What do you get when you mix holiday cheer, social media and eggnog? Nog-Pong, much like beer pong, was created by Saatchi & Saatchi LA to raise money for charities. With 300 balls, 200 cups and 30 gallons of eggnog, they used a webcam and a ping-pong machine to interact with thousands of people over Twitter and Facebook.

The response is fantastic. So far, 634 shots have been made all in the name of charity. I think this is a brilliant example of how to interact online.

From Tree Decorating to Holiday Parties LevelTen is all about the Holiday Season! Here is a glimpse into a day in the life of a LevelTen Employee in December!

After writing recently about the Brick Wall of Learning Drupal, I got a lot of responses from people frustrated with trying to learn Drupal. Clearly this a big issue. Some of the big challenges are discovering "best practices" and finding the "good modules." While there is no quick and easy answer to learning Drupal, there are 5 ways to find the information you are looking for.

1. Websites

Whether you like them or not, QR codes are slowly being embedded into the digital marketplace. I am always on the lookout for a random QR code experience. Below are recent findings and ideas for my fellow codies!

Retail

One of the best ways to take advantage of social media is to use it for increasing your brand awareness. Companies have found many creative ways to use social media and increase their reputation through leveraging the following five tools:

1. Facebook
   

Want to increase site traffic and page views? Try adding Social Sharing and Bookmarking Widgets to your website. These widgets let visitors share your content with their friends through email, recommend it on Facebook, tweet it with Twitter, bookmark it on Del.icio.us and much more. It's a fast and easy way to tap into the ever growing Social Media Network and use it to your advantage.

Why use Social Sharing and Bookmarking Widgets?

What do Coach, Jamba Juice, The BART, Juicy Couture, Bravo TV and Harvard have in common? They are a handful of the businesses that have taken the plunge into the social media platform known as Foursquare. There have been some great case studies to support the success of a Foursquare campaign, which we will dive into later but for those of you who are still asking, “What is Fousquare for businesses” let me give you a bit of a background on it.

The last few days, I've been spending a little time researching the ins and outs of the AdAge Power 150 blog rankings. If you don't know (and you should), the Power 150 is a ranking of the top English-language blogs in the world. It was developed by Todd Andrlik and currently ranks hundreds of blogs written about everything related to marketing and PR.

Thousands of people use Google Analytics every day for their website reporting. Besides being one of the most comprehensive analytics platforms on the web, Google Analytics is also 100% free, which is invaluable to a small business looking to get the most out of their online marketing spend.

CCK, Views, and Panels, are top Drupal modules we all know and love because they're necessary for building amazing Drupal websites; but what about the modules you haven't heard of, those little gems that can really give your site something extra? I'm going to take a look at the top 5 Drupal modules that you might not know about but are worth a look. Some of them are still in Alpha or Beta so be sure install with caution as they may not be ready for prime-time.