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  Blog Design, Optimization & Usability - TopRank Marketing

  Thomas McMahon

  7 Jan 2010 | 7:52 am

  The idea of trackbacks and pingbacks are great. It’s a way of getting notified when someone else posts about you on their blog. However, spammers have taken over and it makes you wonder if there is any value in trackbacks anymore. My guess is that most bloggers will say that the value is little to none. The number of spammy trackbacks are overwhelming at times and, even if you do have a good spam plugin protecting you, the ones that get through are not quality. The chances that a good trackback comes into your site is rare, but when it does, it is great to see. The idea of trackbacks is…

• 7 Tips to Sell More Advertising on your Blog

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  Chad

  10 Feb 2010 | 8:53 am

  Getting banners designed is often one of the biggest hassles and one of the reason that some folks don’t buy internet advertising. If you already do advertise online, then you need to have a professionally designed ad, and you should be changing up your banner ads often and rotating new creatives. Here are 5 companies that will have your banners designed super fast all for around $25. No excuses now. 1) 20DollarBanners.com – I’ver personally used these guys about 10 times and they have been around for years. Interface is easy to use, quality of the banners is just average,…

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  The Blog Herald

  Andrew G.R.

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:25 pm

• The First Week of Your Blog: Set Up Key Pages

  ProBlogger Blog Tips

  Darren Rowse

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:05 am

  A Guest Post by Johnny B. Truant from The Charlie and Johnny Jam Sessions. I got an email the other day from a man who was at his wit’s end. The email explained that in this man’s business, he was doing many of the same basic things that I was doing, but with much less success. He had been building websites for years. He had refined his craft. He felt that the sites he built were better, more complete, and had more features and better support than mine. He had more experience than I had. He even said that he was probably smarter than I was. Yet I was doing really well and he was…

• 15 Internet Tools Every Blogger Should Use

  Ben-Lang.com

  Did you ever wonder how much your website or blog is worth. A few months ago a friend of mine invested $100 into my website. He has his own company that's worth several million dollars, so this was more as a joke.

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• Navigating the Middle of Your Post – Without Getting Lost

  Darren Rowse

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:19 am

  A Guest Post from Ali Hale from The Blogger’s Guide to Effective Writing” – normally priced at $29, ProBlogger readers can get a $5 discount by entering the code “ProBlogger” Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Navigating the Middle of Your Post – Without Getting Lost Share This

• Why Your Business Needs Friends

  Darren Rowse

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:27 am

  A Guest Post by Johnny B. Truant from The Charlie and Johnny Jam Sessions. I got an email the other day from a man who was at his wit’s end. The email explained that in this man’s business, he was doing many of the same basic things that I was doing, but with much less success. He had been building websites for years. He had refined his craft. He felt that the sites he built were better, more complete, and had more features and better support than mine. He had more experience than I had. He even said that he was probably smarter than I was. Yet I was doing really well and he was…

• The First Week of Your Blog: Set Up Key Pages

  Darren Rowse

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:05 am

  One of the series of posts that we’re building here at ProBlogger is all about what to do in the first week of your new blog. We’re assuming you’ve already got your domain, chosen your blog platform and have installed a template/theme/design – but what comes next? So far we’ve covered: Writing Your First Compelling Content Planning Future Content Today we’re going to look at some of the key pages on your blog that can be worth setting up. Why ‘Pages’ are Important When a new person arrives on your blog there are a variety of types of pages that…

• How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips]

  Darren Rowse

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:56 am

  Earlier in the week we looked at the importance of ‘niches’ when it comes to building profitable blogs. Today I want to extend the topic and gives the process that I tend to use when working out if I want to start a new blog in a particular niche. I hope you find it helpful. Many factors will come into play when it comes to choosing a niche to blog about – but the following are those that I tend to pay most attention to: 1. Your Interest in the Topic I started out blogging on topics that interested me – but as I began to see the potential to make money from my blogs…

• Let’s Meet at SXSWi!

  Darren Rowse

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:56 am

  As this post goes live I’ll be in the process of arriving at SXSW Interactive in Austin Texas. I was fortunate enough to at SXSWi two years back and it was one of the best conference experiences that I’ve had – so I’ve made it a priority this year to return. My schedule is pretty open. The main thing that I’ll be doing is a book reading this Friday night. I’ll be talking about some of what Chris and I have included in the 2nd edition of the ProBlogger book (due out next month). The book reading is on at 5pm, Friday 12 March on the Day Stage I hope…

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• This Week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  New listings placed this week in the ShoeMoney Marketplace: My 4,000,000 Dollar Strategy Are YOU Generating Passive Income LogoNerds.com – Crazy Logo Designs Under 50 THE ULTIMATE SEO PACKAGE- WIKI POWER LINKING – Wholesale prices – 25 WIKI pages – 625 links – INSANE SERPS INCREASE Affiliate Manager Wanted LogoMyWay.com – Start A Logo Contest FREE Twitter Traffic Guide ShopperGuard Launches – Increase Conversions Search Engine With Affiliate Program On PPC Desposits FREE Affiliate Marketing Guide Make Easy Money With Logos Looking For Paid Backlinks 1…

• How to Track What People Do With Your Email

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:20 am

  Recently on my blog a commentator asked me if I sell their email. They also said since they started putting in their email into forms to get free stuff around the internet they started getting a TON of spam. This is a great question and I am really glad it was brought up. First of all… No I do not sell or share your information with anyone and never will. But lets be honest… how would you possibly know if I did? (I will answer that in a bit) Second of all DUH. People are giving you free stuff and collecting your email BECAUSE they are going to email you and try to sell you…

• Limited Time Free List Doubling Software

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:19 pm

  Frank Kern is in the final days of his List Control launch and is saving the best for last. Until Monday you can download his free list building software he had developed that runs on about any webhost. Its in PHP and he completely runs you through how to do it. I have seen many similar scripts with 1/4 of the functionality sell for $500 a pop so grab yours right now. Also would love to hear from those getting all franks stuff during the pre-launch. Whats your thoughts on all the free stuff he has been giving away? I am pretty blown away to be honest. This Post Is From ShoeMoney’s…

• Mini Canvas

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:45 am

  Mini Canvas is a cool site they take any picture, from a cell phone, digital camera, screen shot, anything and print it on a 4″x3″ canvas that comes with a easel to display it. These are great for the office or home and great as gifts. There website is minicavas.co.uk but don’t let the UK address worry you they have free shipping. They didn’t send me a shirt but three canvases instead to thanks guys. If you would like to see your website or company featured on Free Shirt Friday click here Get a sneak peak at the all new ShoeMoney System This Post Is From…

• Lets Get It Cracking

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:51 am

  Last week I announced the $1,000 ShoeMoney System Theme song contest. My inbox has been flooded with questions from possible entries so I thought I would answer a few here. Does it have to be of any specific length? Any and all lengths are welcome. Here is what I am thinking about making. What do you think? Think I will win? So here is the deal. I want a theme song to help promote the ShoeMoney System. Since I made it, I am already sold and also I am not the audience I want to reach. Your friends are probably a better judge then I am. If you are happy with your theme song then go for it! Do I…

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• The Surprising Old-School Secret to Blogging Success

  Sonia Simone

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:26 am

  About 80% of your blog’s success comes from “ass in chair” time. That’s the time you spend writing posts, editing posts, finding the perfect image, connecting with fellow bloggers, answering comments, shaping up your SEO, and all the other tasks we teach you about here on Copyblogger. You’ve got to get that stuff right. But great blogs are not built by “ass in chair” time alone. There’s actually a significant element to your success that you may be neglecting with all that work and focus. Every once in awhile, you might consider getting out of the chair and physically setting…

• How to Win in Las Vegas, And in Online Business

  Johnny B. Truant

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:25 am

  I’ve written a few contrarian things lately. Specifically, I ranted a bit about why I think the most common “make money online” technique doesn’t work for most people, and about how, really, the most important ingredients of success are persistence and grit. Then, on my own blog, I ranted about why “systems” for achieving specific results don’t work. I got a lot of comments, emails, and tweets agreeing — too many people are looking for a quick fix, and we need to remember the basics: hard work, and good old-fashioned stick-to-it-iveness. But…

• Blogging Lessons from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Julie Roads

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  A 40 year-old unsolved murder mystery. Strange cryptic codes in a bible. Sweden, sandwiches, and many, many cigarettes. The badass-est female protagonist since . . . forever. And an author who has, posthumously, caused quite a ruckus in the book world and in the minds of conspiracy theorists everywhere. Yes, I’m talking about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. If you haven’t heard of it, the rest of us are inviting you to come out from under your rock. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the…

• The Power of Confident Writing

  Brian Clark

  9 Mar 2010 | 6:29 am

  There’s a wonderful European-style market and bakery in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. They serve everything from made-to-order salads and sandwiches to chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals. But what I love most about the place is the sign on the door when you leave. It’s classic. The sign doesn’t read “Please Come Again” or “Thank You for Your Business” or some other typical exit sign platitude. It says . . . “See you tomorrow.” That kind of confidence is compelling and downright sexy. Sure, a fantastic product, service, or experience is the starting point from which confidence…

• What Do You Do When You Run Out of Knowledge?

  James Chartrand

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:12 am

  Bloggers have a distinct disadvantage. When someone hires an expert in — oh, let’s say marketing — that expert can dispense the same information she did for the last client. And the client before that one. And the one before that. Not bloggers. Blogging is about breaking down everything you know into bite-sized chunks so that people can learn it all over a period of time. If they look back through the archives, they can often see the entire breadth of your knowledge. Then one day, your well runs dry. This is a scary moment for any blogger. It’s not like running out of…

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  John Chow

• Affiliate Marketing: Choosing The Best Model For You

  John Chow

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:06 pm

  Choosing the affiliate marketing model that works for your site or blog can be tough. If you’re a publisher, you will need to weight pros and cons of CPM vs CPC vs CPA models to find which one will work for you and provide the best return for your site ad space. If you’re an advertiser, you’ll need to figure out which model will work for the type of product you’re trying to promote. Each affiliate marketing business model offers different benefits and drawbacks. To help you decide which model will work best for you, Ace Affiliate has created the following handy…

• Dot Com Pho – Entrepreneur Heroes Edition

  John Chow

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:33 pm

  Dot Com Pho returns to Happy Pho for another excitement filled episode. This time we had seven people showed up to dine on a variety of Pho dishes (mostly consumed by Chef Aaron Koo AKA the new Stephen Fung). To makes thing even more happy, Michael Yurechko discovered that Happy Pho had wireless Internet access (not in the restaurant but nearby). This episode of Dot Com Pho celebrates the heroes of entrepreneurship. Evan Carmichael came up a great idea for trading cards featuring famous entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs were selected by 33 famous bloggers (of which I am one). The bloggers were…

• How’d You Like to Bid on Some Money?

  Michael Kwan

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:11 pm

  The online auction is nothing new. If you’re looking to score a deal on a new Nintendo Wii or maybe a used digital camera, heading to a place like eBay isn’t such a bad idea. One of the newer developments in recent years is the penny auction, giving you the opportunity to buy an iPod for pennies on the dollar. Quite literally. Taking a slightly different approach to this concept is Bid on Cash, the website that serves as the subject of today’s review. As its name implies, you actually bid on cash prizes. Getting into the Game Getting started with Bid on Cash is a very quick…

• Are You Pre-ordering Your iPad Today?

  John Chow

  12 Mar 2010 | 11:19 am

  The wonder tablet from Apple went up for pre-order this morning. Did you get your order in or are you going to wait until it ships on April 3? I am getting four iPads but I had to get them from the US Apple site because that’s the only place that is taking orders. I have a fairly good idea on what Apple’s plans are for the new iPad and it’s not what you might think. I see the iPad as Apple’s entry into the online book market, which is worth $4.5 billion a year. By comparison, online music does $2.3 billion a year, most of which is controlled by Apple iTunes. If Apple…

• PPV Webinar Available for Download – $27,287.50 In 8 DAYS!

  John Chow

  11 Mar 2010 | 1:17 pm

  If you missed last night’s PPV Webinar with Jonathan Volk, David Ford and Corey Bornmann, then you missed out big time. It was one of the best webinar I’ve ever attended. David and Corey held nothing back and even showed how they have earned $27,287.50 in affiliate commissions in only 8 days using PPV traffic. That is serious money! It was one of the very few webinars I’ve attended where I actually took notes. For those who were not able to make the webinar, Jonathan has made the entire PPV session available for download. Trust me, you will want to download this! The…

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• Director Tapped For 'The Orphanage' Remake

  Screen Rant It’s being reported that a director has been found for New Line’s English-language remake of The Orphanage, in the form of Larry Fessenden. Guillermo del Toro (who produced the original Spanish version) is producing and has co-written the...

• Too Old to Have a Baby?

  Burning The Scale Advances in science have made it much easier to get pregnant now in your 50s, and in some cases, 60s. The case of Maria del Carmen Bousada of Spain, who had twin boys at age 66 and then died...

• myFICO 25% Off Coupon

  My Money Blog Here’s a newly released coupon for 25% off real FICO scores at myFico.com. Use the promotional code FICOHELP25 to get 25% off, the best discount currently available: You enter the promo code...

• Oldest Living Man in Montana

  A Dozen Steps Walter Breuning is being touted as the new “oldest living man” at age 112. He lives in a nursing home in Montana and says he’s grateful for his good health. The previous man to hold the title,...

• 'Banned' Sprite ad unleashes a load of buzz

  Adfreak It’s a fact of the advertising industry that roughly 99% of those “banned” ads you see on the Web were never banned at all — or even intended to be aired. It seems that has to be the case...

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  Blog Design, Optimization & Usability - TopRank Marketing

• Learning to blog is like learning to drive; just take it slow and steady.

  Thomas McMahon

  24 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am

  Getting started with a blog can be exciting and nerve racking for some; just like learning to drive. You really want to get started, you really want to do it, but once you are behind the wheel, you start worry about everything. You want to do everything right, but there are so many unknowns. What if… How do I… Umm… Like driving, you need to start somewhere and take it slow. Sure, you want to take on the world and just go, but there is no way to know everything right away; even if you did read all the books and how-to’s. Instead, take it one step at a time and focus on…

• How To Syndicate Your Blog to Social Networks

  Thomas McMahon

  15 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  A blog should be considered the central hub of your social networking universe. Everything you do should drive traffic back to your blog, or website, as a way of combining all your efforts to give your brand maximum exposure. Once thing you can do to help populate your social networks would be to update your status with your blog posts when new content is published. By no means is auto-populating a service like Twitter going to get good results on its own, but as one piece of a social networking strategy, it can help a network grow. Here are just a few of the many ways you can automatically…

• Blogger.com Shutting Down FTP

  Thomas McMahon

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  One of the biggest features that Blogger.com had over other free blogging sites is the ability to publish files to a website via FTP. This allowed site owners to have a blog in a directory on their site without having to install and maintain software on their web server. Unfortunately, on March 26th, Blogger.com is shutting down their FTP functionality. Blogger claims that only .5% of their users use this feature and that it’s a big strain on their engineering staff to keep it working like it should. So they are shutting it down. So now what? Are you a part of that .5%? Believe it or…

• Are Trackbacks & Pingbacks Dead?

  Thomas McMahon

  20 Jan 2010 | 2:15 pm

  The idea of trackbacks and pingbacks are great. It’s a way of getting notified when someone else posts about you on their blog. However, spammers have taken over and it makes you wonder if there is any value in trackbacks anymore. My guess is that most bloggers will say that the value is little to none. The number of spammy trackbacks are overwhelming at times and, even if you do have a good spam plugin protecting you, the ones that get through are not quality. The chances that a good trackback comes into your site is rare, but when it does, it is great to see. The idea of trackbacks is…

• The Only Must Have Item For A Successful Blog

  Thomas McMahon

  7 Jan 2010 | 7:52 am

  Believe it or not, there is only one item you need to have a successful blog; and that’s ambition. Ambition – Photo from hlkljgk It doesn’t matter if you use WordPress, Blogger or TypePad. It doesn’t matter if you are an industry thought leader or a virtual unknown. As long as you have the ambition to post often, the ability to stick with it, and can be patient, you’ll be successful in time. Yes, there are other things that can help make your blog successful but if you don’t put forth the effort to create good content in the first place, all the tools and…

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• FREE e-PRO® and NAR Web 2.0 and Social Media Webinar

  25 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  e-PRO®, the National Assn. of Realtor Internet Certification program, now features a new course: "NAR Web 2.0 and Social Media." Thursday, March 4, 2010 4 pm EST 3 pm CST 2 pm MST 1 pm PST Attend an online e-PRO® Workshop with Certified e-PRO® Trainer Frances Flynn Thorsen and learn about course offerings: * Web 2.0 Concepts, Principles, and Core Characteristics * Technology Building Blocks * Social Media Applications and Uses * Integrating Web 2.0 Concepts into your Real Estate Business Register here Earn a $25 discount on e-PRO® registration…

• HUD Homes - Create Explosive Spotlight Ads on Facebook and Trulia

  6 Jul 2009 | 9:35 pm

  HUD Homes for Sale - Create Explosive Spotlight Ads on Facebook and Trulia View more documents from Frances Flynn thorsen.

• Twitter Soup for the Soul

  2 Jul 2009 | 11:00 am

  Twitter Soup for the Soul View more documents from Frances Flynn thorsen. (Frances Flynn Thorsen is hosting the Route 66 Real Estate Social Media Retreat in Williams, AZ, later this month. She is also launching the Social Media Skills Builder.)

• Social Media Business Planning

  2 Jul 2009 | 9:26 am

  Real estate agents can build a social media presence with a business plan that blocks an hour a day for consumer connection and engagement. Here's an easy plan to follow after you set up a profile page at Facebook and Trulia. Real Estate Social Media Business Planning and Time Blocking View more documents from Frances Flynn thorsen. Here is my Trulia page: http://www.trulia.com/profile/foreclosure/ My Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/Frances.Flynn.Thorsen My Facebook Fan Pages: http://www.facebook.com/Socialebb http://www.facebook.com/HUDHomesForSale…

• Real Estate Social Media FSBO and EXPIRED Training

  2 Jun 2009 | 11:22 am

  Leverage new social media tools to capture saleable listings and build relationships with new age consumers! Learn about dollar-productive ways to use social media in your real estate practice from one of the nation's leading journalists and social media mavens, Frances Flynn Thorsen. "What you hear, you forget; what you see, you remember; what you do, you understand." - T. Harv Eker, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Capture the FSBO and EXPIRED market with new social media tools in a first-time ever online listing extravaganza! Real Estate Social Media Summer Blowout! SOCIAL MEDIA SKILL…

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  Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog

• Ask The Blog Squad! I'll Be Answering Your Questions on Friday

  Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:59 pm

  Have a burning question about business blogging? I'll be answering questions LIVE on the Social Media Examiner Facebook page on Friday, March 12. I'll be checking in several times during the day and answering your questions about business blogging, social marketing and boosting your visibility on the Web. This is a brand new feature of Social Media Examiner, for which I'm a guest author, and I'm the first featured "Ask the Expert." I hope you'll drop by on Friday and post your questions on the Wall. Blog on!Check out Related Articles on Business Blogging

• How to Use Editorial Calendars for Your Blog

  Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad

  7 Mar 2010 | 8:21 am

  One of the challenges for business bloggers that I constantly hear about is the never-ending need for fresh, relevant and timely content ideas to keep one's audience engaged. I've covered this in depth over the years, however I was discussing this with Shannon Cherry, known as the Power Publicist and founder of Penny Pinching Publicity, and she told me about how she consistently out-scoops the media with her content. As a result she gets tons of traffic to her blog, positions herself as the go-to expert in her industry, and she gets free exposure for her business and those of her clients.I…

• TypePad Tip - Making Reblog Better

  Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad

  6 Mar 2010 | 3:34 pm

  Last November we released a new feature called Reblog, which makes it easy for your readers to share your content others in their network.  When someone reblogs your content part, or all, of your post appears on the reblogger’s blog with attribution link back to your original post so you get the credit you deserve. via beta.typepad.com If your blog is hosted on TypePad, and millions are, you may be interested in this relatively new feature on your blog. Activating the Reblog feature gives your readers a new way to share your content with their own community of readers. And that's what it's…

• Beauty Supply Stores Need Blogs Too

  Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad

  3 Mar 2010 | 9:05 pm

  Today I was interviewed for an article in a trade magazine for beauty supply store owners. Last year the same writer interviewed me for a similar story that was published in Pool and Spa News for owners of pool supply stores.[Just reread the article and there's good info, if I do say so myself!] Apparently, most beauty supply stores are what the writer refers to as "mom and pop" retailers. One or two stores, usually in malls and located near a nail salon (that's my observation). At least here in Los Angeles, it seems like you'll almost always find a beauty supply store near a salon. While we…

• Two Blogger Resources for TypePad and Wordpress

  Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad

  26 Feb 2010 | 1:09 pm

  If you're a new blogger or a do-it-yourselfer, I have a couple of recommendations for you. Part of my job, as I see it, is to stay on top of blogging resources and tools to make things easier for you. As you probably know, this blog is built on the TypePad platform and I've been using TypePad since 2004. At the time I started blogging I didn't know what options I had and TypePad was recommended to me. I love the platform. Its evolution has been tremendous and in late 2009 the entire system was upgraded. In 2005, Patsi Krakoff and I wrote Build a Better Blog (no longer available), a manual to…

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  Blog World Expo

• Why is “Linkbait” Such a Dirty Word?

  As bloggers, we’re supposed to be building traffic with good, useful content. Though it’s something we all strive for, we’re not supposed to publicly state how much we want to build traffic and back links. We don’t want anyone to know we want our posts to go viral. We would be scandalized if folks knew [...]

• The New Media Way Is Better Than The Old Media Way

  The New York Times ran a story yesterday on a new group known as The Coffee Party. What follows is a classic contrast in how old media handles a news story vs. how new media handles a news story. Leave your politics aside for the moment and look at this excerpt from Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion: Update: Interesting, [...]

• BlogWorld isn’t SXSW (and Vice Versa)

  In the last few days I’ve been seeing a lot of “BlogWorld or SXSW?” type Tweets. Most of them are from folks who can only afford to attend one conference this year and aren’t sure where their money is best spent. While both BlogWorld and South by Southwest are “must attends” for much of the [...]

• How Darren Rowse Liberated My Facebook Account

  I was reluctant to embrace Facebook and fought it for several years. I had Twitter and that was enough of a time suck for me. The problem with Twitter was that my family and personal friends weren’t really a part of it. So I joined Facebook to be keep in touch. That was all she wrote. Thanks [...]

• Why Do Small Businesses Need To Be Blogging?

  This is a guest post by Tara Anderson Marketing Manager at Lijit: With the landscape of today’s media changing at a rapid pace, if your company doesn’t have a blog, it’s sure to be left behind. I know, I know, everyone tells you that. But perhaps by answering a few of the commonly asked questions I [...]

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  Daily Blog Tips

• How To Increase Your Blog Traffic With Article Marketing

  Guest Author

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm

  This is a guest post by Henri Junttila. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Do you want thousands of new subscribers and lots of traffic sent to your blog virtually overnight? I’m sorry to say this, but it’s not going to happen. I do have something else for you though. It will require hard work, but if you plan it right, you’ll reap the rewards. The title may have given it away, but in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I am talking about article marketing. I’ve practically built my online income with article marketing, which has allowed me to…

• Got Blogging Related Questions? Ask Away!

