(A guest post by Matt Cheuvront) :: “Personal Branding” has become an idea I wish I could delete from my memory. I get it, really I do – I understand that, especially in this day and age of technological innovation and public communication, we need to consider the things we do and say, and realize that our information is not private online. But we have gotten so caught up in this concept of Personal Branding that it’s starting to take control of our…

I’ve been begging and pleading for Foursquare, the location-based, game-like social network to come to Knoxville for some time now…and yesterday, my wish came true! In fact, Foursquare has opened its doors to all towns and cities globally! But being that I’m in Knoxville, that’s…

Yesterday afternoon, Amanda Arms posted a message on her Facebook wall (see post for the image). I didn’t know Amanda at the time, nor were we Facebook friends…but my wedding photographer was. Around noon, Jennie (who knows I couldn’t turn down a loving pit bull) sent me an email mentioning what she saw on Facebook. I asked her to have Amanda contact me. Around 8pm last night, Michael and I became foster…

I’m a big fan of crowdsourcing. Since I witnessed how well in can work in Pyxl’s Help Us Name Us campaign, I’ve been interested in using it in other situations. Some call it lazy…I call it efficient! When it came time to find wedding vendors, I was a little lost. I didn’t grow up in Knoxville, and I’ve never been to a wedding in Knoxville. In addition, Michael and I are among the first of our friends to tie the knot, so we really had no where to turn — except for social media of course…

A lot happened this year in relation to my professional life. With everything, I’ve been so thankful to everyone who continues to read my blog day after day, interact with me online, and also to those that have inspired me to continue to work at making PRettySocial better. And in the spirit of appreciation and reflection, I’ve decided that my final post of 2009 will be a list post — of my 9 most popular PRettySocial posts and of my 9 favorite fellow bloggers and tweeters…

Year after year, we all make New Year’s resolutions about how we’re going to work out, eat better, save money, etc. And while (in my experience) these don’t always stick, I’ve decided to create a list of my blogging resolutions for 2010…and I’m going to make them happen! So without further ado, here are my PRettySocial resolutions for 2010…