<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:18:59.531-08:00</updated><category term='overseas property'/><category term='SMS'/><category term='gasta advertising'/><category term='gasta video'/><category term='tunisia property'/><category term='vfi'/><category term='vfioverseas'/><category term='gasta yahoo'/><category term='online video'/><category term='video news'/><category term='YouTube'/><category term='gasta video news'/><category term='investment property'/><category term='Gasta shopping'/><category term='tunisia'/><category term='tunisia villas'/><category term='Ovum'/><category term='gasta.com'/><category term='Go Large Sex Comedy'/><category term='vfi incalabria'/><category term='Facebook'/><category term='incalabria blog'/><category term='gasta web 2.0 gasta advertising'/><category term='beach homes tunisia'/><category term='VOIP'/><category term='Gasta Tech Update'/><category term='google'/><title type='text'>Gasta Video</title><subtitle type='html'>Gasta.com search videos from all over the world in a new exciting layout style that allows mash-ups</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-608338155544857501</id><published>2010-11-13T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T07:58:26.233-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta yahoo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta advertising'/><title type='text'>Gasta search marketing network ad listings</title><content type='html'>Google and Gasta.com will soon be teaming up to bring you a massive advertising opportunity, Your advertisements will appear on the following 217 websites:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 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The first dude chooses to have a giant snake like tongue with he can produce at any time but talk normal, the second dude wishes to be hung like an elephant, the third dude wants irresistible pheromones that he can direct like a babe magnet, and the fourth guy, (our romantic hero) wants to have the staying power of a racehorse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There follows scenes of chaos as each one of the dudes is forced to see the negative impact of their sexual choices, Each time the elephant man gets an erection it is completely apparent and cannot be hidden, its OK until this starts happening in his wrestling class! The dude with the tongue finds he can pleasure a babe from thirty feet away with his tongue snaking round bars and getting stood on by waiters, before slithering up some girl’s leg only for her to be horrified! The third dude is besieged by both sexes when his pheromone targeting goes off the wall, and  our hero having found true love with his current on off girlfriend finds that she cannot last as long as him and this leads to break up and realisation that love is more important than sex!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end after much chaos the dudes all decide that they were better off with all their normal parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scene Slots of parent’s reactions, Bars, Cyrano de Bergerac, &lt;br /&gt;Comments on:  Internet spam, penis enlargement, cosmetic surgery, modern day vanity, excessive grooming, male bonding, penis envy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Main Characters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DudesX4 with ethnicity&lt;br /&gt;Weird Scientist&lt;br /&gt;Parents of Dudes&lt;br /&gt;Romantic Heroes love interest&lt;br /&gt;Jealous Jocks&lt;br /&gt;Ensemble of weirdoes on campus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(A &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/francis.higgins1"&gt;Frankie Higgins &lt;/a&gt;Joint)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-3305453723448754201?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/3305453723448754201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=3305453723448754201' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/3305453723448754201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/3305453723448754201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2010/02/gasta-5-script-synopsis-go-large-sex.html' title='Gasta  5 Script Synopsis: Go Large Sex Comedy : Copyright 2010'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-7081568596497799278</id><published>2010-02-04T13:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T13:45:22.314-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VOIP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gasta Tech Update'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SMS'/><title type='text'>Gasta Tech Update: Ovum mobile platform research for emerging markets</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Gasta Tech Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Significant opportunity for mobile content in emerging markets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;London, 2 February 2010 - &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.com/Search/Telecoms+operators"&gt;Telecoms operators &lt;/a&gt;in emerging markets* must improve their strategy and execution if they are to ensure sustained success in the mobile content and applications arena, according to Ovum. The global advisory and consulting firm believes operators are yet to commit sufficient attention and resources to what is a small but growing market with significant potential. According to &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.com/Search/Ovum"&gt;Ovum&lt;/a&gt;, which has recently completed extensive research* on the subject, most operators have so far been too busy with land grab and expansion to be able to make the transition from providing basic voice and SMS services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Significant potential&lt;br /&gt;The content and applications market in emerging markets is currently immature and represents a very small part of the mobile market.&lt;br /&gt;SMS and mobile Internet aside, content accounts for 5–7% of most operator revenues, and most of this is basic services such as ringtones, logos, wallpapers, simple games and news/information services.&lt;br /&gt;“There are multiple reasons for this state of play”, said Angel Dobardziev, practice leader at Ovum.&lt;br /&gt;“Many operators have yet to commit significant organisational focus and resources to this area. Users, many of whom have very recently crossed the communications divide, are still focusing their limited budgets on basic voice and SMS services.&lt;br /&gt;“Penetration of more capable mid-range devices and smartphones, which enable a richer mobile content experience, remains low. 3G coverage also remains patchy in many markets, contributing to a slow multimedia experience.”&lt;br /&gt;Confidence among operators&lt;br /&gt;Many emerging market operators feel very confident about their current market position, and few are concerned about device vendors’ inroads into content and applications through applications stores or vertically integrated mid- to low-end services such as Nokia Life Tools.&lt;br /&gt;The low penetration of smartphones and the immature payment infrastructure (which makes their billing capability that much more valuable) are the key planks of operator confidence in their market position.