We're in our last few days before September's officially over and the fall season can take hold of all of our lives. Pumpkin everything. Leaves changing colors (in the north at least), with all kinds of festivals--making it one of our favorite times of the year. And as September ends, leading us into the holiday season, we'll take a look at some interesting articles we've compiled this week.
Twitter's Tops
http://mashable.com/2013/09/23/twitter-history-moments/
A fun list of the "top" moments in the history of the 140-character count messaging platform. From the first celebrities to reach a million followers, to the power of instant news, Twitter has certainly re-shaped the way news and communication reaches us.
Brand You Business
http://www.fastcompany.com/3017960/how-to-be-a-success-at-everything/6-smart-ways-to-grow-a-brand-you-business
Being an entrepreneur is nothing easy, but it helps when there's tons of content around to focus your attention on the right aspects of your business. But just because you can sell your products, doesn't mean you understand how to grow your business or increase your revenue. Follow these tips and you'll have a firm foundation on which your business can grow for future success. Be sure to share this with any entrepreneurs or small businesses you know!
Rhino Drones?
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/23/600-rhinos-killed-south-africa-2013
Rhino Poaching Deaths By Year
This year has been one of the bloodiest for rhino poaching in recent memory, and we still have three months left. To combat the growing rise of poaching, conservationalist are turning to increased tech to try and solve the poaching problem from the air. Are drones the answer? They sure could help, not only track poaching, but individual poachers as well.
Language Barriers
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/coca-cola-apologizes-vitaminwater-bottle-cap-read-you-retard-152548
Coca Cola and Vitamin Water made a mistake last week. In a marketing effort to try to promote bilingualism in Canada, the drink company mis-matched English and French words together to create new phrases. The problem? Some things in French mean different things in English. You can imagine customers' surprises when they opened up their caps to see "You Retard" (the French word for slow). While the company has apologized, you can't help but wonder... how could that be overlooked?
Insta Good
http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/10-instagram-accounts-that-reveal-what-happens-on-the-sets-of-your-favorite-shows/
Instagram is fun for a variety of reasons, one of which being 'behind the scenes' pictures. And while you can get a good one here or there, here are some awesome instagram accounts from some of the most popular television shows, which feature all kinds of internal shenanigans. If you love television, this is for you.
Ye and Yimmy
http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/kanye-west-jimmy-kimmel-throwdown-twitter-015247936.html
Who knew that a feud between a narciscistic rapper and a late night talk show host could be so fun? This week marks the first of Jimmy Kimmel's "rap feud," as he calls it, after getting into some written/verbal arguments with Hip Hop star Kanye West. How'd it all start? We think it was when Kanye saw Kimmel's video of his BBC interview (as told by a child). Or, maybe it's for the attention. Isn't it always?