Many marketers asked Santa for a social coupon campaign for 2011. The explosive growth of Groupon and Groupon clones (BuyWithMe, LivingSocial, SocialBuy, and Tippr), offering “ridiculously huge” coupons (50-90% off), is taking marketing plans by storm. These social coupon sites promise high customer demand in return for a deep discount and a share of the deal. In August, Gap offered a nationwide deal of $50 worth of apparel for $25 through Groupon. Some brands and businesses are offering social coupons directly, including ConAgra, Jack in the Box, and Walmart. However, the biggest participants have been small and mid-size businesses. Read More By Tom Fishburne for Marketoonist, 16 Jan 2011.
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Check out the BBC's 'Technology of Business' articles
We’ve found this good resource on the BBC web site – ‘The technology of business’ – a collation of interesting articles. Visit Page
10 Bad Habits That Are Costing You Clients
It’s surprisingly easy to be a remarkable freelancer, to stand head and shoulders above the increasingly growing number of the self-employed. All you have to do is to behave professionally and produce outstanding work. Sadly, many freelancers have bad habits, which prevent prospects from hiring them, and send existing clients away to other freelancers. Read More By Managing Clients for Freelance Folder, 19 Jan 2011.
Eco Reminders
Energies are usually produced at the cost of animal environment. This sticker has been created to remind people that if they leave the light switch on and waste energy, animals will suffer from it. Visit Site
Web Typography: A Demo For Beautiful Typography on the Web
Using the link below click on the steps from unstyled to complete. This just shows how good typography is so important to great web page designs. Visit Page
Google Zeitgeist 2010: How the world searched
Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010. Visit Site
Should You Work For Free?
Who’s ready to stop working for free? Hopefully you are! If you have any doubts, consult this handy chart below. Click Here By Jessica Hische
Daytum helps you collect, categorise and communicate your everyday data
Begin collecting and exploring your data to reveal the bigger picture. Learn More
Introducing Silk: A Magical Interactive Artwork
Silk was created by Yuri Vishnevsky as an experiment in generative art. Read More Visit Site
Patent of the day: Amazon's bad gift defense system
Amazon has won a patent for a system that intercepts bad gifts and sends you a gift certificate instead. The patent, which is comical yet pretty innovative, is described like this: A computer-implemented data processing system comprises a user interface and gift conversion logic. The user interface is configured to permit users to order products using a network service, such as a website. The gift conversion logic is in communication with the user interface and permits the users to specify gift conversion rules. For each user that specifies gift conversion rules, the gift conversion rules define a manner in which gifts purchased for the user by other users may be converted. Read More By Larry Dignan for ZDNet, 09 Nov 2010.