Interesting Idea. Now don’t get me wrong E, you know I love SME clubs, but why add this to your social buttons list? 

@jasonwiser @amyhallbiz

Hi – Just a thought.  I link to multiple sites from different websites of my own and it occurred to me that I did not have any links to the SME clubs or to the profile I have here. 

Just displaying social media contacts is not really enough but it does show an interest in online media that stretches beyond Mashable, and the usual top dog areas.  SME is getting pretty well known anyhowsen and the word is being spread with other SM tools: twitter, FB, G+, so why not include a link to the Clubs here?  One more step in the SM ladder, so to speak.

Eileen

Hey @supereb makes sense to me. And you are correct to point out that SME Clubs is getting a lot of traction 

@supereb @richardmclaughlin

We’re actually working on a badge

@supereb

Works fine for me

awesome!!! frontrunner idea! how can I get one of those buttons? Glad Michael approved. @supereb

@deairby @amyhallbiz – Everyone is welcome to download the image and use it – it’s a freebie – Heh.  However, please don’t hot link to it.  

Dea – download it to your computer’s hard drive then upload it to one of your online spaces and link to it from there. It is a cutie button, eh?

Eileen

@atlantarobin

Hey Robin – Feel free to use the one above.  We are working on some design ideas but it may be a few weeks.

fun idea, very cute button! @superebcan’t wait for official button, and to find out all about it! I have been trying to add members regularly on twitter under a category SME to keep connected @mike-stelzner

@supereb My company is a registered corporation in the state of Pennsyvania and holds a sales tax license which allows me to charge you sales tax. In return, I get sales tax exemption.

SME isn’t big news. I had to search to find it. Snow White farting on the silver screen is big news.

Speaking of looking with your business eye, perhaps you should take another look: http://www.myspace.com/reversedengineereddesigns

If you still don’t understand, here’s a tutorial: http://members.tripod.com/~a_murder_of_ravens/welcome2.html

I get that some of you want to badge your sites with SME because helping other businesses use the very basic scripted and a little buggy MailChimp is part of your business. Badge yourselves silly. That’s your choice. I just wouldn’t do it.

@andrea-vahl The link was intended to be a metaphor showing my street cred online, that I’ve been here longer than probably most of the people here, including the owner of SME, who I believe has only been online since about 2005. For me, that link is like traveling back in time to one of the defining moments in net history.

Don’t you have any appreciation for that? What — did you think I stop creating just because I’m in business mode?

I disagree about criticism. Remember the Where’s the beef? burger wars? Professionals criticize each other all the time. I’ve found that criticism helps one improve. I welcome it.

I agree there’s room for everybody in the Clubs and that everyone should feel free to contribute. I tend to treat people the way they treat me, so if you show me respect, I’ll at least thank you for it. I mean if you engage me with disrespect, I’ll return the favor. But if you engage me offering valid criticism I’ll thank you for it. Even if that criticism is wrapped in decade old used burger wrappers.

I also want to point out that I’m troubled by SME’s public stance regarding like scams like the one I encountered on FB but originated here. Does SME think these kind of shady business practices are okay? If so, I don’t feel safe here. I also don’t feel free to speak my mind on a business level in these forums for fear of being censored in the form of solicited criticisms returned and deemed insulting, abusive, bullying