LOL All the Way to the Bank

While many sit at home in their massage chair chatting away on instant messaging systems, text messaging with their phones, and message boards, there are some that have taken internet and text messaging slang and turned it into cash machines.

Of course we all see the commercials for text messaging services that think they are "hip" because they use terms like "LOL", "GTG", etc. in their slogans, but how about IM:It who uses those slang acronyms to design a line of clothing? With projected sales of around $200,000 for 2008, the company may have found a small niche that will give them a nice income for now, and the future.