Facebook? Seems they wanted to tell your friends about things you bought online and sell ads to the companies you bought from. Then the guy trying to surprise his wife with diamonds was outed, and they got gobs of bad PR. Not so funny, huh?

All the ladies called him "Little Oscar," and rushed to town when they heard him drive up. Ignoring their husbands and kids in the crowd, these women demanded Oscar's attention, and swooned when he so much as mentioned his weiner.

Think it's what's inside your head that makes the sale? Our own Mr. Marketing discovered the importance of dressing properly to appeal to your audience. Here's your chance to learn from his fashion mistakes.

Dodge, Del Monte and other major marketers are preparing more family-oriented marketing year- round (instead of at just the holidays). It seems that playing Wii with the kids is the new version of going for a walk together in the park. Who knew?

Google and other key internet players now look for images, as well as for phrases, on web sites. Known as "Universal search", it improves search results for online catalogs and retailers. Understand the process from some of the industry's top minds.