&lt;br /&gt;This is the main reason that emerging market operators take a big cut of the content revenues – around 50%, far higher than the prevailing 30% norm in mature markets.&lt;br /&gt;A strong content ecosystem will be the key market driver&lt;br /&gt;Ovum believes the development of a strong, balanced and effective value chain will be one of the key factors that will shape the future of mobile content services in emerging markets.&lt;br /&gt;Mobile operators currently occupy a central role in the value chain, but few are giving mobile content services the attention required to develop an attractive service portfolio in order to succeed.&lt;br /&gt;“Of course, there are other important factors that will play a major role in market development”, said Mr Dobardziev.&lt;br /&gt;“The availability of affordable mid-range devices that enable a richer content experience is still low, but is set to rapidly improve in the medium term, although smartphone penetration will remain relatively low.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Literacy challenges will be a key barrier, particularly in rural areas, and solutions to overcome this, such as IVR and video, will be few and far between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local content and applications tailored for, and in the language of, diverse local communities are still sparse, although this will improve rapidly in the medium term.&lt;br /&gt;Hence, while different markets will evolve at different rates, in emerging markets as a whole we expect all of the above factors to lead to muted market development in the short term.&lt;br /&gt;Operators need to improve their content strategies&lt;br /&gt;Ovum’s research indicates that many operators’ strategies need more refined customer segmentation, stronger marketing (in its broadest sense), more effective management of the content value chain and a carefully considered application store strategy. Operator shortcomings are understandable: mobile content and applications require a very different mindset to selling voice and SMS.&lt;br /&gt;In particular, operators must use their dominant position in the mobile content value chain wisely. This means working effectively with other players in the value chain and, more importantly, ensuring there are adequate incentives for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Key emerging market operators are in a good position to tackle the challenges of launching an own-brand application store”, concluded Mr Dobardziev.&lt;br /&gt;“However, this will not be the default route for all operators and there are a number of other application store strategies to explore, including partnering with other operators or third-party application stores.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Ovum’s definition of emerging markets includes all of the countries in Africa &amp; Middle East, Asia (except Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Singapore), Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) and South and Central America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Ovum has recently produced three reports on the topic; ‘Mobile content and applications in emerging markets: the current state of play’, ‘Mobile content and applications in emerging markets: the future’, and ‘Mobile content and applications in emerging markets: operator strategies.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ABOUT OVUM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovum is a global advisory and consulting firm. Its primary activity is providing value-added advisory services and consulting to retained and project clients. The company acts as a well-respected and trusted source of industry data, knowledge and expertise on the commercial impact of technology, regulatory and market changes. Ovum engages in continuous research and industry analysis to determine market dynamics in its specialist sectors. Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, BT, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra and Vodafone. Ovum is part of the Datamonitor group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ABOUT DATAMONITOR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Datamonitor Group (www.datamonitor.com) is a world-leading provider of premium global business information, delivering independent data, analysis and opinion across the Automotive, Consumer Markets, Energy &amp; Utilities, Financial Services, Logistics &amp; Express, Pharmaceutical &amp; Healthcare, Retail, Sourcing, Technology and Telecoms industries. Combining our industry knowledge and experience, we assist more than 6,000 of the world’s leading companies in making better strategic and operational decisions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-7081568596497799278?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/7081568596497799278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=7081568596497799278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/7081568596497799278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/7081568596497799278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2010/02/gasta-tech-update-ovum-mobile-platform.html' title='Gasta Tech Update: Ovum mobile platform research for emerging markets'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-6594891378561729508</id><published>2009-08-08T12:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T12:28:06.118-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta video news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta web 2.0 gasta advertising'/><title type='text'>About Gasta web 2.0</title><content type='html'>About Gasta&lt;br /&gt;Started in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1998 Gasta is a global search engine and web directory. Translated into six Languages, Gasta has now launched search engines in Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, French, &amp; German,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Gasta has now launched &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/Ads/AdNetwork"&gt;SearchMatch&lt;/a&gt; paid inclusion programs for all 400 of its search engines and sees paid listings as the future of Internet marketing enabling and empowering advertisers to bid on niche &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/Ads/AdNetwork"&gt;contextual Keywords&lt;/a&gt; and phrases that are directly related to their business. Gasta organic &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/Ads/AdNetwork"&gt;growth of traffic&lt;/a&gt; extends the long tail of keywords and adds added value to all our client campaigns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Platform&lt;br /&gt;Gasta is written in MVC Asp.net, C#, and XML, Jscript,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Social Marketing Services&lt;br /&gt;Gasta now offers the ability to share web search results, videos, news items, images, and Blogs with your chosen social networking partner site, Gasta now has social marketing links with FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Bebo, and Digg. This service not only offers an added value to our users but also greatly assists our advertisers with their social marketing and brand awareness campaigns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo Targeting&lt;br /&gt;Gasta automatically includes effective Geo Targeting of advertising across regions so the user searching in Dublin receives adverts from Dublin and UK Regions and the user searching in New York receives inventory from USA regions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 97% of gasta.com users live and/or work in the regional search areas the index is aimed at. This offers an extremely focused way of targeting prospective customers. Localize to globalize. With Gasta.com you the advertiser only pay for the traffic you receive. Gasta.com has a unique featured Site scheme allows you to directly gear expenditure to traffic. This is the most cost effective method with no wasted clicks.