04.504+13:00No Right Turn: British torture goes to court<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/british-torture-goes-to-court.html?m=1">No Right Turn: British torture goes to court</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-69209745414059375742013-01-17T07:58:00.001+13:002013-01-17T07:58:31.523+13:00No Right Turn: Not so "neutral" after all II<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/not-so-neutral-after-all-ii.html?m=1">No Right Turn: Not so "neutral" after all II</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-34931508690216940862013-01-17T07:57:00.001+13:002013-01-17T07:57:12.911+13:00No Right Turn: A new low<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/a-new-low.html?m=1">No Right Turn: A new low</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-87045158575615114462013-01-15T19:07:00.001+13:002013-01-15T19:07:26.013+13:00No Right Turn: Not even pretending anymore<a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/not-even-pretending-anymore.html?m=1">No Right Turn: Not even pretending anymore</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-87729601060460965952013-01-14T15:42:00.001+13:002013-01-14T15:42:52.680+13:00How many NZ jobs did The Hobbit create?<p><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-many-nz-jobs-did-hobbit-create.html">How many NZ jobs did The Hobbit create?</a></p>
<p>Unknown, and yet still more than the DPB...</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-43681258360003989112013-01-08T19:16:00.001+13:002013-01-08T19:16:44.217+13:00Tasers: Torturing the mentally ill<p><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/tasers-torturing-mentally-ill.html">Tasers: Torturing the mentally ill</a></p>
<p>Discuss</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-47129339844930902762013-01-08T19:11:00.001+13:002013-01-08T19:11:55.388+13:00Fiji: A bad sign<p><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/fiji-bad-sign.html">Fiji: A bad sign</a></p>
<p>Discuss</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445205718545851348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14236359.post-17885525139418707772013-01-08T15:14:00.001+13:002013-01-08T15:14:19.461+13:00Pure waste nrtr<p><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2013/01/pure-waste.html">Pure waste</a></p>
<p>Discuss</p>
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