Classified advertising summaries were put off for the week since we were focused on 2009 Super Bowl news and other stories. A whopping 155 new classified ads were placed in the past week, many being for practices getting sold throughout the United States. Traction tables, Hydrocollators, SOT blocks, Nutrition Response DVDs, chiropractic space for least, and 100+ other classified advertisements were placed. You can browse all of them on the chiropractic classifieds pages.

Looks like the Michael Phelps marijuana photo drama is far from over. News outlets are reporting that Phelps has been suspended from competing for three months after a photo emerged allegedly showing him smoking pot from a bong. While the situation isn’t related to anti-doping rules in his sport, the governing body for USA swimming has apparently decided to send a strong message regarding the pics. The 23 year-old Olympic superstar has also reportedly lost an endorsement deal with cereal maker Kellogg.

This relates to any website posting a classified advertising system, auction service, or community forum. Scammers looking to separate people from the items and money are hard at work daily. The chiropractic classifieds community at Planet Chiropractic has been vigilant in battling attempts by spammers and scammers to con active classified participants in sending their items and/or payments overseas. The first scan e-mail of the season appeared this morning, here are all the details.

With the dawn of a new presidency, all eyes shift to the escalating health care crisis in America. Many look to the new administration as a beacon of hope for a solution, while others already know the solution has come. In fact, it has been around for more than one hundred years. That solution is chiropractic. Nowhere was that sentiment more evident and alive than at the 2009 Las Vegas Parker Seminars, where more than 3,000 chiropractors gathered to expand their knowledge on this healing art and reignite their passion for serving others through quality health care.

Recently we were contacted about the appropriateness of individual states endorsing one guideline document over another. While we have no control over how any state association, governmental agency or payor uses or endorses guidelines, we would ask that each executive director and each individual doctor consider the proper use of guidelines and how these important documents potentially impact our profession, both from within and without Chiropractic.

The city of Pittsburgh will honor six-time Super Bowl Champion Steelers at noon today in a parade held throughout downtown Pittsburgh. The 2009 Superbowl victory parade will use the same route as Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, beginning at the Mellon Arena on Center Avenue and Washington Place. The parade is expected to end at the Boulevard of the Allies and Stanwix Street. Streets in downtown Pittsburgh will be closed for several hours before and during the parade. Those attending are urged to use public transportation and make use of river shuttles being offered to the downtown area.

Super Bowl 43 (XLIII) between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers (Steelers won 27-23) featured 67 game-time advertisements televised on NBC that ranged in costs between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second Superbowl commercial slot. The Super Bowl is a marketers dream as it is the one televised event of the year where people excitedly tune in to watch the commercials. It’s becoming a national pastime to vote on one’s favorite commercials and talk about them during the days following the NFL’s big championship game.

Nearly a billion people tuned in to watch Superbowl 43 (XLIII) broadcast live today on NBC television. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl by a score of 27 to 23 over the Arizona Cardinals but who won and who lost in the world of Super Bowl advertising? With Super Bowl commercials costing companies between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second commercial advertising spot, it’s almost unthinkable to me that a company would not plan ahead with a Web strategy to handle the ginormous flood of visitors to their website receives seconds after the commercial has been aired. Superbowl 44 (XLIV) advertisers take note.

Super Bowl 43 (XLIII) is being televised on NBC and NBC in high definition (NBC HD) in the United States. Kickoff time in Tampa Bay is officially scheduled for 6:18 p.m. (which is Eastern time).

Super Bowl 43 (XLIII) kickoff is tomorrow in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Pittsburgh Steelers will be taking on the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL championship game which is likely to be the most watched televised broadcast of the year. With a global audience of One Billion and TV broadcasts upwards of 230 countries and territories across the planet (in 34 different languages), one could say the Super Bowl has Super Reach. That’s no secret to anyone, especially advertisers, who are spending between $2.4 million and $3 million per 30-second commercial spot. I’ve put together a guide featuring 7 frequently search topics related to Super Bowl XLIII. Hope you find it useful.