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Diverse User Base&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gasta.com search results are rendered by a network of Search Partners ranging from major Internet brands to organizations who specifically address the Region.  Gasta has also implemented social marketing tools on all search results to share video, news, images, blogs, and web results as well as the actual SearchMatch ad itself. A unique service for a search engine.&lt;br /&gt;Gasta.com has a more focussed appeal because it is targeted directly to a local audience&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ad Management&lt;br /&gt;24/7 Ad Campaign Management access your account and manage your listings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the gasta.com Management and bid System&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Gasta white Label solution&lt;br /&gt;The Gasta Hosted white label solution can be launched in a matter of minutes and offers a variety of solutions and ad platforms to Partners. These search engines can start earning revenues as soon as they are launched with a variety of monetisation features such as preloaded Google Adsense and SearchMatch and InstantAds platforms. Gasta has now launched white label partner sites in India, USA,  and Australia. We are currently seeking regional partners in China, Singapore, and Latin America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Partners&lt;br /&gt;Gasta partners include:  &lt;br /&gt;Services: Microsoft Bing, Google, Miva, ABC Search, Adify, BT, Mirago UK, Admeld, Adconion,&lt;br /&gt;Social Marketing: LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, Bebo,&lt;br /&gt;Content : BBC, Irish Times, Irish News, Belfastmedia group, FlashSeek,&lt;br /&gt;Francis Higgins&lt;br /&gt;bizz@amiwired.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-6594891378561729508?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/6594891378561729508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=6594891378561729508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/6594891378561729508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/6594891378561729508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2009/08/about-gasta-web-20.html' title='About Gasta web 2.0'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-701432857415545380</id><published>2009-08-07T09:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T09:58:11.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gasta shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta advertising'/><title type='text'>Gasta SearchMatch</title><content type='html'>Your Customers Are Online: Can They Find Your Website?&lt;br /&gt;The search world is fluid; &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/SearchMatch"&gt;keywords&lt;/a&gt;, rankings, links and more change everyday, and define your brands online success or failure. Help your customers find your products and services by effectively promoting your &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/SearchMatch"&gt;online brand&lt;/a&gt; with proven techniques. A recent Datran Media survey found 57% of marketing executives identified search marketing as one of the strongest advertising mediums for their company. Another 54% indicated that they have increased budgets for search while decreasing offline and direct marketing efforts.&lt;br /&gt;Gasta &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/SearchMatch"&gt;SearchMatch™&lt;/a&gt; now offering the best value for &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/SearchMatch"&gt;European keyword&lt;/a&gt; advertising across 200+ internet search engines. Get your niche &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/Ads/AdNetwork"&gt;targeted keywords&lt;/a&gt; now with a unique Instant Ad Free/ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.co.uk/Ads/AdNetwork"&gt;Marketing&lt;/a&gt; Services&lt;br /&gt;Gasta now offers the ability to share web search results, videos, news items, images, and Blogs with your chosen social networking partner site, Gasta now has social marketing links with FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Bebo, and Digg. This service not only offers an added value to our users but also greatly assists our advertisers with their social marketing and brand awareness campaigns.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-701432857415545380?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/701432857415545380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=701432857415545380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/701432857415545380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/701432857415545380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2009/08/gasta-searchmatch.html' title='Gasta SearchMatch'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-6325609094305449299</id><published>2009-03-10T07:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T07:13:43.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hi To all Ping FM users, this is great !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-6325609094305449299?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/6325609094305449299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=6325609094305449299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/6325609094305449299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/6325609094305449299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2009/03/hi-to-all-ping-fm-users-this-is-great.html' title=''/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-2536196962331929140</id><published>2009-03-05T08:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T08:44:28.032-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YouTube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta video news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasta video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online video'/><title type='text'>Gasta Video News:  video ad spending</title><content type='html'>While several industry studies predict that online ad spending will decrease in 2009, activity in the &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.com/video/index.aspx"&gt;online video&lt;/a&gt; segment might be cause for industry optimism. According to eMarketer's predictions for 2009, video ad spending will grow despite the current economic climate, rising by 45 percent this year to reach $850 million.