Coming from someone who is in the process of self-publishing his first book, I know firsthand the importance of having a 2nd (or 35th) set of eyes to proof for errors and learn of ideas for improvement. Between writing, formatting, creating sell copy, developing a new website, and designing a cover, there’s a lot of…
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I’m a native New Yorker, so I am pretty psyched that the Giants are playing in the Super Bowl today. Still, I have to admit – I watch the Super Bowl for the commercials – but I really look forward to the game because it’s a great excuse to cook some awesome food and open…
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Yesterday I wrote about a company that gets it, when it comes to rewarding customers for doing some of the marketing legwork for them. Social Rewards is another clued-in startup that realizes a simple “thank you” – in the form of rewards, of course – can go a long way in building brand loyalty and…
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Miami is known more for their beaches, babes, boats, and bars than startups. VaultBox.me could change that – in more ways than one. This brand new startup that launched last week is a cloud-based inventory management system that lets you easily list all the items you own using your iPhone (download the app here) or…
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As an enthusiastic writer and reader, I’m excited for the release of Quotogram, an app for discovering, organizing, and sharing quotes. You can view recent, popular, or your friends’ quotes, and search by author, keywords, and tags. If your favorite quote is nowhere to be found, you can submit it (or correct any misquotes). The…
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Milwaukee residents have a new way to save and share with local online advertising startup Offermation. The company is integrating word of mouth marketing into the daily deal model and has earned kudos as an alternate in the 2012 SXSW Accelerator Program in the Innovative Web Technologies category. Not just another daily deal marketplace, Offermation…
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Chito Peppler served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy, but lately he has traded his uniform for the casual dress of the entrepreneur. “After serving in the military, I wanted to start my own business. I knew how to take orders – now I wanted to be able to make them,” says Peppler. Peppler’s…
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During one lunch hour in 2010, reporter Travis Lowry was listening to NPR and heard about the It Gets Better project, with inspirational videos encouraging LGBT youth to believe that life will improve. Lowry decided that rather than telling them it gets better in the future, he would help them get better now. Launched this…
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You do what you can to stay as green as possible. You ride your bike to work. You buy your food from the local farmer’s market. You get your furniture second-hand from local garage sales. And then you walk into your local coffee shop to buy your usual fair trade dark roast coffee. You’re doing all…
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If you’ve ever been charged with event planning – in your job or otherwise – you know it can be an overwhelming and detail-driven process. From conventions and expos to festivals and high school reunions, event planning means having lots of balls in the air, so you’d better be a juggler, right? Austin-based Whindo is…
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Imagine this: you wait too long to buy a plane ticket to Austin for SXSW, and now you need to drive 1,500 miles or so. From, like, Washington, DC. But that’s OK, you just recruit friends who also waited too long to buy their tickets and turn it into a road trip – a mobile…
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It’s not quite Groupon for nightlife; at least don’t say that to Poggled CEO and Co-Founder Joe Matthews. “I hate that. Our business is so different. We do events, not daily deals,” says Matthews. Matthews’ aversion to the comparison is fair – there are differences. Although it’s hard to deny the similarities. Timely Deals At 1pm,…
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Not only can you have your cake and eat it too, you can feed the less fortunate in the process. By purchasing a $14 monthly membership, you get an assortment of five gourmet snacks (e.g.artisan chocolate, Asian jerky, truffles, etc.) and Love With Food will donate a meal to No Kid Hungry on your behalf. To date, Love…
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When Google crawls your website, they’re putting less value in what you have to say about your content (i.e. metadata),and more interest in what the content itself is saying and who is talking about it. Makes sense. If our own assessment of the content of our lives were a true indicator of their worth, we’d all…
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What’s the worst part about making your bed in the morning? That’s easy: it’s not fun. As an adult, you’ve come to grips with the fact that not all tasks can be done for the sake of recreation. Kids, however, have a harder time accepting this premise. That’s why HighScore House is making household chores…
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I am a super-organized neatnik…but I can’t seem to stay on top of paying bills. Maybe because it’s so boring, maybe because it is math-related – and I avoid anything math-related like the plague – but my organization just falls apart when it comes to finances. (Yes, I could set up automatic bill pay, but,…
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