Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects.
Last week, Kim bragged on the awesome PhillyMac. Anna was proud to be returning to school, and Angela bragged on Mike Sansone and the Support a Local Teacher project. What will you put in the Brag Basket this week? Maybe Gary V’s Good People Day GPD08?
You can brag on a friend, your own project, yourself, others, anything! You don’t need special permission or anything. Just leave a comment right here. There’s no deadline, so you can brag anytime during the week, and I’ll open a fresh Brag Basket each Friday.
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Lots to brag on this week!
Many more wonderful people have subscribed to our site, up from 400 to over 600 since our mention on Lifehacker. Thank you all for spending time with our work! We are very glad to serve you.
We’ve made a tentative deal with a sponsor for our first print booklet, 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns. Watch for the debut next week!
Finally, today is Maesz’s birthday. Happy birthday, Mom, and thank you for all you have done for me!
Oh, and I got a new camera!!! First pics are already up at http://is.gd/4eI
Now it’s your turn.
Hi y’a Becky! I want to brag on @AnnOhio. She is the nicest person I’ve never actually met in person…lol. It never fails that when I’m having a down day, and haven’t told anyone that I am, I get an ecard from her with some sillyness on it. She’s very appreciated.
I’d like to brag on Ed Illig (@Illig on twitter) of Brainstorm Brand
When our company sent a shout out across the social networks looking for a design team, he not only gave us a free consultation but offered to help us re-brand!
As a small business that is a big deal, as a charitable entity – well, that is just humbling.
Ed and his team believed so much in our mission that they offered to help us at no charge. We certainly think that Ed and his team are something to wonderful brag about.
Becky, I LOVE that you do the brag basket. I see it every week and think “RAWK! More of us need to brag on ourselves.” But this week, I’m jumping right in.
SAP hired me and a bunch of my heroes to write, share and discuss ideas as part of their experimental Marketing Community Kickoff Meeting. When I got the first email about this I literally GASPED. Seth Godin? Ze Frank? Ross? Zoli? Armano? Dennis? Jeff? and, ME? I am super excited to participate and super grateful to Twitter friend @stevemann for giving me this opportunity.
But that ain’t all. I’ve been living in panic since before SXSW waiting for clients to sign their deals. Well, tonight Newsgator signed their consulting contract which means that 3 of 3 that were up in the air at the start of March have all landed. This means so much. I can’t even begin to express.
My (soon-to-be-ex)husband got a new job and found a great apartment.
I fell down some steps with my daughters in my arms but nobody was hurt and our pediatricians examined them to protect us from our overzealous state. (Long story).
My car was burglarized for the 2nd time in 3 months, but nothing irreplaceable was taken and insurance will fully cover the stolen wheels, which are currently being replaced.
Three more of my heroes have reached out to me in the last 24 hours with really neat mentoring, ideas and opportunities. Two great women I know have referred me for speaking gigs.
So I am sitting here SO happy, SO relieved, and grateful as hell. So yeah, this week, I’m BRAGGIN. Thank you for the platform.
Which camera did you get?
Brag: I’m a nice guy.
I’m bragging on my boy Adam Darowski (aka adarowski). His latest blog post got mad traffic and mad comments: He’s a great guy and co-worker and I’m bragging on his behalf!
Becky, I took up Gary’s call to brag my two favourite authors: http://tinyurl.com/yt9o9ne .. so will add it to your Brag Basket (fantastic idea btw), and feeding you to my reader right now.
I am bragging about an Asus eee pc I just got delivered today from Fedex. I cant wait for it power up and I can give it a test drive.
LizaJne, great choice! Ann is a sweetheart, and highly silly to boot. A terrific combination.
Dangyr, I should brag on you! You are such a great connector of people, and so good at bragging on others all the time!
And, a round of applause to Ed and Brainstorm Brand.
Laura, if more people bragged like you, we’d need a bigger basket! So glad to hear those positive career moves, and love how you find a positive light to shine on each thing that happens. Thank you again for being a good friend to me at SXSW.
Wow! I’m falling behind, as new brags come in while I write! Ok, will hit publish and start in on some more!
I want to brag on Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver. I had an idea that I wanted to run past them so I asked if we could connect and literally SECONDS later both Chris and Jeff said give me a call. They’re both really busy guys and have people trying to bend their ears all the time so I really appreciate their both being so completely open and receptive. Way to go Chris! Way to go Jeff!
Chris, it’s a Pentax K200d, really big, and really, really cool. Thanks for asking. And you are a nice guy. A really, really cool guy.
Michelle, Adam’s post just sucked me in, too! Thanks for introducing us at SXSW, and congrats to Adam!
I want to brag on my students. I work in a high school, and we’re doing a unit on “bringing your best self”… to hear a room full of 17 year olds stand up and claim as their some serious life skills (e.g. “I am dependable,” “I am flexible,” “I am persistent,”)… more than once I could feel my throat closing up, I was that humbled by their ability to “own” their nascent superpowers.
