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Wolfram Alpha: Like Meth to a Mathematician

We first heard about Wolfram Alpha – a new “computational knowledge engine” – in an article on CNN.com about a new era of Internet search that we may be entering. The article lists sites like Twine and hakia – among others with unique qualities – which try to personalize searches, separating out results you would [...]

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Blognet Award

HiringTheInternet has been nominated for an acclaimed BlogNet Award for January! Help us in our quest for blogging glory by voting for our blog in this month’s contest. With over 1,300 monthly viewers we are extremely excited about this nomination and appreciate the abundant support we’ve received over the years. Thank you. Quick! Easy! Vote [...]

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VoxOx Wants to Be the Center of Your Attention

It was bound to happen – the convergence of most methods of communication into one all-encompassing service. Built by VoIP company TelCentris, VoxOx (available in beta version) brings seven methods of interpersonal contact – phone calls with fax capability, video conferencing, IM, text messaging, social networking, e-mail, and file sharing – together to create the [...]

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Truth in Social Marketing Will Set You Free

Honesty is the best policy. It’s a tired expression, for sure. But when it comes to social media marketing, there’s not a cliché you’ll hold dearer when the whistleblowers come a-calling. Just ask Wal-Mart, whose never-ending PR problems worsened when a blog called “Walmarting Across America,” allegedly dedicated to the RV travels of an American [...]

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BlahGirls.com: ‘South Park’ Meets Perez Hilton

Reviews are in for entertainer-turned-Silicon Valley figurehead Ashton Kutcher’s latest pet project, BlahGirls.com, the new social-networking site targeting teen girls. David Hauslaib’s Jossip said, “Further proving the theory that most people successful in traditional media are like monkeys faced with calculus when it comes to the Internet, Ashton Kutcher, actor and reality show producer, and [...]

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Everybody Needs to Cuil Out

Everyone can learn a marketing lesson from the launch of new search engine, Cuil (pronounced “cool”). A victim of its own hype, Cuil has become the target of a sizeable media backlash, supported by the web everyman, thanks to Youtube comments and blogs galore. Expectations were so high that it was no wonder that many [...]

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Job Opening!

We’re Hiring!  Are you the one we want? About Us: Visible Shops is an Internet Marketing Company located in midtown Manhattan, right next to Grand Central. Our firm serves as the Internet marketing department for small businesses (our client base.) We’ve been around for six years and love being great at what we do We’re [...]

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Increase the Readability of Your Web Pages with the Right Font

You do a search on web readability and you will come across Jakob Nielsen, the controversial “usability consultant.” Like that of many “Internet Gurus,” Nielsen’s philosophy for attracting and converting web visitors is simple: have worthwhile content and assume that the web reader is lazy and selfish. But just one look at his site, and [...]

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Visible Shops Goes Meta: The Office's Viral Marketing Campaign

In this postmodern age, almost everything is self-referential and knowingly ironic. Even in the advertising world, an approach can lead to “meta,” an ambiguous pop culture concept of self-reference. Think about selling out/merchandising jokes on The Simpsons. Or a Charlie Kaufman film with the screenwriter as the main character.

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Internet (and Green) Marketing Lessons from Wal-Mart PR Stunts

As the largest private employer in the world and the most popular grocery retailer in the nation, Wal-Mart’s success was nothing to sneeze at. In recent years, however, the corporation hit several snafus due to higher volumes of bad publicity. The makeover of Wal-Mart has been underway for several years as a response to a [...]

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