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What is Crowdsourcing?

According to Wikipedia: Crowdsourcing is a neologism (a word not yet accepted by the mainstream) for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an...

Networking that Matters

In the words of Seth Godin:  Honestly, I can't say it any better then this 🙂  Check out Seth's new book: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us  

Blog Action Day – Just one more hand can….

In honor of blog action day, I thought I'd share a story with you.  If nothing else, it will help to debunk the mind set that one person can not have an impact on our world. Several years ago I had the privilege of participating in a mission to rebuild a school in...

A Day in the Life of a Social Networker

The past few days have been interesting at best.  I learned a lot about the social networking world and more importantly, about myself. The details: A few days ago Mari Smith posted a note on twitter about the Profile HTML box on Facebook.  I loved the application and...

Yes sir, May I Have Another DIGG Please?

  I have been a member of the Social Networking community for the better part of a decade, long before “social networking” became a meme.   As such, it has been my privilege to watch the internet, some web sites and users mature and prosper.  Lately there has...

Lions and Tigers and Bears – Oh my.. NOT!

This is a rather uncharacteristic blog post for me, but I just feel the need to get it out.  Go ahead... blast away! As a very active member of the whole social networking scene, I get asked to digg, stumble, mixx and get out a good number of articles daily.  Recently...

Customers want YOU in the Conversation

Customers, especially ones that are active on Social Netoworking sites want to talk to you, the business owner.  When something goes wrong or they have something to share with you, today's consumer wants to break through the board room door and talk to you face to...