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		<title>Naturally (ABB)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although ABB brand is indisputable in the industry, yet its brand managers realise that it says little to random consumers. Thus, instead of a conventional tag line, the biggest message is embedded in one word: &#8220;Naturally&#8221;.
The complete ad goes as:
Connect renewable power to the grid?
Electricity generated by water, sun and wind is most abundant in [...]<br /><br />Ads by Name.ly: New jing.ly names like sincere.ly and thatis.me. Reserve yours for free at <a href="http://name.ly">Name.ly</a>.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although ABB brand is indisputable in the industry, yet its brand managers realise that it says little to random consumers. Thus, instead of a conventional tag line, the biggest message is embedded in one word: &#8220;Naturally&#8221;.</p>
<div id="attachment_220" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 231px"><a href="http://dot-ly.of-cour.se/files/2009/12/abb-naturally.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-220 " src="http://dot-ly.of-cour.se/files/2009/12/abb-naturally-221x300.jpg" alt="Naturally by ABB {click on the image to zoom in}" width="221" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Naturally by ABB {click to zoom in}</p></div>
<p><span id="more-219"></span>The complete ad goes as:</p>
<blockquote><p>Connect renewable power to the grid?</p>
<p>Electricity generated by water, sun and wind is most abundant in remote areas like mountains, deserts or far out at sea. ABB&#8217;s leading power and automation technologies help renewable power reach about 70 million people by integrating it into electrical grids, sometimes over vast distances. Our effort to harness renewable energy is making power networks smarter, and helping to protect the environment and fight climate change, <a href="http://www.abb.com/betterworld" target="_blank">www.abb.com/betterworld</a></p>
<p>Naturally.</p>
<p>Power and productivity for a better world™ ABB</p></blockquote>
<p>Next time, they rather put <a href="http://natural.ly" target="_blank">natural.ly</a> to make it even more appealing.</p>
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		<title>All popular .ly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An everyday dictionary of an average Englishman is just about 800 words. Unbelievable, but a fact. When building brands, good marketeers pay attention to what rings bells, focusing main.ly on top 3000 words. Among those 3000 top English words, we found 73 ending with &#8220;ly&#8221; and tried to analyse how they will map on .ly [...]<br /><br />Ads by Name.ly: New jing.ly names like sincere.ly and thatis.me. Reserve yours for free at <a href="http://name.ly">Name.ly</a>.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An everyday dictionary of an average Englishman is just about 800 words. Unbelievable, but a fact. When building brands, good marketeers pay attention to what rings bells, focusing main.ly on top 3000 words. Among those 3000 top English words, we found 73 ending with &#8220;ly&#8221; and tried to analyse how they will map on .ly domain names:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://on.ly" target="_blank">on.ly</a> (85), <a href="http://usual.ly" target="_blank">usual.ly</a> (300), <a href="http://fami.ly" target="_blank">fami.ly</a> (311), <a href="http://real.ly" target="_blank">real.ly</a> (341), <a href="http://ear.ly" target="_blank">ear.ly</a> (355), <a href="http://probab.ly" target="_blank">probab.ly</a> (427), <a href="http://slow.ly" target="_blank">slow.ly</a> (441), <a href="http://quick.ly" target="_blank">quick.ly</a> (449), <a href="http://final.ly" target="_blank">final.ly</a> (473), <a href="http://careful.ly" target="_blank">careful.ly</a> (489), <a href="http://sudden.ly" target="_blank">sudden.ly</a> (535), <a href="http://f.ly" target="_blank">f.ly</a> (645), <a href="http://near.ly" target="_blank">near.ly</a> (651), <a href="http://easi.ly" target="_blank">easi.ly</a> (727), <a href="http://exact.ly" target="_blank">exact.ly</a> (749), <a href="http://especial.ly" target="_blank">especial.ly</a> (782), <a href="http://actual.ly" target="_blank">actual.ly</a> (1,011), <a href="http://simp.ly" target="_blank">simp.ly</a> (1,107), <a href="http://hard.ly" target="_blank">hard.ly</a> (1,194), <a href="http://certain.ly" target="_blank">certain.ly</a> (1,203), <a href="http://Bil.ly" target="_blank">Bil.ly</a> (1,204), <a href="http://supp.ly" target="_blank">supp.ly</a> (1,233), <a href="http://direct.ly" target="_blank">direct.ly</a> (1,324), <a href="http://complete.ly" target="_blank">complete.ly</a> (1,351), <a href="http://quiet.ly" target="_blank">quiet.ly</a> (1,386), <a href="http://correct.ly" target="_blank">correct.ly</a> (1,390), <a href="http://like.ly" target="_blank">like.ly</a> (1,420), <a href="http://clear.ly" target="_blank">clear.ly</a> (1,448), <a href="http://close.ly" target="_blank">close.ly</a> (1,450), <a href="http://friend.ly" target="_blank">friend.ly</a> (1,487), <a href="http://rapid.ly" target="_blank">rapid.ly</a> (1,495), <a href="http://general.ly" target="_blank">general.ly</a> (1,520), <a href="http://immediate.ly" target="_blank">immediate.ly</a> (1,528), <a href="http://Ita.ly" target="_blank">Ita.ly</a> (1,558), <a href="http://soft.ly" target="_blank">soft.ly</a> (1,632), <a href="http://particular.ly" target="_blank">particular.ly</a> (1,714), <a href="http://most.ly" target="_blank">most.ly</a> (1,766), <a href="http://love.ly" target="_blank">love.ly</a> (1,779), <a href="http://gent.ly" target="_blank">gent.ly</a> (1,837), <a href="http://Sal.ly" target="_blank">Sal.ly</a> (1,840), <a href="http://frequent.ly" target="_blank">frequent.ly</a> (1,847), <a