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Do you routinely make great presentations? If you answered yes, you're the woman, please skip this post. If you answered no, read on. Dave Yewman, author of On Getting to the Point, is offering a Workshop on getting to the point at WebVisions in Portland on Wednesday, May 20 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The cost for the workshop is $375, but AdPulp will help send one person to this Workshop for free. Simply visit this …

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Boost Mobile's campaign promoting their unlimited monthly calling plan, which boasts "no hidden fees" is benefiting from the Showcase feature of JCDecaux's Chicago bus shelters. Boost's tagline is "Unwronged." …

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Honda's Element is going to the dogs. Literally. The Japanese automaker is introducing a "Dog Friendly" version of the sport utility vehicle. The concept car features a cushioned pet bed with safety restraints in the cargo area, a spill-resistant water bowl, and even a ventilation fan to keep canines comfortable. A folding ramp gives animals an easy way to get in and out. There are about 75 million dogs in the U.S., …

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T.L. Stanley at Brandfreak has the following spot in his crosshairs for its misuse of the classic Etta James love song "At Last," reimagined as an ode to housekeeping. If you'd like to here the entire song in its original context, click here: At Last - Etta James …

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Steve Hall is quoted in this Los Angeles Times article on floating logos, a new form of airborne advertising from Snowmasters, an Alabama-based special effects company. Speaking of the sky as canvas, Hall says, "It's unmarked, it's unblemished. Mostly, when you look up you see birds." Snowmasters has released flogos in the shape of golden arches at a McDonald's-sponsored event in Las Vegas, the number "207" for a …

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Companies have been supplying bloggers with free products in return for press, positive or otherwise. K-mart and Chris Brogan hooked up last December, for instance. Now the FTC wants to regulate these instances to ensure consumers aren't duped. According to Financial Times: Revised guidelines on endorsements and testimonials by the Federal Trade Commission, now under review and expected to be adopted, would hold …

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Crain Communications' Creativity is now a quarterly, down from 10 printed issues a year. Yet editor Teressa Iezzi says, "We are the architects of our own evolution." I'm sorry, but print editors don't draw up their own demolition. She also says Creativity-Online.com, "has in its relatively short life become the industry's leading creative hub." According to its editor, I might add. She's not done. Iezzi puts words …

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It's the car-buying equivalent of being handed a cute puppy, knowing you can give it back if you don't want it: Renault is hoping that once consumers spend a weekend with its new Mégane Hatch, they'll want to keep it. [via Springwise] …

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