The solution:

Go to your Control Panel.

>Click “Hardware and Sound”

>Click “Sound”

>Click “Speakers” and properties and the lower right

>Click the tab “Enhancements” and click the empty box next to “Disable all enhancements” and then click OK.

Problem solved. Don’t you love the internet?

What Simply Hired, Indeed and The Ladders try to do is pull in the major job sites because Career Builder, HotJobs and Monster rarely have the same jobs posted. So you end up looking all over for a job. What I would do is build a little RSS feed for myself so that the searches I do get pulled into one place. One great way to do this is through Yahoo Pipes. It takes a few minutes to understand, but once you do you can create your own job hunting service.I have a little rudimentary one that is in the right hand column here for anyone looking for marketing jobs.

Here is a nice how to video on Yahoo Pipes

The question is: are tires already perfect and beyond the need for change? I don’t think anyone believes toilet paper as is does the best for what we need it to do. Same goes for tires.

We can make white walls and white letters so why not white tires? Why not pink tires. Why not tires that have your favorite sport’s teams logo on them? I’m not going to try and come up with the next generation of tires and how to make them cool, but right now they are the least cool thing on your car. And cars are things we like to decorate with all sorts of unnecessary things–things that make companies lots of money.

Is there something at your company that is the tire? If there is how do you fix it and take a really big leap forward? The first thing is to recognize its a tire. The second thing is taking a risk and making it something exciting and great.

How about the first game, or first few games, giveaway all the tickets for free. Money will still be made from concessions.

I’d also force those who want free tickets to enter into a lottery online. Potential winners would be forced to give correct demographic information because tickets will be mailed. Entrants would also have to give an email address so that they can get emails from the team throughout the season. I’d make this email a forced opt-in for the entire season if you give them free tickets.. that’s part of the deal. This allows you to offer them ticket deals and sell a highly targeted advertising spot in the emails. Of course you shouldn’t send this email more than once a week or you risk it getting deleted before its ever read.

If I were CNN I’d partner with local papers rather than be a syndicate. Here’s how I’d do it and the benefits.
1. Work with local paper and provide them with world/national articles for print and the web. This offers CNN local branding in print and links/branding online.
2. Provide CNN video for newspaper websites. Another branding opportunity and links. Also, if a local newspaper affiliate has interesting video then use theirs on the CNN website with link back.
3. Provide a much needed commentary for newspapers.
4. Put those newspaper articles of national interest on the CNN website with links back to newspaper.
5. Link back and forth as much as possible, thus bringing a larger audience to both companies.

One a positive note: Best Buy employees tend to be helpful–how can they not be when there more of them than customers.

To their credit–Wal-Mart has introduced a section called: “Money-Saving Tips” with video and posts from mommy bloggers. Moms can even submit their money saving tips.

One thought:
If a mom offers a tip that can help Wal-Mart shoppers save X amount of dollars with a great tip then give the mom a Wal-Mart gift certificate worth that amount.

I went to the store a few doors down, but they didn’t have anything either. He told me that Best Buy definitely had one. I went to Best Buy and guess what… they had it.

Now that’s customer service. Seems like those companies should be getting a commission.

If I was an artist I’d upload my entire album as seperate songs and create a buzz. If record labels still hope that traditional markets like radio and MTV are going to break artists they are wrong. I want my YouTube–give us what we want and not what you want.

It’s time that companies understand that they may need partners to help them through tough times because you never know when you might need someone and they might need you. There has never been a better time to turn to others and create relationships that might not have otherwise happened but could lead to lifetime relationships.