50 Free Icon Sets You MUST Know About

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

I'll admit, I'm addicted to icons. And I know many of you are as well or you have a blog/website where linking over to twitter or your youtube videos just makes sense. So, I couldn't help but pass on this great post I read this morning.

These 50 free icon sets have all the top social media logos embedded on chocolate hearts, 3-D cubes, soda cans, test tubes and everything in between. Enjoy them here.

And if you looking hosted Twitter buttons, go here.

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Corner Stork Launches 4 New Baby Gifts

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Affiliates - Corner Stork Baby Gifts launched 4 new baby gifts that I'm confident will convert as well as our other gifts. Of all The Shops at 24Seven, Corner Stork continues to convert at high levels and I'm convinced it because of the uniqueness of our gifts. Here are some pictures of the new ones, be sure to pick up the product links in your networks.


Plush "Monkey Magoo and Blankie Too!"


“Big Dreamzzz” Baby MD
“Big Dreamzzz” Baby MD


“Big Dreamzzz” Camo Baby
“Big Dreamzzz” Camo Baby


“Big Dreamzzz” Baby Ballerina

“Big Dreamzzz” Baby Ballerina

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When was the last time you cleaned up your reciprocal links?

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Wednesday, April 08, 2009

I'm not going to get into if reciprocal linking still works and if there is any value in it. My opinion is that it can, if your very selective and work only with reputable websites whose link pages are actually indexed by Google.

Most of us already have a links page tucked down in our bottom navigation from when we first launched the site years ago. Back then we knew reciprocal linking worked. So, you just keep it down there and ignore it out of fear of losing the external links from those partners.

My Strategy

This week I was spending time looking over the sites we link to from these pages and cleaning them up. I'm noticing many of the sites no longer exist, so I kill those. Then a good amount you can tell have not been touched in years, more link brutality. I Google the links pages where are links show up to see if they are indexed. If not, kill them. What's the point of linking to them if Google never has found the link back to you?

Lastly, I killed some simply because I'm not comfortable with linking out to them. Call me paranoid but if Google views links as a recommendation, we need to be careful who we are recommending. I don't want to get labeled as a bad neighborhood. In high school, if you hung out with the wrong crowd, it was because you WERE the wrong crowd. That's my reciprocal link logic. So, spend some time in the next few weeks reviewing who you are recommending.

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Don't Tweat at Work - Just Ask Charlie Villanueva

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Wednesday, March 18, 2009


Yes, Twitter is the next big web toy that will explode. It was just announced recently that the number of signups for the month of February was a 1,300% increase of the same month last year.

However, Charlie Villanueva, the NBA forward for the Milwaukee Bucks, was reprimanded by his coach Scott Skiles for tweating during halftime. Here is the tweat that got Villanueava in trouble. It says,:

In da locker room, snuck to post my twitt. We're playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up.
Charlie later informed his followers of the incident. Probably wasn't the best idea, but fans love it cause it's getting us closer to the game. Shaq uses Twitter and has 336k followers. I'm still at 41 strong.

Villanueva's coach may not have liked it, but I wouldn't be surprised if one day the NBA encourages it. Seriously, it's a struggling league and needs all the extra buzz and widgets it can get.

From a business perspective, something we can take away from this. Twitter is growing. Your business needs to be using it. If you want to stay with the times, you need to use the communication tools of the day. One reason Obama was able to make up so much ground with the Internet community is because he was very visible on both Twitter and Facebook. John McCain was nowhere to be found. People love to be communicated to. They want to know what is going on.

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3 New Baby Gifts

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We recently launched 3 new baby gifts from Baby Aspen. These are some really unique gifts, so wanted to pass this on. You should be able to link directly to these from within the networks (CJ, SAS).


"Sweet Dreamzzz" A Pint of PJ's Two-Piece Sleep-Time Gift Set"The Cow Jumped Over the Moon" Lovie Gift Set"Welcome Home Baby!" 3-Piece Layette Set in Keepsake Gift Box (Pink)

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Seth Godin - 7 Tips for a Startup in a Recession

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Thursday, February 05, 2009

Mashable, which I love to read, posted a video where Seth Godin gives some great advice on tips for growing your business in a recession. The basis for his advice is that with companies struggling right now, it leaves more room for entrepeneurs to fill in those gaps.

View the video below or click here.


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Favorite Super Bowl Commercials

Written by The Shops at 24Seven on Monday, February 02, 2009

As we all know, the Super Bowl commercials are just as entertaining as the game itself. As marketers we are wise to watch these and take notes. These are the companies who are putting all of their marketing eggs in a basket for their one 3o second spot...at $2.4 million (not counting the cost to make the commercial). These commercials are the best of the best, or are at least supposed to be.

These were my two favorites. They both made me laugh out loud and remember the company's name.

My Favorite



Runner-Up

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