NOWSOURCING

In last week’s Overheard on Twitter, we challenged five people to change their logo Twitter avatar to a real face – @doshdosh, @andybeard, @chrispirillo, @converseon, and @chrisbrogan.

As it turns out, our campaign wasn’t terribly effective – only one person changed their logo to a face: @chrisbrogan. Once again Chris, you’ve proven why you’re The Man

Ok, so maybe we didn’t get an overwhelming response from those we tagged, but quite a few people were happy to put a face to a name with Brian’s face in place of the NowSourcing logo:

We had a lot of success in Twitter this week. It seems if you’ve got a real problem, twitterkin can be very helpful. Whatever you need, whenever your time of need – your support system is just a tweet away!

Color Wars!

A lot of people have been wondering what all the “Very Green Team” and “Red Team” and “RGB Team” banners under people’s icons are all about.

Well, @zefrank started it all – follow him for all your Color Wars updates. The Color Wars website is also finally up and running with full-on directions.

Of course, why do all that when you could just watch an entertaining video of their theme song?

…and may I recommend @The Black Team Each team also seems to have their own website with all their own resources. It’s like a bunch of underground twi-mmunities (twitter communities).

Technical Support

mayobrains: Retweet a friend with a problem – @charlief Has anyone gotten WordPress to work with GoDaddy recently? Can I pick someone’s brain on it? about 7 hours ago from web

• wpcandy @mayobrains My friend has – @hellyeahdude about 7 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to mayobrains
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• remarkablogger @mayobrains I use wp on godaddy all the time – hard installs, not “metropolis.” about 7 hours ago from twhirl in reply to mayobrains
  
• MadLid @mayobrains – step by step guide here http://tinyurl.com/2ubclj (specifically WordPress & Go Daddy) about 7 hours ago from web in reply to mayobrains
• gregoryng @mayobrains I have 3 different sites running wordpress on godaddy. pick away about 6 hours ago from twhirl in reply to mayobrains
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When I forwarded all those great resources to @charlief, he gave me such an awesome thank-you

charlief @mayobrains I do have to say you are truly awesome! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! about 6 hours ago from twhirl in reply to mayobrains
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Emotional Support

Thursday night, Brian’s son went into the ER. He twittered about it, and was literally barraged with well wishes.

There’s a lot so the view is cut off here – but be sure to read on because we’ve saved the best (and most useful) for last!

nowsourcing: This is going to be a long night. My wife just brought baby to the emergency room & I’m holding down the fort at home. about 23 hours ago
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• JasonFalls: @nowsourcing Prayers, my man. Thoughts coming your way. 2 minutes later
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• jstep: @nowsourcing Hope the baby and wife do well. You’ll be fine. I’m praying for the safe return of everyone. Hold on Brian. 4 minutes later
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• remarkablogger: @nowsourcing Hang in there, my thoughts are with you. 5 minutes later
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• RuudHein: @nowsourcing woaw — what’s the matter? 9 minutes later

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nowsourcing: thanks for the thoughts and prayers all. I’m hoping everything will be ok. about 23 hours ago
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• bradbostic: @nowsourcing Sorry baby is headed to the ER. My 16 mo old drank some marble cleaner a few weeks ago. He is fine now… Keep us posted! 6 minutes later
  
• audette: @nowsourcing prayers from me man. Please update us when you can. 9 minutes later
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• martinbowling: @nowsourcing wow real sorry to hear that, thoughts are with you and your family! 14 minutes later
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• coffeecupkat: @nowsourcing Just caught your sitch. Adding another prayer to the queue. 17 minutes later
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• toddfoutz: @nowsourcing – hope all will be okay for you guys. 20 minutes later.
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nowsourcing: Wife just called. Baby currently being seen by doc, and seems a little better. about 23 hours ago
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• RuudHein: @nowsourcing Here’s hoping and praying for the best 2 minutes later.
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• TheNanny612: @nowsourcing This is the first I saw that your baby is sick…. what’s going on Brian?? What’s wrong with your baby? 2 minutes later
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• remarkablogger: @nowsourcing Good to hear, thanks for the update. 10 minutes later
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• DazzlinDonna: @nowsourcing: sending positive thoughts your way 20 minutes later
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nowsourcing: Ok, baby is back from the hospital, but he’s sick. Going to try to get some rest. about 20 hours ago
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• problogger: @nowsourcing sorry to hear baby is sick – hope tomorrow’s better 3 minutes later
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• nowsourcing: @problogger thanks Darren. Hope tomorrow will be a better day 4 minutes later
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• spud: @nowsourcing Hope your baby gets better soon. I know what it is like (I have a 2 1/2 year old). about 3 hours later
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• seanmarler: @nowsourcing damn, dude, that sucks. Hope he gets well quickly. nothin more stressful than a sick child. 7 minutes later
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• silverlunace: @nowsourcing Missed the news earlier. Glad he’s back from the hospital. Hope he’s well soon. My 3 year old and 7 y/o have been sick too. ;-( 10 minutes later
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• xarah: @nowsourcing hope baby gets well soon about 2 hours later..
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Bad Idea… Good Idea

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leeodden twittering and driving – not good about 7 hours ago from web
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@Mimobot hosts giveaways of their ‘mimobots’ – “designer USB flash drives preloaded with digital media content for your enjoyment” – on their twitter. Cool way to represent your brand and engage people

And Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) opened up for people to pick his brain to promote his new book, Personality Not Included. Let’s see how he’s doing on those interview questions…

Awesome – looking forward to seeing the answers to our questions!