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Your Panties are Broadcasting on my Frequency

Radio frequency identification (RFID) can now be used almost anywhere: they're embedded inside products, pets and people. Scott G takes a look at a not-too-distant future where everything is monitored, metered, tallied and tracked.

Out of My Mind (And Into Yours)

The worlds of media, advertising, marketing, branding, sonics, and technology are all interlocking more and more these days, and Scott G sees so many of these connections that he has to deal with them in little snippets, like shards of glass after a traffic accident.

New Book Shows the Beauty of the Advertising Industry

Hello GorgeousNEW YORK, NY -- Noted beauty expert, marketing guru, and author Rachel Weingarten's new book: "Hello Gorgeous! Beauty Products in America, '40s-'60s" (ISBN: 1933112182, Collectors Press, 5/06) is a chic social commentary on beauty advertising, and combines her marketing and beauty industry background. The book explores the beauty culture past and present, women's evolving spending power in America while highlighting the exhortations and beauty products geared to women in the mid last century and into our own times.

Create a Business that ‘eNthems’ out from the Crowd: A Company Anthem Provides a...

SACRAMENTO, CA -- Every country has a national anthem, so why not every company? That is exactly the question that the founder of eNthem.com puts forth to potential customers. This new and innovative Website offers businesses the opportunity to create a personal song or 'eNthem.'

Send2Press(R) Newswire Announces NewsML Feed Support for News Aggregators

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Send2Press®, a leading online news service since 1996, announced today the re-launch of support for the NewsML format to allow content portals and news aggregators to easily pull full-text news stories from its wire service. Send2Press is a unit of Neotrope(R), established 1983 in California.

New Book: Million Dollar Press Releases

ROCKFORD, IL -- PR veteran Robert Smith started in the world of publicity almost 8 years ago. After owning a child support company he started his own agency Robert Smith & Associates PR in 1998. His clients have been featured on Oprah, CNN, USA Today, People Magazine, National Enquirer, and others. Smith today announced his much anticipated book 'Million Dollar Press Releases: Guide to Boosting Profits Using Free Publicity.'

When Ads Go Bad

The G-Man ClassicScott G lays bare the reasons behind every bad ad you've endured and suggests that a possible cure lies in the usage of a procedure called 'The Architecture of Advertising.'

LookSmart Unveils its Next Generation PPC AdCenter

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- LookSmart Ltd. announced this week the launch of their new enhanced AdCenter with improved functionality icnluding Daily budgets (versus monthly) which give you more control of your distribution and spend. You will now be in distribution every day of the month.

Millions for New York, but Where’s Your Share?

G-Man Mic ProfileAfter the latest multi-million-dollar fine for record company payola, Scott G speculates that there is a lot more under the surface that could be happening, from holding executives up to public ridicule, to terminations of employees, to (most especially) new fines in state after state after state.

PR Expert Liisa Sullivan Joins Send2Press to Lead Professional Press Release Writing Services

Liisa SullivanLOS ANGELES, CA -- Send2Press(R), a leading online news service since 1996, announced today the addition of PR expert Liisa Sullivan to its editorial team. Liisa will take on the role of lead writer for Send2Press' news release writing programs. Send2Press is a unit of Neotrope(R), established 1983 in California.

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