http://gwilliam.com/nathan Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:31:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A viral coefficient is the number of new community members, on average, that each community member brings to the community.  A viral coefficient of 1 means that each member will bring 1 additional member to the community.  One of the secrets to quickly grow social media properties  is to maintain ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/viral-coefficients/ Last week in the Disney Animal Kingdom, our safari guide taught us about the gigantic Boabab tree. One Boabab tree can hold as much as 4.5 thousand liters of water.  This tree is often called the "Upside-down Tree" because when it's leaves fall the branches look like roots and and ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/lessons-in-survival-from-the-boabab-tree/ On Tuesday, January 26th we launched Viajamos.com.br, a Brazilian travel social network.  We created this site for Azul, a Brazilian airline. The site was launched at Campus Party, a huge technology event in Sao Paulo 11 days ago.  Since that time, we have seen exciting viral growth.  Within the last hour, ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/viajamos-com-br-the-brazilian-travel-social-network/ About 14 years ago I tried to start a Brazilian adoption program.  I worked to help a U.S. couple adopt a little baby boy.  In the end, the adoption could not be completed because of Brazilian adoption policies. Sonia and Everaldo,  dear friends in Brazil, adopted the baby boy and named him ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/how-things-can-be-perfectly-right-when-they-went-all-wrong/ A few months ago I built GenealogyWise.com for one of my clients.  GenealogyWise is a social network for people interested in researching and sharing their genealogy or family history.  In just a few months, this social network already has 3,000+ member-created groups on genealogy topics, 14,000+ registered members and large amounts ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/starting-a-social-network-with-key-influencers/ "Approximately once a decade, a radical new technology emerges that fundamentally changes the business landscape.  In every case, regardless of prior competitive dynamics, businesses that understand and appropriately adopt the technology win, while those that fail to do so lose.  In the 1970s, this was mainframe computing.  IN the 1980s, ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/consulting-for-social-media-niche-social-networks-digital-monetization/ For years, one of my goals has been to help create one of the 100 most popular web properties. Since last August I have been privileged to spend much of my consulting time working for a client named FamilyLink, the world's largest family-related social network.  FamilyLink operates the We're Related ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/familylink-becomes-a-top-100-us-web-property/ I was recently meeting with Scott Lazerson, the President of Interface Foundation, an amazing organization that helps connect celebrities with great causes. In the meeting Scott shared with the the Millennium Development Goals that were established by 187 nations during the United Nations Convention of 2000.  The goals are as follows: Eradicate ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/millennium-development-goals-of-the-united-nations/ Spiritual abuse occurs when we mistreat another person in the name of God, faith or religion. David Johnson & Jeff VanVonderen, in their book “The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse”, describe spiritual abuse: “It’s possible to become so determined to defend a spiritual place of authority, a doctrine or a way ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/spiritual-abuse/ Last weekend Crystal and I went sand duning with our friends Matt and Michelle at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park  in southern Utah. The park is comprised of 3,730 acres of breathtaking pink coral-colored dunes, surrounded by red sandstone cliffs, blue skies, and deep emerald forests. Imagine pink sand ... http://gwilliam.com/nathan/momentum-in-sand-duning-business-life/