Looking across recent survey results we can see in a glance, the kind of things that are happening in the world. These results can have a bearing on your way of thinking about things in general, for the more information you can gather the stronger your decisions on a daily basis.
According to a Cisco Systems report, spam has almost doubled, with nearly 200 billion email messages being sent daily.- Pew Research Centre reports that news items on the financial crisis have ranked higher attention for any news story over the past two decades.
- The social media Twitters has had a 600% growth in the last twelve months, reports HubSpot.
- The Internet surpasses all other forms of media except TV, as the main source of national and international information, says Pew Research Centre for the People and the Press.
- 48% of consumers surveyed, compared with 41% in 2007, said they can find the best values and deals online. 36% of consumers said they would be more likely to shop online due to high gas prices, compared with 22% who expressed the same sentiment last year.
- National Association of Convenience Stores reported that the price of fuel is the leading factor in changing spending habits. Yet, many surveyed, said they would drive five to 10 minutes out of their way, just to save a few cents. (Is this a case of cent wise but dollar foolish?)
- Media Finder shows that despite the downturn in the economy, magazines serving health, regional, and food interests have continued to show strong growth.
- Better Home and Gardens’ survey showed that women are more ‘green’ conscious than men, though the greatest determent to ‘green’ is the cost.
- Rasmussen Reports that Starbucks coffee is too expensive with only 14% of the population visiting the shops.
- Synovate says, after a twelve nation survey, that Greek men feel the sexiest, closely followed by the Russian males and the South African. Italian men are rated as being the best-looking, with the Australians as being the least interested in their looks. Male hygiene is more important to women than to men. The majority of Malaysian males do not believe they are sexy and neither do 66% of Chinese and French males. Chinese and Malaysian men are the most likely to consider plastic surgery, in order to improve their looks.
- It is well reported that 6 million children die annually from hunger-related illnesses before their 5th birthday. The number of undernourished people have grown to around 923 million. This is in spite of living in a world that is capable of producing enough food to feed 12 billion people, or twice the world’s population. 180 countries voted for a resolution on the right to have food. Only America voted against.
Keep looking for those once in a lifetime Blue Moon opportunities that can alter your whole life. Gather as much information as you can from whatever source you can find before making that final decision.
We made some great decisions at Win A Resort. Hope you do the same.
