Archive for November 7th, 2007
Stay-at-Home Mom Launches Whimsical Online Boutique
PR Web: Online everywhere and just in time for the holiday season, virtual shoppers can now enjoy a unique and one-of-a-kind shopping experience at newly launched www.Bellaandlina.com. Bellaandlina.com is a whimsical online boutique with a harmonious atmosphere and full of something for everyone – it is perfect for families and all ages. Bella and Lina [...]
Marketing To Segment Too Big To Be A Niche
The New York Times: Although 50 million people in the United States have some form of physical or mental disability, they spend money just as easily as others. But there are few efficient ways for advertisers to reach them, and that’s what a new Web site, Disaboom.com, hopes to change. Disaboom is the brainchild of [...]
This Is Your Brain On Optimism
Newsweek: We humans tend to be an optimistic bunch. In fact, it’s long been established by psychologists that most people tend to be irrationally positive. The optimism bias, as it’s called, accounts for the fact that we expect to live longer and be more successful than the average and we tend to underestimate the likelihood [...]
Local Inventor Has Bright Idea
Niagara Gazette: In the cartoons, when somebody has a great idea, a lightbulb goes off overhead. Listening to local inventors describe how they got their latest ideas, that image seems not too far off the mark. Pete Hankinson of North Tonawanda was walking with his briefcase when he decided there should be some light to [...]
Ten Ways to Defeat Brain Drain
Lifehacker: Those of us who feel we are busy all the time can experience burn out, exhaustion and fatigue from spending long periods of time in focused concentration. I like to refer to this as Brain Drain. Here are some ways to beat brain drain: 1. Meditate 2. Take A Walk 3. Listen to classical [...]
Biz Resource: Mind Mapping Tools
Mashable.com: We all need to organize our thoughts sometimes, and there seems to be no better way to do it than in a visual fashion. A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used [...]
