{"id":5581,"date":"2010-10-05T12:42:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=5581"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:24:36","slug":"the-report-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/the-report-23\/","title":{"rendered":"The REport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With baseball season officially over, did your <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/fantasy\/bracket_challenge\/\">team make it to the playoffs?<\/a> <em>The New York Times<\/em> reports that playoff ad sales are brisk, as live sports viewership is up.\u00a0 Thanks in some part to the games serving as <a href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/03\/madison-avenue-plays-ball-with-fox\/\">\u201cgrist for the mills\u201d<\/a> on sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/mlb?ref=ts\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldSeries?from_source=onebox\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Not to mention that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Series\">The Fall Classic<\/a>, is a long-held tradition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking of tradition, I consider myself to be an early adopter of technology, but I still like passing out my stack of good old-fashioned business cards.\u00a0 Apparently I am not alone.\u00a0 <em>The Washington Post<\/em> reports that in this digital world, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/10\/04\/AR2010100406824.html?wprss=rss_technology\">the business card remains,<\/a> with some stores seeing double-digit growth in orders over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While business cards keep some stationery stores\u2019 bottom lines healthy, games may serve to keep you healthy.\u00a0 Foursquare has long rewarded people for certain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.4squarebadges.com\/Portals\/35599\/images\/iphone_badge_lesson1.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.4squarebadges.com\/&amp;usg=__YzY4DKxLyvtW5tDQWMODfSAHUQU=&amp;h=480&amp;w=320&amp;sz=57&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;tbnid=vRgba9QIlfLmiM:&amp;tbnh=129&amp;tbnw=86&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dfoursquare%2Bbadges%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26rlz%3D1I7ADBF_en%26tbs%3Disch:1\">check-ins<\/a>, but <a href=\"http:\/\/healthmonth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Month<\/a> will <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/10\/01\/foursquare-health-month-badges\/\">\u201cinspire you\u201d<\/a> to live healthier.\u00a0 Those who achieve a health goal in a given month are placed on Wall of Awesomeness.\u00a0 What motivates you to live a healthy lifestyle?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Google has long had paid \u201cfeatured sites\u201d on its listings.\u00a0 Now Twitter looks to tap the same business model, with promoted\u00a0content.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Digital Trends<\/em> reports that \u201cpromoted Tweets are ordinary Tweets that businesses and organizations want to highlight to a wider group of users,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/computing\/linkedin-signal-tunes-into-twitter\/?news=123\">explains Twitter.<\/a> As tweets move ever closer to becoming people\u2019s number one news stream, it may be worth a close look to send marketing dollars to this service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The BlackBerry has established itself as the preferred tool for business and government, so no doubt the unveiling of RIM&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/pointofview\/playbook-cp-9481107.jpg\">BlackBerry PlayBook<\/a> last week, might signal some competition for the iPad in that it has a large following.\u00a0 ComputerWorld reports that \u201c\u2026the PlayBook is primarily designed to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9189321\/RIM_s_PlayBook_vs._tomorrow_s_iPad?source=rss_news\">business and enterprise tablet.&#8221;<\/a> Do you use the iPad for business or play, and can you see yourself having separate devices for each?\u00a0 Do you already carry a BlackBerry and an iPhone?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And finally, check out this iPhone app that turns your phone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/this-mobile-app-could-save-your-life-2010-10-05?siteid=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20marketwatch%2Finternet%20(MarketWatch.com%20-%20Internet%20Industry%20News)\">into a stethoscope.<\/a> It is one of a growing list of \u201cmHealth\u201d services available.\u00a0 Want to self-diagnose?\u00a0 There\u2019s an app for that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With baseball season officially over, did your team make it to the playoffs? 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