This guest post by @bibledude is part of the We Are Real project at High Calling Blogs. You can read my guest post on his site, BibleDude dot net. I don’t think I ever expected this relationship to become so real. My first interactions with the HighCallingBlogs.com Welcome Editor were when I needed to get [...]

I realized this morning that my website was down. Again. I called my IT guy/husband and asked him if he could please check to see if it would come up on his end. Sure enough. Down. Since I was getting children ready for swim practice, and the mom taxi was about to take off, I [...]

This week during my session at the Progressive Business Forum, we had a great discussion about social viruses. You know, when you see your 70-year old aunt has sent you a Facebook message that says, “This video of you is so funny!” These viruses are horrible, malicious and very difficult to get rid of. (Hear, [...]

Marcel LeBrun, CEO of Radian 6 thinks so. He says in the video below, “The social web is having the biggest impact on how businesses do marketing, how they communicate and how they engage with customers compared to anything, even the introduction of television and mass media.” What do you think? Is the impact of [...]

And if you’re in business, it should have you thinking as well. Even if you’re not in the publishing business. Watch the video below, then ponder the five insights I gleaned and see if any of them resonate with you. Five Reasons You Should Be Thinking About the Future of Publishing: Things change. You can [...]

Watch video below to enjoy Jefferson Graham‘s inteview of Scott Marlette of Facebook, on the rise of the social network’s photo sharing popularity. (I apologize that the video begins automatically upon opening this post – a personal pet peeve – and the brief Priceline ad. This is an embed code from USA Today and I [...]

I went to The Muse Coffee Co. in Wyndhurst yesterday to meet with @lisahbryant. As soon as I walked in the door, Brian greeted me by name. This might not seem remarkable to you. Lots of people greet customers by name in coffee shops every day. Except I’ve only been in The Muse a couple [...]

I love this video, which I originally saw on this Mashable post. When would you use closed captioning like this?

Several people have emailed me this morning to let me know the Facebook Ads story has turned into a Facebook meme (rhymes w/cream). A friend in Florida received the note from a friend of his in Hawaii. A reporter in Chicago just contacted me for a story they’re running. (I’ll provide the link when available.) [...]

I’ve heard of the “Digg Effect” (akin to the Brogan Bump or the Oprah Effect) but had no idea I would ever experience it myself. Until last week when I wrote this Facebook Ads post that created quite a stir. My post generated subsequent posts on Mashable, Digg, Reddit, ReadWriteWeb, Download Squad, WalletPop and more. [...]