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even with the guarded optimism about projected market growth, the current model for monetizing online video isn't working. Ad networks, &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.com/video/index.aspx"&gt;video technology providers&lt;/a&gt;, and other industry players are at a loss when trying to find a model that can grow significant revenue. For years, the online video industry has been relying on a TV-based scale for measuring the effectiveness of a campaign. The traditional cost per thousand impressions (CPM) model, originally adopted in the TV world, doesn't translate to the &lt;a href="http://www.gasta.com/video/index.aspx"&gt;online video&lt;/a&gt; market. Lacking a better standard, the industry took an old model of monetizing TV and slapped it onto the latest online technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online video advertising is still a relatively new medium. Marketers and advertisers alike are looking for the best way to utilize this new channel to effectively engage users and convert them to customers. As the industry evolves and viewers continue to gravitate from television to the online channel, the industry needs to evolve alongside its audience by transitioning to a performance-based pricing (PBP) model.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online video is a completely different animal than TV -- content is consumed in a much more interactive experience between the consumer and the brand. The user is not just served a static 30-second spot like with television. Instead, they have the ability to connect and react with the ad on a much more personal level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, online video ads can be developed with thousands of variations, enabling consumers to make choices in real-time and giving them more control over the content they consume. As a result, the online audience offers a heightened level of engagement, providing increased awareness and recognition for brands that television doesn't offer. This kind of innovative advertising with deeper flexibility and interaction deserves its own ad model that is mutually beneficial for both the video provider and the brand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today's economy, brands expect more value from their advertising dollars online and are skeptical of paying for impressions that don't provide measurable ROI or result in sales conversions. Likewise, video providers have been hesitant to move away from the CPM model for fear of missing out on a more predictable revenue stream. The advantage of a performance-based pricing model is that it better aligns the goals of the brand and the video provider, while sharing the economic benefits of a successful campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A straight cost-per-action (CPA) model isn't realistic. However, a tiered PBP dynamic -- where advertisers pay a rising scale based on impressions, cost per click, engagement, interaction, and sales conversion -- brings more value to the advertiser, while rewarding the vendor for converting a consumer to a customer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brands realize that consumers are more valuable to them as they progress deeper through the online video ad food chain, and are willing to pay more at each level of interaction -- as long as it's measurable. It makes sense to link the deep flexibility and interactive nature of the ads to a similarly flexible pricing model where everybody wins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The performance-based pricing model can work most effectively when there is a direct-response dynamic associated with the ad because the vendor is rewarded the most when the brand reaches its ultimate goal of transacting a sale. There is not one standard way to structure this new way of thinking; brands and vendors need to work together to customize a performance model that is mutually beneficial. Any number of elements could be included in this payment structure, including:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Cost per impression (CPM): Serving the ad to the consumer.&lt;br /&gt;    * Cost per click (CPC): Getting the consumer to click through the ad to the brand's site.&lt;br /&gt;    * Cost per engagement (CPE): The consumer watches a video or sends information to a friend.&lt;br /&gt;    * Cost per action (CPA): Delivering a quote or more information, such as a whitepaper download.&lt;br /&gt;    * Cost per sale (CPS): Converting the consumer to a customer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The performance-based pricing model takes into account the fact that an impression is great for brand awareness, but won't impact the bottom line the same way a click-through or conversion does. Developing premium campaigns with a heightened emphasis on the end goal -- conversion rates -- positions the tiered PBP model as a clear recession winner and delivers the most value to the brand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The advertising industry was founded on the driving principle of creativity. Today, the industry needs to be creative in developing an approach that makes more sense. Innovation is often born in trying economic times, and this is a great way of eliminating risk while advertisers experiment with new technologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naj Kidwai is CEO of Real Time Content.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-2536196962331929140?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/2536196962331929140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=2536196962331929140' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/2536196962331929140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/2536196962331929140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2009/03/gasta-video-news-video-ad-spending.html' title='Gasta Video News:  video ad spending'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-1663619188071045805</id><published>2008-08-04T04:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T04:47:11.924-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tunisia property'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tunisia villas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vfi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tunisia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vfi incalabria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='incalabria blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach homes tunisia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investment property'/><title type='text'>VFI Tunisia: Beyond the beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJbsNpiKDLI/AAAAAAAAAGE/MTPHA6DFJuE/s1600-h/Hidden-Paradise13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJbsNpiKDLI/AAAAAAAAAGE/MTPHA6DFJuE/s200/Hidden-Paradise13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230627736468982962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;VFI Overseas: Tunisia a place of facination and beauty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Known as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunisia's Saint Tropez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Hammamet