January 29, 2011 · 4:46 pm

Brownie in a Mug (via dianne faw)

Definitely a Fun Friday qualifying item!

Brownie in a Mug Sometimes nothing hits the spot like chocolate. A warm, freshly-baked brownie right out of the oven is hard to resist. But having a whole pan of brownies in the kitchen can be too much of a good thing (and really tempting). I’d seen several links for “Brownie in a Mug” but hadn’t tried one until last week. It was a cold night and the idea of a war … Read More

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January 28, 2011 · 6:54 pm

And the St. Paul Winter Carnival!

Winter Carnival!!

I know those of you in the metro area need no explanations for this, the *main* fun thing of course during this period!

Hilarity, wit, verve, and lots of icy eyelashes abound!

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January 28, 2011 · 6:10 pm

Fun Friday: And Puppets!

http://www.hobt.org/education/youthtroupe.html

SHINGIBIS & WINTER MAKER by Julie & Gustavo Boada is perfect for a wintry Saturday puppet show! An Anishinabe tale of how a little duck makes his way through winter with a happy spirit and generous heart. 10am & 12N. The Make & Take is at 11am. Call ahead for that: 612-721-2535.

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January 28, 2011 · 6:04 pm

Tips on decreasing page-load times here on WordPress!

http://slodive.com/web-development/tricks-increase-speed-hosting-wordpress/

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January 28, 2011 · 2:41 pm

Contest reminder

And, speaking of social media, my exploration of all of it continues in this frenzied period defined by this contest:

Social Media Photo Contest

It has been an immersion experience that has compelled me to learn a lot and adopt new practices and all of that. Very excellent!

(If you’d like to view/vote again, always welcome! The vote frequency varies it seems.. this site’s link may have a more frequent allowed vote window, or it might relate to time of day or browser or something.  Sometimes can vote as soon as 3 hours after the last time!

WordPress is showing up already in the viral map, can only get better as things progress!)

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January 28, 2011 · 2:36 pm

Let the Target Field cheering begin!

Snowman at Target Field

I also have a presence at Tumblr, where this comes from – that’s more bohemian than here and I’ll be switching to this as my main site.

But there’s fun content there and local folks, so you’ll see things from time to time from there.

Enjoy!

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January 28, 2011 · 2:34 pm

Fun Friday!

The other main structure of this site right now is that each day of the week, I like to focus on a certain area of concern.

They are:

Monday: Site-Members (that’s when the profiles post)

Tuesday: News (of interest to small business/nonprofits)

Wednesday: Wisdom – what is of use generally in running a business, mistakes we’ve learned from, general topics of use very broadly.

Thursday – Technology (which, lately, has been mostly social media more than hardware/software).

Friday – Fun!

And that’s today – Friday! So the next posts will be fun items.

Your participation is always welcome!

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January 28, 2011 · 12:40 am

Sharing with people about local businesses (via Local Business Spotlight)

Local Business! Excellent!

Sharing with people about local businesses My RelyLocal colleague (who also happens to be my mom) related a story to me last night that just thrilled me down to my toes. She was waiting for my dad at the doctor's office "down the hill". (Hey, with some health insurance, you can't always choose someone local!) There was a young woman sitting near her and they got to chatting. As it turns out, the young woman lives in the same High Desert city I do. She was quick to point out that although … Read More

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January 28, 2011 · 12:14 am

G1 Blueprint Top 14 Social Networks (via Social Local Mobile Marketing)

Aha! One vote on my question-du-jour (albeit unintentional) of which out of the hundreds out there are optimal site for social presence. Delightful!

Content syndication using the PixelPipe service model can be a great way to expand the reach of your content once you figure out which of the hundreds of social networking sites you want to publish your audio, video, text, photos and file too. Here are the top social networks I use on a frequent basis: Facebook Twitter Delicious DIGG Flickr LinkedIN Slide Share Stumble Upon Technorati YouTube Hub Pages Squidoo Lens Ezine Articles Blogger For thos … Read More

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January 28, 2011 · 12:06 am

How much should social media cost when I use an external partner? (via Talk is cheap . . .)

Definitely a valuable process!

How much should social media cost when I use an external partner? This is a follow up Blog of my post from November 9th that was precipitated by one of my friends. In that post I laid the foundation of partnering with an external resource to handle your social communications. The next and obvious question my friend asked was HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? I mentioned there are two points of view or factors you have to consider in determining cost. External Partner/Agency and Purchaser/Client. My agency brethren will pr … Read More

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