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Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers

Bob Garrett — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:46:55 +0000

Lauren Indvik at Mashable has an interesting Infographic discussing the interesting rise of traffic on Pinterest. Some of her reported observations:

traffic increased more than fourfold between September 2011 and December 2011
a top five referrer for several apparel retailers
The website is especially popular among women, who account for 58% of Pinterest’s traffic

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie – Red-Band Trailer Features Galifianakis, Ferrell, And Chef Goldblum – Huffington Post

Bob Garrett — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:35:06 +0000

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie is heading to Sundance Film Festival, March 2012. This is the 2nd movie for Tim and Eric is as many years. Along with Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianajis and Chef Goldblum, Tim and Eric once again are making news. Watch the Billion Dollar Movie trailer on Huffngton Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/tim-and-erics-billion-dollar-movie-trailer-nsfw_n_1126171.html

They were recently on the Simpson’s

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/television/133690688.html and they are just getting started.

7 Quick Ways to Turn Your LinkedIn Profile into a Social Media Marketing Workhorse

Bob Garrett — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:45:04 +0000

Lewis Howes has a great article on CopyBlogger. Lewis is a Linkedin expert and offers the following tips:

Its all about the headline
Get personal
Spell Check and Spell Check again – I need help here
Make a call to action
Social Proof is Powerful Proof
Improve your search rankings
Standout from the crowd.

If you want to learn how to use Linkedin in your business read Lewis’s post

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Bob Garrett — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:46:12 +0000

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Waiting on a Friend

Bob Garrett — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:18:17 +0000

The Rolling Stones – Waiting On A Friend

Testing Spotify.com

Stephen DiJoseph: A SynapTIC Adventure

Bob Garrett — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:09:44 +0000

Please help my friend Stephen reach his dream

Stephen DiJoseph: A SynapTIC Adventure

Google Music Beta

Bob Garrett — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:04:18 +0000

I received my Google Music Beta invite this week and I was some what “underwhelmed” . I have been playing around with in but not convinced of its value. Engadget did a pretty good write up and I am finding that I agree for the most part. I am not planning to upload everything but just enough to test it out. Let me know your comments if you have received an invite. And no I can not share or offer an invite. Can’t wait to try it out while walking around Philadelphia, while attending the next Social Media event.

Landing Page Platform

Bob Garrett — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:31:49 +0000

I think their website says it all - Unbounce is a self-serve hosted service that provides marketers doing paid search, banner ads, email or social media marketing, the easiest way to create, publish & test promotion specific landing pages without the need for IT or developers.

Check it out

Microsoft Acquires Skype for $8.5 Billion

Bob Garrett — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:36:14 +0000

Mashable is reporting this morning that Microsoft has acquired Skype. Like most of us, I have witnessed the take over of companies that never seem to work out for the user community, and I am afraid this will be the case with Skype. Read the full post here