Submitted by Panda88:
Pro-SkittlesSkittles recent radical makeover to their web presence is a bold stroke of marketing brilliance, a total surrender of their brand to the power of social networking, crowd-sourcing and the freedom of information.And the thing is, it may be foolproof - as much trouble and flak as the Skittles brand might have brou (Read More)
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: I think it is a brilliant move. This gives a human voice to the brand that consumers will appreciate. After all consumers eat the candy why not learn and interact directly with the people that spend the money on their product?
The boost in media attention is also brilliant. I think I'll go buy some Skittles now... I forgot that I like them.
: Whether you like Skittles or not it's absolutely clear that this brilliant marketing move has prompted thousands, if not millions of people to let their feelings be known. Maybe that's just called - jumping on the bandwagon!
: In viral marketing you can never know whats effective and what's not, until you do it. The risk is huge, but when you make the right move, reward can be outstanding
Submitted by Heartsmart:
Are you not sleeping well at night? Sleep is critical for optimal health as it is one of the four pillars of health.Long-term health depends on the regeneration that occurs during deep sleep. Growth hormone, or the “anti-aging” hormone, is secreted during sleep, which stimulates tissue regeneration, liver cleansing, muscl (Read More)
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: I'm glad to see you include lavender oil and valerian and lemon balm too. I have experience using wonderful therapeutic quality essential oils for sleep for pain, for soothing emotions and rambunctious kids...for helping bipolar people get off drugs. Wonderful oils!
The Franco Files
Fluoride may now be added to foods manufactured and supplied in Europe. It’s been classified as a harmless supplement, according to Europe’s highest authority on food standards.The decision means that food manufacturers can include sodium monofluorophosphate in their products. This is the common form of fluoride found in (Read More)
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: I have to say that this is outrageous! Fluoride is nothing more than rat poison! First they add it to the water and now to food. Good old EU for wanting to make the citizens sick so they can sell us more pills that we don't need.
: This is disturbing. I thought Europe was advanced in healthful products next to the US. It just goes to show you, no matter where food comes from you must read the label. Better to grow your own and be a good cook.
Submitted by Heartsmart:
Oh, I’m computer literate, I suppose. But no whiz, that’s for sure. Too old for that.
I had been blogging for a long time when my buddy Charles Heflin looked at my blog one day and said, “You know, Richard … you ought to use graphics in your posts.”
And in fact, I did know that. But I’m not a techie. (Read More)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke arrogantly refuses to tell Senator Bernie Sanders which banks were in receipt of government loans and why only large greedy incompetent multinational organizations are allowed access to loans, while small and medium-sized businesses are left to rot. (Read More)
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: It is incomprehensible why those benefiting from taxpayers money to clean up the mess they created are not held accountable and are protected when ordinary folks are kicked out from their homes by the same banks when they are a few months in arrears...
: Not surprised. If all was clear then there be no reason to hide the truth. Acting like this just makes it even more suspicious. Hopefully one day the big ones will admit what they have done and accept the responsibilities. Hiding is easier than facing the truth.
Submitted by Heartsmart:
This tool gives you a free SEO analysis of your website in 20 areas of popularity, relevancy and site structure. It takes about 20 seconds for the application to determine your score, from 0 to 100. The full analysis is a non-technical explanation of how to improve your score. (Read More)
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: This tool worked pretty well as soon as I realized that it didn't want me to input the full URL. I had to eliminate the 'http://' part before it would run. It would be nice to put a little example text on the page or, even better, reprogram it so it doesn't care whether or not the 'http://' is included. The current situation where you get an error message with no explanation is disconcerting.
In any case, providing this seems like an effective marketing tactic. I may just have to copy it!
: @rickdavis I guess it depends on what you were found for :) Many companies I work with can't even come up in the search results with their own names, but some do. You can try to change the content on your page, along with your meta data and see if that helps you over time. It works for me: do a search for "better marketing performance" :)
: that is a really nice tool, think it highlighted a few problems with my site that i am aware of, in particular the structure would benefit with a more silod approach ...
Mark Evans
Since launching ME Consulting last month, I’ve been reading and talking a lot about social media, and the impact it’s having on how businesses communicate, market and sell their products and services.There are a few things that have been particularly striking. One is there’s a tremendous amount of talk and enthusiasm about (Read More)
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: Good post, it's about quality not quantity. Like the email promoting something that would get me thousands of new Twitter followers, yeah right that's a good idea.
ReadWriteWeb
Content creation at Wikipedia is slowing down. The already small number of active regular editors is on the decline and Jimmy Wales has called for live edits to be held for approval on many pages, a step sure to slow contributions even further. The tapering of fresh content doesn't have to mean Wikipedia's death, though. (Read More)
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: "Content creation at Wikipedia is slowing down. The already small number of active regular editors is on the decline and Jimmy Wales has called for live edits to be held for approval on many pages, a step sure to slow contributions even further.
The tapering of fresh content doesn't have to mean Wikipedia's death, though. The site contains a gargantuan amount of human created and tended but largely machine readable and structured data. That's a potential gold mine in terms of a potential pay-off in innovation."
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