http://www.gokissmedia.com Developing Remarkable Ideas & Strategies for Remarkable Companies Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:03:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I came home from work, only to have a voicemail campaign message from Hillary Clinton. I was annoyed, because my phone number is technically unlisted (tho I do publicize it for my business). I was so annoyed that I visited Hillary's campaign Web site & left a comment ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/random/hillary-clinton-free-speech-unlisted-phone-numbers-ps-vote-ron-paul Today is my birthday -- and I thought I would take short break from all of the hectic activity of the holidays and celebrations to comment on some of the leftover news I've discovered in the last couple of week. CYBER MONDAY As we all know, yesterday was Cyber Monday. What ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/inspirational/cyber-monday-travel-videos-and-my-birthday-post I was just chatting the other day about how I'd proposed an idea to my bosses at the travel agency to work with a gay and lesbian travel organization. It seemed like a natural enough fit to me. They wanted to sell more hotel reservations - and what better market ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/travel/ahead-of-my-time-again For the last couple of weeks, all I have been hearing about is Twitter. It's a new online service that connects people via SMS (text) messaging. It's all about "What are you doing?" and "What's happening on your world?" -- so you can share it with your friends, as fast ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/web-20/whos-twittering GreatEscape2008 is an around-the-world travel competition scheduled for Spring 2008. The competition and international charity event will take place between April 11 and May 4, when 50 lucky globetrotting adventurers will race from Los Angeles to New York--the long way! The winning Team will be crowned ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/travel/looking-for-50-globetrotters Using the Energy of Desire to Manifest Your Highest Vision, Power, and Purpose Recommended to me by Jo Davidson, this book is a winner. It's about creating the work you love - and really, a life you love. It comes with a CD that guides you through an 80-minute meditation ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/bookreviews/alchemy-of-abundance Web site Boogybonbon.com just published an article about how you can sabotage your competition's rankings in MSN Live. The method uses dupe content and exploits a flaw in the search engine's algorithm. Within a few day, the entire Web site can disappear. Of course, the site also provides you with a ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/search-rankings/how-to-remove-your-competition-from-msnlive Landing page quality scores (QS), introduced by Google in 2005, are now less important than actual bid prices. Just in time for the 2006 holiday season, the change is forcing online retailers to pay more on ppc advertising - as well as cries that the new algorithm is biased and ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/ppc-marketing/new-adwords-algorithm-reversed-roles Ok, so the title "Corporate Dominatrix" reeks of S&M, but it's an eye opening book about the power plays in corporate life - and how women can empower themselves to be more successful. I'm not an uber-feminist or anything, but found the book pretty interesting. Any woman who shares her ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/bookreviews/remember-ginger-had-to-do-everything-fred-did-but-backward-and-in-heels Social networking and video site YouTube (recently purchased by Google) has created a user-backlash by cutting content deals with everyone EXCEPT its core users: the everyday visitors that upload their own content onto the Web. Some of the site's most popular video posters are getting angry enough to express it ... http://www.gokissmedia.com/inspirational/is-youtube-paying-you