• The Viral Garden -- Why is Plurk a big deal? -- Having a threaded conversation for text messages on my Treo is something of which I’ve always been a big fan. It probably has a lot to do with why I, sometimes, would rather exchange a few texts instead of having an actual phone conversation.

• Chris Brogan -- Five Tools I Use for Listening -- Great tips with helpful explanations for getting yourself plugged in.

• Conversation Agent -- How to Read the Groundswell and Increase Your Business Success Threefold -- Groundswell…participate & learn.

• A New Marketing -- We Are In The Business Of Reasons -- Sometimes “Just Do It” is not enough.

• Copyblogger -- 13 Emotion-Based Headlines That Work -- Use emotional triggers to persuade your readers.

• Web Strategy by Jeremiah -- The Opportunities and Challenges of Corporate, Team, and Personal Blogs -- Explaining three types of brand blogs along with some of their strengths & weaknesses.

• PRstore -- B2B, B2C, B2Whatever -- Who says all business decisions are made rationally?

• Techno//Marketer -- The influence of digital -- Be prepared for a lot of good information & analysis from the Digital Influence Index Study conducted by Fleishman-Hillard & Harris Interactive.

• Mooney Thinks -- Explore the Tag Galaxy -- Loads of fun & potential mega time waster. I suggest using the keywords beach & sunset to start.

• And I leave you with this moving video…

If you still have some time to kill; vote for Chase Utley & Jimmy Rollins to start in this year’s All Star Game. I would love to throw Ryan Howard’s name in there, but dude strikes out too much. That average needs to be closer to .250 than .200.

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