is the country's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;prime holiday destination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. It all started in the 1920s when the Romanian millionaire George Sebastian fell in love with what was then a tiny fishing hamlet. His &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;villa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on the beach was described by architect Frank Lloyd Wright as ‘the most beautiful &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt; in the world', and it became a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;refuge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for artist and writer friends. Other wealthy Europeans followed suit and built along the sweeping beach. Soon the secret of Hammamet's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;beautiful setting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, pleasant &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;climate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and stunning &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;beaches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; was out, and quite a few of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;glamorous villas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; became part of the large scale touristic development of the 1970s. The picturesque &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;medina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is at the heart of the town. To the north and south hotels cater mainly for cheap package tours, while the more &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;upmarket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; hotels have moved 10km (6 miles) further south to an area known as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Yasmine Hammamet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Who goes there?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;In summer the resort attracts many &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunisians &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;and those Europeans who can stand the heat. For the rest of the year it draws in mainly &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;northern Europeans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, particularly &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Brits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;French&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Germans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, looking for sun&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Families&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; enjoy good value holiday packages during the school holidays. In the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;winter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; most visitors in town are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;retirees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but Yasmine Hammamet sees a more &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;mixed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; crowd.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Where in the world?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Hammamet is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;south&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of Tunisia's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Cap Bon peninsula&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, 10km (6 miles) southwest of Nabeul, 64km (40 miles) south of Tunis and the nearest airport and 85km (53 miles) north of Sousse. The city has &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;excellent connections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to all these cities by road and train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The town overlooks the turquoise waters of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Gulf of Hammamet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and is at the beginning of the Cap Bon peninsula, which is only 140km (84 miles) from Sicily. Inland it is all &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;rolling vineyards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and agricultural land.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Beach&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;The Gulf of Hammamet has some of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;best beaches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in a country famous for them. Both north and south of the town has lovely stretches, interspersed with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;private hotel beaches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - particularly outside the International Cultural Centre, previously Sebastian's villa (avenue des Nations Unies). Plenty of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;watersports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; facilities are available, including &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;windsurfing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;water-skiing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;jet-skiing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Some hotels offer open-water &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;diving&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; courses. If you have your own transport you can head for the wide and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;wilder beaches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; beyond Yasmine Hammamet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Beyond the beach&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;The charming &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;medina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, surrounded by thick walls, is a good place for an afternoon stroll: one corner is the 15th-century &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;kasbah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, on the other end is a small &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Folklore Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Sebastian's beautiful &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;villa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (avenue des Nations Unies) has been turned into the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;International Cultural Centre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with art exhibitions and concerts. Yasmine Hammamet has a new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;medina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, rather kitsch but full of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;crafts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;souvenir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; shops.