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British Advertising Regulator Making Itself Felt Online New York Times In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission recently published guidelines for marketing via social media and blogs. But the British approach is … and more » Read more

Office supply retailer Staples said today it will begin selling Amazon’s Kindle in all of its stores this fall. Staples said it will sell the $139 version of the Kindle, the Kindle 3G ($189) and the Kindle DX ($379). “As part of our efforts to offer customers a wide range of top technology products and [...]

Bizjournals.com (blog) Workshops aim to help women business owners build success Bizjournals.com (blog) Barbara Bailey owns Visibility Consultants, a web development, online marketing and social media firm in Denver. Wendy King owns bForward Group, … and more » Read more

Shock Troops of Corporate Empire: Hip-Hop, Fast-Food and Social Media Benzinga This is all consciously designed into marketing everywhere. While I am constantly being "sold" on the wonderfulness of social media, what I see in the real … Read more

Facebook’s ‘Car Town’ Gains Honda Ads in Games Shift BusinessWeek Companies view social media as a core part of their online marketing spending, and not an “experiment,” said Victoria Ransom, the founder of Wildfire … and more » Read more

Beginning today brands such as The North Face can reach 60% of all U.S. consumers with opt-in, location-based marketing SMS messages.The extensive distribution possibilities are thanks to a strategic partnership between Placecast — makers of ShopAlerts — and… Read more

Mediabistro Announces Final Program for Think Mobile West, September 23 in San … MarketWatch (press release) … board for media and business professionals focusing on job categories such as social media, online/new media, publishing, public relations/marketing, … and more » Read more

wedu Kicks Off Successful Social Media Campaign for YMCA of Greater Manchester I-Newswire.com (press release) The wedü marketing, creative and technical team collaborated with the YMCA to establish a presence on the popular social media websites. … Read more

Berkeley Chamber Launches on nuAlerts PR-USA.net (press release) NuAlerts provides business communities with a powerful marketing platform that combines the best of search engine optimization, social network messaging, … and more » Read more

Disney bets big on social gaming Econsultancy (blog) Econsultancy’s Social Media and Online PR Report examines how companies are using online PR tactics and social media sites such as Twitter for marketing and … and more » Read more