free advertising

The internet, thanks to Al Gore, has changed how everything works these days. Information is available at lightning speeds, people who went to nursery school suddenly reconnect after a lifetime of no contact, and now know EVERYTHING about each other- the credibility of a business is widely based on their 'web presence'- it is truly Big Brother out there watching us and keeping his hand on us! (ok- enough conspiracy theorizing, etc)

I ran across a post on my friend's blog today- a posting about a contest for free stuff that a company is giving away- if you will just advertise it on your BLOG, Facebook, etc. It's amazing how the internet is now getting companies (big and small) free advertising, just by creating a buzz about something, nothing, or everything.

What I'm trying to say, is that even though I think I've used it before (did I set any non-repeat rules or clauses at the beginning of this thing?)- technology and the advances we have seen even in the last 10 years alone is my miracle today.

I remember working at Marriott as a reservation agent about 13 or 14 years ago, and having a customer call asking for help because they were trying to book "online." I helped her all I could, and when I hung up I leaned over to my friend and said "can you believe they're LETTING CUSTOMERS book online!?!?!?!?" It seemed like a surefire way to put yourself out of business at the time, but now it's a one way ticket to the soup line if your customers CAN'T book or access your services online. Crizzzayzeee if you ask me.

So, since I have no shame, and love free stuff too, here's the site that's giving away cute stuff for little girls' hair:

http://katelynandco.com/blog/