Regardless of how you may feel about global warming, this is a brilliant piece of guerilla marketing. The Yes Men, an environmental activist group, created a false edition of the New York Post and packed it full of information about how global warming will effect New York directly.
They didn’t stop there. They also printed a number of the fake newspapers and delivered them to newsstands.
At last report, the real New York Post wasn’t taking too kindly to the spoof.
Mark Zuckerberg just released his new book, ‘Viral Loop’ which provides a way to measure the value of Facebook friends. The interview deals with the launch of Facebook, but little to do with the Viral Loop widget, which they invite you to download. The widget is interesting and worth taking a look at.
Check out the article here.
Wells Fargo has worked with only 11% of troubled home owners to prevent foreclosure. Now this. Hmmmm…..
P.S. Make sure you look at the pictures of the house.
The Small Business Economy
Although many positive signs have indicated that the economy is beginning to improve and recover, at the end of 2008 America was experiencing one of the largest quarterly drops in GDP since the Great Depression. … The recession began with plummeting home values, and the construction industry, composed primarily of small businesses, has been the hardest hit.
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Advocacy Interns Expand Summer Staff
Special Insert: Small Business FAQ
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Trends
Real gross domestic product fell an annualized 1 percent in the second quarter of 2009. While this was the fourth consecutive quarter of declining output, the decline was significantly less than the previous quarter’s 6.4 percent drop, and it may be one of a handful of signs that the worst of the recession may be past. Real consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of real GDP, was down 1.2 percent annually, and real exports were off 7 percent. Other declines were more marked: real gross private fixed investment declined an annualized 20.5 percent, and real imports fell 15.1 percent. Measures of manufacturing output were mixed, with industrial production falling and the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing manager’s index rising. Proprietors’ income fell 5.4 percent on an annualized basis during the quarter, and by 8 percent year to year.
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It’s a little like Magic Eye, but hang in there, you’ll get it.
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