What does "good deal" really mean?

It's been so long since I've done a blog
entry that most of the folks who used
to swing bye, have swung bye,
and said "bye-bye" and who can
blame them.  Here is my official apology
to them, they were faithful readers,
and I went to work outside my career
field for a while and did not have any
moments, really didn't, to do
entries.  That has changed, and a
much chastised Dr. asks you to engage
once again, promising you
that we will surface some juicy topics, as well as,
some useful ones.  That being said, let's dig in,
to what I hope will be a joyful bowl...

So we have to begin with my faves- Chris and
Mari - Chris cause he's just way beyond cool
with his gadgets - I don't think there is a new app
out there that Chris hasn't tried, and the cool thing
is, when Chris say's it works...you can trust his
voice.  http://www.facebook.com/chrisvoss?ref=ts 




Which brings us to Mari Smith.  One of a kind?
Unique- AWESOME- they become just words
if you aren't careful, until you run into Mari-
then suddenly, you see...she's the definition
of so many of them:  http://www.facebook.com/maris

Call it temporary nut-E-ness

What possessed me to put my character driven
fiction onto a blog designed to push the edge
on rural America?  Only the inner child who
made that error could say, BUT, this little
entry here is to let folks who've been
reading it and saying, "dang that dialogue
is pretty catchy there son..." a chance to
keep on reading, as it transfers to DRD.

Follow...Your Heart, Not Your Head, in Social Media

 Seriously..."Ya Gotta Have Heart...

Miles and Miles and Miles of Heart..."

You guys know I think the world of Mari Smith, I really do, she has just been wonderful to me as a coach, as a mentor, and as a leader in the Facebook and social media world- SO, you know if I say anything even a itsy bitsy tee-I-nsy critical of her, in any way, IT must be something that can't be ignored, right?  Can we agree on that one?  If we can't, hit stop, right here, and comment away at, heck, jump my bones on Twitter, guaranty ya, I'll get back with ya...right?  SO, what's the big deal with Mari Smith - what did I find that I just couldn't overlook?  Oh c'mon, if I was to just give that to ya now...what would we do with the rest of the article?  (Pretty cheesy huh?)

You guys who have been reading me for a while, but not saying anything back to me, you know who you are...;-)  Well- you guys know the hit counter knows you were here ;-)  It lurks in some sneaky program or other...but, you know I love Chris Voss and think he's just, "the man."  You know this 'cause you've heard me speak of Chris often, and always in a good way, right?  SO, why would I mention Mr. Voss...kiddin'...he goes by Chris with me always and I feel he's that polite with everyone- Chris and Mari, they both are gonna catch it in one shot...which means, the good Dr. is fixin' to say somethin' that he has really, REALLY, thought through, because these are people that I deeply respect and they are what I view as social media leaders...

"Yeah OK fine Dana we get it...you're gonna hand out 

a "dis" towel...let's dry it up lad..."

Is it possible that Mari and Chris have grown and while they were at it, let their organizational nuance go?  That's a deep one, isn't it, but here is what I notice- Mari keeps fresh content, but, not fresh contact, and, last year, when I first became one of her ardent followers...and I'll be honest- I really did start following Mari for the content she was putting out, and not because she has such an incredible smiling image...although...Mari is what we in the south call, "a fox," that had nothing to do with why I listened to her...Mari really knows social media...only back then, she contacted me a whole bunch more...and seemed very much more responsive than she is today, and my suspicion is, that Mari is struggling with social media growth?  Now this is not to say that her writings, her work, her counseling, her sessions and all the great and wonderful things that she does professionally aren't all there...not at all, if  you get a chance to follow Mari and you don't, wow wee are you missing out, that's not what I am saying, OK, get it pure and straight, this is the subtle every once in a while friendly contact that used to take place but today...isn't?

With Chris it's more subtle yet still...Chris used to put out a fresh video, with an insanely cutting edge, cellular or better techno-note, daily.  I was blown away by the depth of it, and the content majesty of his videos...then...some months back, Chris slowed the ol' video machine down?  Now that's not to say that you won't hugely benefit from any contact with this social media genius, not at all, Chris has more knowledge that he's let pass about business and social media than I'll ever acquire- he is, the hard spun genuine article, no doubt about it, but I've noticed, here lately, things haven't been as quick it would seem for him?

And now for my little selfish thingee...it has happened to me...from social media, I got huge contacts, man alive...and from networking via Facebook and Twitter, got huge numbers of, "wow dude, you do grant writing, because...we've got this..." and away we'd go...it's enormous...only guess what, it brings with it the auto-responder challenge?  The fresh content challenge, that my bud Lori Taylor, brings out in an enormous way, Lori has learned to let social media work for her, a craft I am still struggling with...but back to my two heroes, my absolute most strong folk, Mari and Chris, all of a sudden it occurred to me, with my itty bitty little network goin' on that I wasn't blogging every day...because, my good contact clients were literally nailin' my time...and so...I just wonder, is that happenin' to folks and we didn't see this one coming?  It is true that there is a light at the end of the tunnel...let's just hope it's not that train...

Wanna Twit on the doc?  Twit here for a while, go ahead, twit down..;-)

Don't NO Do

"I want to..."

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"No I better not..."
"Yes I can..."
"No I can't"
"Yes do it..."
"No better not..."
This is the battle in the head that we
all go through.  We may try to say that
we don't, but we do.  The battle is a
good one, it is a necessary one, and
it allows you to grow and experience
things in your life, usually with a
minor amount of danger.  It is
your internal talk that is to keep
you safe.  Do you listen?

Rural Social Media is an add-on
to the already existing, enormous,
amount of work done by over
7 million different contributing

people and agencies.  But our
goal is to become and be a help
to those who would make use
of what we would have to offer.
The simplest concept and yet
it might just be one that can
really come to fruition in 2011.

Do you believe that in the small
outlying communities from the
cities that resources can exist
that will help those communities?


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