Now that our Commander in Chief is rocking the white house, why shouldn’t we have a little window into his daily life. Isn’t transparency something we’ve always wanted from our government? Of course, Barrack Obama would have a Twitter profile! He’s on facebook and myspace so why not twitter too?

This is a small part of one of the most effective campaign strategies in history. The Barrack Obama campaign has made a point to penetrate every aspect of social media (especially when its geared toward the youth). When television, radio, and internet advertisements wouldn’t do it, the Obama-manics made sure to cover all of their online bases as well. Utilizing the newest internet applications, the Obama campaign has unveiled the power of internet communication.

Twitter, as pointless as many people believe it to be, is an application with a strong following. To put it simply, Twitter reaches people in mass numbers and thats exactly what Obama needed to secure his victory. The resourcefulness of internet applications has certainly changed the way that politicians will campaign in the future.

By now, it seems that almost everyone has tried their free trial on netflix.com. After a simple registration process you are able to rent any movie you can imagine. First you compile a list of the movies you want to watch. You are then able to rent one movie at a time for as long as you want with no late fees.

Netflix is clearly doing a few things right. As more and more people are becoming comfortable with online purchasing, Netflix saw a window of opportunity in online rental. Why would anyone want to go through the hassle of driving all the way to the rental shop only to pay five bucks for a one night flick? Netflix has plans starting from five bucks a month and with a diverse range of plans, you can have unlimited access to as many DVDs as you want. For movie lovers, Netflix is the best bang for your buck by far.

When I first started navigating through stumbleupon.com, I soon felt myself engrossed in several catchy videos. After funneling through several other videos related to health and science, I found my way to the running column. This is what impressed me most of all. Stumbleupon.com seems to have gathered the most catchy videos and articles related to almost anything you can imagine.

For some reason, this immediately reminded me of Ebaum’s world. The site is fast to draw your attention, but after a half an hour of surfing you realize that you are sadistically wasting your life. However, Stumbleupon.com seems to do more than simply provide its users with mindless entertainment. It has the potential to sidetrack people from watching pointless Youtube.com videos by directing them towards educational and up to date videos related to socially relevant topics.

All in all, I love this website. You can read articles, watch videos, flip through photos, and you might even learn something.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook:

1. The business style is casual and laid back.

2. Zuckerberg is more interested with the average user’s experience than his company’s finances.

3. Facebook is primarily concerned with expanding its user base.

4. The creators of facebook have honed in on a certain human need. Facebook realizes the need for people to connect efficiently within a specific network. Facebook sets up networks within colleges, high schools, and companies.

5. The creators of facebook were in touch with a cultural shift. They noticed a growing need for efficient communication and networking primarily among highschool and college students.

6. Facebook has proven itself to be consistent for users. Through this commitment, Facebook has gained the trust of its user base.

7. The creators of facebook have always been confident in their idea. They have created a method by which advertisers can directly target a desired audience.

Perhaps the most annoying aspect of writing any term paper involves the development of an accurate and properly formatted bibliography. Students often spend more time properly citing their list of sources than writing the paper itself. For those of you still in the dark ages, its about time you heard about Easybib.

Since 2001, Easybib.com has been the most popular and widely used online bibliography constructor and for good reason. Easybib allows you to cite your sources in any format you desire by simpling filling in the information that you have gathered from your sources. Once you have gone through the list of prompts, Easybib will automatically generate an alphabetized source listed in the proper format.

Easybib is extremely effective as a website primarily because of its time saving ability. The creators of Easybib clearly understood the hassle of creating a bibliography under the correct specifications, and they sought to create an online engine with the power to save students hours of tedious formating. This is “audience targeting” at its best. In plain terms, Easybib is a tool that no student should be without.

http://www.easybib.com/