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SocialStream: The Google-Sponsored Next Gen Social Network

Google isn’t completely blind to the social networking trend: they’ve sponsored an ambitious social networking project that aimed to interconnect existing networks. Last year, Google sponsored a project at the Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute, says Google Operating System, which calls itself a unified social network (USN).

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Socialized Media

In the mad rush to turn every digital dot in America into an advertising message, we forgot about the most important thing. The most important thing is, what's the point?

Simon Uwins, chief marketing officer of Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, nails it in the current issue of The Hub: "Marketers are creating more and more different types of media," he says. "And yet consumers are increasingly fed up with being bombarded by all these media."

That disconnect shows up in sharp relief everywhere we go -- online, offline, in-home, out-of-home, at the store. It's been estimated that the average consumer is exposed to something like 7,000 media messages a day … but only absorbs seven. "It's an interesting problem the industry has," says Simon...

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Predicting the Future of the Internet

Knowledge of what is coming in the near future could have positive influences on the way you develop your business ... and your career. Job analysts say that the people who know how to design, implement, and use this kind of information and technology will be rare (and therefore desirable) commodities in the future! By knowing where technology is heading, you will be able to position yourself and/or your company for a bright and financially lucerative future!

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Charisma Factor – Quiet Leaders Have Appeal!

Executive Summary: The draw of a powerful leader that has appeal without making a loud presence known, many times is due to their wide appeal which comes from their CHARISMA! Churchill had it, the second time! FDR had it the first time! JFK had it and know one really knows why! Reagan had it both times! Clinton has more of it now that he has gone! What is it, charisma! Charisma is that ingredient that causes people to be drawn towards someone, that ingredient that causes a person to move from anti-you to advocate in one face-to-face meeting.

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Focus on Matter - Benchmarking Group Performance for Intrinsic Motivation!

by Dr. Jeff Magee, Ph.D., PDM, CSP, CMC

Executive Summary: Knowing what aspects of leadership within group dynamics excite others is essential to getting a group to give 100 percent, 100 percent of the time. Being able to quietly motivate individuals within a group dynamic, so as to infuse energy throughout a team for group commitment and combined talent application for greater accomplishment, is critical in today’s lean teams with a mean market. In our work with top performing military groups, volunteer associations, Fortune 100 firms, and leading businesses it has become clear that when a leader can play to any one of, combination of, or all six essential variables, than intrinsic motivation is built. The next time you are working with a group and the goal is to allow them to unleash their raw energy and talent on a goal, than consider enrolling their commitment.

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Subliminal Manifestation: Increase Sales

These videos are awesome. They feature digital effects that will increase the effectiveness of the subliminal process that comes with the message.

Supercharge your sales efforts and grow your business by watching these videos.

Subliminal Manifestation Vol. 2: Increase Sales

The Pizza Cone - an emerging consumer trend?

Trendwatching is one of my favorite sites to explore ideas and see what's going on in the world of consumer trends.

Example: A pizza cone is a fun product, but it won’t dramatically change the consumer arena. At most, it’s yet another manifestation that consumers want convenience no matter what. The latter is the trend. The product isn’t...

Read the September 2007 Briefing for more insights.

Pdf Creator

Unless you're a complete Internet newbie, you must have noticed that documents of any importance that you download from the Web are in PDF format.

PDFs are great, aren't they? No matter what operating system you're running or what software you use, PDFs come to you exactly as the author intended, with the layout, fonts and images all perfectly preserved in a single small file for you to download.

People have come to expect e-books, brochures and any other downloadable documents to be in PDF format. What tool do you use to create yours?

I used to spend a fortune on software to turn my docs into PDFs, because I knew that's what my customers wanted. But recently, I found a piece of software for less than $30 which can turn any document into a PDF within seconds! And I didn't have to fork out a cent until I'd proven to myself that it could do everything I wanted it to do, because the publishers offer a FREE trial version.

You should try it out for yourself.