href="http://gradual.ly" target="_blank">gradual.ly</a> (1,853), <a href="http://slight.ly" target="_blank">slight.ly</a> (1,882), <a href="http://sure.ly" target="_blank">sure.ly</a> (1,938), <a href="http://dai.ly" target="_blank">dai.ly</a> (1,989), <a href="http://great.ly" target="_blank">great.ly</a> (2,015), <a href="http://mere.ly" target="_blank">mere.ly</a> (2,026), <a href="http://safe.ly" target="_blank">safe.ly</a> (2,102), <a href="http://entire.ly" target="_blank">entire.ly</a> (2,108), <a href="http://recent.ly" target="_blank">recent.ly</a> (2,116), <a href="http://high.ly" target="_blank">high.ly</a> (2,149), <a href="http://part.ly" target="_blank">part.ly</a> (2,165), <a href="http://lone.ly" target="_blank">lone.ly</a> (2,183), <a href="http://Ju.ly" target="_blank">Ju.ly</a> (2,208), <a href="http://fair.ly" target="_blank">fair.ly</a> (2,423), <a href="http://eventual.ly" target="_blank">eventual.ly</a> (2,470), <a href="http://natural.ly" target="_blank">natural.ly</a> (2,536), <a href="http://perfect.ly" target="_blank">perfect.ly</a> (2560), <a href="http://tight.ly" target="_blank">tight.ly</a> (2580), <a href="http://bad.ly" target="_blank">bad.ly</a> (2585), <a href="http://main.ly" target="_blank">main.ly</a> (2603), <a href="http://firm.ly" target="_blank">firm.ly</a> (2,610), <a href="http://wide.ly" target="_blank">wide.ly</a> (2,655), <a href="http://equal.ly" target="_blank">equal.ly</a> (2,760), <a href="http://ful.ly" target="_blank">ful.ly</a> (2,784), <a href="http://proper.ly" target="_blank">proper.ly</a> (2,791), <a href="http://occasional.ly" target="_blank">occasional.ly</a> (2,806), <a href="http://deep.ly" target="_blank">deep.ly</a> (2,869), <a href="http://original.ly" target="_blank">original.ly</a> (2,872), <a href="http://happi.ly" target="_blank">happi.ly</a> (2,874), <a href="http://constant.ly" target="_blank">constant.ly</a> (2,891), <a href="http://sil.ly" target="_blank">sil.ly</a> (2,958), and <a href="http://possib.ly" target="_blank">possib.ly</a> (2,992)<br />
<em>* &#8211; (the numbers in brackets represent popularity in top 3000 English word ranking)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>So which are the most popular? Is &#8220;sudden.ly&#8221; real.ly more popular than &#8220;f.ly&#8221;? It all depends on how you look on it. According to Google, the most popular search engine, this is how they spread:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://goog.ly/?q=quickly" target="_blank">quickly</a> (1,370), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=family" target="_blank">family</a> (935), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=July" target="_blank">July</a> (828), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=early" target="_blank">early</a> (643), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=only" target="_blank">only</a> (429), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a> (374), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=finally" target="_blank">finally</a> (340), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=friendly" target="_blank">friendly</a> (299), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=fully" target="_blank">fully</a> (270), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=nearly" target="_blank">nearly</a> (258), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=likely" target="_blank">likely</a> (250), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=eventually" target="_blank">eventually</a> (237), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=closely" target="_blank">closely</a> (226), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=supply" target="_blank">supply</a> (203), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=clearly" target="_blank">clearly</a> (162), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=mostly" target="_blank">mostly</a> (154), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=really" target="_blank">really</a> (129), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=fly" target="_blank">fly</a> (119), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=widely" target="_blank">widely</a> (107), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=directly" target="_blank">directly</a> (97), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=usually" target="_blank">usually</a> (94), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=recently" target="_blank">recently</a> (92), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=daily" target="_blank">daily</a> (92), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=slightly" target="_blank">slightly</a> (89), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=lovely" target="_blank">lovely</a> (84), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=carefully" target="_blank">carefully</a> (82), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=especially" target="_blank">especially</a> (72), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=particularly" target="_blank">particularly</a> (70), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=actually" target="_blank">actually</a> (68), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=probably" target="_blank">probably</a> (63), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=highly" target="_blank">highly</a> (63), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=simply" target="_blank">simply</a> (63), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=rapidly" target="_blank">rapidly</a> (62), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=fairly" target="_blank">fairly</a> (61), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=slowly" target="_blank">slowly</a> (59), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=easily" target="_blank">easily</a> (59), