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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
21 Brands you have know idea what they stand for! and YOU thought M&M's meant melt in your mouth NOT!
1. BMW: Bayerische Motoren Werke, translating to “Bavarian Motor Works.”
2. L.L.Bean: by its founder, Leon Leonwood Bean.
3. CVS (Pharmacy): Consumer Value Stores
4. The A and W of A&W: (Roy) Allen and (Frank) Wright.
5. M&M’s: stands for Mars & Murrie’s, the last names of the founders.
6. 3M (like scotch tape products and such): Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
7. TCBY: means The Country’s Best Yogurt, but it didn’t always. TCBY was “This Can’t Be Yogurt” until they were sued by I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!, a rival frozen yogurt chain.
8. The K in Kmart: Kresge is the K in Kmart, for founder Sebastian S. Kresge.
9. DSW: Designer Shoe Warehouse.
10. JCPenney: James Cash Penney
11. CBS: Colombia Broadcasting System
12. TASER: stands for Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle.
13. SMART car: A combination of Swatch and Mercedes, smart car is short for Swatch Mercedes Art (car).
14. ZIP (code): Zone Improvement Plan.
15. USA PATRIOT ACT: “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act.
16. Michael J. Fox: His middle name is Andrew. The “J” stands for nothing.
17. Necco Wafers: New England Confectionery Company.
18. F.A.O. Schwarz: Frederick August Otto Schwarz founded the toy company with his brothers.
19. DHL: (Adrian) Dalsey, (Larry) Hillblom and (Robert) Lynn.
20. Chuck E. Cheese’s middle name: Entertainment.
21. ALF: Gordon Shumway’s nickname is an acronym for Alien Life Form.
Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 07/13/2014
Where is the Hip Hop?
#5. Trey Songz - Trigga - 34,108 (138,893)
#16. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 12,820 (233,103)
#18. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 12,619 (364,656)
#23. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 11,026 (166,374)
#35. Pharrell - G I R L - 8,049 (469,353)
#41. Robin Thicke - Paula - 6,540 (30,305)
#43. G-Eazy - These Things Happen - 6,157 (61,902)
#44. August Alsina - Testimony - 6,070 (156,531)
#65. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 4,410 (2,155,247)
#68. 50 Cent - Animal Ambition - 4,213 (90,820)
Monday, July 14, 2014
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA 2014 FACTS, FIGURES & NUMBERS [MUST READ]
The infographic below covers all the latest Social Media facts, figures, numbers and statistics of 2014. Some of the mind-blowing facts are mentioned here:
75% of the engagement on a Facebook post happens in the first 5 hours.
53% of interaction between Google+ user and a brand is positive.
44% of users on Twitter have never sent a tweet!
84% of women and 50% of men stay active on Pinterest.
More than 2 users sign-up for LinkedIn every second.
23% of teens consider Instagram as their favourite social network.
Weekends are the most popular time to share Vines.
Number of snaps sent per day on SnapChat is 400 Million. (Yeah! that’s true)
40% of YouTube traffic comes from mobile.
B2B marketers using blogs generate 67% more leads.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Bennie Franks ft. Project Pat "Dough Boy" dir @mudwingmedia
The big homie @Benniefranks hooked up with Project Pat bring you this masterpiece they call DOUGH BOY Dir. by @mudwingmedia
AVAILABLE ON iTUNES HERE:
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
theGAWD (Kingdom Freestyle)
After a brief hiatus, Chicago emcee, TtheGAWD (formerly Tragedy tha Beast) returns with a new moniker and new freestyle over Common's "Kingdom" produced by No I.D.
GAWD = Getting Ahead Without Devolving/Gifted Artist With Determination
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