  Daniel Scocco

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:33 am

  This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. If you want to ask a question, just write a comment below. It is Friday, and as usual I was going to write the weekly Q&A column. I went to check my backlog of questions today, however, and I found that I had cleared it, so it is time for more questions. If you have one, just write it as a comment below. The title says “blogging related” questions, but you reality you can ask about anything related to blogging, Internet marketing, SEO, web publishing, and so on. You can even ask personal questions if you want, provided it is…

• Business Idea: Copyright Protection For Web Publishers

  Daniel Scocco

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:14 am

  I am quite passionate about the Internet, and as such I am always coming up with new ideas for websites and online businesses. At the same time I know that focus is vital if you want to achieve success, and I already have a couple of projects going on, so most of the time I just let those ideas site on the back burner. Thinking about it, though, I figured that it could be interesting to post the ideas on the blog. If nothing else we’ll discuss about business models and making money on the Internet. There is also the chance that someone will like the idea and implement it, or adapt it…

• Blogging Dynamite: The Power of Connections

  Guest Author

  9 Mar 2010 | 8:54 pm

  This is a guest post by Nicholas Z. Cardot. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Far too often I find that people are getting caught up with the technical aspects of blogging like which plugins are the best, which designs are the most appealing, which methods of SEO yield the greatest results while at the same forgetting about the most important aspect of all, connecting with real people. It’s certainly a good idea to work on creating an appealing looking site that can also effectively draw in traffic from search Engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. Yet…

• Ever Considered Launching a Membership Site?

  Daniel Scocco

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am

  Let’s clear one thing right away: yes I am an affiliate for the coaching program I mentioning below, which means I’ll earn a commission if you end up purchasing it. But your trust is much more important to me than any commission I might earn, so rest assured I am only talking about this coaching program because a) I have actually used it b) I have achieved good results after applying what I learned there and c) I believe you and other people could do the same. Now back to the central question: have you ever considered launching a membership site? If you have, I would recommend you…

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  Online Marketing Blog

• 12 Tips on Live Blogging & Content Marketing at SXSWi

  Lee Odden

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:10 pm

  So here I sit in the DFW airport hanging out with David Berkowitz and Joe Morin waiting for my connection to Austin. What better way to spend that 45 min than to write a helpful blog post? A big part of my “mission” for SXSXi is to create content after all. I have several other goals like networking (reconnecting and especially new contacts), competitive research, recruiting and potential client prospecting. But content marketing is our bread and butter. It can be an effective tactic for you too, especially if you can learn to be highly efficient at liveblogging conferences. Here…

• 5 Social Media Tips for Ecommerce Marketing

  Michelle Bowles

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:30 am

  If you run an ecommerce business, chances are your customers – regardless of their age, gender or economic status – are active on social networks and social media sharing sites. Just consider the statistics from social media monitoring site Pingdom: Males and females almost equally use social sites (47% vs. 53%) 61% of Facebook users are middle aged or older, with the average age being 37 18- to 24-year-olds don’t dominate any particular social networking site; they’re spread out all over The bottom line: If you aren’t discovering which in social networking channels your…

• BIGLIST Social SEO Blogs Update 031110

  Lee Odden

  11 Mar 2010 | 1:02 pm

  Welcome to the post-Winter/pre-Spring version of the BIGLIST review of SEO blogs.  Snow is starting to melt and you can actually walk around outside (in Minnesota) without your eyelashes freezing together. We have a nice group for you to review so fire up your RSS reader and subscribe. LyndiT blog gets our attention for great design and user experience in this BIGLIST update. Lyndi Thompson is a Social Media and Online Marketing Specialist and like me, is addicted to peanut M&Ms.  Besides writing about a mix of social media, SEO, web design and online marketing topics, you might be…

• 11 Free Tools for Social Media Optimization

  Lee Odden

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:28 am

  Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. Heck, we’ve been blogging about SMO since 2006! Keyword optimized social content and channels of promotion provide abundant signals to search engines for improved visibility on standard, social and real-time search. The changing nature of social media marketing and optimization create the need for tools whether for research, marketing and promotion or analytics. Here are 11 social media and SEO tools you might find useful: howsociable.com – Social visibility score…

• Ford’s Focus on Social Media: Scott Monty Interview

  Lee Odden

  9 Mar 2010 | 8:04 am

  When you think of successful consumer brands in the social media space, names like Dell, Zappos and Pepsi come to mind. Another is Ford. Last year the Ford Fiesta movement generated a tremendous amount of awareness (and pre-orders) for a vehicle that wasn’t available to the public yet. (Great summary on Jeff Bullas’s blog) At the same time, it inspired a community to engage, create content and continue discussions about the Fiesta with over 7 million video views. While in Dearborn, I visited The Henry Ford Museum, The Rouge Truck Factory and had an invitation to visit…

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  The Friday Traffic Report

• 10 Billion Tweets Later…

  Jack Humphrey

  5 Mar 2010 | 12:27 pm

  According to the Guardian, Twitter just passed 10 billion tweets.  We’re not sure what to make of that except it has us wondering how many of those 10 billion tweets are about breakfast. Also on today’s show: Google Buzz, a wonderful tool to find relevant people to network with on Twitter, and Google declares desktop computers will [...]10 Billion Tweets Later… is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• London, Expanding Your Web Horizons, and Web Tools Talk

  Jack Humphrey

  26 Feb 2010 | 11:59 am

  This week’s show is focused on expanding your knowledge through “aimless” surfing and by exploring places like Google and your social networks outside your daily norm. The value of what you can learn by surfing the web for fun, not just work, and digging into your extended social network is that you can greatly [...]London, Expanding Your Web Horizons, and Web Tools Talk is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• How’s Your Social Marketing Plan Working?

  Jack Humphrey

  19 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm

  Today I had Anissa Wardell on to talk about bringing some sanity into social marketing.  If you’re stressed about what you should be focusing on in your social marketing campaign and, more importantly, what you should leave out of it, you should like this week’s show. Links from the show… Check out Amplify.com – very good use [...]How’s Your Social Marketing Plan Working? is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• Buzzing About Google Buzz

  Jack Humphrey

  12 Feb 2010 | 12:58 pm

  Image via CrunchBase Today on Friday Traffic Report Radio The only thing people are talking about his week is Google Buzz.  If you haven’t heard yet, try it out.  If you aren’t a Gmail user yet, you have a lot of catching up to do.  Don’t wait another day, get hooked into the Googleplex immediately. Google Buzz had [...]Buzzing About Google Buzz is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• Exploring the Deep Web

  Jack Humphrey

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm

  We had a Deep Web specialist on the show today.  Bill Wardell talked about the “Deep Web” and how it offers a virtually untapped bounty of information and services most people don’t know exist. What is the Deep Web? It’s basically the 90% of the web the the big 2 search engines haven’t spidered or accessed. Google only [...]Exploring the Deep Web is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

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  Winning the Web

• 5 Strategies to Maintain and Improve Your #1 Rankings in Google – After You’ve Reached the Top

  Gyutae Park

  10 Mar 2010 | 11:18 pm

  Most SEO articles and blog posts I come across talk about how to achieve top rankings in Google for targeted keywords and what it takes to get there. While ranking is of course the crucial first step, what’s missing from the sea of information out there is the answer to the question, “what next?” What do you do when you finally reach your goal of #1 rankings? Do you simply enjoy the ride and pray Google keeps you at the top spot? Or is there a way you can be more proactive with your approach so you can maintain and even add to your success? In this article, I want to answer all of those…

• LogoBee Review – A Good Place to Get a Snazzy New Logo?

  Gyutae Park

  5 Mar 2010 | 2:48 pm

  Other than your domain name, your logo is probably the first thing visitors will notice about your website. Think of it as the first impression – which believe it or not has a big impact on whether users stay on or click the back button. Would you go to a job interview wearing a t-shirt and jeans? Or go on a date without showering for 5 days? How about putting a plain gray cover on a new book you’ve written? Yeah, I didn’t think so. In the same way, your logo isn’t something you can skimp on. It’s probably a lot more important than you think, regardless of…

• 6 Ways to Optimize Your SEO for Misspellings – And Why It Pays to be a Bad Speller

  Gyutae Park

  3 Mar 2010 | 2:12 pm

  I don’t know about you, but I take spelling pretty seriously in my web projects, especially for content sites and blogs like this one. I’m careful to ensure that words are spelled correctly and that typos are minimized. With spell check included in most word processing tools, I don’t think there’s really any excuse for silly spelling errors online. Or is there? Despite my urge for spelling perfection, it turns out that a significant percentage of web users are sloppy with their language – particularly when using search engines like Google.  There are around 10…

• Romow Directory Review – Is It Worth Submitting to?

  Gyutae Park

  11 Feb 2010 | 6:20 pm

  Back in the early 2000s, link building was relatively easy. All you really needed to do was submit your sites to a large quantity of online directories using your targeted keywords – and you were almost guaranteed improvements in organic search rankings. A lot has changed since then, and needless to say, SEO is a lot more difficult and complex. As for directory links, Google and the other search engines have pretty much discounted their SEO value and there are now only a handful of directories worth submitting to. So how do you know whether or not a directory is worth submitting to?

• Top 5 Crucial Internet Marketing Tips for 2010 – Are You Prepared?

  Gyutae Park

  18 Jan 2010 | 9:57 pm

  Can you believe that it’s already 2010? I’ve been involved with Internet marketing and SEO for over 7 years now and each year has always been more exciting than the previous one. 2010 is looking to be no different. There are so many opportunities online to make money and make a difference. If you ever wanted to get started in this space, now’s the time. I know that I’m a few weeks late, but I want to use this post to reflect on the past year in terms of what I learned about online business building and marketing. I’ll outline my top 5 learnings from 2009 and…

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  The Edublogger

• How Do You Feel When Someone Copies and Pastes Your Post?

  Sue Waters

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:31 pm

  This is probably one of those posts where not everyone is going to agree with what I say or why I say it But it’s one of the most common traps for new people — so we do need to discuss our views! Here’s what I say: It’s really great to love someone else work! But you can’t copy and paste large sections or complete articles from other bloggers posts directly into posts on your blog or website. You don’t do it for a few reasons. Firstly if a blogger doesn’t include a Creative Commons license it means every thing that is written on their blog or website…

• Don’t Forget To Laugh!

  Sue Waters

  24 Feb 2010 | 10:13 pm

  My posts lately have been very serious — off course, nothing wrong with that But thought everyone might enjoy a bit of a chuckle? And a chance to see my funnier side. Hopefully it helps those feeling frustrated with technology to see we all face the same challenges.  But together we can get through it and help each other! Enjoy watching my First Time using an iSight on a Mac Video: First time using iSight on a Mac Mobile Technology in TAFE PS No Mac was harmed in the making of this film!  But my PC felt neglected. If you are enjoying reading this blog, please consider Subscribing For…

• Guest Post by Kathleen McGeady: Teaching Commenting Skills

  Sue Waters

  22 Feb 2010 | 10:44 pm

  It’s my great pleasure to introduce our guest blogger, Kathleen McGeady, who provides important advice on teaching commenting skills (regardless of the age of your students). About our Guest Blogger Kathleen McGeady is in the seventh year of her career and in that short time her approach to teaching has changed greatly. The opportunity to take Teacher Professional Leave in 2008 provided Kathleen with the time to explore the role that ICT and Web2.0 tools can play in the classroom. Kathleen loves to find new and creative ways to use blogs, the IWB, Web2.0 tools, iPod Touches and global…

• Week 7 – Add Your Student Blogs To A Folder In Google Reader

  Sue Waters

  19 Feb 2010 | 11:47 pm

  Did I say six weeks? There’s another couple of tasks that’ll really help you so let’s make that ‘Each week for six eight weeks we’re giving you a new task, with how-to info, to help you with your class blogging’. This week’s task is to add your student blogs to a folder in Google Reader to make it easier to read their posts. Why Make it Easier to Read Posts? It’s important that you and your students are able to quickly read the latest posts from all student blogs because: You need to encourage your students to be reading and learning off each…

• Student Blogging Challenge – Time for students to register their personal blogs

  Sue Waters

  16 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pm

  We’ve opened registration for students to register their personal blogs to participate in the challenge which starts in March. It’s all about having fun, improving your blogging while connecting with a global audience! About the Student Blogging Challenge We’re now into our 3rd Year and 4th Challenge. We provide weekly tasks for 10 weeks to help you connect with student bloggers in other countries and improve your blogging. It’s a really great way to learn more about each others cultures! You can read more about it here: About the student challenge Student Blogging…

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  BlogWell

• State of the Internet

  Lid

  26 Feb 2010 | 1:35 pm

  Video by Jesse Thomas / @jess3

• Google Facts and Figures

  Lid

  25 Feb 2010 | 2:24 pm

  Google Facts and Figures from Royal Pingdom

• Google Garbage?

  Lid

  24 Feb 2010 | 7:13 pm

• Commas, they save lives

  Lid

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:47 am

  via Dweebist

• How to report the news

  Lid

  2 Feb 2010 | 1:29 pm

  According to British journalist and comic writer Charlie Brooker

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  The Blog Herald

• Blogger Rolls Out New Template Designer

  Andrew G.R.

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:25 pm

  I’ve never understood Blogger. In my humble opinion, it is a cumbersome blogging platform that has always dragged way behind the competition. Even under the Google umbrella, the novice CMS has failed to impress. But perhaps there is hope… Starting today, Blogger is rolling out the Blogger Template Designer, a tool that will give users much greater control over how their blog looks and operates. New professional designs, full color control, stock photo backgrounds and HTML/CSS implementation open up the door to the best looking Blogger blogs to date. The feature can currently be…

• A Blog Mentor Is Hard to Find

  Andrew G.R.

  8 Mar 2010 | 5:34 pm

  A crusty old journalism professor I once had used to preach the following: “To get where you want to go, you should talk to someone who has been there.” Ideally, that’s where a mentor comes in. A wise and trusted counselor who influences our work and supports us along the way. You know, the older guy who has earned our respect by example. Now all he has left to accomplish is helping shape today’s youth. I’ve yet to find my blogging Mr. Miyagi (See Karate Kid), and I have a few ideas why: 1) A numbers game. Perhaps there simply aren’t enough success stories.

• Blogging Lesson From the Second Grade

  Andrew G.R.

  2 Mar 2010 | 12:54 pm

  When I think back to grade school, I still break out into a sweat remembering the horror of being called on unexpectedly by a teacher and asked to read a passage aloud. You always had the feeling that you were one stammer or mispronunciation away from being ostracized. My wife, who is a teacher but still takes advanced education classes, recently asked me to help her with an assignment. My job? Read the paper she wrote aloud. And you know what? The tactic that she employs with her second grade class could be beneficial to bloggers. You might look like a fool, but here are a few reasons to…

• Promote Your Blog Via License Plate

  Andrew G.R.

  1 Mar 2010 | 8:49 am

  As you learned from my Myers-Briggs self-assessment, I’m the kind of guy that rather blend in than stand out in a crowd. That means I can produce killer content, but don’t get a gold medal when it comes to self-promotion. As I was sitting in traffic this morning thinking up ways to promote my blog offline, it occurred to me that a great opportunity could be staring me right in the face…literally. What about a vanity license plate? PROS Promotion: For a $50 fee and $31.25 annually, my blog’s name will be visible to everyone who spots my car. In this day and age of…

• Respect Your Blogging Accomplishments

  Andrew G.R.

  26 Feb 2010 | 7:16 am

  A wise man once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That genius was Ferris Bueller, the fictional namesake of the ever-popular 1986 movie written and directed by John Hughes. Time as a blogger flies by. When you’re not busy pounding out quality content, you are researching post ideas, reading about SEO, promoting your work on social networks, etc. At any given point, you are juggling a dozen different balls, and like most of the bloggers I know, you are amazing – because you keep most of them in…

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  Dummies' Guide to Blogger

• Spam blogs deletion & self-hosted blogs

  Peter @ Enviroman

  6 Mar 2010 | 7:11 pm

  This post was inspired by 2 emails, one regarding the widespread deletion of blogspot.com blogs and one regarding web hosting. I myself have had 3 blogs related of which one probably was because it was a song, music and video blog which had many embedded Youtube videos. From a quick reading of Blogger Buzz A quick note about music blog removals, it was probably because of Blogger.com enforcing

• Problem when copy-pasting from WORD to Blogger post editor

  Peter @ Enviroman

  21 Dec 2009 | 7:33 am

  A blogger asked in the comments at Change blog background color and others: " I can't keep my font consistent throughout my posts...." I suspect he is copy-pasting from MS WORD or some other word processor. When you prepare a document in WORD, it adds a lot of invisible formatting tags to the text that you type and when you copy-paste from WORD to the Blogger post editor, these formatting tags

• Blogger for Dummies sitemap

  Peter @ Enviroman

  2 Sep 2009 | 6:18 am

• Google Blogger begins monetization

  Peter @ Enviroman

  20 Jul 2009 | 10:33 pm

  <!---->For years I am amazed at the generosity of Google Blogger in offering millions of bloggers this free blogging platform without asking for or expecting anything in return (other than the requirement to display the navbar which is never enforced). You can do many things with Blogger including putting not only Google Adsense ads in your free blog, you can even add competing ads like Yahoo

• How to set Blogger time zone

  Peter @ Enviroman

  16 Jul 2009 | 7:20 pm

  <!---->Update: Your Blogger time zone can be set via Dashboard > Settings > Formatting and at the 5th item is a drop down menu to select your time zone. Ignore the rest of this post.A blogger complained that the time stamp for his post does not correspond to the time zone of the place he is posting to Blogger. If you want to change the time zone for Blogger which is tied to your Google account,

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  WordFrame Blog

• Julia Stewart, Coach and Trainer of Masterful Coaches

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:40 pm

  Julia Stewart, President, School of Coaching Mastery, Guest on Des Walsh & Friends Show Last week, on my Des Walsh & Friends show on BlogTalkRadio, I had the great pleasure of catching up with an esteemed coaching colleague, Julia Stewart. Julia is a coach, coach trainer, and seminar leader, who uses her creativity and humor to expand people’s thinking and inspire them to work brilliantly. She is passionate about the ...

• links for 2010-03-11

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:35 am

  Chris Chambers to Speak at Social Media Club Brisbane, March 30, 2010Social Media Club Brisbane (Australia) special guest speakers on March 30, Chris Chambers, Digital Marketing, Tourism Queensland (TQ) and Sarah Whyte, Manager Digital Marketing at TQ, will share insights into and results of TQ's award-winning Best Job in the World Campaign ...

• Social Media in the Enterprise in London on March 15

  9 Mar 2010 | 3:09 pm

  Next week is going to be very busy for anyone interested in the future of business.  You know that Social Media in the Enterprise is one of my key topics.  Last June I spoke at the Corporate Social Networking Conference on the business case.   The next incarnation of that conference comes back to London next week, although it's one of 4 conference streams of a 2 day event with associated exhibitions and workshops at Olympia ...

• More on that pesky "Cloud" term

  9 Mar 2010 | 2:08 pm

  I posted the other day on the multiplicity of Cloud definitions, and whether I thought the term itself is useful, or all hype.  Up in the North East, Adrian Pearson picked up on it and related to a story of being sold some telecoms technology with a cloud diagram and so concluded:"David’s article reminded me that there is real practical benefit in being able to use a term like “Cloud”; to allow everyone in the discussion to make a mental ...

• The Social Business Summit - special offer for BTZ readers

  8 Mar 2010 | 9:57 am

  Here's news of a special offer for readers of Business Two Zero.  I've always supported SOMESSO events since speaking at their first one in Zurich back in 2008.  SOMESSO stands for social media espresso - it's a strong, fast hit of social media for the corporate world.  Every event so far has had top notch speakers and impressive companies and practitioners in the audience, resulting in some great discussions and conversations. ...

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  Quick Online Tips

• Use Blogger Template Designer for Cool Custom Blog Designs

  QuickOnlineTips

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:02 pm

  Blogger has introduced the Blogger Template Designer, which brings amazingly beautiful professional blog designs to Blogger blogs and lets you create custom designs beyond the same blogger templates which have been around for ages. The Blogger Template designer is not enabled by default, so you need to login from http://draft.blogger.com, the Blogger labs area to test new features. This should bring in a new button on your dashboard called template designer. Once you try out the Blogger template designer, you get access to brand new 15 highly-customizable templates. You can easily change the…

• All Airtel Broadband Users Get Free 2Mbps Upgrade to View IPL Online

  QuickOnlineTips

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:07 am

  All Airtel broadband users got a free 2Mbps Upgrade to allow easy viewing of IPL Cricket matches on Youtube. Airtel is the official broadband sponsor of Cricket on Youtube and this news should allow all Airtel broadband users to view cricket matches online easily. If you want a Live TV experience, slow internet connections like the 256kpbs (which are called broadband in India) can barely stream videos and load Youtube videoes quickly. 2Mbps internet speeds will allow seamless viewing and easy video streaming. Here are some FAQ you need to know… 1. How to upgrade my broadband connection?

• Watch IPL Online: Live Cricket on Youtube

  QuickOnlineTips

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:38 am

  Now cricket fans can enjoy and watch IPL online on Youtube! IPL’s YouTube Channel at youtube.com/ipl lets cricket fans watch matches, highlight videos, player interviews and much more. Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season is a 60-match, 43-day cricket tournament that features some of the best cricketers in the world. The entire IPL season will be streamed around the world on YouTube, except in the U.S., where matches will be time-delayed and made available 15 minutes after the match ends. Watch IPL Online: Live Cricket on Your Desktop On the IPL Channel, you can see Today’s Matches…

• 5 Email Marketing Tips to Get Repeat Online Customers

  QuickOnlineTips

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:30 am

  Guest post by Eric. There are several types of internet marketing. Doing good SEO or PPC helps attract traffic, but what can be done to keep online business repeating? The answer is lead capture through email marketing. What is email marketing? Email marketing is doing internet marketing through email. This usually starts with a sign-up form to get an email address (and permission) from your lead. Using this address well can help communicate with your customers to build rapport and educate them about your various products and/or services. But just having an email address and spamming your…

• Anatomy of a Fake Phishing Email

  QuickOnlineTips

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:59 am

  We all get phishing emails and it is important to recognise and avoid getting trapped by these fake phishing emails and not disclose your personal information, bank accounts, credit cards details to unknown fraud persons, who harvest private information via fake websites, links and emails. Analyzing a fake Paypal phishing email Here is a sample email from Paypal from my Gmail spam folder asking me to send our banking account information. Lets see step by step how many fake things there are in every line. Subject: PayPal Account® Posible Fraud – Notification Note that Account is the…

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  Alister Cameron // Blogologist

• My latest project – the One Minute Business Checkup

  Alister Cameron

  2 Mar 2010 | 3:02 am

  I’ve spent the last 10 weeks building a site for a client. Well, a web app. It’s called One Minute Business Checkup and it’s 100% my work… programming, DB schema, graphics, Javascript, the lot. I don’t like doing one-man builds like this, as a rule, but this was fun. Check it out. And if you’ve got a small business, use it!  

• My Twitter account has been suspended!

  Alister Cameron

  13 Dec 2009 | 3:48 pm

  Awoke this morning to the discovery that Twitter suspended my account overnight. I’ve sent the relevant appeals out, so stand by for more details. Worried.  

