out of the blue

Smashing Magazine has this great article on domain related tools, articles and resources. A lot of what they link to for tools are pretty neat and helpful tools.

For Example…
Nameboy, which is a useful tool that takes two works and combines them in to different domain names and shows you which ones are free for .Com, .Net, .Org, .Info, .Biz, .Tv.

Domain Tools has a bunch of different tools. One tool that seems useful is the domain typo tool. It takes a domains and does some smart searches for common typos and give you a list of what people might type.

Read Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read @ Smashing Magazine

Would you attend a business meeting in jeans and a t-shirt? How about an outfit from the 80’s? Maybe a white sports coat with a light blue tee, and white parachute pants . . . NICE! What about your corporate image? Are you portrayed the way you should be? Does your corporate image represent who you are? Read the rest of this entry »

This was sent to me as a “Fast Fact” from Kaon. “Because it has been shown to be so effective in engaging customers and transferring knowledge, interactivity is one of the most sought-after characteristics of selling and marketing solutions.” - 2007 RIS, Retail Technolgy Study Read the rest of this entry »

Another great article from the folks at Creative Latitude. What is procrastination and how does it become such an ingrained habit? We get into a horrible cycle of not doing what we are supposed to be doing, then feeling guilty about not doing it, so we go to our computers to play on our MYSPACE page in complete denial and self-depreciation because we don’t want to deal with it at all. By Cindy Caldwell Read the rest of this entry »

Based on direct input from members, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), and the Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) released a set of nine guidelines that call on marketers to institute certain practices that will defend and enhance the viability of legitimate e-mail marketing.
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I have been hearing and seeing a lot about Microsoft Surface and found this hilarious parody the commercial for it. Here is the parody and the original.

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Such a great way to mix generations.
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Check out this video! Target was on a roll with they’re commercials even a few years ago!
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This is a fun place to spend a little extra time. Try it out, I’m sure you’ve always wanted to try graffiti!
www.wetpaintpleasetouch.com

This is a good idea.  I think we’re going to convert our office to static electricity.  Energy Star gets their point across with this one.


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