That’s the question I got from another mom – also with three kids and also the owner of a creative agency.

We know each well other from in-town connection points, but we hadn’t “met” on the internet until a few weeks ago.

She wanted to know how I’d been able to accomplish so much online.

Let me stop right here and tell you: this is not a self-promotion post. [I will share the same “secret” with you: many, many small …

Looking to make connections with bloggers – or to see how your own blog ranks? Then check out Blog Rank’s top blog listings. The lists are not all-inclusive, especially if yours is missing. You may make a request to add your blog to the blog rank list.

What I like about Blog Rank is that it measures and ranks blogs based on multiple criteria. Ways you can use this information:

- gauge your own blog performance

- find out where you …

Bill Adee, Editor, Digital Media at Chicago Tribune presented the Making Media Connections 2009 keynote on behalf of @coloneltribune, who represents the Chicago Tribune on social media sites like twitter and Facebook. I spoke immediately afterwards on the Social Media: Tools or Toys panel. Intending to cover Bill’s session on twitter [and maybe ask @coloneltribune a few questions], I switched to taking notes when I realized I couldn’t get a live Internet connection. These lightly edited notes reflect my …

Today I made it off the waiting list and on to the registered attendee roster for BlogHer 09!

Click on the image – that’s me on the left.

If you know me, you know I like to be honest.

So, when I looked back at my first BlogHer09 post, published on November 19, 2008 and saw an “I’m going to BlogHer09” badge, I was a bit relieved to say, just today, that yes, I really am going.

This will …

Update: The viddler embed code played in the post on preview mode, but went directly to viddler in publish mode. Go directly to the video of Liz Strauss answering Chris Brogan’s question about product development.

Liz Strauss closed SOBCon09 with a talk that seemed simple on the surface, but in typical Liz fashion it was ocean deep. In this video, Chris Brogan asked Liz to outline “the simplest, smallest project plan ever.”

“If it doesn’t fit easily into your life, it …

Presentation notes by David Bullock on his Barack 2.0 project with Brent Leary.

In June 2008, they decided to start tracking Barack Obama on social media. They used Snag-it to capture to 1100 artifacts from the campaign. Then, they took the ideas and put them on the blog – all time and date stamped to give them an online record of publishing an event. He was nothing more than a citizen journalist.

Everyone can become a citizen journalist.

David Bullock’s …

Lightly edited notes taken at SOBCon09 from Brian Clark’s presentation.

Brian says his presentation “Power Positioning: From Personal Branding to Online Assets” is all about telling a story that accomplishes your goals [yay! storytelling!]

What is Positioning? “Your Winning Difference”

It’s that you’re unique in a way that no one can copy you. If no one’s talking about you, it’s not enough to differentiate your from the competition.

Naomi Dunford and Frank Kern are persona driven personalities that talk about marketing in …

A reader writes: We’re an eco-friendly baby products company. How can we use social media? We plan to start a blog, but do you have any other ideas?

Answer: [Have a question you’d like answered? Email connectATcorywestmedia.com with Question for Wired PR Works in the subject line.]

Starting a blog is a good start, but it takes time to build traffic and prominence.

Here’s an energy friendly way to approach your marketing: repurpose your content by taking the same information, reshaping it …

BlogHer is coming back to Chicago!

After attending BlogHer07 in Chicago as a local volunteer live blogger, I made the decision to travel to BlogHer08 in San Francisco.

What a difference a year made!

In 2007, blogging was still edging into the monetization mainstream. In 2008, PR reps from major agencies seemed to pop up in every session. Why? Because the bloggers at BlogHer are conversation masters – for large communities.

I predict that BlogHer09 will be a must-attend blogging …