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  • Bad Science plus Autistic Children equals Big Money


    EcographicaAuthority Authority: 474
    In 2005 Carlos Pardo published a paper in which he described the occurrence of neuroinflammation in the brains of recently deceased patients who had lived with confirmed autism. The brain tissues autopsied in conjunction with the study had been provided by the Autism Tissue Program, and all samples were accrued from ...
    1 day ago
  • Good-bye Naughties – Worst Decade Ever


    Blue Blood Magazine Gothic Punk PhotosAuthority Authority: 106
    Time Magazine says, “Call it the Decade from Hell, or the Reckoning, or the Decade of Broken Dreams, or the Lost Decade. Call it whatever you want — just give thanks that it is nearly over.” Time Magazine’s Andy Serwer article, The ’00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell seems like it should [...]
    6 days ago
  • Anti Aging System


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    With heaps of assorted contra-aging systems that are disagreeable to persuade world they stop a aid treatment} for effects of aging, and how do you may go about uncovering discover grouping that essentially works?  In housing you are asking yourself every this discourse , this article is feat to substance you a some ...
    6 days ago
  • Why Does Sarah Palin Get So Much Media Attention?


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 177
    The Left, since the release of Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, and its million plus sales in a matter of weeks, have been wandering the streets in a benighted stupor, tugging at their unkempt hair, and shrieking at whomever will listen with their question of “why”? “Why is she popular, why is she on television, ...
    6 days ago
  • The ten biggest Wall Street lies of 2009


    Dangerous IntersectionAuthority Authority: 438
    Author Les Leopold sums it up nicely, including the fact that TARP is only the tip of iceberg regarding taxpayer money being poured into Wall Street coffers. Merry Christmas to the big Wall Street banks, who work hard to . . . someone please remind me how these big banks to make the world a better place– what ...
    1 week ago
  • What do I know about network marketing?


    Leaders We DeserveAuthority Authority: 114
    What do I know about network marketing? Not a lot. But I need to know a bit more This morning I came across a concise outline of a business model. I suspect its originators had dumped it on multiple websites in a rather crude bot-aided way. So at one level it gets a lot of people ignoring it as spam. Yes it is ...
    1 week ago
  • Beware social media snake oil (KIVI Boise)


    Stompernet SEO CourseAuthority Authority: 165
    Hordes of marketing "experts" are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs. All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools.
    1 week ago
  • Beware social media snake oil (Channel 8 San Diego)


    Stompernet SEO CourseAuthority Authority: 165
    Hordes of marketing "experts" are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs. All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools.
    1 week ago
  • Orbo Strikes Back: Perpetual Motion Machine Demonstrated


    Gadget LabAuthority Authority: 776
    Steorn is back, and it is still hawking its perpetual-motion machine, the Orbo. We spent several carefree days back in the summer of 2007 ridiculing the whole project, which purported to use spinning wheels and magnets to generate more electricity than the little Orbo took to run. Now, the Orbo has relaunched. ...
    1 week ago
  • Which Part of Social Media Sells?


    The Relationship Economy......Authority Authority: 129
    This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Social Strategies Everyone everywhere is selling “social media” products and services. I often wonder which part of social media  are they selling. In an earlier post titled “ Do You Sell Social Media Snake Oil ” we said “ Using social media effectively ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Future Differentiation of ‘Social Media’ from Collaboration (ZDNet)


    Stompernet SEO CourseAuthority Authority: 165
    Social media seems to be becoming even more of a hindrance to the successful application of 2.0 technologies to solve specific business problems as time goes on: I finally read Beware Social Media Snake Oil by Stephen Baker in the December 3 issue of BusinessWeek, the ailing old media title recently bought by ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Social Media Results in Motion


    Inbound Marketing Strategies, SEO, Social Media MarketingAuthority Authority: 106
    The December 14th issue of BusinessWeek has an article entitled: Beware Social Media Snake Oil . The article is intended to be a balanced look at the lack of marketing success some companies are having with social media through industry consultants. I disagree that it’s balanced. I think the article is biased ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Some Snake Oil with your Social Media?


    Elastic BrandsAuthority Authority: 112
    If you were paying attention during the dot com era, there was a lot to be learned. Learned in the sense that George Santayana wanted us to learn from history — or be condemned to repeat it. Mojo Juju the Snake Oil Merchants Speaking of history, the vaunted authority Wikipedia has this to say about the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Almost Done With Biz Setup (and why I’m not selling to you)


    Beyond MomAuthority Authority: 106
    Today I spent the majority of the day working.Yes, working.Even though I’ve been playing Suzie Homemaker for the last couple months I’ve been going nutty without something to do that didn’t involve cooking or diaper changing.It looks like I’ll be selling over at Etsy.com and maybe (depending on the TOS) ...
    2 weeks ago
  • One Size Fits All Snake Oil Targets Lawyers


    Social Media Law StudentAuthority Authority: 122
    There’s no doubt that 2009 marks the year when lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals are realistically considering using web 2.0 technologies within their business. (Arguably, these tools have been around for over half a decade.) This was the year that almost every law school signed up for Twitter . Judges, ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Social media and selling snake oil


    Strive NotesAuthority Authority: 112
    Image by virtualreality via Flickr I read BusinessWeek’s article ‘Beware Social media Snake Oil’ with interest because it’s a subject I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. Over the past couple of week’s I’ve run into a few people claiming to be social media consultants who, after a few ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Who actually falls for this stuff?


    halls of macadamiaAuthority Authority: 141
    I mean... besides Dawg and Elizabeth May ? -- COPENHAGEN -- The first impression one receives of the summit is the sheer hypocrisy of it. Here are green campaigners who damn the rest of us for the size of our “carbon footprints” and challenge us each to reduce our carbon output by one tonne per ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Fitness Scam or Miracle Supplement?


    HealthhabitsAuthority Authority: 125
    Earlier today, I came upon this online ad. Wow!!! Paul got ripped in 4 weeks…without killing himself in the gym or dieting. However did he do it? I have to know….Must follow link…to this site…. Double Wow!!! It gets even better….a FREE super supplement used by hollywood actors to get ripped in 4 ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Social Media not all Snake Oil


    Marketing RelevanceAuthority Authority: 117
    Finally, a large and trusted media publication (Business Week) agrees with mRELEVANCE on what we have been talking about for more than the past year! In the article titled “Beware Social Media Snake Oil,”  Stephen Baker talks about ’so-called social media experts’ and how they sell social media based on ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Here Come the Innovation Hippies! Beware of Social Media Snake Oil


    Creative CapitalAuthority Authority: 115
    My newly departed colleague Steve Baker’s last piece for BusinessWeek is a contrarian take on social media. Given that this skeptical piece was penned by one of social media’s biggest fans and practicioners, it’s worth a close read. Says Baker: “The problem, according to a growing chorus of critics, is that ...
    3 weeks ago

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