Social media accelerated the protest-to-revolution lifecycle. Now some in Egypt seem to be turning to social media to accelerate the lifecycle from revolution to a return to normalcy.

Back during the height of the protests in Egypt, Fast Company wrote about how social media was accelerating the pace of revolution. Now it looks like activists in Egypt are turning to social media to accelerate the next phase of revolution: the return to normalcy. A video was posted to YouTube Thursday called “From Egypt with Love,” which seems to be trying to encourage tourists, and possibly business people as well, to look at the Middle East with fresh eyes.

One of the podcasts that inspired me to create this one (back in Feb ’06) was “Internet Business Mastery with Sterling & Jay.” Today, Internet Business Mastery is the #1 internet business and marketing podcast on iTunes…and, for good reason. These guys not only know what they’re talking about, they also present it in a fun, relaxed, and honest way. Have a listen and you’ll see what I mean. Right click to download.

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“G-Cred“, a term coined by John Follis in ’05, and described in this ’07 ADWEEK column, is now part of the Web 2.0 lingo. This encore presentation of an ’08 Follis interview discusses what G-Cred is and why every product, service, and professional must have it. Right click to download interview. You can also buy the 12-pg ebook: G-cred, the New Measure of Credibility: Why every product, service, and person needs it, and how to get it.

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I never plug other people’s stuff unless I believe it 100%. Well I believe in Gary Vaynerchuk and his book 200%. Yesterday, in NYC, I got a chance to meet the man himself when he personally signed my copy. If you don’t yet know about Gary or his book, Google it.

If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video is worth a million. Last year the average person watched 182 videos a month. And, according to a Cisco forecast, video will exceed 91 percent of web traffic by 2014. So, the question isn’t: “Should I do it?” it’s, “How do I do it well?”

If the concept is strong and simple, the execution doesn’t have to be complex and expensive to produce. Like this.