Twylah is a blog of your own tweets arranged by your most influential topics. It gives your followers or customers an instant insight into the content you tweet about the most. Are you curious how Twylah works? Twylah examines your live Twitter stream and selects up to 20 topics that you tweet about the most. Note that Twylah does not select your followers topics , but rather the topics you tweet about.) Twylah then selects which tweets will be published on your branded pages based on the frequency and recency of your tweets. It is engagement and trust that will make your followers act. MORE >>

Editor’s Note: I was supposed to do this book review months ago, but life and work got in the way. Sorry Amber. The Now Revolution is a new book from my friend Amber Naslund and her collaborator Jay Baer. In today’s economy, this book could not be more timely. Baer and Naslund describe seven business practices that you can change in order to make your business “ faster, smarter, and more social “ Strip away silos and overgrown business processes. Hire and empower a new type of employee. Organize internal teams for maximum external impact. Listen at the point of need. MORE >>

Last weekend I posted the Self Development tips from Maya Angelou , this Sunday I want to share the quotes from Mark Twain (also from Success magazine ). Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest". Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do". Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry". I never let my schooling interfere with my education". Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. When in doubt tell the truth".  . MORE >>

An interview with Michael Alter from Yahoo Finance : Small business confidence for August 2011 is down to 48%…driven by lack of consumer demand and dearth of funding. It also has to do with government interference, according to people like John Schiller, chairman and CEO of Energy XXI [ Get Out of the Way!! ]: Ahead of the economic speech, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed Obama’s overall job approval rating at a low of 44 percent, down 3 percentage points since July, while his handling of the economy stands at 37 percent. percent unemployment rate. MORE >>

“ This too shall pass ,&# is something my grandma used to say. It’s a reminder that when times are tough (or conversely, insanely good) that they are just temporary. Sometimes life deals us a terrible blow. Other times you realize that you have to cut your losses and move on. It is truly in the worst of times that we come to appreciate, not only the great fruit life offers, but also the subtleties of normalcy; the simple leisurely coffee; an hour of play time with your child; a fun day at work when it all goes right. Many of you know I was flooded last week. Again. Thank you. MORE >>