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Is the Facebook Status Feature Just Like Twitter?

Published by Rudy Bachraty December 15th, 2007 in facebook-twitter. 2 Comments

It sure looks like it.

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Recruit on YouTube? The British Military Does

Published by Joseph Ferrara December 14th, 2007 in Video. 2 Comments

Looking for another marketing advantage for video? How about recruitment for your business? Not a good idea? Well, the British military blokes think it might be. The Ministry of Defense, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy have had channels on YouTube since 2006. The videos give a “boots on the ground” perspective. The RAF Afghan […]

Sellsius Holiday Gift Ideas: Gutter Cleaning Robot

Published by Joseph Ferrara December 14th, 2007 in Cool New Products and Technology. 6 Comments

iRobot’s Looj might be the perfect closing gift for the fall season. It won a Home Appliance award at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Now, if it only works as promised, you’ll have a client for life.
Available at Amazon.com for $99.99 . (Click here)

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Slideshare is YouTube Clone for Slideshows

Published by Joseph Ferrara December 14th, 2007 in Real Estate Marketing and Slideshows.

Slideshare aspires to be a YouTube for slideshows (called slidecasts).

The site is free to use
Upload your photos and add a soundtrack to create your slidecast
There is a bulk upload capability
Tag your slides and set up a community to attract similar minded folks
Share your slideshows
Compile your shows and others on your slidespace. (Sample slidespace here)

Real […]

Best Film Ad for 2007

Published by jfsellsius December 13th, 2007 in Marketing tips. 5 Comments

This ad won the 2007 Golden Lion at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France. It was created by Nordpol+ Hamburg. You’ll probably watch it again.

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Real Estate Porn: Hotel Edition

Published by Joseph Ferrara December 13th, 2007 in Real Estate Marketing and Real estate porn.

In our continuing series on Real Estate Porn, we have a look at the world’s most expensive hotel room, the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa in Las Vegas. The price for a night’s stay is $40,000. Now, that’s what we call obscene.

Hugh Hefner’s Sky Villa is located at the top of the Fantasy […]

Wordpress 2.3 Themes and Plug-in Compatibility

Published by Joseph Ferrara December 13th, 2007 in Blogging Tips. 2 Comments

Wordpress recently upgraded to version 2.3.1. If you decide to upgrade your Wordpress blog (or start a new WP blog), we advise you to check your Theme compatibility here and Plug in compatibility here.
This plugin looks easy.

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What’s the Caption?

Published by jfsellsius December 13th, 2007 in What's the Caption and humor. 2 Comments

Add your caption.

Twitter? I thought it was Litter? Dang!

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Sub-Prime Decline Video: There’s a Fine Line…

Published by jfsellsius December 13th, 2007 in Mortgages.

“There’s a fine line between gain and a painful decline.” The Richter Scales.
This video is by the same folks who got some recent grief over this YouTube parody video.

via Sparckl.

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YouTube Removes Parody Over 1 Photo

Published by jfsellsius December 13th, 2007 in Legal.

As an attorney, I appreciate the underlying principles and protections of the Copyright Law to insure that authors are the exclusive exploiters of their work for financial gain. But the underlying basis of the Act is not to put money in authors’ pockets, but to give them a limited monopoly so as to encourage others […]