George Carlin - New Rules For 2006

February 27, 2006

George Carlin’s New Rules For 2006
Found this link to George Carlin’s New Rules For 2006 on Land-O-Links.com, a fellow Blog Explosion site (check it out if you need more traffic on your blog). Enjoy!

State-of-the-Art Endurance Center Grand Opening Today - Feb. 25

February 25, 2006

Endorphin Fitness hired us to help market their Grand Opening event. Given a very limited marketing budget, we recommended and ran a sensible Word of Mouth (WOM) marketing campaign for the event. The campaign included:
Writing and distributing press releases to local media, publishers, key contacts (or connectors), associations, and sponsors
Regular website updates to keep relevant [...]

U.S. Government Launches One-Stop Federal Website

February 24, 2006

On FirstGov.gov you can search millions of pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites.
FirstGov has the most comprehensive search of government anywhere on the Internet. It also provides a Spanish-language portal - FirstGov en Español. In addition, entrepreneurs can [...]

Vintage Magazine Ads Have you seen the Marlboro Man lately?

February 22, 2006

Old Magazine Ads - Magazine-Ads.com
If you’re into marketing or work for an ad agency, this is a great site to peruse. The retailer sells the original vintage (and new) magazine ads that are cut right out of the magazines.
So what’s your favorite ad? A vintage Benz ad, Caddillac, movie ad, or magazine cover? Or, how [...]

Tap water is as good as - if not better - than bottled water. Want proof?

February 17, 2006

The power of marketing is evident in the $10 billion dollar bottled water industry. On the outside you see a pristine mountain glacier and on the inside, “tap water” from Greenville, Tennessee. That’s the case for “Glacier Clear Water,” but we shouldn’t just pick on them. The situation is similar for many bottled water products.
So [...]

Why are fitness professionals so obsessed with target heart rates?

February 14, 2006

You’ll often read that your target heart rate goal should be from 60 to 80 percent of your maximum heart rate when you exercise. And, to obtain the health benefits gained from cariovascular exercise your workout plan should include a goal of three to five workouts per week - 20 to 60 minutes (excluding warm-ups).
Although [...]

US Olympic Committee Names Chris Witty to Carry U.S. Flag

February 9, 2006

US Olympic Committee Names Chris Witty to Carry U.S. Flag
The U.S. Olympic Team elected five-time Olympian Chris Witty as the flag bearer to lead the USA delegation into Friday night’s Opening Ceremony in Torino.
“To be able to lead the U.S. Team into the Opening Ceremonies is a great honor,” said Witty, a three-time Olympic medalist. [...]

A little R & R

February 4, 2006

A week in Vail and Beaver Creek cures the winter blues. Vail is a great place to ski, but it’s expensive. Lift tickets are $90, but you can buy them in advance for $78 from this site. Beaver Creek - adjacent to Vail - was developed by the same company that developed Vail. They have [...]