• WordPress plugin: Add Categories to Menu

  Alister Cameron

  12 Dec 2009 | 10:03 pm

  If you’re using WordPress as a CMS, you may have set up static pages for both a front page (e.g. “Home”) and a page to list your latest blog posts (e.g. “Blog”).I did that today for a client site and immediately realized that in the site’s main menu the Blog link would look a lot better if it had a submenu containing all the blog categories. (I didn’t want nor did I need a completely separate category menu.) So I threw together this little bit of code that takes care of just that:<?php if ( !function_exists('add_blog_cats_to_menu') ) {   …

• Hope your Holiday Season is a total GAS!

  Alister Cameron

  5 Dec 2009 | 7:43 pm

  This is all the more comical for the fact that it is hot, sunny and summery in Australia at Christmas time. If you don’t like the humour, blame my wife!We’re all class! And for something vaguely more traditional, again by the inimitable Cameron troupe…On a more serious note, may you find at least a moment or two to consider the Lord Jesus Christ… the “reason for the season”. More than that, he is the Way, Truth and Life!  

• The unfair, unbearable burden of turning 18 in Australia

  Alister Cameron

  19 Nov 2009 | 4:28 am

  Coming home tonight, I listened to the ABC radio host chatting with a guest who, almost as a throw-away remark, said something that hit me really hard.I was “exercised in my spirit” to send the following to Lindy Burns, the host of the show. Having taken as long on the email as I did, I thought I might share it with you, my dear blog reader, as well.As always, despite its off-topic nature, I open this up for discussion in the comments.Lindy,In your last 30 mins today you touched on a topic — or rather Andrew did — which is very dear to my heart.I tried to get on air,…

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  Write to Done

• Motivation Tips that Actually Work: 6 Sure-Fire Ways To Get Writing and Keep Writing

  Mary Jaksch

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  A guest Post by Annabel Candy of Get in the Hotspot Have you noticed how easy non-writers think writing is? When you’re a writer that can be frustrating. There are three main things about writing that make it lack the social proof people expect of professional activities. It’s intangible – Many people don’t seem to consider writing a proper job, maybe because often writers type away for days with apparently little to show for it. Yes, there may be the occasional article in a newspaper, possibly even a published book you can actually show people. But even then that…

• Persistence Pays – But Not Enough to Cover the Rent

  Mary Jaksch

  9 Mar 2010 | 7:11 am

  A Guest Post by Wayne E. Pollard, Creator of Bo’s Café Life I believe that persistence is the most important trait you should have if you want to get published. To get my first piece published in The New York Times, I pitched it to at least five different editors until I found one who was interested in the piece. Before pitching that piece to The New York Times, I had pitched it to an editor at The Village Voice, who rejected it. If I hadn’t pitched it to The New York Times, the piece would still be sitting in a file on my computer, unpublished. To get published, you must query…

• How To Write Relentlessly Focused – and Still Say Everything You Want To

  Mary Jaksch

  4 Mar 2010 | 1:27 am

  A guest post by Bamboo Forest of Pun Intended Wouldn’t it be fantastic if there was a method ensuring every article you wrote was concise, relentlessly focused and said everything you wanted it to? There is. I recommend using a thesis statement and outline for many posts that you pen. Jesse Hines has written, “A thesis statement is generally one or two sentences in which you clearly lay out your focus, idea or argument.” While in an academic setting a thesis statement is included in your actual paper, I’m referring to something you write just for yourself. Write a…

• 10 Writing Rules You Can’t Break…And How to Break Them

  Mary Jaksch

  1 Mar 2010 | 1:04 am

  A guest post by Eric Cummings of On Violence First, there was the “old school.” A bunch of stubborn grammarians got together and decided what defined “proper English.” Don’t end sentences with prepositions, never begin a sentence with “and” or “but,” and never split infinitives. They were strict, but they established the rules of modern English grammar. Then came the “new school” in the sixties. And like the sixties, it was “craaaaaaazy.” As language evolved, they evolved. Led by William Zissner and John Trimble,…

• 10 Lessons I Learned from A Magnificent Failure

  Mary Jaksch

  24 Feb 2010 | 11:33 am

  A Guest Post by Markus Urban of Art of Blog In December of 2009 I decided to undertake a lofty challenge – to create a website/blog in one week and get 100,000 unique visitors within a week of launching it. I knew it was possible, and the sheer enormity of it was exciting enough for me to go ahead with the project. I created the Art of Blog “One Week Challenge.” Along the way I wanted to share everything I knew about creating a world-class website. The plan was to launch a photography site called Hot Shot Photo and detail the progress as I went along. I failed at what I set…

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  Advertise Space - Online Advertising

• 5 Places to get Cheap Banner Ads Designed

  Chad

  26 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  Getting banners designed is often one of the biggest hassles and one of the reason that some folks don’t buy internet advertising. If you already do advertise online, then you need to have a professionally designed ad, and you should be changing up your banner ads often and rotating new creatives. Here are 5 companies that will have your banners designed super fast all for around $25. No excuses now. 1) 20DollarBanners.com – I’ver personally used these guys about 10 times and they have been around for years. Interface is easy to use, quality of the banners is just average,…

• 7 Tips to Sell More Advertising on your Blog

  Chad

  10 Feb 2010 | 8:53 am

  #1 Show the Advertise Here banner.  This is the most important one, so I’ve started with this. Some people put them up for a few days and get discouraged without a sale and pull them down.  If you don’t have the open spot, you just won’t sell it.  Advertisers want to know exactly what they are getting and exactly where the ad is, not just a description of where it might go.  They need to visualize themself in that spot.  Keep that ‘Advertise Here’ banner up and running. - 7 Tips to Sell more Ad Space on your Blog - Blog about your advertising for sale.

• 21 Painful parts of Selling Online Advertising

  Chad

  25 Jan 2010 | 2:15 am

  It is Painful searching  for Advertisers. Emailing potential advertisers. Finding the right person who actually does the marketing. Pitching them. Putting together banner ad packages. Sending out Insertion Orders. Waiting for signed faxes. Waiting on creative after deal is signed. Getting banners from advertisers that are not up to your sites specs. Getting banners that don’t even work. Getting horrible banners that blink and flash. Getting flash banners that don’t have a click URL in them. Uploading banners to Ad servers. Using ANY AD SERVER= Most Painful! Dealing with cheezy…

• 10 Online Advertising Trends in 2010

  Chad

  7 Jan 2010 | 5:30 am

  online advertising trends 2010 Millions of new pages of content are being created every day and the vast majority is created by the individual publisher, but the advertising inventory is growing at massive multiples to the actual demand.With this, publishers will need to find new ways to be found and advertisers will need to find innovative ways to get in front of this micro created content. Here are some online advertising trends for 2010. 1) Indy Publisher Advertising – Major advertisers are going to seek our smaller independent ‘voices’ in lieu of massive publishers to…

• 20 Painful parts of Buying Online Advertising!

  Chad

  23 Dec 2009 | 6:12 am

  Buying and Selling online advertising is both difficult and time consuming, which is why a lot of companies just don’t do it.  Here are some of the most painful aspects of buying online advertising manually. Searching the web to find great sites to advertise on. Wandering all over the site looking for advertising information. Searching a site looking for any contact information at all. Emailing sites asking for rate cards. Waiting for the sites to actually respond to your inquires. Haggling over rates and prices, trying to get a better deal. Waiting for package information. Calculation…

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• The Experts Weigh-In On The Value of Writing Blogs

  MaryAnnHalford

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:15 pm

• 25 Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Readers & Search Engines

  MaryAnnHalford

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm

• Why A Blog Is Important For Your Freelance Business | FreelanceFolder

  LAJoy77

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:08 pm

  1.) Web presence. 2.) Describe and list your services. 3.) Home for your portfolio. 4.) Position yourself as an expert. 5.) Networking.

• 25 Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Readers & Search Engines

  Favshortie519

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:01 pm

• Copywriting and Content Marketing Strategies | Copyblogger

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  14 Mar 2010 | 6:47 pm

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  Performancing

• Book Review of Rework, a New Bestselling Business Book

  10 Mar 2010 | 6:43 pm

  Rework is the new business book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the executive team of 37signals. I’m a big fan of their blog and Backpack, one of their products, so when I found out they were releasing a business book, I had to check it out. The release date was yesterday so I went to my local Barnes & Noble, found the book, and read the whole thing there in two hours. Yes, the book is short compared to other business books but I liked it so much that I bought it for reference sake. Even though the book is not a book about blogging, I think the book has many great tips…

• Why eBay Partner Network Makes 22 Times More Money Than AdSense On My Blog

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:48 am

  Updated on March 5, 2009: I noticed a huge discrepancy with my Google Analytics pageviews versus the impressions being reported by eBay Partner Network. I did some digging and found that eBay counts link impressions not page impressions. For example, one of my posts has 22 links to eBay. This means a pageview is actually 22 impressions to eBay. Needless to say that changed my calculations. I reworked the numbers and found that instead of 200% in the original post, eBay makes me 22 times more money than AdSense! Or in percentage terms, 2,100%. Of course, with this new knowledge, I’m very…

• Your Product Doesn’t Have to Contain 100% Unique Content

  24 Feb 2010 | 10:55 pm

  Many bloggers seem to find the task of creating a product daunting. I know I did. I knew creating a product could greatly increase my income, but coming up with content to fill up an ebook, video, membership program, or any other product seemed like an overwhelming project. However, after listening to this interview with Pay Flynn and thinking back at products I had bought, I realize that creating a product doesn’t have to be this huge audacious goal. See you don’t need your product to have 100% unique content. This realization takes a lot of the work out of the equation. You can…

• The Best Way to Differentiate Your Blog

  17 Feb 2010 | 8:39 pm

  One of the blogging tips that I hear a lot is be different. Be unique. Stand out from the crowd. This is a great advice for typical businesses and it’s also helpful for probloggers especially with all the competitors on the internet. But how can you apply it practically to your blog? I’ve been thinking about this advice for the last couple of years and from my experience, I think I’ve realized the best way to differentiate your blog. The answer is pretty simple so it might surprise you. Narrow your topic. That’s it. Nothing too complicated or revolutionary, but this…

• A-List Blogs Are Not Good Examples to Follow

  10 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm

  Photo by Kriss Szkurlatowski When I first learned about problogging, I definitely looked up to the A-List blogs. You know, the TechCrunches, the Gizmodos, the TMZs, the Daily Koses, the Mashables. These were the blogs that had made it. They were the most high profile blogs. They had the most traffic. And more traffic meant more money, right? Therefore, I thought of them as good examples to follow. I patterned my first couple of blogs after them. But after a couple failed blogs, over the last couple of months I’ve realized that for most of us those blogs are not the best examples to…

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  It's Not a Lecture

• In transit...

  David

  14 Mar 2010 | 6:57 pm

  I'm on a somewhat frantic 48-hour jaunt to meet some new friends and some old friends to talk about social media and politics and stuff. I'll be tweeting a bit, and will check back in here later this week...

• ummm... so what's up with Utah?

  David

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:59 am

  I don't usually take this space for political rants, and I don't think this will be all that mean - but I just have to ask a question. Seriously, what is going on in Utah politics?Let me see if I get this right - the majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives told everyone that 25 years ago he got naked in a hot tub with a 15-year-old female employee of his. He was 28 and married. But seriously, they were just naked in the hot tub as a "spur of the moment thing" and that was it. Then in 2002, when this guy was running for Congress, the girl resurfaces and he pays her $150,000 to…

• Science Bloggers Discussing Scientists Discussing Science Blogs

  David

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:35 am

  Bora Zivkovic wrote a post this week about an article in the Journal of Science Communication that suggested that science blogs may not be doing enough to engage non-scientists in discussions about science. (Or something like that. I'm not a scientist.) Bora questioned the methodology. But he also said something that seemed rather obvious to me:Most bloggers write for their own amusement and not with a specific goal of popularization of science, and, after a while, tend to adapt to what their audience actually is. Thus, a knowledgeable audience will result in further posts being written at…

• There goes my shot at a spot on the Board of Education

  David

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:17 am

• Never Write Off Mom Bloggers, Part 2,953

  David

  10 Mar 2010 | 6:30 am

  I first learned about Leah Peterson doing research for a social media client a few years ago. I was trying to find women bloggers who would be interested in participating in a conference call with Gloria Steinem. (Yes, THAT Gloria Steinem. It really wasn't that hard.)If you read Leah's blog you learn very quickly that she's really up front about her mental illness. She shares a lot of details. And I have to admit I was a little nervous about inviting her to the call. We were putting a high-profile client in a public setting, and we would be giving access to someone who wrote frequently about…

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  Blogging Tips

• Looking For Work Should Be Ongoing

  Rob Starr

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  I don’t know if you’re anything like me, but I don’t take advice usually until I’ve gone through all the painful lessons the advice was meant to save me from. Here’s a case in point. When I first started freelancing on the Internet I wanted to learn all I could so I decided to read a few articles I found about my new chosen profession. One in particular told me that although there were many benefits to freelancing like setting your own hours and being your own boss, one of the big downfalls was having to be constantly looking for work because contracts and clients change frequently.

• Twitter Sells Wine to Promote Literacy

  Vikas

  14 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Not many know about the Fledgling Initiative by Twitter, the micro-blogging site that everybody loves. The Fledgling Initiative is a Twitter project that makes wine for the benefit of a non-profit organization named ‘Room-to-Read‘ that extends educational opportunities for deprived children worldwide. According to the description on the website: “These wines are being made using some of the best vineyards in California by the acclaimed winemaking team at Crushpad” A single bottle, “a suave rendition of Pinot Noir produced from top-flight California…

• 5 Ways to Share on Google Buzz

  Charnita Fance

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Yesterday I talked about ReBuzzThis, a button that you can add to your blog for others to share your posts on Google Buzz. Well what about those blogs that don’t have a button or that cool site you come across while browsing and want to share? Luckily, there seems to be an increasing amount of Buzz sharing tools popping up, including the five listed below. From desktop apps to browser plugins to Facebook apps, you’re sure to find a method you like for sharing items on Google Buzz. Submit to Google Buzz This is an extension for Google Chrome that lets you share the current page…

• Writing Instructions to Improve Your Writing Skills

  Patti Stafford

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:30 pm

  I recently covered improving non-fiction writing through the use of studying fiction structure. Today, I’d like to continue with another writing style; writing instructions. Your website may not be a how-to website, but writing out instructions can help you hone your writing skills in general. Writing instructions includes giving step-by-step details of how to do something, procedures to follow, operating machinery, or a computer, etc. These are written as commands using an active voice. Before you write instructions you need to understand what it is you’re giving directions on,…

• Complement Your Blog with a RebuzzThis Button

  Charnita Fance

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  Are you a huge fan of Google Buzz? I’m not, but many people are and use it on a daily basis. It is great for sharing but also can be very noisy. For those that are, you will probably love RebuzzThis; it’s a Tweetmeme style site except for Google Buzz instead of Twitter. Having a retweet button on your blog posts now is pretty much standard, but now it’s also great to have a Buzz button. Getting a button from RebuzzThis is very easy and will take you about 5 seconds. Click on “Get a Button“, choose your button style and then select where you’d like to put…

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  Blog Catalog Blog Directory: Blogging

• Katrina Blogs

  BlogCatalog

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:30 am

  Everything I know about blogging. Blog for fun. Or blog for profit. Preferably, a combination of the two! Tags: SEO search engine optimization Uncategorized mombloggersclub mombloggersclub.com february 2010 top droppers

• Serial Entrepreneur Valerie Dwyer's Blog

  BlogCatalog

  9 Mar 2010 | 8:04 am

  All topics from Serial Entrepreneur, Coach, Mentor who believes 'Everything is Possible' Tags: Uncategorized

• El Blog de las 100 palabras

  BlogCatalog

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:28 am

  Bueno, pues me he decidido. Voy a escribir en otro blog más ( por si no tuviera bastante trabajo ), para soltar la estupidez, teoría descabellada o chorrada que se me ocurra. Eso sí, Todas mis entradas tendrán exactamente 100 palabras. Ni una más, ni una menos. Creo que es suficiente para que no perdáis demasiado el tiempo en mi rincón y podáis ir a otros realmente interesantes. alehop !!! Este blog nace en el 2009 y es el primer blog en castellano que se llama “blog de las 100 palabras” . Que no os engañen. Habrá muchos mejores que éste. Pero aquí ha nacido el muchachito ……

• Margaret's Blog

  BlogCatalog

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:07 am

  Author Interviews, Book reviews, Blog on writing Tags: books Romance writing children's books author interview author interviews & book reviews

• The Noock

  BlogCatalog

  8 Mar 2010 | 5:54 am

  Konspirasi Tingkat Tinggi | Fenomena | Hal Unik dan Aneh | Misteri Dunia Tags: free download misteri rahasia fenomena noock konspirasi tingkat tinggi

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  BloggingPro

• Sunday Morning SEO: Link Building With the Cold Call Guest Post Method

  Dee Barizo

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:40 am

  I’ve argued before that writing guest posts is the best SEO strategy for bloggers. But how can you implement a guest posting campaign that’s both efficient and effective? In this post, I’ll share my favorite method of guest posting that’s given me a lot of link building success. I call it the “Cold Call Guest Post Method”. It’s probably not the best name since cold calling has bad connotations. But the method has worked very well for me and the bloggers I targeted have been very happy with my guest posts. Guest Posting Made Simple Basically, you find…

• Buzzie Adds Push Notification, Still Lacks Image Uploading (Google Buzz)

  Darnell Clayton

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:03 pm

  Buzzie, one of the two iPhone apps supporting Google Buzz (a micro blogging service that is slowly gaining popularity) has just launched push notification support for their app. Similar to how other micro blogging apps like Echofon and SimplyTweet function, Buzzie will send a user an alert whenever they receive a new comment or “buzz” (the latter which I do not recommend if one has over a hundred followers). While this addition makes the app much more useful than the Google Buzz web app, Buzzie is still lacking in image support, a feature its rival Buzzr has (thanks in part to…

• Blogger Embraces Change, Makes BlogSpot Beautiful Again (Themes And Design)

  Darnell Clayton

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:51 pm

  After offering users the same stale templates for months on end (if not years), it looks like Google has finally added some decent themes for blogspot fans, as well as making it easier for non-geeks to redesign the layout of their blogs. (Blogger Buzz) We’re thrilled to announce that the Blogger Template Designer has launched toBlogger in Draft, our experimental playground where users can try out Blogger’s latest features. The Template Designer brings a new level of customization to your blog. [...] We worked with iStockphoto, the leading microstock image marketplace, to put together a…

• WordPress Book Review: WordPress In Depth, The Dark Horse Among WordPress Books

  Franky Branckaute

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:21 am

  When I was initially offered the possibility to review WordPress In Depth by Bud Smith and Michael McCallister (@workingwriter), I was sceptic. First the title of the book wasn’t disclosed by the publisher and when, a quick Google search brought me to an Amazon title by two for me unknown within the WordPress scene authors and heck, the cover even didn’t have a WordPress logo. Little did I know that I was about to discover a book I was going to recommend to people and even would become my new reference book for a certain group of WordPress users. As soon as I had opened my review…

• Bloggers Delight: 3 iPhone Apps For Google Buzz Fanatics

  Darnell Clayton

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:46 am

  It’s now been exactly one month since Google launched Google Buzz upon the general population, and as expected the service has not exactly been a hit amongst the masses. However, like its Friendfeed predecessor, Google Buzz is slowly becoming a hit amongst many in the tech blogosphere, and I’m beginning to see even art bloggers embrace Google Buzz (as they can easily display their albums to the delight of their fans). For those of you who are more interested in using Google Buzz as a micro blogging service, here are 3 iPhone apps you may want to check out. Buzzie Launched with…

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  Smackdown!

• The Mahalo Paid Link Evidence Trail

  Michael VanDeMar

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:53 pm

  Matt Cutts asked me in a Sphinn comment the following question relating the my post on paid links on Mahalo.com:     Let’s ignore, for the moment anyways, that for absolutely any other website on the internet with the evidence that I presented the process would most likely entail the webmaster proving their innocence rather than the person reporting the paid link proving that they are guilty, and that they would have to do so after they actually got banned. Before I get started, keep in mind… whatsyourconundrum.com is not Conundrum Wine’s main website. Their actual…

• Stray Leftover Hacked Wordpress Database Entry: rzf.php

  Michael VanDeMar

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:27 am

  I never use my uploads directory or Wordpress’s built in media management here on Smackdown, instead preferring to upload and manually insert the html for images myself in my posts (I know, I am weird that way), but my friend Donna has when she has guest blogged here in the past. I therefore knew that the uploads directory existed and had a few images in there, but never really had any reason to look at them. It was totally by accident that I clicked on the Media link in the admin section this morning. I am glad that I did, however, since otherwise I never would have known that I had…

• Jason Calacanis: Screw You Google, Now I’ll Sell Links Too

  Michael VanDeMar

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:45 am

  By now Google has to be getting more than a little embarrassed about the behavior of Mr. Jason Calacanis and his site, Mahalo.com. Aaron Wall did a very well written piece explaining how Mahalo Makes Black Look White and the spammy techniques they were employing. This isn’t the first time Aaron has blogged about Mahalo either, and talked about exactly how this makes Google look bad. For those who might not know, I have also been blogging about this recently. While Google will ban smaller websites from their search results or from AdSense on a whim, usually it takes heavier coverage for…

• Jason Calacanis’ Backup Plan For Replacing Content: Steal It From Wikipedia

  Michael VanDeMar

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:11 am

  /sigh Ok Jason, we get it, you’re desperate. But stealing content from Wikipedia in order to replace what you deleted? Come on! I am flipping through Mahalo.com today, just seeing if you’re keeping your word or not, when all of a sudden I notice this huge amount of pages with odd names that somehow I missed before: http://www.mahalo.com/cgs-20625 http://www.mahalo.com/cgs-9896 http://www.mahalo.com/cp-154-526 http://www.mahalo.com/daa-1097 http://www.mahalo.com/daa-1106 These are all nothing more than content stolen from Wikipedia. Your version:     Wikipedia’s…

• Dear Jason Calacanis: This Isn’t An “Absurd Microscope”

  Michael VanDeMar

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:43 am

  Jason Calacanis replied to my post from yesterday. In it he discusses how he is indeed deleting many of the spammy pages that I had pointed out. Some, like the duplicate content doorway pages, he continues to defend. Either way, progress is being made. However, he still kinda kills it by tossing in at the end about how this whole scrutiny on his site is “absurd”, and anyone who calls him on it is being “vicious”: At the end of the day the absurd microscope we’re being put under by the SEO community is actually making our product better, and yes even improving the…

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  Technofriends

• [How-To] Track Status of Your Federal Tax Refund Online (US Only)

  Vaibhav

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:22 pm

  Knowing that you are scheduled to get a refund of taxes already paid is great, however, whats really pathetic is the wait and the uncertainty related to “when” you will actually get that money back. Get Rich Slowly, a personal finance blog has details about how you can track the status of your Federal Tax Refund online using the IRS website. If you have a refund due this year and you’re getting antsy for it, you can easily check its status with this simple web-based tool from the IRS web site. You’ll need to provide your social security number, marital status, and exact…

• [Google] Apps Script Gallery for Google spreadsheets Launched

  Vaibhav

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:11 pm

  Google has launched another cool feature to the Google Spreadsheet product. The feature is called Apps Script Gallery and allows users to lets you write short programs that automatically perform simple actions within a spreadsheet. Apps Script provides user with powerful and flexible scripting environment that lets you automate actions across your spreadsheets, sites, calendars, and many other services. You can write your own app scripts or insert one of the already available script from the public gallery provided by Google. You can find these scripts, and more, in the Apps Script gallery by…

• Google Apps Marketplace is an App Store for Google Apps Users

  Vaibhav

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:14 am

  Google has launched the Google Apps Marketplace, an app store targeted towards Google Apps users. Google Apps Marketplace allows users to discover and deploy third party app (cloud based apps) that integrate directly with their Google Apps account. Google Apps Marketplace brings with it cool and new set of tools to your existing Google Apps account. You can get everything from finance apps to project management and customer management apps in the marketplace. Intuit Online Payroll: A small business application that offers business owners a new way to efficiently run payroll, pay taxes and let…

• [India] Olive FrvrOn V-G2300 Can Also Run on AAA Batteries (Priced at Rs 1699 Only)

  Vaibhav

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:26 pm

  In the recent past we have seen a spurt of handsets which come with dual-sim card and multiple-sim card capability targeting the 560 million telecom subscribers of India. Taking the handset innovation a step further (especially from an Indian standpoint), Olive Mobile, an Indian handset manufacturer has released India’s first dual-powered cellphone ( Olive FrvrOn V-G2300 ) which can also run on AAA battery. While the Olive FrvrOn V-G2300 is a low end cellphone, what definitely makes it special is that you can use it with any AAA battery. This can come as a handy feature especially when…

• [India] Vodafone launches its own App Store

  Vaibhav

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:01 pm

  In what appears to be peer-pressure and a struggle to keep your neck up and shoulders parallel with the competitor, Vodafone Essar has launched its own App Store in India. It was Bharti Airtel which earlier announced its App Store called Airtel App Central. The App Store launched by Vodafone Essar is targeted towards mobile users who carry basic phones (and not smartphone). The app store is available to Vodafone customers through data enabled handsets. In order to access the store, Vodafone subscriber needs to send a message APP to 111 (toll free number), one can also access the store…

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  ConverStations

• Social Media Artists on the Rise at Panera West

  Mike Sansone

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:57 pm

  One of the core beliefs I have about Social Media is that it gives everyone the potential of an equal voice or platform. It's no longer necessary to have an agent or publisher or gallery to get a foothold (though if you're good, those will become necessary to continue climbing). One of the ways to get a foothold is by using Social Media to connect, collaborate, and communicate what's working and what's not online. We'll have free Wi-Fi and who knows…maybe a workshop breaks out.Starting on March 23rd, and on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, Panera Bread at 4150 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines,…

• Who's Your Favorite Comedian and What are You Learning From Them?

