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How Two Tech Guys Created A Viral Food Sensation

Inquisitr.com:
Bacon Salt was the invention of Dave Lefkow and Justin Esch, two former employees of Seattle startup Jobster. The idea for Bacon Salt came over dinner one night. This is how they tell it:
“While on a business trip together, we had the chance to sit down for dinner and eventually, the conversation turned to our […]

Red Karaoke Takes Social Networking To A Musical Level

Karaoke has been enjoyed by nearly everyone at one point of time, or another. While some go in the bar and sing badly for a group of strangers, others enjoy singing along to their favorite song in the privacy of their own home. For that reason, no one should have been surprised when […]

MySpace Targets Small Biz Ads

Inc.:
MySpace is targeting small-business owners with the release of MyAds, a low-cost do-it-yourself direct advertising application that taps directly into the site’s 122 million users.
The new service allows smaller businesses to develop a targeted marketing campaign ranging in price from $25 to $10,000, according to News Corp.-owned social networking giant. It enables owners to create […]

Kisses Add Up To Big Bucks

The Sacramento Bee:
People “just love to kiss.”
That’s the conclusion of Sacramento entrepreneur Mark Otero, who’s finding success with a new tool that allows people to search popular Web sites, like Facebook, MySpace or Hi5, and plant virtual wet ones on people they like.
His online venture, called KlickNation Corp., had some modest early successes with other […]

Social Networks Are Niche Marketing Gold Mines

TransWorldNews:
Social Networking sites can be much more than fun distractions and a way to keep track of your friends. Used correctly they can be very powerful List building tools.
Websites like Twitter, Stumbleupon, Hubpages, Squidoo and Facebook are excellent tools for networking with and marketing to others in your niche. They are […]

Get Paid For Input On New Products

Springwise:
RedesignMe, a Dutch company announced a new program by which users of the site get paid for their input on new products.
How it works: product manufacturers pay RedesignMe to establish “RDM Challenges,” through which a new product concept is presented and the site’s 1,000 or so active members are asked to react to it.
Currently on […]

Redneck Dating For The South’rn At Heart

As more people move to the internet as a way to find love, more and more dating sites seem to sprout up. Many of them serve a specific genre that interests a large group of people. So when I found Redneck and Single, I couldn’t help but take a second look. It […]

This Couple Just Made $500 Million

Inc.:
The tech world was abuzz when AOL acquired Bebo for $850 million. If you’ve never heard of the company, you’re hardly alone. Bebo is a solid but second-tier social network in the U.S. in terms of traffic — the site trails MySpace and Facebook by a considerable margin.
Bebo is, however, huge in Britain, where co-founder […]

Have A Tom Limongello In Your Network?

Jane Chin At Microbusiness Mentor:
If you haven’t heard of the story of the “Fail Whale”, you’re not alone.
Even most of those who love using the social networking site Twitter may not know the emerging “Fail Whale” phenomenon.
A phenomenon was born from a social media website. This phenomenon developed a cult following. People familiar with Twitter […]

Social Media 101: How To Get Your Business Involved

Mashable:
Many companies are intrigued by the concept of social media, but have no idea how to actually integrate it into business practices.
Changing employee behavior is challenging, and social media participation is often looked at as an additional burden rather than leveraged to improve the efficiency of a current task. Unless traditional communications are replaced with […]