Today was the best day ever. (Many reasons, but here's one of them) When I started the Social Media Adventure I had one simple but powerful purpose: To prove that social media has the power to develop authentic, genuine in-person relationships and help bring people together to make the world a better place. Since then, I have been a passionate advocate of the belief that amazing things happen through social media that could not have been possible in any other period of history. Today was a great example. :) Lunch With A Hero Nearly anyone who is active on twitter is familiar with Lotay Yang (@Lotay). I met Lotay shortly after I got on twitter. His giving heart and poignant spiritual insights were inspiring and engaging. After we were both featured in @2morrowknight's Huffington Post article: 16 People on Twitter Who Inspire the World, we got to know each other even better. Today I finally got to meet him in person, over lunch at True Food in Phoenix, ...
Read More"Hey, don't I know you?" I asked as she handed me her business card. "Ummm, that depends... who the heck are you?" she replied. :) "I follow you on twitter!" I exclaimed as I recognized her. Yeah, it was really cool... Today, while attending T. Harv Eker's Millionaire Mind Intensive in Denver, Colorado, I met Michelle Mangen (@mmangen) of The Virtual Asst. Even cooler was hearing her ...
Read More"Joseph??? Joseph Ranseth... Is that YOU?" :) It was Cindy Ashton, one of my absolute favorite social media friends! And, to make the story even cooler, I had NO IDEA that I was going to run into her at a marketing conference for authors, in Las Vegas, of all places. Cindy & I met nearly a year ago on ...
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