  Mike Sansone

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:44 am

  Comedians can be sometimes be the best conversation coaches. Especially in terms of behavior and body language.   Here's a series from Presentation Zen-meister, Garr Reynolds with some poignant picks from The Comedian Quotes & Lessons from "Comedian"View more presentations from garr. Who are some of your favorite funny folks?

• Brunch B4 Breakfast w/ LXD

  Mike Sansone

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:40 am

  Posting this video for two reasons: It's awesome and inspiring (okay, 3 reasons) As a modeling of how to embed video from YouTube to your blog Knowing how to embed video onto your site is a great way to share great content from others with your audience (create value) and also for your own video creations to get wider reach.

• The Immutable Law of Social Media

  Mike Sansone

  7 Mar 2010 | 3:30 pm

  Seriously.  Sometimes by our experiences and experiments, we find gold.

• 3 C's of Business Balance: Since Chalk on a Rock

  Mike Sansone

  7 Mar 2010 | 1:49 am

  Conversational community has been built around content since the days of drawing images on the walls of caves and hills of sand. And we will always have a conversation going on around and about the content we produce and consume.Content and Community.  And Commerce. What, all those drawings were just a hobby?  Even if it started out that way, if there was value in what was being said -- the community would praise and pay for the continuation of the output. But what now? What's the natural progression for someone who has been creating and producing in this age of conversational media and…

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  Court's Internet Marketing School

• How To Analyze The Profit Potential Of An Online Market

  10 Mar 2010 | 9:34 am

  One of the most crucial aspects of running an online business (or an offline business that markets online) is market research. You need to know whether a market is profitable before you put time, energy, and resources into a project. People who skip this step often find themselves frustrated and it’s easy to see why. Putting hours into something that will never pay is obviously a terrible idea. People Who Can Benefit From Understanding How Online Markets Work Professionals (doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, chiropractors, massage therapists, dentists, orthodontists, funeral…

• How To Get Paid To Blog

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:17 am

  There are literally millions of people who blog. Most of these are personal bloggers who use their blogs as a platform to provide updates about their lives to friends and family. It’s no surprise that blogging is huge. It’s fun to keep track of friends and family. After people have been blogging for a while, they start to hear that it’s possible to make money blogging. This usually leads them to articles like this one. Types Of Blogs That Make Money The blogs that make the most money are almost always blogs that share advice. News blogs also make money but it’s…

• Is Internet Marketing Overly Saturated?

  8 Mar 2010 | 9:35 am

  A few days ago I was talking to a good friend about work. He’s a real estate agent and is GREAT at it. He’s made a lot of money and even with the current real estate climate he’s still making money. He’s pretty interested in getting some other things going so he was asking me quite a bit about what I do. During the conversation, my friend asked me a question that I found interesting: How do you make any money at that when the internet is so saturated? It was an innocent enough question and probably one that a lot of people think about. He knows that there are a million…

• 10 Crucial Linking Strategies For Creating Website Authority

  24 Feb 2010 | 5:22 pm

  UPDATE: Webinar audio and video recordings are now available. They’re free, so enjoy! Windows movie version (.wmv) Mp3 audio version (.mp3) It’s no secret that link building is the key to any successful SEO campaign. If you want to get traffic from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, getting linked to is crucial. The more links your site gets, the stronger it will become and the stronger it becomes, the easier it will be to get search engine rankings. In theory, this all seems to be quite simple – get a bunch of links and that will lead to a bunch of traffic. The reality of the…

• How To Improve Your HubPages Earnings

  22 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm

  Posting my HubPages earnings seemed to spark up quite a lot of discussion in comments and in the forum. People took a look at their earnings from HubPages and compared those earnings to the amount of effort that they have put in to their hubs. I find those discussions to be very interesting, uplifting, and disconcerting – all at the same time. What troubles me the most is that it’s blatantly obvious that some individuals aren’t seeing things clearly. They don’t want to accept the realities of being in business for themselves. There are a lot of core principles that are…

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  Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere

• 10 Billionth Tweet Was a Private Tweet

  5 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm

  The 10 billionth tweet on Twitter was a private tweet so most of us will never ever find out what it was. How sad. The tweet preceeding the 10 billionth tweets was written by @lelamarques. There about 50 million tweets a day now according to a Twitter blog entry so in a few years we will have to 100 billionth tweet to look forward. Sure hope it is not a private tweet. Posted in Twitter Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk | Twitter | WWFeeds.com

• William Shatner Lands Role in Comedy Based on Twitter Stream

  21 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Hollywood Reporter says William Shatner has landed the starring role in a comedy based on the Twitter account, @shitmydadsays. The casting of Shatner lifts the contingency on CBS' multicamera family comedy project based on the Twitter account, which has enlisted more than 1.16 million followers since launching in August and has made its creator, Justin Halpern, an Internet star. The pilot, executive produced by "Will & Grace" creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, was originally set up at CBS with a script commitment in November. Now, with Shatner on board, it has been greenlighted to pilot.

• White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Launches Twitter Account

  13 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm

  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has launched a Twitter account, @PressSec. His first tweet reads, "Learning about "the twitter" - easing into this with first tweet - any tips?" The Twitter account's bio says "An official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived." The launch of the Press Secretary Twitter account comes shortly after news that Obama administration is seeking a Social Networks Manager to manage the President's Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts. Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk |…

• The Super Bowl Gets a Twitter Hashtag

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm

  Super Bowl XLIV now has its own official Twitter hashtag, #SB44. The NFL has set up a webpage that aggregates tweets and Flickr photos tagged with #SB44. The site notes that the content submitted by Twitter and Flickr users for the application is not edited, fact-checked or screened by the NFL before it is posted. Expect the pace of the #SB44 tweets to pick up as gameday nears. The NFL also has a Twitter account, @nfl. (via The Social) Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk | Twitter | WWFeeds.com

• Twitter Stockings Sold on Etsy

  31 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Those looking for Twitter followers and/or attention at parties or clubs might try these Twitter stockings. The stockings are sold here on Etsy. The stockings might get more followers if they had your Twitter username but that wouldn't be very subtle. Not that these are subtle. (via Shopping Blog) Posted in Twitter Permalink | Recent Headlines | Plurk | Twitter | WWFeeds.com

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  Weblog Tools Collection

• WordPress Theme Releases for 03/13

  Perurry

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:53 am

  Sky Light A combination blue dark and black color, with sky image as a background Magazine theme The theme has widgetized header, front page, sidebars, and single posts. For better SEO results, the theme uses custom fields to pull images to the front page. Simple Things Fixed width, 2 column theme with a minimalistic style and a touch of typography Chirp Chirp is a Twitter inspired Wordpress Photoblog/Videoblog Theme. You provide your Twitter information and the theme will be styled the same as your Twitter account. 5 Photo Blog WordPress Themes 5 photography WordPress themes. Each one is…

• WordPress Personas For Firefox

  Keith Dsouza

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:29 pm

  What WordPress is to Blogging, Firefox is to browsing, so what happens when we can get both of them to get together? WordPress personas for Firefox WordPress has released a new set of Personas for Firefox themed around, well WordPress, which you can install and use on the browser. The personas were designed by Chad Pugh and are based on Vintage Press and Inkwell. Interested? You will find the two personas for Firefox at this link. However, you will need to install the Personas add-on before you will be able to use these as your themes. Personas are similar to skins, which Firefox users can…

• WordPress Plugin Releases for 03/11

  Perurry

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am

  New Plugins WP-ZoomImage With CopyProtect You can pop up an image or thumbnail by just clicking on it and it will disappear when you click it again Titled Comments Hikari Titled Comments enables each comment to have a title, so that commentators can give a subject meaning to their comments. Scroll to Top Plugin Integrate a jQuerry scroll to top control in WordPress manually Tweet my Script This plugin watches your Twitter RSS Feed for user-defined “launch codes” to trigger user-defined script URLs. Dojo Skew Gallery plugin for Wordpress This is a plugin to create a skew photo gallery…

• Manage Comments From Your Windows or Linux Desktop

  Keith Dsouza

  8 Mar 2010 | 3:13 pm

  Comments form a very integral part of any blog to generate communication and spark discussions. As a WordPress blog user, managing comments and replying to them is very easy, however, what if you can manage and reply to comments from your desktop? WP Comments Notifier is a open source application written in QT/C++ for Linux and Windows, which will allow you to manage new comments and reply to them from your desktop. In addition to that, it will also allow you to edit, spam or delete the comments. This app will also display comments summary when you hover over the system tray icon and alert…

• WordPress Theme Releases for 03/07

  Perurry

  8 Mar 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Turquoise The Turquoise Theme is a simple free WordPress Theme 980px wide with 3 Sidebars and an Option Page to populate the Footer. One Sidebar is on the right side optimized for Adsense 250px Ads. Two Sidebars are on top of the postings and below the Posting. Good for 468px Ads. Greener Side Smell the fresh cut grass and feel the butterflies flutter past your face… It’s summer year round with this eye-catching fixed width two-column design. Wordsmith Blog Two column, brown theme. Choose background colors, sidebar placement, and an optional adsense ready sidebar. 5 Music…

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  Wordful

• Scribe SEO Review: How a Little SEO Goes a Long Way

  Charles

  10 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am

  Scribe SEO is a paid Wordpress plugin with a catchy name that helps your content rank higher in search engine results. With a click of a button, your content is analyzed and given a score based on its structure and keyword density. If your score is less than 100%, Scribe will tell you exactly what to do to make it higher. The higher your score, the better chance you have of ranking. Think of it like having a personal SEO consultant look over your content every time you publish something. It really works. I’ll make a long story short: the day after I installed Scribe SEO and optimized…

• 5 Gentle SEO Tips for Creative Writers

  Charles

  8 Mar 2010 | 11:30 am

  For the sake of clarity, the term “creative writer” in this article refers to anyone who considers their writing a gift of art long before it serves a function of marketing. Not everyone who blogs or writes online is trying to get a sales lead or talk about their business. And not everyone who reads online is looking for a product, service or idea to solve their problems. Some writers just want to express themselves more creatively, hoping that—somewhere along the way—a community of impassioned readers take notice. So it’s understandably frustrating when the…

• Why Creative Writers Need SEO

  Charles

  2 Mar 2010 | 6:12 pm

  For the sake of clarity, the term “creative writer” in this article refers to anyone who considers their writing a gift of art long before it serves a function of marketing. Do you ever wonder why the people who are good at getting found on the web are often the ones who can’t write very well? It’s true, look around you. The web continues to serve up and reward bad writing. Bad writing drives people like us—who care about the quality and integrity of our writing—to the brink of disgust, and, let’s face it—the fear of obscurity. Doesn’t seem fair,…

• Thesis Wordpress Theme Review — An Editor’s Perspective

  Charles

  26 Feb 2010 | 11:32 am

  One of the 2 Wordpress products I’m proud to be an affiliate reseller of is the Thesis Wordpress Theme by DIY Themes (the other is Organic Themes — more on that in a future post). For a non-code-loving writer and editor like me—and presumably you—the real selling point about Thesis is the no-hassle, back-end control panel that allows you to control its powerful features with deft and ease. What this means is we never have to look at, let alone touch, steaming piles of PHP, CSS or HTML — just some well-labeled check boxes and the amusing  ”Big Ass Save…

• Editorial Awareness: So You Think You Got It?

  Charles

  24 Feb 2010 | 4:42 pm

  Editorial awareness is the act of effectively connecting with readers through clear, honest expression and knowledge on a given subject. To find out if you have it, ask yourself these 3 questions: Why are you publishing? In a low-hassle, tech-enabled world, anyone can broadcast themselves far and wide. But that doesn’t mean they should. We need to keep in mind that zero-cost publishing is prime breeding grounds for modern day scammers and false prophets (example: Craigslist). It’s wiser to assume the high road, where the power to publish is regarded as a gift, a chance to care,…

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  WordPress Development Blog

• OMG WordPress BBQ!

  Jane Wells

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:48 pm

  This weekend, thousands of WordPress users and developers are among the people attending the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive conference in Austin, TX. To celebrate this, we’re throwing a WordPress BBQ at SxSW tomorrow so that there’s a place for us all to get together. If you’re a WordPress fan attending SxSW (or you just happen to be in Austin), please join us for lunch after 12pm* tomorrow, Sunday March 14. We’re getting the BBQ from Rudy’s and the red velvet cake from Central Market. Yum! Come, eat, talk about the cool things you’re doing with…

• Firefox Personas, WordPress-style

  Jane Wells

  11 Mar 2010 | 1:37 pm

  We recommend open source software whenever we can, and the Firefox browser from Mozilla is one of our favorites. Firefox 3.6 recently came out with persona support, allowing users to skin their browsers with favorite designs and brands. WordPress users everywhere seem to love the W symbol (at WordCamps it shows up on everything from t-shirts to iPhone skins), so it was only natural that WordPress personas would come along. To kick it off, designer Chad Pugh created two WordPress personas based on the WordPress brand: “Vintage Press” and “Inkwell.” These two designs are…

• BuddyPress for One (and All!)

  Jane Wells

  26 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pm

  Back in April of last year, Matt posted here on the dev blog about the release of BuddyPress 1.0, a plugin that adds a social networking layer to an installation of WordPress MU. Many people were excited about the idea, but were unable to experiment with BuddyPress because they ran single installations of WordPress rather than the multi-site WordPress MU. To those people, good news! A little over a week ago Andy Peatling, founder and lead developer of BuddyPress, announced the release of BuddyPress 1.2, which can be used on single installations of WordPress. Congratulations, BuddyPress! And…

• Menus, the Merge, and a Patch Sprint!

  Jane Wells

  23 Feb 2010 | 11:56 am

  A Report from the 3.0 Development Cycle Menus There’s been a flurry of blog posts about the integration of the WooThemes Custom Navigation into WordPress core, so I thought it was time we posted the official word. For 3.0, the main user-facing feature we wanted to include was a better site menu management system. Currently, dealing with menus is clunky, using Page IDs or in some cases categories, if a theme uses categories instead of pages for the menu. We wanted a menu system that had the drag and drop ease of the widget management screen, could combine Pages, Categories, and Links,…

• WordPress On The Go

  Jane Wells

  17 Feb 2010 | 8:54 am

  I like to moderate comments when I’m waiting for something: a checkout clerk to help me, the dentist to call me back to the office, a soy chai to be made. I don’t lug my laptop everywhere I go,* so I love it that we have mobile apps that make this possible. I don’t know of any other blogging platform that has mobile apps for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Do you? The iPhone app is up to version 2.2 (note that iPhone app version numbers do not correlate to WordPress core versions, due to separate dev cycles), while the Android and Blackberry apps are brand new. You can write…

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  Group Writing Projects

• What I Learned From Colorful Characters Group Writing Project

  Jacob Share

  1 Mar 2010 | 11:36 pm

  Ever come across someone who was a little offbeat, somewhat unpredictable but definitely memorable? Theme Colorful Characters In Robert’s words: “recall one of those colorful characters and tell us a little something about why they stood out to you; maybe even tell us a little something you learned from them, if you did.” The Usual WILF Rules The post has to be new. Link to the announcement post on Middle Zone Musings. Be nice! Warning: to be eligible for the final list of entries, your post must be suitable for all ages. Once you’re done, email Robert Hruzek (rhruzek [at] sbcglobal…

• Lessons in Manliness Group Writing Project

  Jacob Share

  1 Mar 2010 | 12:41 am

  In what sounds like a pre-Father’s Day group writing project, the Art of Manliness blog is looking for stories about special men in your life. Theme Lessons in Manliness In Brett’s words: “write a Lessons in Manliness about a man in your life. Your subject could be your dad, your grandpa, your great uncle, whoever. I want to read about his life and learn what lessons in manliness you have taken from him. This is your chance to share with others the life of someone important to you.” Rules You must join the free Ning-based Art of Manliness community to participate. On…

• Worst Sailing Innovation Ever Group Writing Project

  Jacob Share

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  Which sailing innovation really drives you nuts? Tillerman wants to know. Theme Worst Sailing Innovation Ever In Tillerman’s words: “write a few lines about what innovation, new idea, or invention has been most detrimental, most frustrating, most disastrous… just generally the worst… for the sport of sailing. Explain what the innovation is and tell us why you think it is so awful.” Rules Write a new post on your blog on the theme. Link to the announcement post on the Proper Course blog. To submit your entry, email tillermeister [at] gmail [dot] com with your…

• What I Learned From Children Group Writing Project

  Jacob Share

  31 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm

  Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings is back with his monthly group writing projects, and his latest one is on a topic we can all relate to. Theme Children In Robert’s words: “Something you learned from, because of, or with  the topic du jour (which in this case is, of course, children).” The Usual WILF Rules The post has to be new. Link to the announcement post on Middle Zone Musings. Be nice! Warning: to be eligible for the final list of entries, your post must be suitable for all ages. Once you’re done, email Robert Hruzek (rhruzek [at] sbcglobal [dot] net) with your name, the…

• What Accessibility Means to You Group Writing Project

  Jacob Share

  24 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am

  Glenda Watson Hyatt takes inspiration from Liz Strauss to create this group writing project. Theme What Does Accessibility Mean to You? In Glenda’s words: “drill down to the essence of what accessibility truly means” Rules Blog on this topic with a post that’s exactly 25 words long. Recommended: add a related picture to your post. Recommended: link back to the announcement post. To submit your entry, leave your permalink url in a comment on the announcement post. Submission Deadline January 31st 2010 Results All results will be compiled by Glenda into “into some…

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  BlogWorks

• More Small Businesses Using Social Media to Level the Playing Field

  9 Mar 2010 | 7:27 am

  By Marian ShortSenior Account Executive, MediaQuotient According to Shel Holz, while some small companies may feel more hesitant about engaging consumers through social media, doing so can potentially benefit them more than their larger competitors – while using a smaller marketing budget. A new survey by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shows that not only are more small businesses turning to social media venues for increased ROI and heightened visibility, but 75 percent of respondents discovered ways of improving efficiency and almost half identified new…

• Kondek Speaks

  3 Feb 2010 | 12:45 pm

  By Charlie KondekDirector, New Media Relations I was absolutely thrilled to be profiled at Bulldog Reporter. I got to sound off on a lot of things dear to me, not just our business but the future of our industry. For example: Q: What do you make of the whole "who owns digital" debate? "Owning digital" is probably the wrong way to put it. I'd say in general PR should own social media and advertising should own online advertising and content creation. But, of course, these distinctions are blurring. Honestly, while the lines between PR and advertising are fuzzy, operationally there are still…

• Facebook Metrics Businesses Have Been Longing For

  27 Jan 2010 | 11:03 am

  By Eden LittWeb Project Manager Last week, Facebook released a new feature for fan page administrators that will greatly benefit our clients. Authenticated pages with at least 10,000 fans will now feature two new metrics under status updates: Raw Impressions and Feedback Rate. But what do they mean? Raw Impressions indicate the number of times a post has “rendered.” In other words, every time the post is displayed on the page’s wall, in a fan’s live or news feed, or in a Facebook widget, it counts as an impression. Feedback Rate calculates the number of comments and likes received on…

• Changes to HelpAReporter.com Reflect E-mail Harvesting

  21 Jan 2010 | 7:50 am

  If you're like me and my team of social media relations specialist, you subscribe to Peter Shankman's newsletter, Help A Reporter Out. Three times a business day, without fail, you get list of several queries from writers, freelancers, journalists and bloggers working on stories to which you and your clients may be able to contribute. But if you've perused your Shankmans lately you'll have noticed a change. No longer does the query, which gives subject, need and deadline, list the writer's e-mail address. Rather, it's a coded e-mail that goes into a new hub and relays the message to the…

• It's OK to Be Anti-Social

  8 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am

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  About.com Web Logs

• 73 Blogging Jobs Added to About.com Blogging Forum

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:07 am

  73 blogging jobs have been listed in the About.com Blogging forum in the Blogging Jobs folder. This week's list includes a huge variety of topics, including blogging jobs for French, Ukrainian, Danish, and German bloggers, and more! I've been getting questions from bloggers who want to boost their chances of snagging a blogging job. If you want to learn how to get a paid blogging job, be sure to read the articles below: Top 5 Tips for Professional Bloggers 6 Steps to Get a Paid Blogging Job 4 Common Ways Bloggers are Paid 73 Blogging Jobs Added to About.com Blogging Forum originally appeared…

• Sleak and Cool - The eNews Wordpress Theme from ElegantThemes

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:57 pm

  I've been testing out a new premium Wordpress theme, and I'm really pleased with it.  The eNews Wordpress theme from Elegant Themes is easy to use, well-coded, and looks great.  The site I've been using it on is the Newstex Web site and blog, and you can follow the previous link to check it out in action.  The Newstex version has been tweaked by a blog designer to add some additional features, but even the out-of-the-box version of the eNews theme is sleak.  You can check out a demo here. I'm a big fan of Elegant Themes because the affordable annual membership fee gives you access to all…

