Tag Archives: marketing in the 21st century

Sprinkles Around the Web 1/14-1/27/11

A collection of interesting links that I found around the web. Read and enjoy. Me Environment • Polar bear swims for nine straight days in search of ice Polar bears swim, but they don’t swim as far as this one. … Continue reading

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Sprinkles Around the Web 12/31/10-01/13/11

Links from around the web that I enjoyed. Mileage may vary. Me • My Amazon.com GeekGirlCon product recommendations GeekGirlCon • Come to our all-hands meeting this Saturday from 10am-1pm at the Madison Park Starbucks in Seattle. • We’re throwing Buffy … Continue reading

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Sprinkles Around the Web 8/6-8/12/10

Links to astound and amazing you, dear reader. Me • I went to Social Media Breakfast on Tuesday to see Kira Wampler from Ant’s Eye View/Intuit speak. Here were a couple the tips I tweeted: Find the sexy about your … Continue reading

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Sprinkles Around the Web 7/09-7/22/10

Links that I enjoyed and shared around the web. Take a gander. Economy • Times report: The real mortgage deadbeats are the rich. Why does it not surprise me that even in the Great Recession, the rich keep getting richer … Continue reading

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Save the Earth: Greenwashing or Going Green?

These days being Green sells. This makes me happy, moreover, this makes my inner nine-year-old happy who was campaigning to save the whales on the local news long before it was cool. However, as Kermit pointed out, being Green isn’t … Continue reading

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Friday Drive-By Linkage

In branding news, Microsoft slips and Coca-Cola remains king. I still will never be able to afford a Louis Vuitton bag. Not that I wanted one, but if I did, I couldn’t. In other things I can’t afford, John McCain’s … Continue reading

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The Redneck Vote

Amanda Marcotte on Pandragon.net writes Rednecks and Offense, an article about the changing nature of the word ‘redneck,’ the appeal to rednecks by Republicans, and how she’s not that far from a redneck. Obviously, I have joked about my mom’s … Continue reading

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Election Mania

I don’t know about you, but I’m loving these elections. Not in that I know who I’m voting for or that I’m a political junkie from way back, but in that they are so much fun when it comes to … Continue reading

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To Boldly Go Where Only Fandorks Will Still Go

Finally, someone has decided that it’s time to capitalize on Star Trek again. (J.J. Abrams is pushing out a new Star Trek movie, which the movie posters look fabulous, and hopefully, Abrams can follow up with a suitable plot ending … Continue reading

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Social Media Resists the Market

Synecdochic writes Why Monetizing Social Media Through Advertising Is Doomed To Failure and I tend to largely agree with her. (Her write-up is very layperson friendly for those not in e-commerce or social media.) The only point I disagree on … Continue reading

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