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The early Brag Basket

By Small Biz Survival

Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket for the weekend. This weekend, I’m opening it early, because Deb has some exciting news to share!

This is designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back.

Think that bragging is a bad thing? Read how Tony explains the Brag Basket.

The Brag Basket is open for everyone, whether from a small town, a big city, or anywhere in the world. (But it’s true that I love small town brags!)

Will you put something in the Brag Basket this week? You can brag on a friend, your own project, yourself, others, anything! Make it personal, and not just an ad. You don’t need special permission, and you don’t have to be from a small town. Just leave a comment right here. There’s no deadline, so you can brag anytime during the weekend, and I’ll open a fresh Brag Basket each Friday.

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June 12, 2009 Filed Under: brag basket

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  1. Deb Brown says

    June 12, 2009 at 3:57 am

    I am thrilled and honored to be representing the blogger/twitter press at the Communitelligence two day conference in Chicago June 16 and June 17. The first day is Innovating Employee Engagement and the second day is Executing Social Media. Many kudos for Liz Strauss for putting it out there – and to John Gerstner for offering me the opportunity.

    Keep an eye out at http://www.debworks.com for blogs – and follow me at twitter @debworks

    Thanks!

  2. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 4:14 am

    Congratulations, Deb!! I can tell you are supremely excited! Write well!

    I’ll brag about my last minute conference, too. I’m heading to Jeff Pulver’s http://www.140conf.com in New York City. Going to be crazy!

  3. Robert Hruzek says

    June 12, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Hey, I’d like to brag on a small town in Utah I just visited last week. I wrote a post about it at the Middle Zone this week, but it turns out it’s Vernal, Utah’s 100th birthday! Here’s an article about it from Vernal.com (http://bit.ly/DXbdm)

    Congratulations, y’all!

  4. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    I’m also going to brag on my support guy Chris Van Patten (@chrisvanpatten) and my friend at Network SolutionsShashi Bellamkonda (@shashib). They have both helped me survive my mistake that brought this site down this week. Thank you so much, guys!

  5. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Thanks, Robert! A big Sal-lute for Vernal, Utah! Congrats on making 100 years.

  6. Barry Moltz says

    June 12, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Last day of the school year for both my kids- we made it thru another year! …and the start of summer!

  7. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    That’s worth celebrating, Barry! Here’s to a great summer full of memories.

  8. Robert Hruzek says

    June 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    … and what the hey…

    Just revised and ordered the second proof for my new book (paperback version).

    Also working on the hardback, Special Edition version, to be published by Lulu. AND… prepared the ebook version for sale/distribution by Smashwords.

    It’s gonna be an extravaganza, folks! :-O

  9. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    Robert, I’m glad you came back with this one! I’m excited for you! You also have a great idea of adding bonus content to the hardback to make up for the added cost. Good for you!

  10. Randulo says

    June 12, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    Hi Becky, this may be a little geeky, but we do a weekly call on VoIP and today we tried an experimental system that will eventually allow Skype and your small company’s pbx to be connected. The ramifications of this are simple: you can seamlessly get Skype calls on your phone. There are hundreds of millions of Skype users and having access to these are a big deal.

    We had people connected between Israel, Bermuda, France, the UK, and the USA, all speaking in a conference. If you are interested in the technology, see http://vuc.me for two recordings.

    We’re very pleased with the result of the test.

  11. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Congratulations, Randulo! It’s not just geeky, it’s good for small businesses, so I’m all for it!

  12. randulo says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    I posted on the wrong basket!
    We were able to connect several Skype callers with a traditional small business pbx today on our weekly VoIP Users Conference today. The point of the experiment is that any Skype user will be able to call your Skype ID and be connected to your regular phone. NO more computer running to wait for calls. All the power of your pbx to answer, forward or route your calls.

    If you care about this kind of idea, listen in on our recordings at http://vuc.me – anyone who has any questions about the technology is welcome to contact us. We are not selling anything, just testing the limits of Skype for Asterisk.

  13. D. Scott Cooksey says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    I returned today from leading two days of training with a client in Florida…and they CANNOT WAIT for me to get back down there for our next session! Maybe THAT is the kind of stuff Willis was talkin’ about”!

  14. Becky McCray says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Randulo, I copied your other brag over, but I’m still glad you jumped in. Thanks!

    Scott, you are rockin’! And in Florida, no less! Good for you!

  15. Chris Van Patten says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Thanks for the brag, Becky! Glad to help!

  16. Frugalocal says

    June 13, 2009 at 4:14 am

    Would like to mention the launch today of Frugalocal.com We provide small local businesses a way to let their community know about their promotions. PPC and directory listings all favor larger businesses that can afford top placement. The small to medium size business is at a great disadvantage.

    With Frugalocal, an optimized promotional offer can be created and not only posted on the Frugalocal database, but is submitted to Google, Yahoo, and Bing, where local searching consumers can find them. Promotions can be used to direct people to your website or come into your store. All for only .50 cents a day.

  17. Becky McCray says

    June 13, 2009 at 4:47 am

    Chris, glad to have your help!

    Frugalocal, thanks for announcing your launch today!

  18. randulo says

    June 13, 2009 at 8:44 am

    @Becky, thanks! Funny we’ve been in contact since the Chris Brogan Grasshoppers days, I’ve seen your weekly tweets and never thought I had anything appropriate to put here. Then when I did I got to thinking my post looked like spam. The conference is not a business at all, it’s for small business people and as I think you saw immediately, the Skype thing is a big deal, even though few people understand it now.

    The important thing is to see that VoIP is not just about saving money, it’s about value added. We’ve been able to hear from CEOs of major players in the VoIP field and the things these companies offer now, especially if your small business has worldwide potential, are amazing.

    Thanks for the opportunity to “jubiliate” here about our success and I hope folks won’t hesitate to contact us (via the contact form on http://vuc.me) if they need free assistance understanding this “VoIP thing”.

  19. Becky McCray says

    June 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Randulo, thanks for all the explanation. So glad you finally jumped in to Brag. We’re hear every week, for things large and small.

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