How To Split An Atom

Earlier today I mentioned on Twitter that out of the nearly 100 feeds I subscribe to and the 1000s of posts that are pushed to me every day, I was having a hard time finding five daily that I really wanted to read. This is a 180 degree shift from last year around this time.

The content hasn’t changed — in fact, I’d say the writing has gotten better over the last year.

I want all of you to subscribe to Twitter, as a platform to discover, track and disseminate information it’s unparalleled and if properly used it can be a boon to anyone searching for a way to spread an idea.

Before you head into the field, however, I want to arm you with some essential tools that will help you make the most of your Twitter experience.

Today’s challenge will earn you your first Social Media merit badge. Sign up for Twitter — right this second if you can help it.

If you are a marketer on the web, it’s a crime against your nature not to. No, it will not get you a million new users and ten thousand new sales (though it can).

From now on I’m going to give you more than advice.

You might have noticed it has been quiet around here lately, that’s because I have been preparing for some big changes (and working on other great projects) and today is the day we launch one of them.

Dawn Douglass is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. She has been working hard on projects based around the idea that the web can be a force for good for creative professionals, looking to make money off of their talents. For me, she has been a lesson in how perseverance and hard one came help to bring projects to their fruition. Today she is talking about her latest project, Swig.

It’s that time of the year again, the stockings have been torn down, the snow is falling gently over a pile of used wrapping paper, and we are all digging in for the last leg of the journey from the end of one year to the beginning of the next.

As a blogger, I only have one choice at times like these, I’m forced, by my code and credo to give you some “predictions” about the coming year.

Fight or Flight?

Whether you are about to by hit by a car or by a lawsuit the human body’s reaction is just about the same. Our heart races, adrenaline flows free and in a split second we make a decision whether to stand firm or run for the hills, “It’s evolution, baby.”