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Social Media Demystified | Remarx Media
Cara Stewart and Theresa Drieke of Remarx Media made a killer presentation about what social media is and also what it isn’t to our bi-monthly brown bag group. While this presentation isn’t quite as powerful without the voice over, it does give you some good grounding in the basics.
One of the things the presenters said that stuck with me was this: “With the speed that the social networking environment is changing, anyone who tells you there are an expert in field doesn’t get it, or is not being truthful.” With my experience with so called experts, all I can say is ‘Amen’.
Twenty Myths About Gagarin’s Spaceflight | IEEE Spectrum
Twenty things people think is true about the first man in space.
I love this picture. Everything looks homemade. Yuri had a pair.
Bullets at 1 Million Frames Per Second | Werner Mehl
A Million and Two Great Marketing Ideas (NEW POST)| Barry Davis
In my last article, “A Million Great Marketing Ideas-Here’s One”, I told you about the “bain” of every small business. Exactly how do you get your message out to the most number of people, without having to take out a second on your house? In today’s media savvy environment, we are getting hit with thousands of messages each day…how do customers pick your company to do business with….and just exactly how do you stand out?
I have a few new ideas that might just make you “different” than all of your competitors and won’t break the bank.
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The Decline: The Geography of a Recession
Orchestra Uses Own Heartbeats to Create Music and Visuals | Co.Design
Live heartbeats become the raw material for for an orchestral score.
Musicians have toyed around with music based on the human heart for decades, but we’ve never seen anything quite as ornate and mind-blowing as the Heart Chamber Orchestra. Read More.
The 10 Most Addictive Sounds in the World | Fast Company
You’re probably among the millions who have experienced it: driving in a car, listening to the radio, and suddenly this song comes on. It is not just any song–this was your favorite song when you were a teenager. As the first few notes strike up, you’re transported back in time. Everything is so vivid, and your mind wanders to parties, first kisses and sweaty palms. It’s as if time stands still and you suddenly realize that for the entire duration of the song, you haven’t seen a single thing on the road.
A Million Great Marketing Ideas – Here’s One! | Barry Davis
As a small business owner, I’ll bet that you sometimes begin to wonder…how am I ever going to get my marketing message out? With all the choices out there, such as newspapers, magazines, radio & television…how do I make the “right” decision? All these choices can cost you an “arm and a leg” and just exactly what do you get in return? A full page ad in a local magazine will set you back $10,000.00. Not bad if you have the money. But once the reader turns the page, you’re not in his/her mind anymore…how many new customers will you have to get in order to re-coup your $10,000.00 investment.. I’ll bet a lot.
People will tell you if you advertise on the radio, your commercial must be consistent and it must play at all hours of the day and night. Just exactly how much will that run you? Probably a lot more then you’re spending on marketing & advertising right now. It’s all so expensive. What’s a small business owner to do?
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How Does the Bloom Box Energy Server Work? | Fast Company
Produce your own energy with out solar!
Bloom hopes that a scaled-down version device can be used in homes. A residential Bloom Box would produce 1 kW of power and cost approximately $3,000.
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