• iThemes Releases BackupBuddy Wordpress Plugin

  9 Mar 2010 | 1:09 pm

  If you use Wordpress.org as your blogging application and need to backup your blog, then a new plugin released by the team at iThemes is for you! Backing up your blog is very important, but it can be a challenge if you're not tech-savvy. The new iThemes Wordpress plugin, BackupBuddy, handles the process of backing up your blog, widgets, and plugins in a snap. The plugin also makes it easy to move your blog to another host. Since BackupBuddy was just released last week, new users are finding some glitches, but the iThemes team is working quickly to fix them. Yesterday, they announced that the…

• 67 Blogging Jobs Added to About.com Blogging Forum

  7 Mar 2010 | 4:31 am

  67 blogging jobs have been listed in the About.com Blogging forum in the Blogging Jobs folder. Large networks like Examiner.com and HubPages.com are looking for bloggers in a variety of subjects, so be sure to check out this week's list of blogging jobs! Many blogging jobs require that you understand search engine optimization. Take a look at the articles below to boost your SEO knowledge: Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips Top 4 Keyword Research Tools Boost Blog Traffic with Long Tail Search Engine Optimization Follow me on Twitter: @susangunelius 67 Blogging Jobs Added to About.com…

• Wordpress Mobile Apps Let You Blog on the Go

  3 Mar 2010 | 9:16 pm

  If you use Wordpress as your blogging application and you own an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android phone, then you can blog on the go! There are now mobile applications for all three smartphones, which allow you to write blog posts (to save as drafts or publish immediately), moderate comments, blog photos from your phone (and video from BlackBerry devices), and more. You can follow the links to download the Wordpress apps for the iPhone, BlackBerry or Android. Now there's no excuse not to update your Wordpress blog! Wordpress Mobile Apps Let You Blog on the Go originally appeared on About.com Web…

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  Blog For Profit

• The SoMe sheep have a lot to answer for…

  Shannon Boudjema

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Is there a full moon constantly setting over the SoMe industry communities these days? Seriously! Is it me or are we all starting to notice some interesting (others would say disturbing) behaviours falling out of these trade communities? We can all appreciate the dynamics at work when we’re in various situations: eg. we act differently walking solo down the street vs. brainstorming with a peer in a café vs. bouncing around an online community stuffed full of various personality types. We let the world see different behaviours and characteristics depending on our evironment. That’s not…

• Creating Captivating Blog Posts (or how to write for goldfish)

  John Haydon

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  You’re smart enough to decide within a few seconds if you’re getting what you need from this post. And it’s my job to keep you here so that you can at least get to the first subheading. But there’s a good chance that you won’t finish this blog post. In fact, I’ll bet that you don’t finish it. (If you actually do finish reading it, let me know by clicking here). Elephant Goldfish If my stopwatch is correct, it took you approximately 21 seconds to get to this point. That’s three times longer than the attention span of a Petco goldfish. Now…

• Blogging and Social Media – Benefits of Social Media Marketing

  Grant Griffiths

  10 Mar 2010 | 8:06 am

  A business who uses social media as one of its marketing tools will have available to it many benefits. One key benefit we discuss often here on Blog For Profit is the fact blogging and the other social media tools are a great way to develop channels of communications between you and your customers or clients. Whether you are a brick and mortar business, online business, home based business, or a small business, you can see benefits of using blogging and social media. Blogging and Social Media Opens Up the Channels of Communication One of the key benefits of using these tools is the chance of…

• Headway Premium Wordpress Framework Overview Video of What is Coming in 1.6

  Grant Griffiths

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:47 pm

  Michael Martine of Remarkablogger fame has been working with us at Headway on more than just SEO and other marketing efforts. Michael has been producing some great tutorial videos we will be using in the documentation and tutorials. What is great, the videos will be accessible right from the Visual Editor and in the members only area too. One of the videos Michael just did and I just watched the other night is the overview video below. If you ever wanted to get a taste of what is inside the Headway panel and the Visual Editor, this video will give you a taste. Most, if not all of what Michael…

• Structure your posts for better impact

  Catherine Caine

  9 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am

  Have you ever given any thought to how you structure your posts? It makes a big difference in how much and how thoroughly they’re read. Here’s some clever tricks you can try to improve your post’s structure. Don’t bury the lead (Or bury the lede, if you want to be an anachronistic word snob. Which I do.) Journalists are taught the inverted pyramid structure of writing, where you put the single most important statement at the top of the page, then flesh out in more detail further down. This works very well on the internet: most website visitors skim rather than read. If you put the…

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  I Do Blogs

• Viral Videos For Your Blog

  Judy

  16 Feb 2010 | 7:24 pm

  Wow, this is going to be HUGE! I can’t believe what I’ve just witnessed. It will take the Internet by storm! Hold on to your hats people; this is beyond belief. Your blog content is going to go viral with this “secret marketing technique”. Yup, right before your eyes your blog will shoot to the top of the search engines with your offerings, and the money will come rolling in. Whew! Okay, maybe that opening was a bit over the top, but after going through rehashed courses on making money online, sad, pathetic rewrites on how to generate massive amounts of traffic, and…

• Got Blog? Why People Love Blogging

  Judy

  3 Jan 2010 | 6:56 pm

  A new phenomenon that has become immensely popular amongst Internet users is “Blogging”. The term refers to making an online journal and which uses a reverse chronological order to display contents. It is at the blog owner’s discretion how many blog entries to make and when. New posts may be put up once every day, a week, a month or more than once. He can also opt to post less often. It all depends on his own choice. More often than not, the postings on a blog are interrelated in some manner. This is, however, not the case always and bloggers may write about anything they…

• Top 5 Things to Avoid Blogging About

  Judy

  18 Feb 2009 | 3:07 pm

  Here are 5 things that you should avoid doing as you blog to create traffic for your site: Avoid talking negatively about your competitors ? Readers will automatically pick up when you create a negative attitude and it will turn them off from your site and do exactly the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish.? If you use your abilities and product confidence versus slinging mud, it will be much more effective in the long run.? You can look at the results of political elections as this is a common technique, mudslinging, that is often used and that will often come back to bite you in…

• Keeping An Eye On Your Child’s Blog

  Judy

  28 Jan 2009 | 6:54 pm

  Blogs on a diverse range of subjects are all the rage these days both amongst adults and children. Blogs are further helped in their growth and popularity due to websites dealing with social networking such as MySpace. A large variety of choices are available to Internet users in this regard. They can avail any option that catches their fancy and can start writing about their interests in a matter of a few minutes. This blogging hype is even more encouraged by the popularity of existing blogs. More and more people are becoming interested in blogging themselves. Children are no exception. A…

• Evergreen, High-Value Content Keeps ?Em Coming

  Judy

  26 Jan 2009 | 8:14 pm

  TrafficNoob has a good article on writing linkbait or evergreen articles in order to keep your readership returning week after week.? Here’s a bit for you to chew on. – Editor There are many different ways to drive traffic to your site. ?Some of them can bring in a large wave of visitors quickly but don?t do much for the long-term viability of your project. ?Others don?t create those massive influxes but can actually help you out more than t photo credit: ionushihe big traffic explosions. That?s why everyone should make a point of including the production and publication of high…

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  Webmaster-Source

• BlogBuzz March 13, 2010

  Matt

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:05 am

  Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats” Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love Framework’d: URL Shortening WPTavern Was Trackbacked To Death Shortcodes in Widgets US Patent Office Decides That One Click Really Is Patentable

• Ars Technica’s Ken Fisher on Ad Blocking

  Matt

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:05 am

  I’ve written at length before on the subject of ad blocking and how it hurts your favorite websites. My diatribes have been a little strongly worded in the past, which may blunt the effect I intended them to evoke. Fortunately, a much larger site than I has published an article on the subject, and their article, I believe, does a better job at explaining the publishers’ side of things. Ars Technica’s Editor-in-Chief, Ken Fisher, recently penned Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love, a piece that presents, quite well, the facts of what ad blocking does to a…

• Envato Redesigns Tuts+ Sites Again

  Matt

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:01 am

  Once again, Envato has redesigned their Tuts+ blogs. The changes are primarily evolutionary, though there is a big difference. The new layout features a wider content area and a stronger focus on larger screen sizes. One of the first things I noticed was that the sites’ advertisement strategy seems to have been rethought. There are no more large leaderboard or 250×250 banners; instead, there are only 125×125 banners. They sit at the top of the narrow sidebar and run down the side of the page in a single column. It actually looks pretty good. They’re out of the way, yet…

• Dayta: The One Week App

  Matt

  9 Mar 2010 | 3:33 am

  Developer Sahil Lavingia built a high-quality iPhone app in only one week, and blogged about it on the One Week App blog. The resulting application is called Dayta. Dayta is designed to help you log any sort of data set that you wish to track over time. How many miles do you drive between refilling your gas tank? How much money did you spend on iPhone apps last month? Is your World of WarCraft guild improving its raid success ratio? You can create a Dayta log for anything. You can recall data points by date, or view them on a graph. The charts Dayta generates are simple, and much like Google…

• Google hreview Rich Snippets in WordPress

  Matt

  8 Mar 2010 | 3:31 am

  Have you ever noticed that some product review results in Google display a little 5-star rating under the title? What you’re seeing is something that Google calls a “Rich Snippet” — some metadata pulled from a microformat embedded on the page the result links to. Google supports a few microformats in their search results. vCard data can be displayed in some cases, upcoming events can be shown for theaters and event centers, star ratings can be displayed for reviews, etc.. Joost de Valk has put together a tutorial on how to add the hreview microformat to your WordPress…

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  Blogging Without A Blog

• My New Baby – The Unveiling – Enter The Drawing And Win

  Barbara Swafford

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm

  Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes we take a detour on the highway of life, and it’s because we did, we end up in a better place. Sometimes an affliction we have becomes our platform. Sometimes we’re in the right place at the right time. Sometimes that which haunts us, becomes an asset. My Story For the first two years of my blogging journey, one of my biggest challenges was learning how to change the header on my blog. I couldn’t figure it out, so I used a generic theme with a nondescript header. In 2009 when I changed my theme, I “cheated” and chose a…

• Oh Please, Dont Tell Me I Need To Learn This

  Barbara Swafford

  10 Mar 2010 | 1:50 am

  Before you spend your time reading this post, I will warn you, we’re discussing a topic many bloggers prefer not to think about. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if you want to read this post, or just move on. You see, we’re talking about making our blogs, “our babies”, safe and secure. Continue reading, or not…. I can still remember when I crashed my blogs. I stared at the error message on the screen and got sick to my stomach. Being new to blogging, I didn’t know what to do so I kept refreshing the page thinking it would correct itself. It…

• Be Careful What You Wish For

  Barbara Swafford

  6 Mar 2010 | 4:53 pm

  When we set goals for ourselves, we often neglect to look at the complete picture. Take for example, actors. They crave to to see their name up in lights, make big bucks like their peers or predecessors, and may want a life of luxury where anything they ever wanted is well within their reach. In fact, if they achieve fame, materially they can have it all. But…there’s a flip side to fame. When an actor becomes well known, others want a piece of them. Maybe it’s a photo, compromising or other. Maybe it’s their money. Or their friendship. After awhile, some begin to…

• Books or Blogs?

  Barbara Swafford

  3 Mar 2010 | 11:29 am

  Good Day Class, Today I am honored to introduce Hulbert Lee as our substitute teacher (guest writer). Hulbert, author of the fabulous blog From Bottom Up will lead the discussion on how we gather information for our blogs. Please join me in welcoming Hulbert to the Blogging Without A Blog classroom. Hello Hulbert. The floor is yours. Hello Class. Thank you for the warm welcome. Most of us here own blogs and get our ideas to produce content from different resources. The traditional way of getting information is from old-fashioned books. But ever since the rise in technology in the last few…

• S-L-O-W Down – Blogging Is Not A Race

  Barbara Swafford

  28 Feb 2010 | 3:52 am

  Blogging is defined as a hobby. You know. In the same category as other hobbies such as scrap-booking, fishing, quilting, collecting, etc… Take for example, when someone decides to make a quilt. They don’t race to get it done. No. They take time to find a pattern. Then they pick out the perfect fabric. They’ll carefully cut out each piece and painstakingly start making their blocks. When their blocks are done, they’ll arrange them “just so”, stitch them together, etc….. It may be years before the quilt is done. And when it is, they can sit back and…

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  HowToMakeMyBlog.com

• A humorous day in the life of a new blogger

  Marko Saric

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:02 pm

  The first blog known to man was published in the seventh century by a wild hunter who went by the name of Elvis Beowulf. Beowulf ’s blog gives us a great insight into seventh century Britain. From Dan Brown’s illuminating translation published in 2004 and the movie based on it (New Wolves on the Blog starring Tom Hanks, Sharon Stone and Madonna) we are able to learn a lot about early Anglican blogging. His entry for February 29th 694 is especially enlightening: I woke early this morning. For breakfast I killed an owl and washed it down with two tankers of home made ale. I woke up…

• Reader comment: counting keyword density and worrying about SERP’s

  Marko Saric

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:02 pm

  After my WordPress SEO post earlier this week, loyal reader Brian Prows sent in some great points via email and I wanted to share them with you guys: I’ve been using Scribe now for a few weeks and it has helped somewhat with SEO. You’re going to find it challenging, however, writing posts with titles like “101 ways to Capture your Reader’s Interest.” Scribe wants prime keywords at the beginning of the title. So I’ve been cheating a bit by doing it that way in Thesis’ Title section for SEO and making the actual title different. It’s curious that…

• WordPress SEO: How to 100% optimize your blog SEO

  Marko Saric

  7 Mar 2010 | 4:02 pm

  Doing Wordpress SEO is not difficult, even Google says that WordPress is one of the best blogging platforms for search engines optimization. There is so much competition though so it is important to optimize your blog SEO to attract organic traffic from search engines. WordPress SEO I got an email about the new Scribe blog SEO software because I am user of the Thesis Theme. Scribe SEO was created by the same team as Thesis and I just had to check it out. Scribe is basically a WordPress SEO plugin that helps work with the blog on-page search engine optimisation. Scribe sits in your blog…

• London Blog Club – Blogging goals and to-dos

  Marko Saric

  1 Mar 2010 | 4:02 pm

  Image by Toni Duarte. Meeting with, getting to know and discussing different subjects with other bloggers is a nice way to get motivated to improve your blog and take it to another level. I am one of the organizers of one of the blog meetup events for London bloggers, the London Blog Club. Our first ever London Blog Club meetup was on February 2nd and 12 London bloggers showed up. It was a very informal meeting where London bloggers were able to get to know each other and where everyone got a chance to speak a bit about their experience and dreams. London Blog Club – blogging goals and…

• Ebuzzing – sponsored posts for bloggers – UK launch

  Marko Saric

  1 Mar 2010 | 11:10 am

  Last week I was made aware of the launch of ebuzzing in the UK. EBuzzing is a simple way to monetize a blog by creating content for different brands and featuring videos and other content of different brands. Basically the deal is that you register on ebuzzing.com, it is simple and free and you get your blog approved. When your blog is approved, you will then get offers from brands that want to be featured on your blog. There are no obligations so you get to pick and choose if you want to feature something or not and you also get to set your own price. There are different…

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• Passing the CCNA Exam

  rowelld

  17 Feb 2010 | 8:59 pm

  After a year of on and off again studying of Cisco’s CCNA I can finally say that I am CCNA certified. It’s not an easy exam to pass. The CCNA exam is a lot harder compared to the Network+, which was my last certification. The format between the Comptia and Cisco exams are definitely different. The CCNA requires a lot more studying and with experience it may be a lot easier. Hands on experience is a plus with the CCNA. Physical routers and switches are a big advantage for doing labs while doing theory. If purchasing hardware is out of the question there is Packet Tracer which you…

• 2 Great Forums On Networking Topics

  rowelld

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:56 pm

  If you’re looking for a community to discuss networking topics such as Cisco, certifications, Microsoft certifications, etc. then these two forums will be a great resource for you: Sadikhov Networking-forum Share and Enjoy:

• 2010 IT Goals and Skills

  rowelld

  6 Jan 2010 | 11:59 am

  In the past I’ve focused on To Do lists and they never really pan out well for me. This year will be a little different. The To Do list will still be there but it will reflect my “To Be” list. I recently attended an inspirational talk and he got me thinking about focusing on what you want to be. When you focus in that aspect it will eventually define what you need to do to get there. So what I’ve done is listed here what I want to be in regards to Information Technology. Of course, what I want to be may change in the future but this is what I want to be at the moment.

• User VLAN Do Not Acquire DHCP Address

  rowelld

  8 Dec 2009 | 9:00 am

  When configuring VLANs on a layer 3 Cisco switch we often tend to segment our network by grouping devices in certain VLANs for security/departmental/geographical purposes. Enabling inter-VLAN routing allows all the devices on different VLANs to communicate with each other. If you’ve placed DHCP devices on a VLAN separate from the DHCP server you’ll notice that those devices will not receive an IP address. For example, your DHCP server is on VLAN 2 and your users are on VLAN 3. To allow your users’ computers to acquire an IP address from the DHCP server on VLAN 2 you’ll…

• Be Up to Date with Drivers and Firmware

  rowelld

  6 Nov 2009 | 3:12 pm

  Here’s a great tip for newbie Systems Administrators: Check regularly for updated drivers and firmware You’ll never know when things start breaking on you. Share and Enjoy:

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• If I Were To Start All Over Again…

  David

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:08 am

  Today, my blogging efforts enjoy a certain bit of inertia. It is easier for me to do things because I have an audience and I have traffic. What if I didn’t have it? If you take all that I’ve learned over my last 12 years of blogging and told me to start over again from scratch, how would I go about it? Let me walk you through what I’d do. In fact, this is very similar to what I did when I launched this very blog a couple of years ago. Establish Your Platform In order to begin reaching out in your market, you need to have a home base – your blog. So, set up some hosting…

• The Blogging Ninja Guide To Strategic Positioning

  David

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:31 am

  What I’m about to share with you is a bit meaty, but it can have a huge impact on your blogging income. I want to address questions like: How accessible should you be with your readers? How do you deal with the issue of pricing of your products and avoid “sticker shock”? I’m aware that some bloggers (those who aren’t making much money, mind you) may potentially take issue with what I’m about to share. However, this blog is all about being REAL with you and help you guys make as much money as possible from your blogging. What Is Strategic Positioning? Honestly, I just came up with…

• Project Update: Conferences & The Blogger Bubble

  David

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  This is my weekly project update, where I tell you what I’ve been up to this week in my business and share what’s on my mind. I’m fresh back from Continuity Summit, an event hosted by Ryan Lee up in Stamford, CT. All in all, great event. Ryan did a great job in delivering a lot of content. In many conferences, I’ll be in and out of the room. A lot of networking happens out in the hallways, after all. However, I attended almost every speaker this time because they were all good. I have a lot of notes sitting in Evernote to go over and process. Continuity Summit is an internet marketing…

• A Conversation Can Make You More Money

  David

  4 Mar 2010 | 5:40 am

  This is a guest post by Sean Smith of Powerofmore.net. Recently I took a trip to visit a close friend. The purpose of my trip was not necessarily for business, but some how I always manage to meet someone during my conversations and interactions with others who wants to do business with me. After meeting probably the tenth person during my travels who was interested in my services, it donned on me that the questions I typically ask during my conversations with others whom I’m meeting for the first time create an infections environment where they become excited about what I have to offer…

• Talking About Making Money Online In Order To Make Money Online

  David

  3 Mar 2010 | 9:05 am

  One of the most common confusions any new blogger asks themselves is… What should I blog about in order to make money? Many of the times, the conclusion ends up as follows: The people making good money online are the ones who talk about making money online. It leads to a huge catch-22. It leads to skepticism. But, is it true? Why Its A Myth In my opinion, it is a myth. My own experience tells me it is. I was making a six figure income as a blogger in the technology market – WELL before I ever uttered the first word about blogging for money. The problem is that people looking to make money…

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  Twingly Blog

• Connect! europaportalen.se opens up for debate!

  Anja

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:02 am

  europaportalen.se is the leading, independent platform for the Swedish debate about everything concerning the European Union (EU) and Europe. They relaunched their entire site today with lots of new features, all designed to make it even easier for users to join the ongoing discussions and debates, thus connecting people and Brussels with each other. Twingly is very proud to be able to contribute to this effort by helping to connect bloggers to europaportalen.se via Blogstream. Every time you comment on European topics on your blog and link to europaportalen.se, make sure you ping your posts…

• Twingly Live at “Uppdrag granskning” on Swedish Television tonight

  Martin Källström

  10 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am

  Swedish media continues to go realtime. Tonight Swedish public service-broadcaster SVT will use Twingly Live for their show “Uppdrag Granskning”. Twingly Live connects the show to the discussion about it on the real-time web. And for the first time, the Live feed will be fully displayed at the SVT website and in connection to the live broadcasting of the show on the web. “Step by step we are upgrading SVT.se to a 2.0-platform where we can get feedback, comments and answer questions from viewers during live broadcasts. Twitter is an excellent tool for that kind of realtime…

• Welcome, Expressen!

  Anja

  5 Mar 2010 | 1:06 am

  Today we have the pleasure to give a very warm welcome to a longed-for addition to the Twingly Family! This morning Expressen.se, one of the leading Swedish news sites with over 2 million unique visitors per week,  launched Twingly Blogstream. And Blogstream can not only be found on Expressen, but also on their editions for Gothenburg and Malmö GT.se and Kvallsposten.se. The content of Expressen.se seems to be engaging for many of us in the blogosphere. During the last month as many as nearly 3000 blog posts linked to Expressen.se. So if you are one of these bloggers writing about your…

• Twingly Live goes Webciety

  Anja

  2 Mar 2010 | 7:28 am

  The Webciety is a digital conference that takes place from the 2nd to 6th of march in Hannover during the world’s largest IT-fair CeBit in Hannover, Germany. Lots of discussions and events will take place there, taking into account all the different aspects of our digital world and how that affects the way we do business. These are the WebCiety-sessions and you can follow all tweets via Twingly Live in real time at the conference on the big screen. On their website you can watch all sessions with their live-video-stream . In conjunction with Twingly Live this allows you to get involved…

• Success Story: Twingly Blogstream + Halens.se

  anniesarabia

  1 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am

  We’ve had Halens.se as a client since December 2008, and they originally launched Twingly Blogstream on their site as one of their first steps in introducing the brand to the social media world.  As a follow up to our blog post a while back on Fashion Embracing Blogs, we’d thought we share with you all how Halens has used Twingly Blogstream as part of their social media strategy. Freddy Sobin, E-commerce Director at Halens, says: Twingly Blogstream is easy to install and has delivered positive results for us since day one. It has produced a positive word-of-mouth, increased brand…

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• 5 Steps To Take When Writing Your Article

  Steitiyeh

  17 Feb 2010 | 5:01 am

  “How do you write your articles?” A question that I was asked various times and I thought that I had to write an article about it and share its answer with you guys. It’s very healthy for any blogger and her/his blog to set a certain criteria/routine of how they’re going to create content for their blogs. Personally I follow some steps in every article I write that I think are “a-must” for every article, there are other steps I do with some articles only. Before listing these steps or things I do, I would like to say that with time these steps turn into a habit. 1- Collect…

• Difficulties I Am Facing As a Part-Time Blogger

  Steitiyeh

  16 Feb 2010 | 6:48 am

  As most of you know, I am planning to take my blog to the next level and generate full income from it or at least from my online presence/connections. I have to agree that in order to take it to the next level I need to dedicate time for it and commit and honestly this is appearing to be very difficult with my current situation, since I am a full-timer and sometimes I need to stay late at work and I have some other responsibilities alongside that as well. Having said all of this, I will still try hard and do my best to make it happen and quit my 9-5 job just for the sake of this blog! Being a…

• Is Google Buzz going to buzz?

