Your Elevator Pitch, a marketing blog, joins 9rules:

Companies rely on marketing to attract potential customers/clients. The ability for a small company to throw their pitch, get it rated, gain feedback and of course look through other pitches is gold. Your Elevator Pitch offers companies that ability. I won’t admit how much fun I had reading some of the pitches.

The Idiot Behind the Iron Mask has joined 9rules:

Everyone should have websites on the blogroll that make you laugh. Seriously, you should. The Idiot Behind the Iron Mask is the personal blog of Wan Zafran and one thing that can be said about Wan – he’s not boring. From topics like The Burger of Death to Bonding With the GirlFriend, The Way Flowers Do It, you won’t be able to guess what Wan will write next, but you’ll be guaranteed a laugh.

9rules is launched a new podcast titled 9@9.

A preview is now available.

Syntagma Media has launched AdsViral Beta, their new advertising website:

Syntagma Media is delighted to announce our new advertising website, AdsViral.com Beta.

It’s in Beta because it will eventually cover more ground and also offer advertising opportunities on other sites and even blog networks. At some stage we will employ fulltime ad-space sales staff to meet our growing needs and those of our partners.

Volksbloggin has also joined 9rules:

Volksbloggin is turning out to be a very nice resource for Volkswagen owners. They just celebrated their 200th post, which is very cool. They all work in together in Cincinnati, they love their VWs…and the fast.

eCommerce Cache has joined 9rules:

Conducting business online can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The ability to reach the target market is crucial for success. eCommerce Cache’s niche is on design, marketing and implementation of online commerce. Varien’s CelebriteCommerce section shows that celebrities make unnecessary, money-losing mistakes, but you don’t have to.

untitledlife has joined 9rules:

Sometimes it’s smart to do things on the down low. An example is untitledlife, an anonymous blog. The mix of honesty and humor…I’m not going to lie. I end up in a giggle fit. For example, the driver that has sooo much style. The mundane topic causing giggle fit laughter. That’s untitledlife.

We’re moving forward with the Blog Herald Podcast and have released a brief teaser outlining what we’ll be up to.

BlogMedia is selling their SEO Memo blog. Details also at dnforum for DN Platinum account holders.

Former Gawker editor Jesse Oxfeld is headed to New York Magazine:

Former Gawker editor Jesse Oxfeld will soon head to New York magazine. He will be a senior editor for the magazine’s website. Oxfeld confirmed that his start date is August 7.

“I’m hugely excited for it,” said Oxfeld by phone today. “That’s not spin or a line. It’s a magazine that I’ve always wanted to work for.”