Advice for New SEO Bloggers
If you are new to SEO blogging, you might feel slightly intimidated by the idea of writing tactically to top the search engines. While SEO blogging does have a certain advertising-tinged approach to writing, the key to success is the same as that of any other writing form – creating good content. High quality blog ...
Bravo Explores the World of Branded Entertainment
Viewers of Bravo might be seeing more advertising on the network than usual. But the channel isn’t lengthening its commercial breaks; instead, it is incorporating the marketing campaigns of sponsors into its programming. Anderson Davis, an actor/model hired by Kraft, appeared in character as Kraft marketing personality “the Zesty Guy” on a recent episode of ...
The Steady Decline of Console Gaming
I unboxed my first console, the Nintendo 64, back in 1999. Countless hours were spent in front of the television sets of my friends’ or my own playing Super Smash Brothers, Pokemon Stadium, and Mario Kart. These games kept us company and we never asked, or could even picture, an even more advanced and better ...
Obamacare’s effect on low-wage workers
Before Obamacare, American healthcare was out of reach for most low-income citizens. Obama implemented a new system in which government sponsored healthcare could cost anywhere from 5%-10% of a person’s total income. The average American restaurant workers’ salary comes in at a mere $21,000. Even 10% of this, $2,100, could be too much for a ...
The Latest Tablet Xperience… Sony’s Tablet Z
An innovative new gadget was introduced to the tablet world at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Introducing… Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z. This 10.1” tablet replicates the straightforward, angular design aesthetic of Sony’s Xperia Z Smartphone. It’s just 6.9mm – making it the thinnest 10.1” tablet available – and weighs in at a trivial ...
“Bey”by got Back!
It's been a big year for the beloved vocal powerhouse, Beyoncé Knowles. She’s returning to NOLA, headlining the 2013 Essence festival. This will be Knowles’ third highly publicized performance of 2013. The Essence Music Festival, which has happened every 4th of July weekend since 1995, is the biggest celebration of African American music and culture ...
Rejoice, Google Stockholders!
Heads are being held high in the offices of Google, Inc. as of late. Google’s stock rose 2.6% on February 1, closing at a record $775.60. This surpassed Google’s previous all-time high of $774.38, which it reached in October 2012. The company is also expected to be nearing the end of a three-year antitrust investigation ...
The Soda Battle of NYC
New York City’s recent passing of a ban on the sale of sugary drinks in containers exceeding 16 ounces has caused uproar that has echoed far beyond the five boroughs. But the outcries are not just coming from Coca-Cola and fanatic soda drinkers. The NAACP and the Hispanic Federation have joined in support of a ...
Fishing in the Fishbowl of Facebook: A Perspective on Third Party Apps Gone Rogue
Say what you’d like about Facebook- but 10% of the world has one (a staggering statistic, especially considering that most websites only have a fraction of one percent of the world’s population or less). However, as it has spread, has it really managed to become a vacuum of the internet, one that combines all aspects ...
Learn how to make Extra Money with the Stock Market to pay off Loans
The economy isn’t doing too good these days. Inflation is through the roof, people are having a difficult time finding a job, and businesses are not hiring. Most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and having to shuffle their bills around paying only the ones that they must and putting off paying the others until ...