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16 Design Blogs Everyone (even non-designers) Should Read

The days of design being something strictly for geeks are behind us. Today, quality design has emerged as the art of the 21st century. As Photoshop, Illustrator, and other graphics programs continue to improve, so too do the people that use them. Many of today's top design...

opinion by JD Rucker | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
3772 views | 23 recommendations | 7 comments

2008: Yep, We Need a College Football Playoff System

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2008: Yep, We Need a College Football Playoff System

This year is the best example for the need of an 8 or more team college football playoff system. With 7 teams in major conferences that each have 1 loss and two teams in minor conferences that went...

created by JD Rucker | 47 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
1842 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment

Social Networking Site Ning Goes Porn-Free

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Social Networking Site Ning Goes Porn-Free

For a little over a year now, Ning.com, one of the first and most prolific niche-social networking sites, has built a reputation of being overrun with porn networks. At one point earlier this year, it was...

created by JD Rucker | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
828 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment

Motrin Learns: Hell Hath No Fury Like Baby-Wearing Moms

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Motrin Learns: Hell Hath No Fury Like Baby-Wearing Moms

When it comes to marketing, the first rule to remember is "know your audience". It's pretty simple, actually, but apparently not in practice by the marketing firm for Motrin.They released an ad on their...

created by JD Rucker | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
257 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment

How Social Media can Actually Help the World

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How Social Media can Actually Help the World

With all of the traffic that social media sites receive and subsequently send to other websites across the Internet, it is would make sense for them to do more in the way of charitable promotions and highlighting...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
189 views | 17 recommendations | 3 comments

Digg Revolution: Call Made for Blog Posts From Users

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Digg Revolution: Call Made for Blog Posts From Users

For the last couple of years, Digg has seen its ups and downs. They have gone through two previous revolts: 1 that resulted in them allowing the HD-DVD codes to be published on the site and one that...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
5423 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments

Businesses Should be Planting Trees - These 10 Do

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Businesses Should be Planting Trees - These 10 Do

Planting a tree does not take a lot of money. It doesn't take a lot of time. Businesses who run promotions that plant trees can even pay others to do it for them. There are organizations that...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
945 views | 54 recommendations | 13 comments

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100,000,000 Views on YouTube - Avril’s “Girlfriend” is There

100,000,000 is a large number regardless of what you're talking about. When it comes to YouTube video views, it's an extraordinary number. This video, Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", has surpassed...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
655 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments

Trends Point to Major Drop in Organic Food Prices

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Trends Point to Major Drop in Organic Food Prices

There is compelling evidence that we are about to see a drop in organic food prices. This goes against what we see currently as food prices across the board are skyrocketing. Despite first impressions,...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
306 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments

Avril Lavigne YouTube “Fan Cheat” Hoax Helps it Take Top Spot

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Avril Lavigne YouTube “Fan Cheat” Hoax Helps it Take Top Spot

The race to 100,000,000 views is on, and it seems like the cheaters are the ones who may win.Using a combination of creative viral marketing through "fake cheating" and actually cheating, one group of Avril...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
1193 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments

The Front Page Story on Propeller.com Shows Users' Thoughts on Site Redesign

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The Front Page Story on Propeller.com Shows Users' Thoughts on Site Redesign

"The reviews are starting to roll in. There are only two possible conclusions so far: either the community will need some time to get used to the new changes over at Propeller, or the changes were a bad move. ...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
236 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments

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Why Democrats Love the Pickens Plan

Let's face it, the guy's an oilman. He can make money in way he wants. This plan wouldn't seem so bad coming from Bill Gates or another wealthy person outside of the field, but this feels like a tobacco company...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
700 views | 36 recommendations | 15 comments

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Tomatoes: After $500 million in losses, the FDA appears wrong

The Food and Drug Administration may have been wrong about the source of the 11-week old salmonella outbreak. With 1,700 samples collected and all shown to be negative for salmonella, they are now looking at...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
6007 views | 5 recommendations | 7 comments

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How Twitter can...

In a recent inquiry to dozens of online friends, I discovered one truth about Twitter. People either love it and use it daily (even hourly) or they absolutely hate it. Few people fit into the 'moderate feelings'...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
2445 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments

Fake Hookers + Fake Credit Cards + Fake 13yr olds = Marketing?

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Fake Hookers + Fake Credit Cards + Fake 13yr olds = Marketing?

What a virtual world we travel through sometimes. A (relatively) innocent marketing ploy designed to draw in backlinks for a financial services comparison website in London has stirred up media attention ranging...

created by JD Rucker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
81874 views | 20 recommendations | 9 comments

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