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Family fun&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;This resort is very &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;family friendly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; but the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Flipper Aquapark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (route touristique north) (website: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aquaflipper.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.aquaflipper.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;) with slides and several pools will be particularly popular with children. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Carthageland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (rue de la Médina) (website: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carthageland.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.carthageland.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;) in Yasmine Hammamet is a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;theme park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with rides and attractions inspired by Tunisia's long history. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;beaches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;shallow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;clean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, perfect for smaller children, and the wide selection of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;watersports&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; will keep the older ones amused.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Retail therapy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Tunisian &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;souvenirs like &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;carpets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;pottery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and some &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;jewellery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, are for sale in the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;medina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The daily &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Municipal Market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (avenue de la République) is the place to stock up on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;fruit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;vegetables&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. A small weekly market takes place near the tourist office on Thursdays. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Yasmine Hammamet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has more &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;upmarket clothing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; stores as well shops selling the usual tourist tat. Nearby &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Nabeul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is the place in Tunisia to go for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;pottery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Shops and workshops line the main street and the attractive covered &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;souk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; near the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Grand Mosque&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;weekly market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; takes place on Friday mornings, selling everything from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;livestock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;belly dancing outfits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;A night on the town&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Hammamet may have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;some of the best nightlife in the country&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The best nightclubs are in the hotels south of the centre, including the lively &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Calypso Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (avenue Moncef Bey) (website: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calypsotunisia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.calypsotunisia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;), and the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Latino Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (route touristique) with a mixture of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;salsa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Arabic music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Enjoy a fresh orange juice&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sundowner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at Café Sidi Bou Hdid, at the foot of the medina walls overlooking the Mediterranean.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Eating out&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Most tourists eat in their &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but there are plenty of good &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;fish restaurants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on avenues de la République and on the seafront. Most have a wide selection of fish, as well as Tunisian&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; couscous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;salads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and a few &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;international dishes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. One of the best is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Chez Achour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (rue Ali Belhouane), which has a lovely &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;courtyard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and is very popular with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunisian families&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. For excellent &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Italian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; cuisine, head for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;La Scala di Milano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (avenue el-Aqaba). The best &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunisian wines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; come from the Cap Bon region. Recommended regional wines include a red Mornag from the Grombalia region, Blanc de Blanc, and a good muscat from Kelibia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Getting around&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;The town centre is easily explored on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;foot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but the resorts now spread far out of town. There is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;no public transport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; except for a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;bus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to Yasmine Hammamet, but several &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;private companies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; run little &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;motorised&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;trains &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;to the hotels. The main &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;taxi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; rank is outside the medina. There are half-hourly &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;national buses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to Tunis and Nabeul, and regular buses to Sousse further south. There are several &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;trains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a day from Tunis, via Nabeul, and on to Sousse. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;railway station&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is 1.5km (1 mile) from the centre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Exploring further afield&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;pottery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; centre of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Nabeul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is within easy reach, and a car trip around the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;wilder beaches &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;and small &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;villages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Cap Bon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; makes for a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;pleasant day trip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The capital &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has its own beautiful &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;medina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, fine Roman mosaics at the Bardo Museum and the romantic &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ruins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Carthage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Splashing out&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;If it was good enough for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Grace Kelly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Greta Garbo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sofia Loren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, then &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Fella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; near the entrance of the medina, is definitely worth a visit. This chic and long-established &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;boutique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; sells beautifully made &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tunisian djellabas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, exotic &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;kaftans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;embroideries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and fine &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;jewellery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Flying in&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-1663619188071045805?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/1663619188071045805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=1663619188071045805' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/1663619188071045805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/1663619188071045805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2008/08/vfi-tunisia-beyond-beach.html' title='VFI Tunisia: Beyond the beach'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJbsNpiKDLI/AAAAAAAAAGE/MTPHA6DFJuE/s72-c/Hidden-Paradise13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4682404052155354685.post-5067097152139254149</id><published>2008-08-01T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T07:56:02.258-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tunisia property'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tunisia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='overseas property'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vfioverseas'/><title type='text'>VFI Tunisia:  Savings and Lifestyle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJMj770WxfI/AAAAAAAAAFk/XSw3B1d8E4Y/s1600-h/Tunisia-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJMj770WxfI/AAAAAAAAAFk/XSw3B1d8E4Y/s200/Tunisia-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229563104883820018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 18pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:14;"&gt;In Tunisia people are still waking up to warm, sunny mornings.  The lifestyle is calm, peaceful and most importantly, affordable!  The cost of living is low.  Utility bills are low.  The prices of food and petrol are low.  All this means "more of your money" and "more for your money!"  More money to spend on the pleasurable things in life, such as eating out under the starry skies or sipping a mint tea at a pavement cafe and watching the world go by.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 18pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Some typical examples of the price of food in Tunisia could include a cup of tea or coffee at a cafe ranging from 20p to 50p, a kilogram of tomatoes 30p, a kilogram of pears 50p, a French Stick 10p, a liter of milk 25p or a kilogram of beef or lamb £3-£4.  Supermarkets are stocked with every day needs, but the local market is the place to be to pick up items of amazing value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 18pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"  style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Living in Tunisia, will bring you that healthy lifestyle.  Fresh, fruit and vegetables in abundance and fish straight from the sea and onto your plate in minutes!  There are also more than enough hot, sunny days to fit in all of the outdoor sporting activities that you can muster!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4682404052155354685-5067097152139254149?l=vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/feeds/5067097152139254149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4682404052155354685&amp;postID=5067097152139254149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/5067097152139254149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4682404052155354685/posts/default/5067097152139254149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vfioverseastunisia.blogspot.com/2008/08/vfi-tunisia-savings-and-lifestyle.html' title='VFI Tunisia:  Savings and Lifestyle'/><author><name>Achilles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10228298595501629730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/STaMqd3-IrI/AAAAAAAAAHs/xQ7f_a8TvHA/S220/Gasta-Gif.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEyRqqXLGGg/SJMj770WxfI/AAAAAAAAAFk/XSw3B1d8E4Y/s72-c/Tunisia-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
