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People flock to delightful personalities and what works at the water cooler works on social media, too.

As Pam Moore explains:

According to Dictionary.com, the word delight is defined as “to please someone greatly.” Notice the key word of “greatly.” Delight does not equal status quo. It does not mean doing, writing, posting, tweeting, pinning, +1-ing the same exact thing every other business in your niche is doing.

So, how can you stand out from the crowd while making people smile?

Start by trying these twelve helpful tips and watch your following grow.

1. Be human. Humanize your brand. Don’t talk like a robot in 1995 corporate speak. Realize that your brand is everything about you from what you tweet to how you respond to comments on Facebook. Don’t hide your employees. Let them shine and be a living, breathing representation of who and what you are. Read more here-> “13 Characteristics of the Human Brand.”

2.  Make them feel loved. Loved you ask? Why loved you may be giggling? Because at the core of our inner being is a need to feel simply needed. We want to feel loved, be loved. When someone visits your blog, Facebook page or other social network profile are you making them feel loved? Or is it all about you?

3. Capture their heart in the first 30 seconds. What are you doing to make their first 30 seconds on your platform delightful? If you can’t answer this question, you need to start here. First impressions are everything.

Full story at Pam Moore.

Strengthening social media bonds.

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Small business owners wear many hats that, at a big company, could be laid on the minds of an extensive staff.

While a website might seem like the straw that could very well break the camel’s back, when one considers the amazing long-term benefits an appealing web presence can have, it might be time to bump this task to the top of the to-do list.

Fortunately, Samir Balwani at SiteFox has covered everything from spelling out the benefits to maintaining leads to get you started.

Full story at SiteFox.

An extra boost for small business.

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Sorry, Yankee Doodle, but it’s time that macaroni got a brand update and we’ve got just the guy.

The adorable pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest primates, and you may be interested to know that when there are too many males around, they’re also polyandrous.

Full story at YouTube via Miss Cellania.

Adorable animals.

The sun’s out and that means it’s time to update your sunglasses for the season.

Will it be a Blues Brothers kind of summer or is Sylvester Stallone more your style?

Find out with this shade-y supercut of forty-seven flicks by FoundItemClothing.

Full story at FoundItemClothing via The Mary Sue.

Fun with the movies.

Wondering what goes into the making of an entrepreneur?

Check out this tongue-in-cheek chart by Grasshopper to get an inside look.

Via Grasshopper.

What makes entrepreneurs tick.

Psychology Today provides a collection of articles about ADHD.

Sixteen ways to manage your frustration, whether you have a quick temper or a biting sense of humor. Find your anger style:

Which is you?

1. explosive
2. self-abuse
3. avoidance
4. sarcasm
5. passive aggressive
6. habitual irritation

Great tips for each on what it looks like, what you do and how to turn it around.

Full article Real Simple

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Got plans for your summer holidays yet? Wanna experience some Old West stuff? Well, Lonely Planet has put together a list just for you called, Top 5 Arizona Old West experiences.

Of the five they list in their post, here are three — the first is my fave and one I’ve actually done:

Driving through John Ford country, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Monument Valley is the iconic landscape of the American West. Become the star of your own Western on a 17-mile loop (on Hwy 163) past cinematic red rocks, sheer-walled mesas and grand buttes in Navajo Country. It’s a dusty, bumpy ride but well worth it.

And here are two that I haven’t done:

Wrangling at a Wickenburg dude ranch
Let’s be honest. You’re more likely to play golf, get massaged or sip cocktails than rope yourself a steer at a dude ranch (aka ‘guest ranch’). But many, like the Flying E Ranch, do focus on horseback riding, cookouts, line dancing and other cowboy/girl fun. When planning, be aware that many ranches in the desert lowlands close in summer. To plan your dude ranch adventure, see the website of the Arizona Dude Ranch Association (www.azdra.com).

Practicing your fast draw at the OK Corral, Tombstone
The famous shootout at the OK Corral took place in 1881, during which the brothers Earp and Doc Holliday gunned down three members of the Clanton cowboy gang. The fight lasted about half a minute, but its place in Western lore was enshrined forevermore. Fights are reenacted at 2pm (with an additional show at 3:30pm on busy days). Also check out the Boothill Graveyard for some twistedly poetic headstones.

For more, see: Lonely Planet.

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That Toronto’s mayor is still a mayor is incredible to most Toronotians.

NY Magazine has made a list of the 20 most important things, other than the alleged crack video, that Americans should know about Rob Ford. Not sure how many say, Marion Barry (mayor of Chicago) ever had, but here are 3 that I picked randomly about Rob:

• In 2006, Ford, then a city councilor, was thrown out of a Maple Leafs hockey game for getting into drunken, expletive-laden arguments with fans (and also calling them “communists”). Asked about the incident by a reporter, Ford claimed he “wasn’t even at the game.” A few weeks later, he admitted that he was, in fact, at the game. “I had one too many beers and I sincerely apologize,” he said.

• This March, Ford was accused by political rival Sarah Thomson of grabbing her ass during a photo and telling her she “should have been in Florida with him last week because his wife wasn’t there.”

• In October of 2011, Ford was met in his driveway by a member of Canadian comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes who was dressed like Xena. Ford, finding this absolutely terrifying, went inside and called 911, twice. He reportedly told the dispatcher, “Don’t you fucking know? I’m Rob fucking Ford, the mayor of this city.” Ford later apologized “for expressing my frustration inappropriately.”

More about Rob Ford: NY Magazine.

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