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=perfectly" target="_blank">perfectly</a> (59), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=originally" target="_blank">originally</a> (56), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=generally" target="_blank">generally</a> (53), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=suddenly" target="_blank">suddenly</a> (51), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=immediately" target="_blank">immediately</a> (50), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=naturally" target="_blank">naturally</a> (49), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=completely" target="_blank">completely</a> (48), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=hardly" target="_blank">hardly</a> (47), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=deeply" target="_blank">deeply</a> (47), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=exactly" target="_blank">exactly</a> (40), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=silly" target="_blank">silly</a> (38), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=safely" target="_blank">safely</a> (36), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=lonely" target="_blank">lonely</a> (35), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=certainly" target="_blank">certainly</a> (34), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=frequently" target="_blank">frequently</a> (34), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=partly" target="_blank">partly</a> (33), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=possibly" target="_blank">possibly</a> (30), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=properly" target="_blank">properly</a> (28), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Sally" target="_blank">Sally</a> (28), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=mainly" target="_blank">mainly</a> (27), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=badly" target="_blank">badly</a> (26), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=gently" target="_blank">gently</a> (23), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=entirely" target="_blank">entirely</a> (22), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=happily" target="_blank">happily</a> (21), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=firmly" target="_blank">firmly</a> (21), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=greatly" target="_blank">greatly</a> (21), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=correctly" target="_blank">correctly</a> (20), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=equally" target="_blank">equally</a> (18), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Billy" target="_blank">Billy</a> (18), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=constantly" target="_blank">constantly</a> (17), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=quietly" target="_blank">quietly</a> (17), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=merely" target="_blank">merely</a> (16), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=tightly" target="_blank">tightly</a> (16), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=surely" target="_blank">surely</a> (13), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=occasionally" target="_blank">occasionally</a> (13), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=gradually" target="_blank">gradually</a> (12), and <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=softly" target="_blank">softly</a> (7)<br />
<em>* &#8211; (the numbers in brackets represent million of Google hits)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>And yet, some domain are jingly, like &#8220;quick.ly&#8221;, and some are just <a href="http://hacks.of-cour.se/" target="_blank">domain hacks</a>, e.g., &#8220;fami.ly&#8221;. Obvious.ly, jing.ly names are worth more than hack.ly ones.</p>
<p><span id="more-215"></span>Googling the roots of jingling names will give us the following results:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://goog.ly/?q=exact" target="_blank">exactly</a> (1,100), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=slow" target="_blank">slowly</a> (901), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=like" target="_blank">likely</a> (403), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=most" target="_blank">mostly</a> (321), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=love" target="_blank">lovely</a> (277), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=high" target="_blank">highly</a> (271), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=part" target="_blank">partly</a> (259), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=close" target="_blank">closely</a> (232), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=real" target="_blank">really</a> (229), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=friend" target="_blank">friendly</a> (224), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=main" target="_blank">mainly</a> (223), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=great" target="_blank">greatly</a> (220), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=recent" target="_blank">recently</a> (220), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=general" target="_blank">generally</a> (218), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=complete" target="_blank">completely</a> (152), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=original" target="_blank">originally</a> (144), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=final" target="_blank">finally</a> (136), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=sure" target="_blank">surely</a> (129), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=hard" target="_blank">hardly</a> (124), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=bad" target="_blank">badly</a> (115), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=quick" target="_blank">quickly</a> (113), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=direct" target="_blank">directly</a> (103), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=clear" target="_blank">clearly</a> (99), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=particular" target="_blank">particularly</a> (97), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=certain" target="_blank">certainly</a> (91), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=near" target="_blank">nearly</a> (87), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=natural" target="_blank">naturally</a> (80), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=entire" target="_blank">entirely</a> (80), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=perfect" target="_blank">perfectly</a> (77), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=wide" target="_blank">widely</a> (71), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=actual" target="_blank">actually</a> (69), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=safe" target="_blank">safely</a> (56), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=correct" target="_blank">correctly</a> (55), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=soft" target="_blank">softly</a> (54), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=deep" target="_blank">deeply</a> (51), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=especial" target="_blank">especially</a> (51), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=fair" target="_blank">fairly</a> (43), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=firm" target="_blank">firmly</a> (37), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=proper" target="_blank">properly</a> (36), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=rapid" target="_blank">rapidly</a> (34), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=immediate" target="_blank">immediately</a> (31), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=constant" target="_blank">constantly</a> (29), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=equal" target="_blank">equally</a> (29), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=usual" target="_blank">usually</a> (25), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=frequent" target="_blank">frequently</a> (22), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=tight" target="_blank">tightly</a> (20), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=quiet" target="_blank">quietly</a> (19), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=mere" target="_blank">merely</a> (19), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=careful" target="_blank">carefully</a> (19), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=slight" target="_blank">slightly</a> (13), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=sudden" target="_blank">suddenly</a> (11), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=occasional" target="_blank">occasionally</a> (9), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=gent" target="_blank">gently</a> (8), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=eventual" target="_blank">eventually</a> (6), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=gradual" target="_blank">gradually</a> (5), and <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=lone" target="_blank">lonely</a> (5)<br />
<em>* &#8211; (the numbers in brackets represent million of Google hits)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>While the results for hacks are less impressive:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://goog.ly/?q=on" target="_blank">only</a> (860), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=f" target="_blank">fly</a> (406), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=dai" target="_blank">daily</a> (30), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Ju" target="_blank">July</a> (24), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=ear" target="_blank">early</a> (16), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Ita" target="_blank">Italy</a> (15), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Sal" target="_blank">Sally</a> (14), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=Bil" target="_blank">Billy</a> (11), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=sil" target="_blank">silly</a> (6), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=fami" target="_blank">family</a> (5), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=ful" target="_blank">fully</a> (5), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=supp" target="_blank">supply</a> (2), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=happi" target="_blank">happily</a> (2), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=simp" target="_blank">simply</a> (2), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=easi" target="_blank">easily</a> (1), <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=possib" target="_blank">possibly</a> (1), and <a href="http://goog.ly/?q=probab" target="_blank">probably</a> (0.2)<br />
<em>* &#8211; (the numbers in brackets represent million of Google hits)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>It seems there is no one right answer. We tried many other metrics, then weighted them in many possible way. Final.ly, the top three winners emerged:</p>
<ol>
<li>on.ly</li>
<li>quick.ly</li>
<li>slow.ly</li>
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<p>Which one is your favourite?</p>
