On This Day In History

December 30, 2009 By

December 30th

1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1731 – 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham’s great room in Boston)
1877 – Johnannes Brahms’ 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
1918 – John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
1970 – Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles

Famous Birthdays Today
1880 – Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein
1935 – Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher (Cy Young ’63, ’65, ’66, perfect-1967)
1942 – Guy Edwards, English racing driver
1953 – Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
1957 – Matt Lauer, TV host (Today Show)

In Memoriam
1691 – Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
1832 – Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies
1984 – Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1992 – Ling-Ling, 1st panda China gave US, dies at 23

Holiday’s Around the World
Bolivia, Chile : Bank Holiday
Iran : Birthday of Iman Reza
Italy : New Year’s Eve
Philippiines : Rizal Day (anniversary of his death) (1896)
El Salvador : Bank Holiday


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Send a Card for Free to Our Troops

December 12, 2009 By

Do you have a minute,
just one minute?
This is all it takes.

Something cool that Xerox is doing…

If you go to this web site,
www.LetsSayThanks.com
you can pick out a thank you card and
Xerox will print it and it will be sent to
a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq .
You can’t pick out who gets it,
but it will go to
a member of the
armed services.
Send one today….
Better yet, Bookmark this site and send a card every week!

Be sure and send lots of cards for Christmas.

Royalty Free Images


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Suggested Reading for Integrated Online Strategies

December 1, 2009 By

Here’s a note of the recommended reading for my Integrated Online Strategies course at University of San Francisco. I am currently reading the Kindle version of Don’t make Me Think by Steve Krug. Gotta love Kindle!

Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

By: Steve Krug

This is an extremely well written book about website design and usability, the name
says it all. A recent new edition features three new chapters. Available at Amazon.

Winning Results with Google AdWords
By: Andrew Goodman

This book explains how to succeed in the hypercompetitive world of Google payperclick
advertising. Available at Amazon.

Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?
By: Seth Godin

This book reviews many of his past themes such as permission marketing and makes
them current. Available at Amazon.

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral
Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly

By: David Meerman Scott. Available at Amazon.

The Ten Golden Rules of Online Marketing Workbook

This workbook is a basic how to book that tells the story of Annie’s Costumes Internet
Marketing development and testing. Available at TenGoldenRules.com.

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