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SmartSwipe Safe Online Shopping

Now you can swipe your credit card at your home or office computer just like you would in a store! SmartSwipe is the new, smarter, more secure way to shop online. Plug it into your computer’s USB port, go shopping to your favourite online stores, and swipe your credit card – it’s that simple.

Read The Rest of This Article | Comments | Gadgets

Handheld Portable Toaster

Toasting your bread on the run is now possible with this handheld portable toaster by Korean designer Been Kim. Run it over your bread like a fancy butter knife and it toasts that side in your hand. An LCD readout on the back gradually tells you just how toasty your toast is getting.

Read More | Comments | Consumer Goods

The Gold Mattress

Italian mattress maker, Magniflex, is taking the concept of “luxury sleeping” to a whole new level with a new bedding line. The Gold Mattress is made with a 22-carat gold yarn cover and features the company’s patented Memoform Core, which adapts to the shape of the body with up to 85% accuracy!

Read More | Comments |  Luxury

Volcano Boarding

Racing down with a board on an active volcano, turns out to be a fashionable activity. Thousands of travelers are heading to the foothills of Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro Mountain to take part in the new sporting craze, started by Phillip Southan, owner and manager of Bigfoot Hostel and Green Pathways Tours.

Read More | Comments | Sports & Games

The Boobox

The Boobox is a prototype for a stand-alone machine that distributes product samples. Consumers interested in getting one simply send a free SMS, in exchange for which they are given an activation code. That, in turn, gives them access to the sample. Fosfor is currently refining the concept.

Read More | Comments |  Marketing

Go Greener with New Recycled Utensils

Lamson & Goodnow recently unveiled a new line of "green" performance utensils. The steel used in the utensils is 90% recycled (the industry standard is 30-50%, according to Ferreira). The handles are 100% post consumer recycled paper, which is the first in the industry.

Read More | Comments | Homes & Living

Be an Everyday Model

Want to get paid for living your life? Check out EverydayModels.net. In Everyday Modelling, you can make money by becoming walking brand space. You get paid by advertisers to walk around in public places wearing t-shirts, caps and other clothes that endorse popular brands and organisations.

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Celebrity Fashion Spotter

Coolspotters is an online service that makes it easy to discover and buy the products, brands, and fashions being used by your favorite celebrities – in their real lives, and in movies and television. Coolspotters makes it super easy to discover and buy the products used by your favorite celebrities.

Read More | Comments |  Fashion

Five Ways to Connect with your Customer

Have you wondered how some people can build instant rapport with others – no matter the race, age, or gender? You can learn more about personality styles in Brandt’s article “Mastering the four personality styles” and improve on your skills in connection with others, including your customers.

Read More | Comments | Communication Skills | Article by Brandt Smith

Training People To Learn

What we need to learn has changed so much recently. Read on to find out more about what are the 5 essential things that we need to learn – body-brain balance and proper planning, basic skills of interpersonal communication, re-learn the joy of work, reconsider the facts we must know, and trust.

Read More | Comments | Work Life | Article by John Bittleston

Forums Benefit Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Plans
 
Why are forums strong marketing places? Forums are a great way to get a new site indexed by the major search engines. They benefit Search Engine Marketing plans as you can easily market your company and build up positive feedback for yourself.

Read More | Comments | Online Business | Article by Brandon Leibowitz

Five Steps to Use Knowledge of Lost Trades

Get back in black, and back, in business by gathering and using knowledge of your lost business – lost trades. The 5 step program for sales managers and directors shows you exactly how. And you'll see what a difference it could make to your profits if you start to convert lost trades to future actual trades.

Read More | Comments | Sales & Marketing | Article by Jesper Thorlund

How to Choose a Pay-Per-Click Firm That Turns Clicks into Clients

There are two paths that you can take when it comes to managing your pay-per-click advertising campaign online. You can learn it yourself or hire a professional pay-per-click firm to handle it for you. Read on for recommendations.

Read More | Comments | How-To Guides | Article by Merrin Muxlow

Will Your Idea Sell?

Selling a new invention is a specialist activity. Nonetheless, there’s no reason why an inventor shouldn’t become involved in marketing. Use this checklist to see whether your business or licensing company is using every means to sell your invention. It includes items such as market research, media kit, etc.

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Online Reputation Management Matters

For companies and individuals alike, there is a major need for reputation management. Having Online Reputation Management concerns can cause revenue losses and/or income. Creating a personal brand is even more important as researchers and experts in the job market reference this all the time. 

Read More | Comments | Online Business  | Article by Tony Adam

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