There are a few brands that I’d gladly display on my blog without any compensation because I believe in them so much and they’ve changed my life for the better (Apple, Lululemon, RescueTime, WordPress). I’d like to display the relationships I have with trusted brands using microformats that denote them as personal sponsors (one day) or just be a fan of them.

We all want to be the next Seth Godin or 37 Signals. (I know I do.) It’s hard when you pour your blood, sweat and tears into posts and no one seems to care. Sometimes, all the things we want to write about and be respected for are the things our current community doesn’t care about.

Social networking sites have made it easy for all of us to have an online identity. The big 4 popular networks (Google, Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed) also now use OpenId which lets you take that identity with you around the web. It’s more than just a social network now, they are providing your with your [...]

When I tackle my feedreader, I start with my “relationship” category and try to comment on at least one of the blogs there before I continue to surf the information fire hose.

My crack at the 25 Things phenomenon.

Having a personal connection to the author of a blog makes you more likely to comment, but the percentages of commenters is still really low at 2.5%.

I used the Twitter Influence Calculator to gauge my reach on Twitter and the results weren’t so great.

Use these 4 WordPress themes to fine tune your blog’s SEO. I used them to increase my PageRank and overall organic traffic.

Up until now on Twitter I have only been following those people that I know. Now I’m following everyone who follows me and letting the conversation flow.

Motrin must not have done their market research with this commercial. Their new advertisement has mothers up in arms and caused a huge response on twitter and in social media. The enormous response has prompted Motrin to post a public apology on their website.