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		<title>I will think danger.ous.ly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New campaign of Rotterdam School of Management &#8220;I WILL&#8221; is bringing many alumni together with their one page story. Below goes a good one by Lorenzo de Rita &#8220;I WILL INSPIRE &#8220;with &#8220;DANGEROUSLY&#8221; message:

When we first met over a year ago, Dean Yip asked for something really different for RSM. And I WILL is not [...]<br /><br />Ads by Name.ly: New jing.ly names like sincere.ly and thatis.me. Reserve yours for free at <a href="http://name.ly">Name.ly</a>.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New campaign of Rotterdam School of Management &#8220;I WILL&#8221; is bringing many alumni together with their one page story. Below goes a good one by Lorenzo de Rita &#8220;I WILL INSPIRE &#8220;with &#8220;DANGEROUSLY&#8221; message:</p>
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<blockquote><p>When we first met over a year ago, Dean Yip asked for something really different for RSM. And I WILL is not the usual campaign, where you put up banners and run adverts and it works by presence.</p>
<p>I WILL was never meant to be a slogan. I WILL has nothing to do with selling a programme. It is a manifesto, a direction, a commitment. I WILL doesn&#8217;t describe what yo&#8217;u learn in classes, how you apply what you learn, what your degree will do for your career. I WILL is not what the School is about; it&#8217;s what the people of the School are about. It&#8217;s about connection, humanity, warmth: I WILL says that we&#8217;re more than a school, we&#8217;re a community.</p>
<p>What started the journey to I WILL? First, I thought about what a university, and then what a business school, really is. On some level, it&#8217;s a beautiful building that is full of human beings. People who are ambitious, willing to dream, willing to learn, and are thinking about the future. To start the &#8217;semantic journey&#8217; I took words that are used a lot in business schools &#8211; &#8216;leadership&#8217; and &#8216;leader&#8217;, these are important &#8211; and went to Wikipedia.</p>
<p>I discovered that the leader is one who looks forward; in looking forward, the leader influences others. What moves a leader? Willpower. As a leader you need to believe in yourself and what you&#8217;re doing. &#8216;Willpower&#8217; didn&#8217;t sound quite right, but &#8216;will&#8217; &#8211; I WILL &#8211; does.</p>
<p>I WILL is interesting for two reasons. One is emotional. We&#8217;re not talking about the structure or the courses in a university; we&#8217;re talking about the personality and passion of leaders. And secondly, most importantly, I WILL is in the future tense. That is what happens in a business school &#8211; you are projecting yourself into your future. When you do this, you have to push yourself to the edge to envision the best future; it&#8217;s good to do this. I think my favourite motto these days is Think dangerously. Act safely.&#8217; But I WILL should help us all push the boundaries of what we will commit to.</p>
<p>Coming back to RSM, the School needs to reach out, to participate in the lives of its people. We want to dialogue with people. We want to listen to them. This is why the initial choice of media was, and is, important. Connection and community and dialogue are what we want, so the I WILL site was developed. This open social media means we have to let go of result. We have to see who our people really are.</p>
<p>I think that in the nature of the I WILL movement there is an ongoing sentiment of &#8220;I can&#8217;t stop &#8211; I&#8217;ve got to keep saying &#8216;I WILL&#8217; to what is important to me.&#8221; That&#8217;s something that leaders do.</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><em>Lorenzo de Rita is the Director of the Soon Institute in Amsterdam and an award-winning creative director for such clients as Volvo, Benetton, Adidas, MTV and Diesel.</em></p>
<p>Source: RSM OUTLOOK WINTER 2009, page 21</p></blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underdeveloped by very international, pages indexed by Google on .LY domains are nice.ly spread over major European languages. Of course, the lump chunk is in Arabic (30%) and world&#8217;s lingua franca , i.e., English (16%).

The other content is spread between Persian and French (3% each) and then Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch, [...]<br /><br />Ads by Name.ly: New jing.ly names like sincere.ly and thatis.me. Reserve yours for free at <a href="http://name.ly">Name.ly</a>.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Underdeveloped by very international, pages indexed by Google on .LY domains are nice.ly spread over major European languages. Of course, the lump chunk is in Arabic (30%) and world&#8217;s lingua franca , i.e., English (16%).</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://dot-ly.of-cour.se/files/2009/03/ly-languages1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20" src="http://dot-ly.of-cour.se/files/2009/03/ly-languages1.jpg" alt="" width="315" height="261" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">The other content is spread between Persian and French (3% each) and then Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch, Greek, Estonian, Thai, Hebrew, Czech, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Slovak, Croatian (2.8% each).</p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span id="more-18"></span>Although, we have to admit, it is mainly due to the fact that these languages are used in affiliate sites and are not indigenous per se.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">In terms of the TLD structure, two thirds of the contents resides in the second level domains, while official third level domains contribute to the other third, main.ly in &#8220;com.ly&#8221; zone (29%).</p>
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