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Here is quick review of January posts on JeffBennett.Org:
Geek.Com Reports On Twit4Hire.Com
Super Bowl And Social Media:  SuperBowl-Ads.Com
Super Bowl And Social Media:   E*Trade
Super Bowl And Social Media:  Doritos
Super Bowl Ads And Social Media 2009
IAC’s HealthCentral Acquires Wellsphere
Geek.Com Blogs On Hybrid Chargers For Gadgets
Amazon.Com Plans To Unveil Kindle2
Great Post By Pete Blackshaw On Social Media [...]

Startup Twit4Hire are offering a novel outsourcing service; publishing Twitter updates on behalf of those too busy to “twitter” on twitter.com for themselves.
The UK-based company offers various packages, providing different levels of microblogging activity; all designed to stimulate interest and demand in their clients’ brands, products, or services.  The idea is that companies that are too [...]

SuperBowl-Ads.com has aggregated information from the advertisers about their spots, news stories and archived video of Super Bowl ads dating back to 1998. It also has some all-time favorites from previous years, including Apple’s iconic “1984″ ad.
SuperBowl-Ads.com has also launched a Twitter polling feed where people can rate the ads throughout the game.  The Presidential [...]

In anticipation of its Sunday Super Bowl ad, E*Trade has created a Twitter account for its talking, stock-buying baby who stole the show at last year’s big game.
So far etradebaby doesn’t have much to say for himself. As of this writing there are five tweets: “Baby powder … like taking your bottom on a tropical [...]

Doritos has a history of running contests to get their customers and followers involved over the last few years.  They are doing this again for the 2009 Super Bowl and the campaign has been in full swing through January.
According to Doritos here is the deal: 
“Doritos® is giving people nationwide a chance to have their [...]

The Super Bowl is one of “the” events for the year for all of us.  Weekend festivities from office pools, to Sunday brunches to neighborhood parties are the rage for the diehard football fan and everyone else who gets swept up.
One of the interesting things that has developed in the last ten years is the [...]

IAC-backed HealthCentral has acquired fellow health and wellness-focused network Wellsphere.
Though HealthCentral says the acquisition bumps up its reach to about 10 million monthly uniques.   It appears that this deal was for more than vertical reach.  The Wellsphere site serves up categorized blog posts, articles from sources like the FDA, images and videos.  The company [...]

Geek.Com is blogging about hybrid solar chargers for your gadgets. This Portable Hybrid Solar Charger helps keeps gadgets charged by two methods, hence the “Hybrid” name. You can either use the power of the sun to charge the internal lithium-ion battery or you can use a USB port to power the unit up. Length of [...]

Amazon.com today sent out invitations for a press event at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, scheduled for February 9, 2008.   The last time Amazon held such an event was in 2007 to introduce the Kindle.
The Boy Genius Report has some photos it says are of the  Kindle 2.
The Kindle is not [...]

Social Media can be a powerful force to bring likeminded people together, connect them with brands and to spread the word on important topics.  Just look at the impact of social media on the coverage of the US Airways New York Crash and the US Presidential Inauguration in the last two weeks.  Incredible.
Pete Blackshaw has been an [...]