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LivingSocial & Amazon Pull Off Historic Online Coupon Campaign

The success of group buying, daily deal sites has gotten a lot of attention lately, most recently in the form of Groupon’s rebuffing of Google’s reported $6 billion buy-out offer (not bad for a company that didn’t exist until November of 2008). The success of Groupon however, hasn’t gone unnoticed and a variety of similar businesses have been popping up, one in particular, which has become quite successful in its own right is LivingSocial.
January 21, 2011
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Ninthlink Presents Black Book Sessions’ Relaunch

Just in time for Black Book Session 9 next weekend, we are proud to have been a part of the redesigning of BlackBookSessions.org. "Black Book Sessions is a non-profit organization committed to empowering and inspiring young, talented minds dedicated to helping kids & teens develop their artistic skills and build their confidence." Now up and running on WordPress (as of Friday late afternoon), the new site does a great job spotlighting their upcoming events, blog activity, and of course, the…
January 19, 2011
MarketingTips

How to Encourage Brand Loyalty with Social Media

Companies have increasingly turned to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to help connect with customers and more importantly to encourage brand loyalty.  This is often accomplished by offering exclusive deals and promotions to ‘fans’ or ‘followers’ of the brand. (more…)
January 19, 2011
CultureDesign

A Lesson in Leadership

This is an amazing and outstandingly entertaining video illustrating leadership and starting a movement. What I like best about it is the display of freedom and joy in fully expressing yourself. Every year, out of the 305 million annual visitors to national parks, the US sees an average of 160 of those visitors die. Unfortunately, these deaths can be attributed to a lack of preparation. Some of these scenarios can be prevented, but people often lack the knowledge of what…
January 18, 2011
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Ninthlink Friday “Wrap Up”. Who’s Rappin? Angry Bunny is Watching

Fridays can get tough, especially when you are working with an angry bunny over your shoulder that has some killer monster friends - demanding you drink beer or he will eat you and your children. Alex decided to bust out 3 websites this week to avoid the angry Friday bunnies rage. Alex last spotted climbing out window with an entire army of angry toys chasing him. Stay tuned for: www.blackbooksessions.org, www.raterabbit.com and www.themondgroup.com. Angry toys don't like it when they…
January 14, 2011