Retail, Shopping
A “no holds barred” expose of the subtle, sometimes deceptive techniques employed by salespeople to separate you from your money.
The ten items listed here are some of the most common deceptions used by unscrupulous salespeople to get in your wallet and “make the sale” at any cost. The variations on these themes are limitless, but [...]
Audio, TV
If you’ve always wanted an easier way to rewind your DVDs, look no furthur than the “DVD Rewinder”. You’ll find that and more in this amusing list of gadgets.
Fitness, Travel
I recently read two articles about travel fitness. One said that while you’re traveling, you should keep up with 50% of your normal training and the other said you should keep up with only one-third. Both were written by well known fitness professionals and both said that you should NOT expect to keep up your [...]
Business
Why is it that some sales reps consistently earn a six-figure annual income while other reps, putting in the same hours, selling the same products and trained by the same sales manager struggle each month financially to make ends meet? The answer to this question is painfully simple; the six-figure sales reps spend more time [...]
Games
If you are a novice magacian you may of asked yourself this a few times. I put together this list which I believe is the top 5 trick decks used in magic tricks.
Cars, Transport
Kirk Sladen sent one of his car sales associates nearly 100 miles away just to help customers set up the garage-door opener in their new Lexus. It’s a task that might have been just as easily accomplished over the phone, but personalized service such as this is “just the cost of doing business,” says Sladen, [...]
Films, TV
A recent survey over at Ranking Japan asked Japanese people what anime character they would most want to have as a friend. Here are the top 15 results:
MySpace, Social Networks
Having personal profiles at websites like MySpace, Xanga or Friendster is fun. There’s nothing better than expressing yourself, connecting with old friends and making new friends in the process, from all over the world.
At SpaceGravy, we are well aware that MySpace is a place for friends. Unfortunately, however, we also know that not everyone [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
Okay first of all this isn’t about adding all the ‘best’ (and cheesiest) bells and whistles to your MySpace layout to turn it into some kind of online equivalent of the dashboard of the Atlantis Space Shuttle. This is about creating a truly kick ass MySpace layout by adhering to a few time-honored web design [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
Like it or not, MySpace is huge. I was kinda hoping it would be over by now, but it isn’t. I just checked, and according to Alexa, it is number 6… in the whole world… According to the widget I have on Netvibes, I am not in the top 100… thousand… yeah, not in the [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
Below are the latest tools you can use to update your Myspace Profile. Please contact us if you can’t find something you are looking for.
Marketing, MySpace, Social Networks
I run MySpace.com marketing campaigns on a daily basis and wanted share some real-world experiences and tips. I’ll start with an embarrassing story.
*Worst Meeting Ever*
I was working on a marketing campaign with a client, and he was interested in getting his company on MySpace and using it as part of his marketing mix. We [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
As the end of 2006 approaches, it’s clear that MySpace has spawned a cottage industry of sites supplying add-on content or media sharing services for profile owners. Many of these sites have seen phenomenal growth this year while at the same time questions loom around how to monetize. It’s interesting now to look at the [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
Slightly modified version courtesy of “Worst of MySpace”, and yes I may be guilty of one or two.
Facebook, MySpace, Social Networks
I have to admit I’ve done a complete 180-degree turnaround on MySpace. Once believing the site – as well as the whole social networking phenomenon – was a fad facing extinction in light of the next Flavor of the Year, I’ve come around to being a big fan.
I’m much more bullish on MySpace than I [...]
MySpace, Photos, Social Networks
Certainly the most popular way to decorate a MySpace page is to add a photo – these are typically used for backgrounds, direct placement, contact tables, and comments. MySpace makes it easy to upload photos yet many users turn to external photo sharing websites to host their pics. In this report we look at the [...]
MySpace, Social Networks
If I had a dollar for every time I had a person say to me, either in person or online, “Hey John, you should start a MySpace account–it would probably be really cool, LOL!” I would probably have about $57. When someone says that to me, I normally go on a spiel very similar [...]
Open Source, Operating Systems
When I made the switch to Ubuntu Linux on my desktop computer (that is, if you can call triple-booting Windows XP, Vista, and Ubuntu a “switch”), I was a little worried about finding the applications and tools that would make me as productive working in Ubuntu as I am working on Windows.
After a little searching [...]