Project Rev is a website that follows 9 small-business owners as they are given marketing help, advice and funding for a year. The site provides an interesting window into the promotional struggles small businesses can face.
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Copyblogger is a great writing advice website I’ve discovered recently. It’s focused on advice for crafting effective business and marketing copy online, and I’ve found most of the articles to be wonderful, insightful and absolutely worth reading for anyone whose job is meaningfully intertwined with writing.
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How breaking a corny old glass was actually pretty upseting.
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Thoughts on the small-business wiki Smallbusiness.com.
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How Many promotional products do I have on my desk? Is there a number higher than infinity?
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Discussing a case study from the New York Times about a small apparel seller’s experience with Google’s paid advertising platform versus free social networking methods
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General creative thinking and brainstorming advice from the great writing blog Tribal Writer.
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Yesterday, April 29, the New York Times reported that Leslie Buck, designer of the famous Anthora paper coffee cup, pictured top-right, passed away. The whole article can be read here, and I recommend giving it a look. It’s a pretty interesting read, covering not only Buck’s fascinating life, but also how a design that is just perfect for its market can take off and develop a life of its own.
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This morning (April 21) the Wired.com blog Geekdad reported on an online store that sells entomologically correct insect plushies. The stuffed animals at the aptly named “Weird Bug Lady” store are created by a zoology student at McGill University who will soon be pursuing a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and entomology at the University of Connecticut.
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Our April issue has been out for a little while now, which among other things, contains my amazing, fantastic and generally mind-blowingly great drinkware story. It contains advice and tips from drinkware experts at Huffermen, 99CentPromos.com, Visstun and Moderne Glass on how to sell different kinds of drinkware, like sports bottles, glassware and travel mugs
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