Okay all of you awesome Catholics out there. The Church needs you, and the world needs you to get out there and start talking about your passion. We are all designed by God for a specific purpose, and there are too many non-Catholics out there that are leaving us in the dust when it comes to living out our purpose. We need Catholics out there that are not afraid to do what they were made to do. As I’ve said many times before, not all of us were made to be theologians, but all of us were given special talents from God – and now is the time to start using them and get a free DVD (and possibly a book) at the same time! Read the full story

If there wasn’t enough reasons to love Tumblr over Posterous, they finally sealed the deal with me when they released their latest addition to their iPhone app – video blogging capability!  For those of you that don’t know what Tumblr is, it’s a quick blogging platform that aims to allow you to blog your life as easily as possible.  It’s very simple to start up, and has a lot of customizable features.  Best of all, Tumblr makes it super-easy to reblog other Tumblr user’s posts through their aptly named – reblog feature.  Read the full story

If you are deep into the Catholic blogging community, then this post will be of no surprise to you.  So, over at Fallible Blogma, Matt Warner had a really cool idea about Catholic bloggers supporting Catholic speakers by writing about who they were. At first I was like, meh. I’ve heard a lot of Catholic speakers and I had a group of favorites so I wasn’t that excited about writing about a lesser known speaker (especially since one of my favorite speakers was already taken). However, I decided to do it anyway. Read the full story

I got a question from a fan named Laura – who also happens to be my cousin – about her need to express herself.  Her question goes a little something like this:

“Dean, I need my own blog…….STAT! I have things on my mind that I need to get out! Help a sista out!”

Needless to say, helping a sista out is where I excel.  Okay Laura, you want to enter the 21st century and hop on the web 2.0 bandwagon, girlfriend?  Well, here is how you are going to do it. Read the full story

I recently started another blog that will basically act as the hub for all of my blogging and entrepreneurial ventures.  The site is www.deansoto.com and it’s a place that I can let my hair down (so to speak) and be a little less formal than I am on this blog and at Pro Sulum.

Anyway, the platform that I am using for my new project is Tumblr.  Now, there has been a recent battle between Tumblr and Posterous about which platform is the better “simple” blogging tool.  Late last week I was asked by Mark Alves  of ChurchMojo about why I chose Tumblr over Posterous.  Well Mark, the answer to your question has drawn nigh (and deserved a video, no less). Read the full story

Makeuseof.com has a great article that displays some of the latest and greatest tutorials about WordPress.  If you don’t know what WordPress is, it is basically only the best blogging platform out on the Interwebs.  If you are a blogger and are not using a self-hosted WordPress blog, you are seriously missing out.  There is so much packed into this absolutely free piece of blogging software, it is crazy!  Read the full story

Okay, it’s late, but I wanted to see if I could write a blog post in under 15 minutes.  I have been pretty close in the past, but I’ve never really tried to time myself.  Anyway, if you are new to writing or blogging, there are a couple of tips that will help you write faster and with fewer interruptions.  This, of course, is key if you want to write a blog and still have a life.  So, here are my tips for writing a blog post in 15 minutes.  Read the full story

The best part about having a WordPress blog is having access to some of the top plugins found on any platform. The only problem is that because there are thousands of plugins to choose from, it’s hard to find the best ones.  Well, now your search is over, here are 26 of the best plugins that WordPress has to offer – and I use them all on my blog! Read the full story