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  • 10 Junk Food Brands That Made a Buck in Iraq

    When American and British troops returned to Iraq in 2003 — to liberate, or to invade, depending on who exactly you are listening to — they soon found that many of their fast food favorites from back home had followed them into the war zone. Camp Victory (the optimistically-named main US Army base situated around […]

  • 10 Huge Branding Mistakes

    Share In today’s wacky world of advertising and rampant consumerism, a company must forever be changing in order to stay cutting edge. Attention spans grow shorter everyday, no thanks to the visual rape we are incessantly faced with; a constant barrage of billboards, taxi ads, commercials, YouTube commercials, popups on every website, and even plastered […]

  • 14 Public Apologies for Private Lives

    We the people of the United States of America are a very fickle people. We like to worship our celebrities. But we also like to tear down those celebrities and harshly judge them when they mess up. We also like to forgive them… if they deserve to be forgiven. In this way we create Gods […]

  • 15 Controversial Pulled Ads

    Share Ads are often meant to provoke the viewer (think baby-faced Brooke Shields with nothing between her and her Calvins) but sometimes viewers feel a little too provoked. Here is a list of fifteen controversial advertisements that were pulled due to negative reactions.

  • 10 Accidental Discoveries That Generated Great Wealth

     Thanks to American Express OPEN for making this article possible as part of the Big Break for Small Business program. Visit FaceBook.com to learn more about the Big Break contest. Enter your small business for a chance to win a trip to Facebook headquarters for a one-on-one business makeover and $20,000 to grow your business […]

  • 50 Ways to Crowdsource Everything

    This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Image: Wayne Large/Flickr Want something done quickly and well? Sic the swarm on it. Crowdsourcing, which involves a community of anonymous people completing a given task, has become an attractive labor model. Everyone’s seeking it out, from solopreneurs needing transcriptions to Fortune 500 companies looking for answers […]

  • 25 Corporations That Pay Less Taxes Than You Do

    Image: Aldo Gonzalez/Flickr It’s tax man time. Around the country every April, private citizens and most business owners scrape together 25% or more of their income and send it off to the IRS. So how is it that giant multinationals, purportedly taxed at around 35%, manage to pay close to nothing—or, in GE’s case this […]

  • 10 of the Dumbest Political Parties

    Ah, political parties, like a pimple on the face of America right before a prom. Oh, you can treat it, but the big ones never really go away and the little ones are just as annoying. Here is a countdown to 10 groups that are slowly destroying America.

  • 10 Epic Advertising Fails

    As long as there has been advertising, there have been advertising fails. From Thomas Edison electrocuting an elephant to guerrilla marketing bomb scares, we’re forced to wonder just what PR people are thinking at times. Here are 10 examples of backfiring advertisements that will have you face-palming whilst wondering if the phrase, “Any publicity is […]

  • 5 Characteristics of a Successful Logo

    This is a guest post by a writer at MyCorporateLogo.com A logo represents a company. It defines that company’s identity and purpose. It is an integral part of brand strategy. Without a logo or brand identity it would be impossible for a consumer to identify one product or service from the next. Most consumers have […]

  • Book Review: About Face

    Companies are desperate for attention. They spray paint their logos on streets, pay people to drive cars wrapped with their ads, and even hire a guy to wear their T-shirts. In our ad-saturated, commoditized society, what else is there to try? Lots of things, according to ad consultant and Sensory Logic president Dan Hill. In […]

  • Interview: The Davids of the Business World Rule the Goliaths

    David Siteman Garland is a multimedia maven. He educates and inspires fellow entrepreneurs through RISE, his biweekly, entrepreneur-focused television show. Three times a week, David publishes articles and videos geared at helping you build your business. He hosts regular events and workshops. Most recently, he has published a book called Smarter Faster Cheaper: Non-Boring, Fluff-free […]

  • The 50 Best Mind Hacks on the Web

    Image: JanneM/Flickr Mind hacks. Ever since Tom Stafford and Matt Webb introduced us to the hidden logic of our upstairs system in their 2004 neuroscience tome, these simple tricks have taken the blogosphere by storm. Nowadays, there’s a hack for everything, from your sex life to your kitchen stove. We compiled the Web’s 50 best […]

  • 50 Tips for Becoming a Successful Freelancer

    Image: Drea Knufken Freelancing ain’t easy. Ask any freelancer, and they’ll tell you all about the challenges inherent to manning your own ship. What you won’t learn so quickly is how to make it in the freelancing world. Besides having the right contacts, you need to build repeat clients, constantly promote yourself, keep your books […]