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Back on Oct. 23rd we wrote about the Dr. Pepper promotion with the debut of the new Guns N’ Roses album – Chinese Democracy. Well today is the day everyone was supposed to be able to sign-up for their free Dr. Pepper, but when you got to the site and take the time to fill out the form you’ll see that the Dr. doesn’t have enough bandwidth to handle all their requests (we ck’d with 5 other people in different locations around the US, all with the same problem).
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With the start of the new college basketball season off and running now, we thought it would be a good time to profile the site we did for the Duke University Men’s Basketball team located at www.DukeBluePlanet.com. When the site launched in beta format last November it became the first dedicated site for a college basketball program (men or women).
We’ve just launched a new version of our main studio site. We went back and forth a couple times on what direction to take on the concept. In the end, we decided on putting the primary focus on our clients work upfront. We’ve cut down on the fluff content and kept it simple and clean.
Enjoy the site.
Visit Site: UNCOMMON THINKING
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With the season over, according to media reports this is the week where up to 1,000 jobs will be cut and numerous teams will shut down in the NASCAR garages. Throughout this last quarter of the season there have been rampant rumors about what is happening with Ford, Chevy, and Dodge teams – but what we haven’t heard about is what is going to happen with Toyota’s teams. Why – because nothing is going to happen to them, they’ll all have full manufacturer support in 2009.
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NASCAR Recap:
The 2008 NASCAR season ended last night with the Ford 400 in Homestead – Martin led the way with a 10th place finish, Kyle was in 19th, and Dale Jr. had problems late to end him in 41st. Kyle ended the year in 10th, Dale Jr. in 12th, and Martin in 15th.
Interesting profile in USA Today of Guy Kawasaki. He’s currently the managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, was previously responsible for marketing the Macintosh while at Apple in the 80’s, and has written nine business books. His most recent book, “Reality Check”, aims to help entrepreneurs by looking at the lessons learned from his failures.
The article also features five tips from Guy for would-be entrepreneurs, including: “You can’t let the bozos grind you down. Most of the time, seemingly smart and rich people are gonna tell you it can’t be done. If you listen to them, you’ll never try.”