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British designer Daniel Reese has created official Nike Dunks with Twitter style.
If that wasn't enough to make you wet your pants, he's also created versions featuring Google, PacMan, Mario Brothers and other geeky, freaky pop culture goodness. From @halthomas
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Why is it that more and more nothing surprises me these days. A Korean man who fell in love with a Japanese body pillow, made it his wife. Yes thats right people! But who are we to mock a man for finding love, no matter how ridiculous and creepy the circumstances are? Don’t get me wrong, this guy is an absolute freak and I certainly wouldn’t ask him to babysit my kids (especially if they were particularly comfortable), but hey, the guy is happy. And isn’t that what it’s all about?
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Now more than ever people are finding that time is not on their side. With long work hours and extra curricular activities we find ourselves seeking out more convenient ways to do things. A few weeks back I came across a great site which definitely is a great way to save some time and do something nice for someone.
Buyatab.com is a one stop shop for those looking to take care of someone's restaurant tab. Buyatab.com is the most efficient way to give the gift of dining, securely available from any computer with internet access. Buyatab.com allows anyone to celebrate a friend’s birthday, treat Mom for Mother's Day, or, for any other reason, send a Tab - instantly.
With a quick growing list of new restaurants added to the site you know the team over at Buyatab.com is doing a great job and restaurant owners are really seeing the value in this great business idea.
According to the Examiner, Kim Kardashian gets paid $10,000 for each tweet she posts on behalf of advertisers. That's $10,000!! Per. Tweet. Or, if the advertiser's getting their full 140-character's worth, that's just over $70 per character. Apparenlty Kardashian limits paid tweets to once per day but come on people... is there a better paying job than that?
On the flip side I must say the marketing teams at these companies fronting 10k per tweet know how to get their message out there!
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There is no doubt in this day and age that if a company is not involved in social media they are definitely missing the train on a lot of potential business. The fact that millions of people are walking around with smart phones, communicating via facebook, twitter and other social networks only scratches the surface of how many people you can attract if your company is involved in this wonderful high tech way of marketing.
Today I received a tweet about Earls Restaurant launching a facebook application called Earls Treats where a facebook user can purchase an online gift certificate for any of their facebook friends and send it directly to their account inbox. Once received all the recipient needs to do is bring the Earls Treat ID number either by certificate printout or text message to his or her favourite Earls Restaurant to enjoy their treat.
I'd like to congratulate Earls on utilizing social media to better their business and also better their customers experience. With an estimated 200 million people using facebook it is obvious that Earls knows where to go to increase sales and spread word about their amazing restaurant.
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