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How Dinosaurs Made Me Love Best Western Hotels

If you told me I was going to sleep in a Best Western and like it, I’d probably have laughed. Why do I say this? Well, you know how you’re little and you just accept whatever is placed before you?   “Santa bought the same wrapping paper as Mommy this year.” Read more…

By Maria Polcari, 2 months2 months ago
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Why Formula 1 is So Popular Right Now

Watch video version on YouTube. Every nation has its great past-time. For the USA, it’s baseball. For the UK, it’s football (soccer). Getting people to pay attention to a new sport is a tall order – and that’s why Formula 1’s recent success is so stunning. On ESPN, 548,000 people Read more…

By Kenny Goodman, 2 months2 months ago
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Ticketmaster, Or: How To Fail Every Marketing Class (& Every Swiftie)

It’s me. Hi. I’m mad at Ticketmaster. It’s me.  That’s right – Swiftie Maria is back again, here to bring you a marketing breakdown of how Ticketmaster failed Swifties, its customers, the world, and every basic marketing class ever taught. If you’ve followed the news recently, you’ve probably heard about Read more…

By Maria Polcari, 2 months2 months ago
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Why Game Theory Took Over YouTube & Why It’s Now In Decline

“But hey, that’s just a theory, a game theory!” If you were on YouTube 10 years ago, or if you’re a part of the gaming community on YouTube now, you know this phrase. It’s the really widely recognized catchphrase coined by famous YouTuber, MatPat, who said it with gusto at Read more…

By Kenny Goodman, 2 months3 months ago
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This is How Critical Role Made Dungeons & Dragons Cool

What happens when you gather a bunch of nerdy voice actors and one badass Dungeon Master, then have them all roll a natural 20 in showmanship? You get Critical Role, the show that has made over $9 million dollars playing Dungeons & Dragons on Twitch alone. (A shocking statistic, since Read more…

By Kenny Goodman, 2 months ago
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How Steve Harvey Got Popular & Won the Hearts of Millions

Auto mechanic. Boxer. Insurance salesman. Carpet cleaner. Letter carrier. These are just a handful of the odd jobs that Steve Harvey, the famous comedian, and host of Family Feud, worked before he became a household name. It’s a pretty amazing resume! Before Steve Harvey became famous, he had been homeless Read more…

By Tiffany Paltingca, 2 months3 months ago
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This Is Why Black Friday Sales Are A Thing

Almost 85 million shoppers. That’s how many people poured into retail stores across the United States on Black Friday 2019. Americans everywhere barreled into department stores to snatch up the best deals like lions taking down prey in the single busiest shopping day of the year. Indeed, it may have Read more…

By Brandon Rollins, 2 months4 months ago
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This Is Why Bob Ross Is Still Relevant Even Now

“We don’t make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.” These are the words of Bob Ross, arguably the most recognizable painter in the United States. It’s an astounding accomplishment to become as popular as Bob Ross, the host of The Joy of Painting, a PBS show that ran from 1983 Read more…

By Brandon Rollins, 3 months3 months ago
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How The Great Milk Industry Went Down The Drain

Do you remember in your childhood, when there was always milk in the fridge? You could always add it to a bowl of overly sugared cereal. You could find it with every school lunch, where you’d inevitably get a carton. Pretty much every American over 20 knows exactly what I’m Read more…

By Brandon Rollins, 3 months3 months ago
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How Losing Millions Of Dollars Made Mattress Mack Famous

If you’re a sports fan, you probably know Jim McIngvale. But you probably don’t know him by that name. You know him as “Mattress Mack.” He sells mattresses for a living, but you don’t know him for his bedding. You know him for his betting. Never heard of him? Still Read more…

By Maria Polcari, 3 months3 months ago

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