I am an avid reader of Louis Gray’s blog. I have always enjoyed his reviews and in depth thoughts in the world of social media and networking. Join Seth Godin, Louis Gray, and Mashable and you have a trifecta of viral, social media knowledge!

Recently Louis Gray wrote a post about Social|Median. Social|Median is a social news network that connects people with personalized news and information. Social|Median is a fairly new service launched around the beginning of March 2008. We can only imagine the promotions problem a new social media site faces when a launch date nears. There are numerous beta programs launched daily. Social|Median figured it out.

They supported a contest where their users voted for their favorite “news source” in the blogging world. Louis Gray … Read more

Recently as a company Brandswag has decided to utilize the web conferencing application called GoToMeeting. We signed up for a free account and have used the service twice in the past month. We had been testing out other web conferencing software much like GoToMeeting. The past few days the company has been deciding which service to invest money.

Today I received an email from a woman named Amalia Asan. Basically, the email stated the following:

We show that on Jul. 16, 2008, you created a GoToMeeting trial account. I am contacting you to provide you with my direct telephone number and email address in case that you may have any questions, or would like any assistance in using GoToMeeting.

BORING. I yawned and moved that nice email to my … Read more

We have all experienced it. We have all scurried around Target, Crate & Barrel, or Bed-Bath-and-Beyond to quell the list registered by the lucky couple. If you are not a complete hermit and have at least one friend, you have been to a wedding and have experienced the WEDDING SEASON. I am on the tail end of the wedding season. Two of my good friends have taken the leap and another is on the way.

Other than Target and Crate & Barrel, another store looms on the onset of every wedding: Men’s Wearhouse. I guess you can call Men’s Wearhouse a suit store, as well as, a tux rental location. The two wedding I was blessed to be a part of had rented their wedding attire from this store.

As … Read more

(hat tip to Mashable’s Stan Schoeder)

There is a qualified rumor being spread around pertaining to Google’s recent developments on the purchase of Digg. From the Digg site:

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online.

Long story short, Digg exists to rank blogs or content based on qualification from a group of people. You can usually find the DIGG button on blogs in your Google Reader or any … Read more