One sweet app.  I know everything that can be said about apple has been said a million times, but the march madness app is just sweet.  Now instead of having to find a television and sit around watching sports center for hours to pick up random bits of march madness among the mumbo-jumbo that is the NFL situation right now, all the MADNESS is right here on my i-phone.  Thanks for a great app guys, keep up the good work.

1: Customer Service:  LinkedIn provides an opportunity for satisfied to provide feedback and to tell the world how much they like your business

2: Acquire new customers: By having customers write recommendations for you on LinkedIn, other potential clients with similar needs will be drawn to your business.

3: Networking:  LinkedIn provides small businessmen with unparalleled opportunities to meet other entrepreneurs in the same line of work.  Remember, its not what you know its who you know.

What is the cheapest way to create a commercial? You guessed it, xtranormal.com.  Geico is making active use of xtranormal to create humorous, short, cheap commercials which advertise the cheapness and ease of becoming ensured by Geico.  Check out the videos, they are just 33 seconds each and are quite humorous.

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When I first stumbled upon Twitter, my initial thoughts were that it was simply a website for people with way too much time on their hands to share everything on their minds with people that don’t really care.  Although, I believe, my initial impression holds true for the average twitterer, Twitter is in fact a great resource for companies and businessmen to connect with their clients.  Take the Denver Broncos for example.  John Elway is actively using Twitter to stay in touch, and keep in the loop, fans who have been extremely disappointed with mismanagement in the personnel office. In the same vein, many other pro athletes use Twitter to create and maintain a fan base.  For these people, Twitter can be a useful resource.

As Johnny McEntee, quarterback from UConn, shows us, social media provides a great opportunity for athletes to promote themselves in the eyes of the public.  By compiling  5 minutes of impressive “trick shots” into a video, and posting this video on the web, the otherwise virtually unknown quarterback has made a name for himself.  His video has almost 5 million views Youtube.

Another case in point – Blake Griffin.  Griffin has his own website, complete with a fan blog, video’s of his famous dunks, training regimen, bio, and links to his Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace accounts. Clearly this all-star understands the power of social media – a website such as this can only serve to increase his fan base which will earn him more money.