Brand Check Consumers are exposed to over 3,000 marketing messages a day. TV spots, radio ads, billboards, logos on t-shirts, packaging labels, coupons in the mail, pop up ads on the internet, kids selling cookies at the door – they are everywhere. And yet you think the consumers you want to talk to are going to filter through over 3,000 […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 53
Energy Burning Potato Chips
Strange New Products: Said to be the world’s first “energy potato chip”, the line of NRG Potato Chips ushers in a new age of television snacking. Containing a energy-boosting combination of Taurine, Caffeine, and B-Vitamins, NRG Potato Chips are sure to make a couch potato bounce their legs ad-nauseum throughout an entire sitting of the Rocky Balboa series. The potato […]
Exclusive Pi Bikes
Productdose: Electric bikes are nothing new but the design of the Pi will turn heads. Ride this around town and lookers-on will wonder why you’re not slidng off the back. It offers 750 watts of power and a range of 30 miles (add an optional battery and roam for 60 miles) on a single charge and tops at 20 MPH. […]
New Parenting Lifestyle
San Diego Metro News: Strobe lights, the smell of stale beer, martinis and toddlers. As they say on “Sesame Street,” one of these things is not like the others. But that’s the scene at Aubergine nightclub in San Diego’s Gaslamp district on a Sunday afternoon. Young families line up behind a velvet rope to get into a Baby Loves Disco […]
Floating Houses
BornRich: Here is another interesting thing for the uber-rich to spend their money on. AquaDomi is a modular system of floating houses and it gives the owner the opportunity to create his own house in his own style. Although the images shown on the site are computer generated but, it looks like these floating houses are available for sale. AquaDomi […]
Easy Party Planning
Webware: There’s something to be said about Web services that been set up to help people coordinate things in the least stressful way as possible. I dig sites like CircleUp that offer a way to set up polls, or solve quick logistical questions amongst a group, without requiring the creator–or the users to agonize over interface and execution. That’s why […]
Cool-Ups
PR Web: Jokari® is adding to its product offering a new innovative product called Cool-UpsTM. Cool-Ups are re-usable ice cream serving cones with a built in push-up handle that do double duty as an ice cream scoop and a serving vessel. This handy little contraption is mess-free and provides welcome refreshment on any day. They are easy to use, easy […]
Organic Vending
Springwise: Combining three unremitting consumer trends—convenience, organics and health—YoZone by YoNaturals is a vending machine dedicated to organic products. Based in San Diego, YoNaturals offers an alternative to vending machines that are typically stocked with junk food. YoNaturals offers a wide range of items, from fresh fruit to products by well-known brands like Tazo (tea), Clif Bar (energy bars), Vitamin […]
Slim Body Fat Pocket
Iconoculture: Residents of the town of Varallo in northwestern Italy are turning kilos into euros through a communal diet project initiated by the mayor. Men who lose 4 kg (9 lbs.) in a month will receive €50 ($70). Women will get the same amount for losing 3 kg (7 lbs.). If they keep the weight off for five months, they’ll […]
Instant Chilled
Engadget: And you thought non-stick chewing gum was the heat. Turns out, Coca Cola may be plotting a new version of Sprite that actually chills itself upon opening. Apparently, the drink has to be kept at a specified temperature before being snapped up, and once the oh-so-thirsty consumer pops the top, “a mechanism inside creates ice made from the drink, […]