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Make Your Company Famous: Promote Or Sell Out?

January 3, 2011 / Facebook, Featured, Social Media

Times are Ad-Changing: 10 Creative Ways to Advertise your Company In a day and age where we see advertisements literally on the bottoms of our shoes, the world is ad-changin! Advertising companies will soon, no longer be doing the “Mad Men” thing and new companies are popping up left and right who assist in this new world of ads. Google Ads does pay, but unfortunately does almost nothing unless you are investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in their ads. [...]

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7 Reasons Pro Starbucks as You Become an Entrepreneur

September 21, 2010 / Entrepreneurs, Featured, Style

If you don’t already know this based on my tweets, facebook posts, etc. I am absolutely obsessed with Starbucks! And I know what you’re thinking, it’s because of their delicious mocha frappaccinos that they make custom for me every morning with soy and no whip. Or, it’s because of their seasonal pumpkin loaf that they bake with just a touch of cinnamon and I have sent over a hundred tweets about @starbucks to ask them to continue throughout the seasons [...]

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White Collar Brawler Launch

September 15, 2010 / Featured, Social Media

Ever Wanted to Quit Your Day Job? Check out this new web-series! Web shows are getting more and more interactive these days. “White Collar Brawler” is one of the first REAL-ity shows where the public can physically participate, not only through the internet! Logline: Two ‘white collar guys’ quit their day jobs to become amateur boxers. This is where the REAL-ity comes in, they’re really training to be boxers. Nate Houghteling and Kai Hasson have pledged something more ludicrous than [...]

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On a Somber Note: Facebook Memorials

September 13, 2010 / Featured, Social Media

A friend recently brought facebook memorials to my attention and I was intrigued. When someone with a facebook account passes away, what becomes of their account? Once reported to facebook tech team, these deceased members accounts become unofficial memorials. Places where friends and family can post pictures and messages. Families are encouraged to get in touch with facebook to take over their relatives account to monitor them during this fragile time. It’s also a great way for families to get [...]

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Googled

August 20, 2010 / Facebook, Featured, Pop Topics, Social Media, Technology

“Googled?” Yes, it is a verb. Soon to be a MOVIE! If you think the facebook movie, “A Social Network”, is going to be a big deal? Can you imagine?!! We are talking about the GOOGLE movie!!! The announcement was just made that the rights to the book “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It” by Ken Auletta, were just purchased by Groundswell Productions and John Morris, a well known investor. Michael London was brought on to [...]

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Why Invest Money in Social Media?

August 18, 2010 / Featured, Social Media

Who are all these people I am friends with on Twitter? How are we connected? Social Media platforms have encouraged niche marketing to an intense degree. Unless your friends on facebook or followers on twitter are people you work with or knew somehow from the path of life, you are most likely connected via social medium because of a certain “niche” you fit into. On twitter, celebrities keep up with celebrities, advertisers keep up with advertisers and real estate agents [...]

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Interview With MC Hammer

August 7, 2010 / Entertainment, Featured

Stanley Kirk Burrell, best known by his stage names MC Hammer, Hammer and Hammertime, is a rapper, entertainer and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before losing the majority of his fortune, he is also known for his hit records, including “U Can’t Touch This”, flamboyant dance techniques and trademark Hammer pants. The Valley Girl Show is a talk show featuring some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, [...]

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Does Quora Have The Secret To Success?

July 28, 2010 / Featured, Social Media, Technology

Everyone is talking about it but no one knows anything for sure! How much did they raise from Benchmark? $9 million? $11 million? They are keeping it all a secret. They haven’t shared any numbers, but Harvard graduate Charlie Cheever, the former Facebook employee who left to found Quora with Adam D’Angelo thinks they’re onto something. Quora is what I would describe as a social wikipedia site, categorized by questions. They use Facebook Connect so your FB friends are automatically [...]

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