  Steitiyeh

  10 Feb 2010 | 6:35 am

  Last night the announcement and launch of Google Buzz buzzed the whole sphere on all levels. But the question is: “Is Google Buzz going to buzz on the long-term or it’s going to be a momentum and that’s it?” I personally have various concerns about Google Buzz specially that it still has not yet been added to my Gmail, which I think is a sin in launching any new product! Earlier last year Google launched Google Wave, which I personally considered as a one great collaboration tool and I have used it in different projects ever since. When Google first launched Wave, a lot of people…

• What are you waiting for?

  Steitiyeh

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am

  Social media and blogging in specific is becoming a must for everyone. Yeah, everyone should blog and use social media even if not for making money or any other professional use. An article that created a big buzz yesterday was that The Pope Benedict XVI had a message for priests of the Catholic Church: they must proclaim the gospel by not only having a website, but by blogging and utilizing new web communication tools. Everybody is expecting 2010 to be the year of social media and blogging on ALL levels! If you don’t own a blog, why don’t you start blogging right now? Don’t…

• Let Your Readers Spread The Love

  Steitiyeh

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am

  This is a guest post by James from TheInfoPreneur. You write new content for your site, because you want people to read it. You promote it as much as you can, but there is only so much one person can do and unless you are about to employ a whole team to spread your content and products for you, you need to let your readers do it for you; Buttons Everyone wants their latest post to go viral and be the new must see web page and the very best way to do this is to have buttons. Digg, Tweetmeme, Sexy Bookmarks all of the plugins and extremely easy to put into your site and make it astonishingly…

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• 10 steps to have a ROCK STAR Facebook page!

  mayank

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:54 am

  In our earlier post we discussed that how we can add a custom tab on a facebook page and in this post we’d discuss that how can we popularize that facebook page to ensure that our brand name spreads and we can find targeted users. Of course, there have been many blogs that have already spoken about it and we’d like to ensure that this blog post will feature the best of techniques to ensure that you’d be able to promote your facebook page in the best of ways.Lets start with the basics 1. Invite your amigo : There will always be friends who’d be close and will be always…

• How to add BuddyPress to WordPress for community features

  mayank

  4 Mar 2010 | 9:42 pm

  After the release of BuddyPress 1.2, everyone rejoiced as bloggers who are using WordPress only will be able to enjoy the additional community features provided by BuddyPress. Earlier BuddyPress was compatible with WordPress MU only, that kept BuddyPress to not grow as fast as one would have expected. Since WordPress & WordPress MU are merging in version 3.0 – we can expect to see that it will grow by leaps and bounds! Don’t take the impression that BuddyPress has not grown at all, it has grown well enough that it powers some popular websites.Steps to install BuddyPress on…

• 11 ultimate resources to help you become WordPress champ!

  mayank

  19 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  One of the core reason for the popularity of WordPress is the community around it. There are thousands of fans and supporters who have created free wordpress themes, free wordpress plugins and most importantly thousands of tutorials, documentations to make it simpler for you to understand and use WordPress! A simple search will ensure that you’d get answer to most of you problems, so we though of listing the best resources about WordPress for you – don’t forget to subscribe them in your feed reader!Official Channel for news & updates about WordPress1. WordPress…

• How to add a custom tab to your Facebook fan page

  mayank

  16 Feb 2010 | 8:04 am

  I was always impressed with the fan page of Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Nonconformity [his blog]. It was one of the first few fan pages that used the power of Custom tabs in Facebook Pages. What I loved about this fan page was that it first loads the Welcome Page for those users who aren’t fan at the moment. Check out the page (link mentioned above) and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Lets find out that how one can add Custom Tabs on Facebook Fan page.1. Go to Static FBML applicationThis is the application that helps in creating the custom tabs. This application…

• 7 Tools from Google that save life of business owners!

  mayank

  13 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am

  [image credit : LTSeo]For hundreds and thousands of businesses, the term “Google is God” is true. It helps business owners to generate their living-hood and the best part is that they ensure that it can help in every possible way and that too with ease! Google provides various tools that help webmasters in ranking your website well in Google’s search engine index. Here are some of them -Google AdwordsTo start with a commercial product, Google Adwords is the program that helps you in generating targeted traffic for your website. It lets you target the visitors from every…

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  Mike's Life - Life Can Get Better!

• The Winner! Blog Contest - Regift?

  Mike

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:30 am

  It's time to announce the winner of the contest that started on Jordan's site and ended up here. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out this post: http://www.mikeslife.org/content/blog-contest-regift-and-win-500 The winner is Ponn Sabra who runs a blog called American Muslim Moms, and here's her winning comment, in answer to the question: What one single thing has had the biggest impact on your blogging success? Very surprisingly, the one single thing that has had the biggest impact on my blogging success was getting my 9 & 8 yo homeschool daughters blogging along with me.

• Saturday Discussion - Being "The Free Advice Guy"

  Mike

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:48 am

  Whatever your niche, in time, your community of readers will start to make contact with you through other means, most usually email. Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Many of those emails will be asking for advice or opinion, as you have carefully established yourself as an authority in your market place. At first, it's a wonderful feeling, to have been sought out by someone purely based on your reputation. But then the number and frequency increases, and as much as you want to help everyone who reaches out, the whole process can turn into a huge time thief. I'm still at the stage where I…

• Achieving Escape Velocity on your Blog

  Mike

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:35 pm

  "Success in most fields is a combination of skill, knowledge and activity." Interestingly, there are a lot of bloggers with some terrific writing skills. And getting the knowledge, with all the free information out there, combined with some of the excellent courses and books you can buy, is easy. But what about activity? Are you doing enough? You're a salesperson. You're selling yourself. You want readers, subscribers and customers, right? I have people who work in my real estate business, selling property. I tell them that the only truly productive time they have is when they are talking to…

• What Bloggers Can Learn From Buskers

  Mike

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:36 am

  This is a guest post by Adrian Swinscoe. Here's a story about a band that I saw busking in Covent Garden in London back in 2005. I'll hopefully show you how they focused on their craft and their audience and by doing so were able to sell CDs, eventually get discovered and now have a multi-album deal and are an award winning band......oh, and i'll tell you how all of this offers a great parallel for bloggers. The Story I first came across Portico Quartet, a 4-piece modern jazz group from London, when they were busking in Covent Garden back in 2005 or so. I'm a bit of a jazz fan so was…

• Reaching a tipping point in your online business

  Mike

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:43 am

  One of the most exciting days of my life was when we did the monthly accounts for my wife's travel blog, and realized we had earned a full time salary from it. It had been a long and hard road, but we had started something from nothing, with the smallest of investments, and we had genuinely created a full time income from it. Every word written, every aspect of the design and every cent earned had come from the two of us, with a lot of help from the fantastic community of readers. It's a corny phrase, but for me, it was life changing. We had proved to ourselves that ordinary people like us…

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  Better Blog TIPS and the New Media by BLOGBloke

• The Social Media Generation OR Paradise Lost

  I was discussing with my Internet repairman today about this generation's complacency with Social Media privacy. I think I hit it on the head when I said they don't seem to appreciate what they have, perhaps because they were born into it or didn't have to fight for their rights ...

• The Social Media Revolution?

  The Social Media Revolution: Is Social Media just a fad? Or could it be the biggest thing since the Industrial Revolution? Either way, this video doles out Social Media facts and figures that are too hard to ignore. Many years ago when blogging was still in its infancy I predicted it would ...

• Add Google Buzz to the Wordpress Plugin “Sociable”

  You can’t help but notice all of the buzz (no pun intended) over Google’s latest foray into the crowded Social Networking arena . So I was looking for a way to add Google Buzz to the popular Wordpress plugin “Sociable” that I have at the bottom of all my posts. Unfortunately ...

• Getting Better Visibility on Google: An Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts

  A few ideas from Google's Matt Cutts: "Think about what people are going to type to want to come to your site .. and make sure those keywords are on your page". Title tags matter because that is the first thing readers will see when they search on Google. Why the Description tag ...

• How Long Should a Blog Post Really Be?

  There seems to be a widely held view out there that the length of a blog post should be limited to only about 300 words maximum. Others might stretch that to 500 words or less but the general concensus is readers suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (notice the tongue in my ...

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  YouTube: Blogs

• crosstalk: Blogs Killed the Old Media Star

  RussiaToday

  15 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am

  crosstalk: Blogs Killed the Old Media Star On Peter Lavelle's crosstalk his guests are asked if old media such as newspapers will be replaced by the blogsphere, and whether this is healthy for society. From: RussiaToday Views: 699 34 ratings Time: 25:55 More in News & Politics

• The Joker Blogs - Road Trip (13)

  TheJokerBlogs

  21 Dec 2009 | 11:23 pm

  The Joker Blogs - Road Trip (13) The following video evidence is under the ownership of the Gotham City Police Department and strictly for their viewing only. Any unauthorized use or copying is subject to fine and or imprisonment. Please contact Detective J. Corrigan at the GCPD if you come across any leaked videos. The Gotham City Police Department Helping to rebuild a Better, Safer, Stronger Gotham From: TheJokerBlogs Views: 45725 714 ratings Time: 05:09 More in Film & Animation

• The Joker Blogs - Therapy Begins (1)

  TheJokerBlogs

  27 Sep 2009 | 3:41 am

  The Joker Blogs - Therapy Begins (1) The following recordings are for the expressed purpose of medical research and is the sole ownership of Gotham City's Arkham Asylum Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program staff and facilities. Doctor H. Quinzel is currently responsible for the video sessions for Patient #4479 and are intended for her viewing and the hospital team's viewing only. From: TheJokerBlogs Views: 51889 760 ratings Time: 04:53 More in Film & Animation

• 10 Myths About Blogs - Scott Rosenberg

  ForaTv

  7 Aug 2009 | 3:50 pm

  10 Myths About Blogs - Scott Rosenberg Complete video at: fora.tv Scott Rosenberg, Salon co-founder and author of Say Everything, gives his list of the top 10 myths about blogging. "I will boil down to you to fewer syllables than a haiku: some bloggers are doing journalism, others aren't." ----- You've heard all the arguments about blogging, pro and con. Blogs are a wondrous innovation, keys that have unlocked a vast treasury of self-expression and allowed underdogs everywhere to challenge giants. No, wait! Blogs are a scourge that is debasing journalism, undermining…

• Genealogy Blogger Randy Seaver on Family History Blogs

  GenealogyGems

  3 Jul 2009 | 5:35 pm

  Genealogy Blogger Randy Seaver on Family History Blogs Lisa Louise Cooke of the Genealogy Gems Podcast at www.genealogygems.TV interviews genealogy blogger Randy Seaver of the Genea-Musings blog at www.geneamusings.com about family history, blogging, conferences and research. Filmed at the Southern Calif. Genealogical Jamboree 2009 From: GenealogyGems Views: 587 5 ratings Time: 12:08 More in People & Blogs

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• Friday Mashup: 10 Awesome Free Wordpress Themes

  Marko

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:07 pm

  In this post you’ll find 10 new, high quality, widgetized,  awesome, colorful, free Wordpress themes! Good Wordpress themes are pretty hard to find, so I’ve created a list of 10 themes that I found really cool. Greviti Demo – Download DesignPile Demo – Download CelebrityHQ Demo – Download Mayumi Demo – Download Recipy Demo – Download ElegantNews Demo – Download SimpleFolio Demo – Download iRecipes Demo – Download iMobile Demo – Download Stratie Demo – Download Related posts:Friday Mashup: Blogging, Social Media, SEO…

• Do You Swear on Your Blog?

  Marko

  8 Mar 2010 | 2:39 pm

  Do you ever drop an F-bomb on your blog? Sometimes it’s called for, sometimes it’s just inappropriate, and for some people it’s just a natural way to express themselves. It’s for you to decide how you want to express yourself. You will probably want to decide what type of audience you want to have before you decide to drop an F-bomb on your blog. Profanity may be funny but only to certain readers. I guess it’s how you use it. As you have probably noticed, I don’t swear on my blog (I don’t remember doing it anyway). I want to keep my blog open to the…

• Friday Mashup: Blogging, Social Media, SEO

  Marko

  5 Mar 2010 | 2:19 pm

  This post is part of a weekly series, Friday Mashup, featuring mashup of blogging and social media resources and awesome blog posts. Blogging Perception Is Important To Your Blogging Career Verifying What is Do Follow versus No Follow Headline Writing Techniques That Just Work Using Music on Your Blog – Carefully Wordpress 20 WordPress Plugins For Better Image Handling 5 Twitter Themes for WordPress 7 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Every Blog Social 8 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Respect You How to Keep Readers Coming Back to Your Blog 35 Great Social Media Infographics 16 Facebook…

• How Do You Start Your Day?

  Marko

  3 Mar 2010 | 12:56 pm

  How does your daily routine start? What are the things you do when you get up? I found myself doing pretty much the same routine every morning lately. There are a few things I can’t start the day without. As a blogger who has a full time job, I try to be as efficient as possible. My day starts with a breakfast (doh!), nice cup of tea and some bread with Nutella. I eat Nutella every morning. It’s the only thing I can eat in the morning. Yes, I may be crazy. First thing I do after I power up my computer is check email. Actually I kind of scan through the emails to see what’s…

• Friday Mashup: Blogging and Social Media Resources

  Marko

  26 Feb 2010 | 1:35 pm

  This post is a mashup of useful articles people have written in the past week. Here’s a few I liked in no particular order. Optimize a Single Post On Your Blog for SEO – Learn how to optimize single blog posts to rank better in search engines. Is it me? It is, isn’t it? It’s me. – Is Shoemoney System full of shit? Social Media Impact of Google Buzz – Where’s Google Buzz heading? Multiple Personality Social Media – Interesting article about multiple personalities in social media. 10 Awesome Social Media Presentations by thought leaders of the…

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• New blog designer on Blogger

  Rick Klau

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:30 am

  A year in the making, we just released the new template designer on Blogger. The announcement is at the Official Google Blog, and additional posts at Blogger Buzz and the Blogger in Draft blog provide more detail about what's up. I've just updated my design, so if you haven't been to the site in a while, go take a peek. This is a huge step forward for Blogger, and is something we've been dying to release. Unlike past efforts, this isn't a rigid set of default (ugly) templates which are hard to customize. You get sliders to update the column widths, point and click ability to select the…

• Hello Technorati, old friend

  Rick Klau

  5 Mar 2010 | 1:01 pm

  Last fall, I spoke at the Internet Summit on a panel with Richard Jalichindra, the CEO at Technorati. They had recently relaunched Technorati, and his continuation of founder David Sifry's "state of the blogosphere" was a good take on what was new on blogs. His data mirrored what we see at Blogger: there are more blogs than ever, we're growing faster than ever, and there are more people reading blogs than ever before. It's a vibrant medium, and it's an exciting time to be in the space. I told Richard then that I had been a long time fan of Technorati - as an early blogger, it was the first…

• YouTube Captions: This is Big.

  Rick Klau

  4 Mar 2010 | 5:06 pm

  I don't upload a lot of video to YouTube, but that's going to change. Two nights ago, as we were preparing to launch the FTP Migration Tool, I wanted to do a quick video walk-through to show users how it would work. The video's 8 minutes long, and I was excited to get it done and up ahead of the actual launch so people could get a sense of things before diving in: I announced it on Buzz, and almost immediately one of our users (someone I've corresponded with on several occasions about Blogger) complained. I was expecting complaints - people aren't thrilled that we've made this decision - but…

• MA friends, I need your help today

  Rick Klau

  4 Mar 2010 | 9:21 am

  Kevin Kuwik, one of my brother's best friends from Notre Dame, is a remarkable guy. He's currently a basketball coach at Ohio State who served in Iraq (more on that here), but that's not what I'm writing about today. Last year, on the day before his brother's wedding in Buffalo, Kevin's girlfriend was flying to Buffalo to join the celebration. She was on flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo. The plane crashed, killing all aboard. In the year that's followed, Kevin has devoted his free time to lobbying Congress to pass common-sense legislation concerning commuter flight training. It's really…

• Sonos S5

  Rick Klau

  18 Feb 2010 | 9:31 pm

  Almost exactly four years ago (crap, seems like yesterday!) Fred wrote about his first experience with Sonos. He summed up the experience pretty well: [The Sonos system] delivered a premium experience for me and if you are looking for a simple, elegant solution for integrating digital music and music services like Rhapsody and Internet radio into your home audio system, you should give Sonos a really good look. It rocks.I remember being intrigued, and a few months later Fred dropped in to say hi to the Sonos team, and talked about what a remarkable group they were. I don't know why that post…

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• Consultants, Questions and Some Dude’s Secret Formula

  Kent

  4 Mar 2010 | 6:29 pm

  As we all know, I have recently moved to WordPress after years of blogging via Blogger and FTP publishing.  The move went well, and so far I am happy with WordPress.  As noted in my WordPress Process series, I hired Aaron Brazell to help with some of the more difficult parts of the switch.  Aaron did a great job, and I recommend him for anyone needing a WordPress expert. We took the final step of the trip today when we set up the new permalink structure, and redirected the old-style permalinks to the new permalink pages.  During the process, I asked a some specific…

• GoodSongs: Drunk on Crutches

  Kent

  2 Mar 2010 | 5:47 pm

  I really like the new record by L.A.’s Drunk on Crutches.  It sounds a lot like early Lone Justice, which is high praise.  California rock, with a little country flavoring. Here’s the excellent Apt. 16 (Purchase via iTunes).

• Evening Reading: 3/1/10

  Kent

  1 Mar 2010 | 5:47 pm

  Start that Gaming Addiction Now: Color Me Happy looks like a neat little app for kids.  I’ll have to get a copy for Luke- on Raina’s iPhone. The Once and Future M.U.L.E.:  One of the best games ever has been reincarnated. Great Video, Great Cause: This is one of the best music videos I have ever seen.  Led by the great Shane MacGowan.  Recognize the guitar player near the end? Speaking of Videos: Camera Plus Pro brings video recording to older iPhones.  So does iVideoCamera. Ain’t I Groovy:  And Phototropedic makes your iPhone photos cool. My Dog Can Kick…

• Why Google’s Shot Across Twitter’s Bow Missed the Mark

  Kent

  28 Feb 2010 | 11:02 pm

  Erick Schonfeld has three interesting theories as to why Google pushed Google Buzz out the door and into the email client of millions of users, before it was ready for prime time. I’ve tried Google Buzz, and found it to be pretty uninspiring.  I’d been thinking that one of Erick’s theories might be at play.  A theory that, if true, is going to backfire on Google.  I also came up with a fourth theory that I think plays at least a part in this drama. The Twitter Negotiating Power Theory One of Erick’s theories is that Google really wants to buy Twitter, and launching Buzz…

• Record Review: James Keyes – Ruminations

  Kent

  28 Feb 2010 | 5:51 pm

  I get a lot of music submissions, in the hopes that I’ll review the record here or at GoodSongs.Com (which is now here also).  Assuming a submission is reasonably targeted to my taste, I listen to at least part of it, though I am horribly backed up at the moment. Tonight I received a copy of James Keyes’ new record Ruminations (purchase at CD Baby).  Something- I can’t say what exactly- made me queue up the record right away, while I was working on something else. Man, am I glad I did.  This is good stuff.  Sort of a gritty, but melodic alternative country sound, at…

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  Disqus

• Are you going to SXSWi this year? Let's Meet up!

  10 Mar 2010 | 6:10 pm

  If you’re reading this and wondering what the heck is SXSWi, I’ll break it down for you. In 1987 South by South West (SXSW) was started as a Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. In 1994 they added Interactive (the “i” in sxsw) and film portion. We (Daniel, Ro, Giannii, and some other Disqus dudes) go every year for a couple reasons outside of amazing barbecue, parties, music, panels, and beer. It’s a chance for us to get in touch with many of our publishers/commenters and have quality (for the most part) conversations. So if you happen to be in Austin, TX this year for…

• Disqus Comments WordPress Plugin v2.3 Now Available!

  9 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  [ UPDATE: We just increased the plugin version to 2.32 to fix a bug with exporting your comments to Disqus. If you were having problems exporting since the release of the new plugin, upgrade to the latest version. We’ve just released the latest update to the Disqus WordPress plugin! You can download it here or update directly from the WordPress admin panel. This is version 2.3 and includes many updates that we are very happy to announce. Updated user interface to better sit within the WordPress admin aesthetics. Clean up of moderation, navigation, and support interfaces. Improved comment…

• Disqus Comments On RapidWeaver

  8 Mar 2010 | 1:30 pm

  RapidWeaver is a powerful website creation tool for Mac OS X created by Real Mac Software. It makes use of all the great new technologies Mac OS X has to offer, including Core Animation, Quick Look, integrating with iLife, and now Disqus Comments is available on their latest beta release. You can download the Disqus enabled beta version here. If you need help setting up Disqus Comments on your RapidWeaver website, follow this guide. Cheers! -Giannii

• Faster Disqus for everybody

  3 Mar 2010 | 10:18 am

  A little bit more than a week ago I posted a blog post where I discussed a project that makes Disqus much faster. At the time the new version was available only for our early adopters and they did a great job by testing it and sending us their feedback. Since then, we’ve fixed a few issues and made some more improvements. And today I am happy to announce that we made this faster, more responsive version available to everybody! You don’t need to do anything to enable it but if you experience any difficulties loading Disqus, there is a new link under the progress bar. By clicking on it, you…

• Welcoming The Atlantic

  1 Mar 2010 | 9:24 am

  We are honored to have The Atlantic in the Disqus community. Founded over 150 years ago by some of America’s most prominent literary figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others…The Atlantic remains today a place for thought leaders to stay informed on foreign affairs, politics, economic issues and cultural trends. As part of the recent relaunch of their flagship site, they’ve placed special emphasis on better engagement amongst both users and their current generation of “Voices” such as Marc Ambinder and Ta-Nehisi Coates, with…

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  Spot Cool Stuff: Websites

• The Cool Comics of The Oatmeal

  Spot Cool Stuff

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  What’s the proper way to use a semicolon? How fast can cats run? - and - How long could you survive after kicking a bear in the balls? These and other burning questions are answered in fun graphical form on a Spot Cool Stuff website favorite: The Oatmeal. The site is the creatively genius work of a Seattle graphic designer who never seems to explain the origin’s of his site’s name. Not that it matters. The Oatmeal would be engaging under any moniker. Our favorite pages on Oatmeal are the oversized comics, the ones full of detail that require quite a bit of scrolling to get…

• Best Spot Cool Stuff Website Reviews of 2009

  Spot Cool Stuff

  4 Jan 2010 | 11:33 am

  We spend nearly every day searching out cool websites. And nearly every day we are amazing at the possibilities the world wide web offers. Our favorite website review posts from the past year: #10: Cool Websites For Home Remodeling & Redecoration Our choice websites for locating a quality contractor, finding home furnishings and (perhaps more important) being inspired. #9: Strange & Wonderful Maps Our review of a blog collecting all manner of funny, fascinating and fantastic maps. #8: Eight Cool Flickr Photostreams The Flickr photo sharing website has drawn tens of thousands of…

• Where to Watch Classic TV Commercials Online

  Spot Cool Stuff

  29 Dec 2009 | 5:43 pm

  Television commercials. Watching them today is an annoyance. But there’s something about seeing commercials from 30~40~50 years ago that can provide a nostalgic and interesting look into bygone times. Here’s our selection of websites where you can watch classic television commercials for free: AdViews When the students and faculty of Duke University aren’t busy watching basketball they apparently spend their time collecting vintage tv commercials. The commercials on their AdViews site are well organized by product, company and year. Unfortunately, you can’t watch them…

• The Website Where Kids Design Their Stuffed Animals

  Spot Cool Stuff

  14 Dec 2009 | 5:43 pm

  Spot Cool Stuff laments the general direction children’s toys have taken away from requiring imagination. Surely, part of the issue has been the proliferation of online gaming websites aimed at kids. But if websites have been part of the problem maybe they can be part of the solution? That’s the idea behind the Israel-based start-up Shidonni. Shidonni has a variety of fun, imagination-enhansing online games for children. Kids can draw animals, for example, upload the drawing to the Shindonni site, and then have their animal creation roam around the virtual Shindonni world for…

• Light In The Box: Wholesale Bargains From China

  Spot Cool Stuff

  26 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am

  If you’ve traveled to China and been to an electronics or fashion market there chances are you’ve been struck by two facts: 1) How cheap the prices are (relative to North America and Europe); and 2) How many products are available there that aren’t in your home country. To take advantage of these facts you could travel to China with extra room in your suitcase. Or, you could shop at what might be Spot Cool Stuff’s single favorite online store: Light In The Box. From its name you’d think Light In The Box was some sort of lamp store. In fact, it’s a…

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  TwistedSifter

• Picture of the Day - March 14, 2010

  Twisted Sifter

  14 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Photograph by Unknown Not only is today PI day (3/14) but it’s also the birthday of the father of modern physics, Albert Einstein! Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born Swiss-American theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. He is often regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the…

• The Sunday Selection

  Twisted Sifter

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:58 am

  Every Sunday the Sifter will highlight an article from the archives. In this installment, we look back at the incredible artwork of Ron Mueck and his hyper-realistic sculptures: HYPER-REALISTIC SCULPTURES BY RON MUECK If you’re on Twitter or Facebook, let’s connect!

