by Brian Wallace | Oct 15, 2007 | Social Media
I’ll be attending the 2 day SMX Social Media New York event this Tuesday and Wednesday. You can still register here, although it will be more expensive at the door (use promo code SMX10offSM for a 10% discount). I’m also pleased to be going to a charity... by Brian Wallace | Oct 12, 2007 | Interviews, Wordpress
Here with me is Dan Milward, CEO of Instinct Entertainment LTD – makers of the E-Commerce plugin for WordPress. Thank you for taking the time. 1 – What made you decide to go out and write an E-Commerce plugin for WordPress? Years ago I wrote a WordPress wish list on... by Brian Wallace | Oct 11, 2007 | Digg, Social Media
Yesterday, NowSourcing hit the Digg homepage with this post on the difference in negative remarks on StumbleUpon and Digg for about 2 hours. I quickly found that the blog wasn’t ready for the traffic spike. (for those Diggers reading this, here’s your... by Brian Wallace | Oct 8, 2007 | Digg, Social Media, StumbleUpon
Surely, if you have ever posted anything to Digg that didn’t make the front page, you’ve been hit with comments such as lame, fail, old news, or something like that. I’ve found that StumbleUpon has some interesting folks that expand quite a bit on... by Brian Wallace | Oct 3, 2007 | Social Media, StumbleUpon
Here’s a different angle of looking at social media entirely – by personality type. In case you missed it, when you are filling out your profile in StumbleUpon, you can put what personality type you are. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), there... by Brian Wallace | Oct 2, 2007 | Interviews, Social Media, StumbleUpon
For those of you that don’t already know her, Anna (Aivsdog) is a power user over at StumbleUpon with over 500 fans and 5,000 pages liked. Hey Aivsdog, it’s a pleasure interviewing you. Thanks for making the time. It is my pleasure to do this for you and... by Brian Wallace | Oct 1, 2007 | Interviews, Social Media
NowSourcing has been featured in a group interview regarding Sphinn user’s behavior on the SEM Portland blog. For those of you that haven’t already been to Sphinn, it is a wealth of knowledge for SEM specialists and social media experts. It is based on the... by Brian Wallace | Sep 26, 2007 | Blog
Unless you’ve been under a rock in a cave on an uninhabited island lately, you’ve surely heard all of the press that Blogrush has been getting. If you’ve installed the Blogrush widget on your blog, you’ve probably seen stats where you have tons... by Brian Wallace | Sep 24, 2007 | Wordpress
WordPress version 2.3 has officially been released. Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress, is even going so far as to throw an upgrade party at his apartment. This is a pretty major update for the WordPress blogging platform. It has added some great new features in... by Brian Wallace | Sep 21, 2007 | Social Media
O, StumbleUpon, you’re our only hope left. Digg started shouting at us, and we’re tempted to listen – but to no avail. Reddit changed its looks, and is quite nice, but is a whole new alien. Netscape went up, up, and away to Propeller. Yahoo, you...