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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Podcasting A New Trend in Web Publishing
One of today's most innovative and successful Internet Gurus is James Maduk. James was the first to introduce Whiteboard session training to Internet marketing on a more popular level. Maduk has been touting the use of Podcasting as the next big thing in Internet marketing communication. Podcasting is delivering audio messages to Internet users in RSS feeds. RSS is a way to syndicate website content to other sites and RSS readers on people's desktops and browsers.James Maduk delivers his podcast via his Blog.
Podcasting does seem to hold great promise when keeping in contact with your site visitors or subscribers (especially since email marketing is being eroded by spam filters). You can find out more about James Maduk and Podcasting by clicking here: James Maduk on Podcasting
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
KEEPING AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM GETTING LOST IN THE AUCTION SHUFFLE
Port St. Lucie, FL (BlackNews.com) - A new auction site named EthnicTrendz.com will feature stores and listings by African Americans from around the world, helping the Black community to more easily find and sell ethnic and specialty items. The site also aims to keep African American sellers from getting buried among listings on general auction sites, and is available as a free service through April 30, 2005."There are plenty of valuable auction sites out there, most notably eBay," says William Moore, co-founder of EthnicTrendz. "The problem with those sites is that they try to cover everything, so that niche markets get lost in the mix."
To help solve the problem, Moore and his wife, Alicia, developed EthnicTrendz as a gathering place for African Americans around the world from the U.S. to the Caribbean, Africa, and elsewhere. The site facilitates trade among this population, allowing for what Moore calls cooperative consumerism.
"In our fast-paced and somewhat faceless world, its hard to know anymore who manufactures, distributes, and sells us our goods," says Moore. "By having one site that caters to the Black community, we can more easily support our own economic infrastructure. This doesn't exclude us from the rest of the world, but makes it easy to support one another when that is our goal."
To encourage trade further, EthnicTrendz keeps selling fees relatively low. Starting with a free, introductory period, it maintains lower prices than eBay for listings and added features nearly across the board.
Go to Ethnic Trendz
TOM BURRELL INDUCTED INTO THE ADVERTISING HALL OF FAME
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) - Tom Burrell (center) was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame by the American Advertising Federation on March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Mr. Burrell, chairman emeritus of Burrell, one of the nation's leading African American-owned full-service communications agencies, celebrated the honor with the agency's Co-CEOs Fay Ferguson (left) and McGhee Williams as well as Steve Conner, Burrell Managing Partner and Chief Creative Officer.Mr. Burrell, who became the third African-American to be inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame, was recognized for his distinguished career along with three other industry legends: Roger Enrico, former PepsiCo chief executive officer; Harry Jacobs, chairman emeritus, the Martin Agency; and Ted Turner, CNN founder.
TOM BURRELL INDUCTED INTO THE ADVERTISING HALL OF FAME
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) - Tom Burrell (center) was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame by the American Advertising Federation on March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Mr. Burrell, chairman emeritus of Burrell, one of the nation's leading African American-owned full-service communications agencies, celebrated the honor with the agency's Co-CEOs Fay Ferguson (left) and McGhee Williams as well as Steve Conner, Burrell Managing Partner and Chief Creative Officer.Mr. Burrell, who became the third African-American to be inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame, was recognized for his distinguished career along with three other industry legends: Roger Enrico, former PepsiCo chief executive officer; Harry Jacobs, chairman emeritus, the Martin Agency; and Ted Turner, CNN founder.