• Picture of the Day - March 13, 2010

  Twisted Sifter

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  BEHIND THE CURTAIN Photograph by Sankax Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis freezes solid during the winter. Minnehaha Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River located in Hennepin County, Minnesota that extends from Lake Minnetonka in the west and flows east for 22 miles (35.4 km) through several suburbs west of Minneapolis and then through south Minneapolis. Including Lake Minnetonka, the watershed for the creek covers 181 square miles (469 sq km). While the name is often translated as “Laughing Water”, the correct Dakota language translation is “curling water” or…

• The Friday Shirk Report - March 12, 2010 | Volume 48

  Twisted Sifter

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:58 am

  Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find 20 images, 10 articles and 5 videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse 20 IMAGES +1 bonus - Oh right a paperweight! That’s what it is… (best Craigslist post of 2010) - Iron Man’s Briefcase is infinitely cooler than yours - Wu-Tang Clan Venn Diagram - If you’ve ever wondered what the groove on a vinyl record looks like, here it is at 1000x magnification - Graffiti in the womens bathroom.

• Picture of the Day - March 11, 2010

  Twisted Sifter

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  ARE YOU READY FOR THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ If you’re on Twitter or Facebook, let’s connect! GET FEATURED! CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE PICTURE OF THE DAY!

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• Do Bloggers Really Make Money Blogging?

  Keller Hawthorne

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:37 pm

  I was reading a fantastic interview of David Risley over at RobbSutton.com yesterday and this question popped into my head. So many top bloggers seems to make most of their income through offering their own membership course, ebooks or other training materials. So, do any bloggers actually make money from[...]

• Simply Fresh Themes Opens Tuesday, March 16, 2010!

  Keller Hawthorne

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:24 pm

  You may have noticed a lack of new posts on my blog this week. That’s because I’m finishing up work on my new website Simply Fresh Themes! As many of you know, I decided to start designing premium WordPress themes this year. I’m really excited about this opportunity as it gives[...]

• Membership Site Mastermind Course Reopens Tuesday, March 9th, 2010!

  Keller Hawthorne

  4 Mar 2010 | 4:02 pm

  If you’ve ever considered launching a membership site to sell your valuable information, then Yaro Starak’s Membership Site Mastermind is a course I couldn’t recommend more to you. I joined this course last year (yes, yours truly plans to open a membership site in the future). The course is similar to[...]

• Selling Advertising Space Part 5: How to Convince Advertisers to Buy Your Space

  Keller Hawthorne

  2 Mar 2010 | 12:42 pm

  This post is part 5 of 5 in the series...Selling Advertising SpaceWelcome to part 5 of this article series! In this post, I will continue on with question 12: How do I convince advertisers to buy? The best ad manager and advertising policies won’t matter much if you can’t convince advertisers[...]

• New OIOpublisher Ad Manager Coupon for March 2010!

  Keller Hawthorne

  1 Mar 2010 | 1:36 pm

  Way back in April 09′, before I even officially launched my blog, I wrote a review (The Best Ad Manager for Wordpress – OIOpublisher) about an ad manager I had decided to purchase. It is by far the BEST ad manager I’ve found for WordPress, but you can use it[...]

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  Micheal Savoie Welcomes You

• RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-14

  Micheal Savoie

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am

  Social Marketing Twitter – 5 Tools for the Social Marketing Newbie … http://bit.ly/92V4af # Social Marketing Twitter – 5 Tools for the Social Marketing Newbie … http://bit.ly/9jmo58 # Just updated! http://su.pr/2zT9To I really like being able to add videos to my post it page! # This has to be the best bundle for the marketer http://TwitPWR.com/1gb/ interested in setting up and selling their own membership websites! # Backlink Videos #1 How to create backlinks and 8 sites to post them: http://su.pr/2Lx8OM # I'm psyched! Finally an Instant Commissions Vault of Products that…

• RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-13

  Micheal Savoie

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:14 am

  #followfriday @irock0115 @susanpreston @dpinc @williecrawford @yvonnelyon @zomgshiny @feliciaslattery @barefoot_exec @kenmcarthur #followfev # #followfriday you should follow @judyjacobs @katekliewer @danielperry @susanbravo @teresakeiser from my http://ping.fm/oMXqB class # (Video) The Perfect Storm Weatherman uses GVO, watch as he explains => http://su.pr/2XKgk1 # #followfriday you should follow @coachdeb @jpmicek @blairwarren @warrenwhitlock @joelcomm @dannickerson @emailcopywriter @quickreply # Just updated! http://su.pr/2zT9To I really like being able to add videos to my post it page!

• RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-12

  Micheal Savoie

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:14 am

  Just updated! http://su.pr/2zT9To I really like being able to add videos to my post it page! # HEAT and the Buoniconti Fund Join Forces to Help Raise Awareness and Funds to … http://bit.ly/cG8k0e # RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-11: Totally beautiful day today! Only thing that would make it better would be to ha.. http://bit.ly/9Sw8ut # For Internet Marketers, this is better than 2-tier, its TEN tier! Check It out => http://su.pr/2XKgk1 # Download AMAZING Collection Of March Madness Gifts FREE! ==>http://www.marchmadnessgifts.com Coming March 16th # Grab a cup of coffee and watch this…

• RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-11

  Micheal Savoie

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:14 am

  Totally beautiful day today! Only thing that would make it better would be to have @yvonnelyon here with me! # Just updated! http://su.pr/2zT9To I really like being able to add videos to my post it page! # #Save $3 per #domain on the first http://firmnets.com year of #registration – great value! # Meteorologist Todd Gross says THIS hosting company pays you back (watch) => http://su.pr/2XKgk1 # "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure" ~ Colin Powell # This has to be the best bundle for the marketer…

• RT@michealsavoie 2010-03-10

  Micheal Savoie

  10 Mar 2010 | 8:14 am

  Drop everything and sign up right now.Back door opened at 11AM Eastern…=> http://su.pr/1V62UH # http://su.pr/1V62UH There's an option to get 100% commissions too…Don't hesitate to take it (thank me later). # Writing a new blog post! #PIAW # #PIAW Published: Traffic, Leads, and Sales http://ping.fm/5wW24 # Just updated! http://su.pr/2zT9To I really like being able to add videos to my post it page! # Listen to Blogging With Micheal on MichealSavoie anytime on BlogTalkRadio. http://tobtr.com/s/901355 #BlogTalkRadio # Salu Wellness Video: http://su.pr/8lMi1Q # Does…

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  iWebU

• Web Secret #92: Chat Roulette

  iWebU

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:30 am

  I wasn't sure I was going to write about Chat Roulette, even though it has over 500,000 unique visitors a day and anywhere from 20,000 to 150,000 concurrent users. And even though it's so big that it's been written up in Fast Company, the New York Times, Mashable, and Tech Crunch - and that's just to name a few. For the uninformed, Chat Roulette is a web site that pairs you with a random videochat partner. You can click "next" any time, or stay with your current pairing. And with that, anything is possible. You could be talking to a cool bunch of people in Ireland about what it's like to live…

• Web Secret #91: In Social Media We Trust

  iWebU

  3 Mar 2010 | 5:28 am

  A truism among social media marketing devotees is that above all, people trust endorsements from their "friends", making social media more effective than other traditional forms of advertising. As an example, if you have a new product, you want to make sure that your Twitter followers rave about it, your Facebook friends become fans, and your Aunt Susie blogs about it.So when Robert Berkman sent me a link to an Advertising Age article that said the exact opposite, I paid attention. (Probably because I had just read Bob's book "The Art of Strategic Listening - Finding Market Intelligence…

• Web Secret #90: Odiogo

  iWebU

  24 Feb 2010 | 5:29 am

  There are only a handful of blogs I read faithfully, and one of them is the Online Therapy Institute Blog. As I was reading their most recent post, I noticed a button listen now. I pressed it and in a matter of seconds I was listening to a voice reading the post. I also had the option to download this instant podcast to my iPod or MP3 player. Remember my delay of gratification issue? I HAD TO HAVE THAT FEATURE ON MY BLOG IMMEDIATELY! So I dropped everything, and clicked on Odiogo - voice your content. Odiogo claims to "transforms blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files…

• Web Secret #89: Blog Power

  iWebU

  17 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am

  Claim your blog on Technorati.com. My claim token is 8XNUT6CSQ86R. Get yours.In a recent post, I stated that 90% of bloggers have no business blogging. But if you are one of the lucky souls who can respond “YES” to the following 4 questions…1. Can I write?2. Can I write something clever, useful or witty?3. Can I write something clever, useful or witty, at least once a week?4. Can I write something clever, useful or witty, at least once a week - for an indefinite period of time?… blogging can be a great idea. I agree with Jeff Bulla that while it takes effort, time and commitment, a…

• Web Secret #88: the iGeneration

  iWebU

  10 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am

  This is what I observe when my 20 year old is home from college: As befits her generation - she is in constant communication with her peer group. She does this primarily via text message - sending thousands a month.As befits their generation, my 16 year old twins are in constant communication with their peer group. They do this primarily via video chat. For hours. Until I tell them to stop.They are different.Kudos to the New York Times' Brad Stone for elaborating on that observation and writing a thought provoking article "The Children of Cyberspace".According to Stone, researchers are…

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  Blog traffic tips - Blogging tips

• How to change blogger template - update

  umesh

  16 Feb 2010 | 9:29 pm

  I receive many visitors on this blog for 'How to change blogger template' post. This post was written in January 2009 i.e. one year back.Recently the blogger.com as come up with many new and updated features. They have also updated the feature of changing to third party template.Earlier when we were uploading the third party template the widgets were getting lost , so we need to take backup of this widgets i.e. saving code of each widget.Now after uploading the new template from PC when we try to save it , it asks whether we want to 'Keep widgets' or 'Delete widgets' as shown in picture…

• Blog traffic from Youtube

  umesh

  18 Jun 2009 | 2:39 am

  How to get blog traffic from youtube? Uploading video to youtube is easy but what can we do to generate traffic to our blog from the video?Here are important ideas and steps which helps to bring traffic from youtube video.First I will list three basic steps and then will discuss each step in detail.1) Create your own video2) Register with youtube and Upload your video with correct title.3) Incorporate and mention your blog url at appropriate places on youtube.1) Now we will look at first step as what kind of video can be prepared?You need something related to your blog subject. Website owners…

• Blogging tips for beginners - Part 2

  umesh

  14 Jun 2009 | 7:50 am

  These blogging tips are update on my last post on Blogging tips for beginners. These are mainly using some blogger.com features which are actually useful but rarely used by bloggers.Blogging tip #26 - SchedulingPlease write regularly for your post because search engine likes blogs which are updated regularly.Many times due to lack of time or other reason we do not get time to write for the blog so when ever you have some thoughts or ideas to write something straight a way write into new post and do not publish but save as draft. Later on add and edit into it as you get time.Also there is one…

• Blogging tips - 25 tips to build better blog for beginners

  umesh

  28 May 2009 | 7:01 am

  During my surfing of the net and participation in discussions I came across many blogs and bloggers.After looking at their blogs and blogging help they have asked for I decided to write this post about blogging tips so that by using these blogging tips they can do better blogging and make their blog better.You may already have a blog or want to start a new blog so I will list my tips starting from choosing the blog name (domain name)Please read following 25 blogging tips to build better blog .Following are Blogging tips useful before starting a new blog or writing new post.These are important…

• Add adsense ad, link unit or page element below header

  umesh

  21 May 2009 | 2:31 am

  Many blogs have good blogger template and they want to add the google adsense link unit or google adsense ad below header or title. How to do it?For this purpose either they can change the whole template or do the simple html code editing mentioned here. This widget / trick actually gives additional 'Add gadget' (add page element) option above the header.Go to your Dashboard > layout > edit HTML > then search for<div id='header-wrapper'> <b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'><b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='your blog title (Header)'…

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  DollarShower.com

• PayPal India conforms to Government regulations

  Ajith Prasad

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:49 pm

  Looks like the recent PayPal India chaos – whereby the personal account holders couldn’t withdraw money to Indian banks – has come to an end! When I tried to withdraw money to my bank account last week, it asked me to declare a purpose for the proceeds received through PayPal (Screenshot below). This is definitely a great move. As I have always maintained, the online income earners need to comply to government rules and regulations while making money. In principle they are bringing in foreign exchange (Forex) to India that’s not accounted for and sometimes not taxed. New…

• Facebook fan page: Create one for your brand or business today

  Ajith Prasad

  7 Mar 2010 | 5:22 am

  Exactly two years ago, I had maintained that facebook is going to witness explosive growth over its competition. Today it has actually done it and well beyond expectations at that. It’s no more a mere social networking platform but also a place where people market their products and promote their brands. Facebook fan pages have become one of the bare minimum ingredients for any company in order to successfully build its brand and online campaigns (even for offline success). Last night, I spend some time to build a small fan page for DollarShower and I strongly recommend that you build one…

• QueryAds Affiliate Program

  Ajith Prasad

  24 Feb 2010 | 9:54 pm

  In October last year, I had written a review on QueryAds as an alternative to the Google AdSense program as well as an effective search advertising option. Recently they launched an affiliate program and this post is a short review on the same. The QueryAds publisher network is an excellent value proposition for bloggers and webmasters because they share 70% of their revenue with publishers and the payout happens when a $50 threshold is reached. And now they have an unmatched affiliate program where a 10% of the referral revenues for life is given to the affiliates. QueryAds Affiliate Program…

• Spam Comments Fun!

  Ajith Prasad

  15 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am

  After a week of inactivity on the blogging front, I tried to moderate the pending comments today. Unlike my previous reactions on the spam folder, this time around, I decided to give some respect to the spammers and actually read many of those comments. To be frank, I do not entirely blame them for their backdoor marketing efforts. On the other hand, I thought, some of them are really very creative and childishly funny at times. The following are some of the very interesting spam comments that I keep receiving and my answers to them, if I had actually moderated them in. I am sure, all of you…

• Making Money Online in India gets tougher

  Ajith Prasad

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:18 am

  It has been only a week since PayPal India stopped processing all money transactions to personal accounts in India. They have also blocked the withdrawal of available funds. Apart from receiving the AdSense checks, most of the Indian bloggers and freelancers would have used PayPal for online money transfers and hence the future of their hard earned money remains uncertain. A lot of people think that making money online in countries like India is a really easy to do thing. Indeed, it’s so easy to get started but with all its related risks (Read Online business risks) and a lot more related…

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  Technotip.ORG

• BuySellAds: Faster and Better(Show ads vertically with a click)

  Satish

  24 Feb 2010 | 10:39 am

  We all know that internally Google is thinking of considering site loading speed as one of the criteria for ranking the website. Apart form that, faster loading sites are key for grabbing user attention. BuySellAds has come up with an innovative idea of making the javascript ad codes asynchronous(as they call it). When any browser downloads the ad code that displays the ads, it blocks everything else on the page from rendering. And, while this process may take less than a second of the user’s time, it is noticeable and it is a big problem. You can read more at BSA blog. It is frustrating…

• My Experience: Purchasing a Dell Desktop Online

  Satish

  22 Feb 2010 | 4:51 am

  It was December 2009, my exams were still going on and I was restless in finding a good configuration for my next best PC! My plan was: If I order the Computer now, it will be processed, built and sent to me by the time my vacations start. Nice plan. But nothing happened as I expected. It was December 26th 2009, and I called up Dell Customer care to place my order. Someone luckily picked up the call(after trying 3 times) and talked to me. I was very happy, but they told me to hold the phone until they transfer my call to Dell Sales person. I was hearing some instructions, recorded sales pitch…

• Holy IT! – by Scott Wittig

  Satish

  20 Feb 2010 | 12:35 pm

  Holy IT! The Amazing power of ClarITy – by SCOTT WITTIG. ‘Holy IT!’ – Is a Guide to Finding and Doing Your Thing – Your ‘IT’. This book is written to help you identify, and start acting on, that thing that you (and those around you) know that you should be doing, but aren’t. We all have one. Scott asks “What’s yours?”. In scott’s own words – “I identified my purpose in life – to HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE.” Main Contents of the Book IT Identify They Can’t Eat You. Wat If…You Don’t Do It?

• Twitter Mobile Web Adds Reply, Retweet, Favorite..

  Satish

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:15 am

  Twitter Mobile Web was friendly only for status update. There was no reply button, no retweet button and no favorite button. It was kind of frustrating to remember the Twitter ID of the person, and then type it in the update box(without spelling mistakes!) and send the reply. Recently Twitter has added bunch of new features to it, to make it more useful. Now I don’t use any Apps, I just use the simple mobile web interface. Some of the things added to Twitter Mobile Web are – reply, retweet, favorite, turn off the images, Popular topics, popular topics of today week etc, real time…

• 7 Ways To Get Traffic – Before You Need It!

  Satish

  31 Jan 2010 | 11:44 am

  One common question we all hear, and at some point of time have asked – How to get traffic to our new blog? Here are some examples of how I got my first 500 – 800 visits per day in my initial days of blogging: I started it before I actually needed it: 1. Commenting on other blogs: I had spent some time in selecting a domain name(even though I din’t have much knowledge about selecting a good domain name at that time). And started participating in comment section of various blogs – niche which I was interested in. And included the URL of my blog in all the comments(not…

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  TheAnand

• Error 14 – iPod Touch Sync/Restore Error

  Anand

  9 Mar 2010 | 11:45 am

  My first sour experience with my first apple product. I bought an iPod touch last thanksgiving and so far, I am pretty impressed with its capabilities. But last weekend, I tried to update my OS into the latest 3.1.3 and ended up pretty much bricking my ipod. The screen was stuck at the sync screen and refused to respond to any action. And when I tried to restore my ipod back into the previous, I got a error 14. Stumped and worried with all the bricking stories, I spent more than two days searching for a solution. And at some point of tinkering with it, it showed up as an iphone! (sigh..wish…

• BarCampKerala 8

  Anand

  7 Mar 2010 | 9:46 pm

  Its here. The biggest unconference in Kerala is back with the 8th edition. BarCamp Kerala(8) is at MACFAST, Thiruvala on March 28th, 2010. For those of you who don’t know what a BarCamp is… BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences – open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants – often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. Wikipedia It is one of those conferences where you see youngsters, geeks, technophiles and everyone else come together in a…

• Will the iPad be ‘StillBorn’?

  Anand

  15 Feb 2010 | 12:01 pm

  The most expected product launch of recent years by Apple was definitely the iPad. Those following various tech blogs of the sphere would have heard at least one rumour of the much anticipated device. But when Steve Jobs announced it last month, the reaction could be pretty much summerized as Ooh! Ooh! Oh. But this post is not about the iPad, but about the ambitious Indian startup called Notion Ink and its product Adam. The touted iPad killer impressed me a lot personally and it definitely seems to be one of those devices I would be looking at if I was to ditch my laptop and embrace touch.

• Internet 2009 in numbers

  Anand

  26 Jan 2010 | 11:23 pm

  What happened with the Internet in 2009? Even though I suck at my math paper in college, I love numbers! I got this newsletter today morning and found an exciting coverage of Internet 2009 in numbers. Here goes! Email 90 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2009. 247 billion – Average number of email messages per day. 1.4 billion – The number of email users worldwide. 100 million – New email users since the year before. 81% – The percentage of emails that were spam. 92% – Peak spam levels late in the year. 24% – Increase in spam…

• Who is a Internet Marketer?

  Anand

  4 Jan 2010 | 4:28 am

  You know how arranged weddings in India are, the whole family resume is important when you are getting married! My brother for whom a bride is being searched at the moment has put my professional life in the spotlight. What do you do? I am an Internet Marketing Consultant. Usually the conversation thread stops right there because most of the time the person asking has no idea what the hell my job profile is! While its amusing to see that priceless expression, I decided to answer it on my blog anyway Define: The Internet Marketer An internet marketer to me is someone who can drive traffic…

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• Help! I Can’t Think of Anything to Write About – Ideas for Blog Posts

  Paula

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:49 pm

  When it comes to blogging one of the things I find the most difficult is finding ideas for blog posts. I seem to get a block every now and then where I sit and wonder what to write about next. I’m sure it happens to most bloggers at certain times. So what I [...]

• Are You Getting Results from Your Online Business?

  Paula

  5 Mar 2010 | 1:36 am

  Well it’s been a while since my last post. It’s not that I’ve been busy…it’s more the fact that I couldn’t be bothered writing for this blog.  Sounds bad doesn’t it? But when it comes down to it, this blog isn’t how we make our money. In fact, it makes us nothing at all except [...]

• Are You Living an Extraordinary Life?

  Paula

  10 Feb 2010 | 7:35 pm

  I remember sometime back listening to a conversation I heard at work between two colleagues who were discussing what they would do if they won the lottery. I listened with interest to this conversation as each told the other about all the great things they would do if they won a large sum of money. And as [...]

• How to Add Your Image (Gravatar) to Your Blog Comments

  Paula

  1 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Have you ever noticed how some people have a thumbnail image of themselves next to their blog comments? It looks good doesn’t it?…but that’s not it’s only advantage. It’s also a great way of branding yourself. If you leave enough comments on different blogs, then what happens is that you begin to start being recognized [...]

• Our Secrets for Success: How to Get to the Next Level in Your Online Business

  Paula

  26 Jan 2010 | 11:49 pm

  Yesterday I was having a think back to when we were really struggling to make a living online….and actually it wasn’t that long ago. And as I was thinking about it, I wondered why it took us so long to start making a decent income. We had been working really hard on our websites on a [...]

