Last week when I wrote, What I Learned About Communities and Social Media by Hanging Out With the Trolls, I discussed what the members of the StumbleUpon community have been complaining about. I focused on what we as users, fellow community members and marketers can do to work together to make using SU a better […]

Rawking SXSW and Why Conferences Matter in the First Place
Somehow when I get home from a conference, I sit here in front of my computer and I try to think about how the hell I will distill the real-life experience into a blog post. Quite honestly, I’ve never been able to do it - and I don’t think I ever will. There is something simply unexplainable […]

Passion or Strictly business?
This guest post was written by Alan Johnson, the person behind The Online business Handbook. Most online entrepreneurs out there make the mistake of launching a blog just because they see it as a potential moneymaking machine. Is that your case, do you only blog in order to make money or are you actually passionate about […]

Thursday Link Loving
Momsational author Erika Jurney just launched a Directory of businesses Run By Humans, with free home business listings for people just like you. I [heart] Erika. Improve Your Blog’s Reach With These 20 Essential Web Utilities, I am particularly fond of the FireBug Firefox plugin, which has been extremely helpful in determining what causes […]

One of Those Awkward, Uncomfortable Moments in Which I Realized That I Had Been Holding Out on You
When I was at the SXSW conference last week - I only had 1 must-attend session - to see Heather Armstrong, Dooce, talk on a panel called Online Adulation: Don’t Abuse Your Fans. I got up and nervously asked Heather a question at the end - “You are extremely transparent on your blog - and […]

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