Some friends of mine are putting together a press release service called PR Publisher. They were sharing a couple of targeting ideas they had with me, and I must admit, it sounds pretty promising. They may really set themselves apart from the mainstream PR news distributors.

Look for PR Publisher to break into the press release [...]

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Today, Fox News posted a gallery of girls that had posted drunk photos of themselves. Where did they post those photos? On Facebook of course! There are close to 5,000 photos now posted in a group called “30 Reasons Girls Should Call it A Night.” Trying to get a job a few years from now? [...]

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Have you ever wondered why rich people seem to get richer easily while those in the poverty cycle seem destined to be stuck there forever? The reason is simple. You need to think and act like a rich person first before you can really be rich. Let’s take a look at some of the characteristics [...]

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A résumé and a brief job interview can’t answer the question that matters most to a new hire’s co-workers: Is this person an absolute pain?Despite a labor shortage in many sectors, some employers are pickier than ever about whom they hire. Businesses in fields where jobs are highly coveted – or just sound like fun [...]

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The Seattle PI posted this earlier today, is this the natural evolution of online social networking? Is the trend reversing by moving from online to off-line events and venues?

The first-ever MySpace Music Tour may not be making history, but the Internet-inspired concert trek is an interesting milestone in the history of packaged concert tours, which [...]

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...and it’s probably yourself, or maybe your mom if she uses Digg. Think of it as social news gone emo. The “Digg button” has become one of the most universally recognized symbols of Web 2.0, and now NerdyShirts is selling this cotton gem at a sale price of $14.98.
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The Coin-Operated blog notes that the [...]

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Like a scene out of a reality show or a Disney movie, teenager Ashley Qualls’ moment has arrived.The 17-year-old Southgate, Mich., entrepreneur, designer and self-professed computer geek was in New York City recently, pitching her wildly successful Web site, Whateverlife.com, to ad-buying agencies for the country’s biggest companies. And she made an appearance on “The [...]

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I don’t normally post stories not related to internet marketing or social networking, but this story – the last line in particular – caught my attention. This story was originally posted by CNet, a very credible source for tech news, about cell phone carriers adding extra mystery fees and charges on to consumer’s monthly bill. [...]

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Depending on your outlook, you will either find this depressing or motivational. A website named the Museum of Conceptual Art has a simple page on its site that allows you to enter your age. After hitting submit, you can see what other people accomplished when they were that same age.

So if you are 23 years [...]

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I’m frankly surprised by the brouhaha that has sprung up around Josh Greenbaum’s reasonable question – does Google own the content that users of Google Apps create? – and my follow-on post. I continue to believe it’s a legitimate question based on Google’s loose language in the agreement.

Let’s be clear: I don’t believe Google has [...]

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