If you’re on Twitter, consider following Ted Murphy and Confessionist. They will donate .25 for each person who follows them to Blogher’s Global Giving Online for every person who follows them in the next 48 hours, to a maximum of $1,000 for Ted and $250 for Confessionist.

That’s a potential for $1,250.00 more for that ticker on the widget.

This idea has been met with some questions about whether this is the opposite of the Andrew Baron experiment. My answer is no, because the motivation to hit that “follow” button is charity. You can follow and unfollow any time you want, but if you follow, Blogher’s ticker increases and people are helped. Hungry women and children, those in need of education or just a healthy meal once per day.

All you do is hit the follow button on Twitter. Ted Murphy and Confessionist do the giving. That’s exactly opposite of selling your community. It’s asking the community to join in a common cause for good.

The control is all yours; the cost all theirs.

So go follow, or if you are uncomfortable following, then please, consider a gift for the sake of giving. Let’s ratchet up that widget total by another zero by Mother’s Day.

Thank you, Ted Murphy and Confessionist. (I’d link you but I can’t find one).

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