I am holding their senior year counterparts in my heart as they struggle with college decisions.
I’d also like to brag about Micah (Twitter, Blog). As a newb to the entire Twitterverse, Micah has taken time to say g’day and talk about things .. as busy as he is.
So kudos and brags to @micah.
Stu, welcome! Love your energy and glad you took time to jump in. Come back anytime. :) (I’ve got your video cued up to watch, just as soon as I catch up here. :O
I just want to brag that my grandmother was a wonderful person. We knew this but just realized the extent of how many lives she touched this week.
Trevor “Pokerplasm,” oooo, those sound so cool to me. Maybe I should trade the camera …. Nah! Just give us your review, and soon! Congrats!
Dangyr, another great call. Both Chris and Jeff have been incredibly sharing and open. And I can hardly wait to hear about your next project! Big applause for all three of you!
Becky:
What a cool idea. Even though it feels a bit weird to brag about myself I will say that I’m happy for finally finding my Twitter calling.
This week I realized that I love watching for what people need or who they want to connect with and helping make it happen.
My twitter bud @greggscott even called me a “Must Follow” today.
@kimdushinski
Shelley, thanks so much for dropping in. Your article on dealing with rejection has many lessons for small biz people everywhere. Congratulations to you and your very lucky students.
Chel, bless your heart. I’m glad your grandmother meant so much to the community around her; the original meaning of community. You mean a lot to this community, also, Chel.
I want to brag on @Dayngr – she’s been a real friend found on the Net. I’ve adopted her as a sister.
She’s one of those folks that I took too instantly when we connected online. We have similar interests and have had plenty to talk about. Can’t wait to get involved more directly with her real world projects.
Kim, so glad you let go of feeling weird and just bragged! I’m glad to have met you on Twitter, and thank you for connecting people for the better. Kudos to you!
Todd, thank you! I’m so glad someone chose to brag on the Dayngr! (which I always try to misspell!) She is one deserving gal. If you are working with her, I’ll bet you are pretty neat as well. Maybe we’ll get a chance to meet at SOBcon? Hurray for you and Dayngr!
And I need to brag on @ChazFrench. We’ve been following each other on Twitter for a while, but just struck up a conversation on Africa. I’m so impressed with the beautiful photos on his site, and I’m glad to be making a new friend. Cheers!
I just found your blog from your profile on Twitter.
So glad we connected. This is a wonderful resource that I will recommend to my authors and entrepreneur readers.
Howdy, Warren, great to meet you. Thanks for coming by, taking time to post, and for the compliment. I’ve just followed you, and look forward to getting to know you.
I got the dream gig! And that means I’m more awesome than the 49 other people who applied for it. :-) Yay!
Hurray, Melissa! Nothing quite like the feeling of winning the selection process! Here’s to a wonderful, fun, productive new gig.
I love this, what a great idea and I have to say I want to brag about you offering this space for people to celebrate their wins!
Well done looking forward to sharing and reading more in the future.
Ok, here’s my brag. I’m thrilled to know other people who understand the importance of being proud of what you do and the good things that hard work brings.
I never understood why people are embarrassed or, possibly, ashamed when good things happen to them. From getting a new camera (congrats Becky) to having your business hit its stride (congrats Pistachio).
It’s ok to have success, it’s ok to have great things happen in your life and it is ok to talk about those things. Embrace the good things that happen and the work that it took to get the good things to happen. Then, focus on more good things, and make them happen. The vision is only achieved through the action.
Keep up the great work, Becky.
Tony Katz
Matt, thank you very much! Glad to be getting to know you on Twitter, and I’m looking forward to hearing about some of your own wins. Come back soon!
Tony, a million thanks. That little speech should be our new Brag Basket explanation. I am so glad that I happened to sit down and strike up a conversation with Josh at SXSW, and got to meet you both. Great things are comin’!
Wow, What a great blog! Lucky me for finding it. I bet everyone here knows each other.
Connie, welcome! To borrow a line from Liz Strauss, you’re only a stranger once! Some of us know each other, but I met new folks this week, too. So jump in and be friendly, and come back soon. :)
I just have to bring this over from Twitter… The Frozen Pea Fund for breast cancer fundraising has been a grassroots Twitter success. I want to share some big news from the Blogger Social event.
conniereece: @susanreynolds I cried cuz you weren’t here when we received check for $30,000 from ooVoo. But we got pictures!
susanreynolds: @conniereece kerry & I cried too when we saw the tweet . What a wonderful number!!! that can help us do so much for research & awareness
ooVoo has been so great to work with, as have @scottmonty & crayon but did not xpect this size check!
We loved working w/ ooVoo on ooVoo day & we didn’t seek them out so I get no credit. Crayon & ooVoo are setting a gr8 xample
We are so blessed to know such inovative ppl who thought to pair community & sharing/giving
@BeckyMcCray I think You’ll have to write the brag, It’s really a story about the foresight of ooVoo to use promo $ to help others
Congratulations to everyone who has helped with or donated to the Frozen Pea Fund!