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• Taxi-Book in the news, Chengdu Weekly

  tuyet

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:29 pm

  Chengdu Weekly (7/2/2010) published an article written by Sebastiaan Fransen, on the innovative tool for foreigners “Taxi-Book“. Contact E-mail: sales@taxi-book.com Tel: +86 (0)28 8535 3133 Fax: +86 (0)28 8531 9680 Website: www.taxi-book.com Related posts:Taxi-Book: your destination, our drivePresentation Of More Chengdu MagazineMajor Economic News of ChengduChengdu: Book your own annual Party in SofitelHopeful heart Charity Annual report

• “Paris, des oiseaux et l’amour…” at Café Brussels Wuhan

  Jeremy

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:07 pm

  To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Alliance Française and Day of Francophonie, a photo exhibition about Paris will be visible to the “Café Brussels”. Opening Night the 03/13/2010 with the participation of Remy Dubois, who will accompany us on guitar or piano for this walk in Paris. affiche event – flyer event – Related posts:Valentine at Café Brussels WuhanChinese New Year party at Cafe Brussels, WuhanCafé Brussels Wuhan: Mussels SeasonNew Year Dinner at Café Brussels WuhanWuhan restaurant: Café Brussels

• SWOT of Chongqing, Part1: Strengths

  Bienja

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm

  In the following, we will look, as part of a SWOT (Strengths, Weeknesses, Opportunities and Threats)  analysis of Chongqing, at the Strengths of this up and coming business location. Advantages Chongqing, as an investment destination of highest potential in West China, has the following five advantages: 1. Location Chongqing is located at the core of the economic belt of the upper Yangtze, connecting China’s vast west and eastern coast. It is the key region for implementing China’s Go West Policy. 2. Infrastructure Chongqing is the only transportation hub in West China that…

• The lines of railway high-speed reaching 3 000 Km

  Jeremy

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:44 pm

  The Ministry of Railways said on its website that the railway high speed running in China have exceeded 3 300 miles. China has completed two lines of railway in 2009, after moving between Wuhan and Guangzhou and the other between Zhengzhou and Xi’an. Both lines have an average speed of 350 km / h. China also has rail high speed rail link between Beijing and Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Tiyuan, Qingdao and Jinan and finally Hefei, Wuhan and Nanjing. According to official Chinese media, a number of new passenger rail at high speed are under construction and will be completed in the coming…

• Chengdu Bookworm International Literary Festival: Benjamin Zephaniah

  tuyet

  10 Mar 2010 | 11:22 pm

  Benjamin Zephaniah held a solo show at the Bookworm on Wednesday 10 March. This British Jamaican Rastafarian writer and dub poet emerged from the rhythms of Jamaican street and punk politics whose work has changed the face of British poetry. By the age of 15, he was already known among Handsworth’s Afro-Caribbean and Asian communities. Fusing rap, slang, powerful imagery and slamming beats, his mission is to fight the dead image of poetry in academia and to “take poetry everywhere”. He has been included in the list of Britain’s top 50 post-war writers. [View with…

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• Three Keys to Promoting Change as a Product Benefit

  Sara Ch.

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:30 am

  photo credit: JesusBranch If you have been an internet marketer or blogger for long you’ve most likely either created your own product or reviewed another marketer’s. If you have, then you’ve probably heard that when you are discussing features of a product, you should focus on the benefits of the features. Don’t just tell your prospects what the product does, tell them what it can do for them. One of the most overlooked – yet highly crucial – benefits out there is transformation. Most people who begin to invest time building businesses online are looking…

• Hooray for Freebie Jeebies!

  Sara Ch.

  6 Mar 2010 | 10:09 am

  You get what you pay for, right? Well, not exactly. Freebie Jeebies is a site that allows you to sign up for a single offer, refer others to offers and get free electronics. It has been tested and reviewed by many people online (just Google it). The biggest problem is that some people don’t follow directions, then they think they’ve been scammed. Nope. Here’s how it works: You sign up and complete a free offer – the ones at Freebie Jeebies really are free You’ll get a referral link to send to your friends and blog/twitter/facebook/etc. readers. Once you have…

• Frank Kern’s Core Influence Presentation is Free

  Sara Ch.

  4 Mar 2010 | 6:45 am

  Frank Kern is giving away his mind-clarifying video Core Influence for free. This live presentation is nearly two hours long, but you will not be bored. Believe me, when I saw the length I wasn’t sure how long I’d stick with it, but I was immediately pulled in. Originally included in his Mass Control Marketing course, Core Influence is the one item Frank considers to be the most helpful – out of everything he has ever released. In Core Influence, he traces his path to internet marketing success: The whole point in showing you this is not to tell you about my personal…

• 3 Giveaway Events and Free Software

  Sara Ch.

  28 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am

  Spring is almost upon us and you know what that means… singing birds, blooming flowers and a whole bunch of awesome internet marketing giveaway events! Easter JV is just around the corner, but to keep you busy signing up and downloading until then, here are a few active or soon-to-be active events. 2010 Prosperity Giveaway This is a big one. At the time of writing the free downloads in the Prosperity Giveaway numbered around 300. There are some pretty good one-time-offers here as well if you don’t mind shelling out a few bucks. Members-Only Giveaway 2 Even bigger than the first,…

• Who is Stacy Ferguson?

  Sara Ch.

  18 Feb 2010 | 11:44 pm

  This is just a bit of levity. I offer you a clip from the 1990s show Kids Incorporated. The blond singing is Stacy Ferguson. But most of us now know her by a different name, with a much different attitude/reputation and … is it just me or has her face changed a lot, too? It’s almost as funny as Robin Sparkles. Almost.

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  JaypeeOnline // Blogging News & Reviews

• WordPress Personas for Firefox

  Jaypee Habaradas

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:46 pm

  Personas is one of the new features that came with the release of Mozilla Firefox 3.6. Personas are easy-to-use themes that allows users to customize and personalize the look of Firefox, they work the same way as Google Chrome themes. If you’re a WordPress user, advocate or fan and Firefox is your web browser of choice, then you’ll love this new set of Firefox Personas.From the WordPress Blog:We recommend open source software whenever we can, and the Firefox browser from Mozilla is one of our favorites. Firefox 3.6 recently came out with persona support, allowing users to skin…

• Technical Difficulties

  Jaypee Habaradas

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:07 am

  I’ve been having problems with my blog recently. If you’ve visited and tried to access JaypeeOnline the past few days, it’s most likely that you experienced some problems viewing the blog. Unlike previous events where the downtime were due to my hosting provider’s incompetence, blog migration or a WordPress plugin conflict, this time the problems were caused by a high volume of traffic. Like many bloggers, I work on increasing my blog traffic and here I am, having problems because of it. Ironic isn’t it?Because of the efforts and a little bit of SEO work that I…

• WP Theme Review: Notepad

  Jaypee Habaradas

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:06 pm

  It’s been a while since Nick La of N Design Studio released a free WordPress theme. His last release was the iTheme – a Mac inspired free WordPress theme, released in early 2007 and a very popular WordPress theme at that time.Nick’s latest release is also Apple-inspired. The Notepad WordPress theme is inspired by the iPhone’s Notes.app. Here’s a short introduction from the theme page:Inspired by the iPhone’s Notes.app, the Notepad is a modern WordPress theme with a subtle touch of the sketchy effect. Key features include: multi-level dropdown menus, social…

• Cubicl: Social Network for Groups

  Jaypee Habaradas

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:50 pm

  If you think that there’s already too much or too many social networks in existence, think again. There’s another social network in town, which was created especially for “groups”. This new social network is called Cubicl.Each one of us have and interact with different groups of people each day – our family, friends, coworkers, classmates, etc. With Cubicl, you can have organized and real-time conversations with your groups. On Cubicl, you can create private cubes for each of your groups – a cube for your family, one for your classmates and another for your…

• First Apple iPad Commercial

  Jaypee Habaradas

  7 Mar 2010 | 11:55 pm

  While watching the 82nd Annual Academy Awards earlier this evening, I saw the first Apple iPad TV commercial. It was aired during a commercial break of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards or the 2010 Oscar Awards. When I first saw it, I didn’t really pay attention to it but then I remembered that I haven’t seen or heard about an Apple iPad commercial before so I checked and confirmed that this ad was the first Apple iPad commercial aired on national television.A few minutes after it was shown on TV, the Apple iPad commercial/TV ad was immediately uploaded and made available in the iPad…

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• Traffic Generation Tips – Propeller – Video 8

  Jorge_D

  7 Mar 2010 | 3:28 pm

  Hi readers, Here is our 8th traffic video tip…today I will talk about Propeller…Check it out Talk later, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post 

• If You Can NOT Afford Affiliate Millionaire.

  Jorge_D

  27 Feb 2010 | 9:09 am

  Hey Blog readers, Affiliate Millionaire is an increidible product…(I’m an affiliate)  but the price tag is not for everyone.. Here is an alternative…a 30 video course! => Click Here Enjoy, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post 

• Traffic Generation Tips – Hubpages – Video 7

  Jorge_D

  26 Feb 2010 | 10:04 pm

  Readers, This week I have a short video…about traffic…How to use Hubpages to generate traffic to your sites. Best regards, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post 

• Introducing $100 per Day Video System – Special Offer

  Jorge_D

  20 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm

  Readers, Some quick news to share today…People loves my new video system! Grab Yours Today…It’s Only $9.95 for a Limited Time! =>> Click Here This video course reveals a step-by-step system to generate $100 Per Day! It is the perfect course for any newbie or experience marketer that is looking for an easy to follow system. Watch this video To learn More: =>> Click Here Talk later, P.S. Remember It’s Only $9.95 for a Limited Time =>> Click Here Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post 

• Traffic Generation Tips – Squidoo Lenses – Video 6

  Jorge_D

  13 Feb 2010 | 10:05 pm

  Hi readers! Here is our next traffic video lesson…let’s learn how to use Squidoo to generate traffic to our sites… Best regards, Share and Enjoy: Tweet This Post 

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• GDI Helps You Out to Build Your Own Website with No Experience Required

  Anton Amoto

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm

  There are only two things you absolutely must have to build your own website: A domain name. (yoursite.com or yoursite.net, etc.) A web host. First things first, before you start to build your own website, you should define the type of site you want so you choose the right kind of web host and the software platform for your needs. I’ll show a little tricks in replicating website while generating a recursive income. How? I just joined to a multi-tier affiliate program like GDI – Global Domains International. GDI products and services are mainly focus on domain with .WS extension. They also…

• Affiliate Marketing – The Basics

  Jeff Purcell

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:29 am

  Affiliate marketing has been described in various ways but basically they all have the same meaning. On the Internet today affiliate marketing has solidified its place in the world of e-commerce business. Essentially, affiliate marketing is a cooperative effort between a merchant and the affiliate’s website. From a merchant’s perspective, for many years now, affiliate marketing has proven to be very cost effective. By teaming up with various website owners merchants can now essentially have a World Wide Web sales staff operating strictly on commission with no other overhead. This…

• Online Surveys – The Best Option to Make Money

  Roshan Bhatt

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:29 am

  Earning extra money is something that almost everyone wants to do. With the internet being so widespread now, many dream of making money or at least extra money online. Unfortunately, many give up after finding no successful ways to earn money online and don’t bother looking any further. Those have probably not heard of online surveys and have probably missed out on one of the easiest and most consistent ways of making some money. Online surveys are easy to do and are something that everyone can do and that regardless of where you live. Before joining any sites or paying money, you…

• Twitter! Twitter! What is Twitter?

  Dianne Ronnow

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:29 am

  Everyone online seems to be talking about Twitter these days!  But what exactly is Twitter? This is Twitter.com’s official definition: “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages.  People write short updates, often called “tweets”  of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.” It’s pretty simple really. Twitter is a site where you toss out short…

• Facebook Marketing – The New Service Businesses Need in 2009

  Craig W Cannings

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:28 am

  Where’s Your Client’s Facebook Profile? As a Virtual Professional, your business has no doubt been affected by the Social Media revolution that has forever changed the way people communicate and do business. With a whopping 75% of internet users chatting on social networks in 2008, businesses realize they need to be where their customers are, online! User-based Web 2.0 has paved a new road for instant, mass communication and business prosperity, and for those that are getting left behind, 2009 is their year to catch up! Facebook, the giant Social Network that’s connected the…

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• Golden Girl

  Klodian

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:18 pm

  Golden Girl is a Feminine Blogger template If running a music blog is your niches then this theme has been created for your needs.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, fonts and colors are fully customizable, pages are enabled.

• Costume Party

  Klodian

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:09 am

  Costume Party its a fashion Blogger template with a cool header image and nice background. This is fully customized in color font and size.Features: 3 columns, 2 right sidebars, fashion, font style and color customizable, pages pre-enabled

• Blue Rooster

  Klodian

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:10 am

  Blue Rooster stands apart from all the rest of the templates out there due to its simplicity of design and structure, yet is a premium like template.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, 3 footer columns, elegant header as well as footer, menu links, search box.

• Rusty Nail

  Klodian

  9 Mar 2010 | 11:32 am

  Rusty Nail is a business Blogger template, for those of you who don't like flashy distractions but would rather focus on your blog content instead.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, minimalist, fast loading, custom top menu links, simple, business, dark.

• Translucence

  Klodian

  8 Mar 2010 | 9:32 am

  Translucence is a 2 columns Blogger template with the emphasis on Light. Enlighten your readers with your content and through this great luminescent theme.Features: 2 columns, right sidebar, social icons, minimal, dark, round corners, top menu, search box.

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• Blog Comments Are Like Oxygen! 5 Blogs w/ Life in the Comments

  Scott Webb

  17 Feb 2010 | 9:04 am

  I find inspiration from all over the place.  I wanted to highlight 5 inspirational blogs that you can also find amazing amounts of inspiration and value deep down within blog post comments.  I know there are a lot of people, I do it too, that will read a post and then comment.  But we might not take a few more minutes and read some of the 100+ comments on the post.  People just like me are making valuable comments that add to the conversation.  I’ve come across amazing sites just from these comments.I’m just sending out a reminder that comments are amazing.  I love leaving…

• Contribution to the World via Long Term Thinking and Planning

  Scott Webb

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am

  Thinking longer term is super important.  Why am I doing all of this? What’s the point? In this post, I explain a long term idea and contribution that I want to provide the world. I encourage you to read it over because I hope that it helps you think about your own personal contribution to the world and what you want to do long term.  After you’ve read, I would love to hear what your goal or your desire for personal growth is these days.  I’m a huge fan of sharing this kind of information because it really does help the people that don’t comment because they need…

• Linchpin Contest Winner

  Scott Webb

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm

  Last night I communicated the Winner of a copy of Linchpin by Seth Godin (affiliate link).  I was excited to send the newsletter communication out!  There were a total of 245 ballots that came from about 30 people. And the winner was one of the people that commented on the post.A bunch of people had the max number of ballots – 14.  I listed everyones name out and then randomized the list a few times.  Once the list was totally randomized, I used the random number generator to give me a number between 1 and 245.  Of all the numbers, it came up with number 5.Who was number 5?Tiffany…

• How to Make Resolutions with Renaissance Living in Mind

  Scott Webb

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:12 am

  I started this post just before the new year and wanted to get it up so that you could consider making your resolutions with a renaissance mindset.  I never got around to finishing it up.  Instead of saying that I missed the boat, I’m using the idea in the hopes that I can keep you motivated on your goals for 2010.  We don’t have to wait for until 2011 to make new resolutions and changes for the better.A Brand New YearA decade and a month has passed us by. We no longer live in 2009. We have moved into a year that is so fresh and so clean, and you’re high from the…

• Frustration Decade: You Need More Than Passion Going Forward

  Scott Webb

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:28 am

  Seth Godin always resonates with me. I was writing this article here (started on December 22, 2009) and came across a recent post of his titled: Welcome to the Frustration Decade (and the decade of change). Seth kicks off by mentioning a major trend of Change:Change: The infrastructure of massive connection is now real. People around the world have cell phones. The first Internet generation is old enough to spend money, go to work and build companies. Industries are being built every day (and old ones are fading). The revolution is in full swing, and an entire generation is eager to change…

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• The Only Collection Of Premium Wordpress Themes You’ll Need

  Karl Foxley

  10 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  Discover the top Premium Wordpress Themes that you can us to instantly transform your blog into an attractive business blog. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• Biggest List Of Traffic Generation Tips Ever

  Karl Foxley

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:11 am

  Help create the biggest traffic generation article list ever. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• Dear Blog Engage Members, Can We Make History?

  Karl Foxley

  8 Mar 2010 | 4:39 am

  Dear Blog Engage members, can we make history? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• Links for 2010-03-06 [Digg]

  7 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  Microsoft cracks down on Xbox Live homophobia Microsoft has made a small but vitally important step forward in improving the overall tone of the online chat and gaming banter within its Xbox Live... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• How A Small Business Built An Email Subscriber List Without A Website

  Karl Foxley

  23 Feb 2010 | 5:32 am

  Discover how an small offline business grew an email subscriber database without a website, and at a very low cost that would meet even the tightest of budgets. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Science Shows You Can Die of Boredom, Literally

  Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.

  3 Mar 2010 | 11:31 am

  Monthly magazines from Reader's Digest to Cosmopolitan are inundated with tips on how to sleep better, find happiness, and weave seriously sexy hair. Taking nothing away from being happy and blowing your romantic partner's mind on valentine's day, there are few things as valuable as staying alive.Sometimes we fail to take life and death seriously. Think back to those painful days of calculus class in high school. Like the sounds of a banshee ripping out its entrails, you and your classmates probably screamed the same screams heard year after year - "I'm so bored, I could die!" And yet, did…

• Can Two Tylenol a Day Keep Rejection and Heartbreak Away?

  Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:59 am

  Did you know there is only one single characteristic that separates extremely happy people from "merely" happy people? They aren't more grateful, kind, or compassionate. They aren't more energized when they wake up in the morning (drinking the same amount of coffee as the rest of us). Rather, they possess an abundance of significant, meaningful, lasting relationships. That is, there are people they can confide in, call on during difficult times, and share joyous events that have absolutely nothing to do with them. Human beings depend on other people for their well-being and survival. We might…

• State of the Union, Haiti, Prison Rape, and More

  Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.

  28 Jan 2010 | 5:17 pm

  In the next few days, expect a heap of news articles and talking heads blathering about the State of the Union. What's fascinating is how so many people interpret the same event differently (each through his or her own prism of values and beliefs). It's one of the benefits of living in a democracy. Some people never really listened to the State of the Union. Before Obama said a single word, their reactions were pre-determined by assumptions, their favorite media pundits and personal biases about the Democratic Party. This is one of the costs of living in a culture where few people are trained…

• A Secret to Happiness? Discovering the Pleasures of Uncertainty

  Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.

  18 Jan 2010 | 7:53 am

  Being on a national radio show is often a painful experience. Sometimes you simply lack chemistry with the host (and unlike a party there is no alcohol, and nowhere to hide). They take long, deep breaths directly into the microphone, allowing you intimate knowledge of the saliva in their throat. They ask inane questions, "so you're a twin and you have twins, is that weird for you?" They toss around bewildering phrases such as "spiritual transgressions" and "metaphysical escapes" that bring conversations to a standstill. They grab pockets of time to think of their next comment by inserting…

• What Maids Teach Us About Physical Health and Life Longevity: A Lesson in Mindfulness

  Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.

  11 Jan 2010 | 7:20 am

  I have no idea what the politically correct term is for women who clean hotel rooms. Maid? Chambermaid? Housekeeper? Female room attendant? Hoover lady? If I offend anyone, my apologies for failing to master the appropriate terminology. But everything else is true and rather inoffensive. In this brief post, you will learn a single secret to physical fitness and mental health that might translate into longer, better living.Hotel maids are notorious for waking up at ridiculously early hours to start working. They also are confronted with unwanted flesh at surprising intervals and in surprising…

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  Blogussion

• The Best Blogging Tips From Around the Community – Wired Weekend

  Alex

  11 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Once again, it’s the weekend! How do you plan on spending it? Have you set yourself up for a weekend of relaxation away from the blog, or did you plan your relaxation period blogging? Whatever you choose to do, it doesn’t hurt to try to get some reading in. Let me tell you, I have some great stuff for you guys in this edition of Wired Weekend! The thing to note about the following articles I have for you today is that your article can just as easily be included the next time we do this. Simply participate in the community discussions around here, talk to us on Twitter and we may…

• The Easy Blogging Life: Are you Ready for it?

  Alex

  10 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  We want everything to be easy. Things are nice when they’re handed to us, aren’t they? The more handouts, easy breaks and close calls we experience, the more we want. All of these things have to do with luck, and the people you interact with on your blog. The “simple life” I’m talking about above is not created by you. In fact, nothing is easily accomplished if you’re the only person in the picture. It’s the people who are around you, and interact with that help make things easier for you. In the world of blogging, those people are your readers. A…

• Interviewing Bloggers and the Tremendous Value it Holds

  srinirao

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Today, Srinivas Rao, talks about the benefits he has enjoyed by interviewing bloggers for his own site, BlogCastFM. Want to write for us too? One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the minimal usage of multimedia content by bloggers. As the host and co-founder of BlogcastFM, a podcast for bloggers, it should come as no surprise that I’m a huge fan of doing audio interviews. I’ve benefited tremendously from conducting interviews and they are starting to feel like the gift that keeps on giving. I feel like the industry is lacking in real quality, that I want to send a message to…

• The Iron Maiden Guide to Rockstar Blogging

  Henri

  8 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Becoming a huge hit in the world of blogging is tough. Henri Junttila diagnoses the success of his favorite band, Iron Maiden and shows you what you can learn from that success. Want to write for us too? Being a successful blogger depends entirely on what you want to get out of it and what your goals are. When the English heavy metal band, Iron Maiden started, they were nobodies. They remained nobodies for quite a while, until of course their popularity exploded and became known all over the world. Now, the band is quite legendary. I grew up listening to Iron Maiden. Partly because when I was…

• I Don’t Feel Like Blogging Today

  Alex

  7 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  I‘m not kidding either. For the first time in weeks, it is warm out (about 57 degrees today), and there is actually a field of green grass showing under the bright sun instead of a blinding white. Why would I, or anyone else want to sit inside on the computer on a day like today? It’s not that I don’t like blogging, or getting to know you guys. It’s all actually very fun to write and interact with everyone who reads my stuff (thanks, by the way). But today, I don’t know. Today, I just don’t feel like it. But I’m doing it anyways. Talk about…

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• Weekly Internet Business Marketing Twitter Updates for 2010-03-14

  Shane Hale

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:02 am

  Testing 123 blog tweet # Another site for sale of mine. http://flippa.com/auctions/84440/NO-RESERVE–World-oF-Warcraft-Niche-Site-2-years-old—1-00 #

• Building Your Offline Business Online Successfully

  Shane Hale

  7 Mar 2010 | 10:24 am

  Making of a Offline business online

• Travis Barker Get’s Harassed By TMZ paparazzi

  Shane Hale

  22 Feb 2010 | 3:40 am

  Travis Barker Get's Harassed By TMZ paparazzi

• Internet Marketing is Not Network Marketing

  Shane Hale

  21 Feb 2010 | 8:39 pm

  I have been seeing this trend more and more and it kind of bothers me.  Network Marketing or MLM Multi Level Marketing is not the same thing. Internet Marketing is taking a web site or product and marketing it to the world by using tactics such as SEO,PPC,Articles and much more.. I know what some of [...]

• Andy Jenkin’s Video Boss

  Shane Hale

  16 Feb 2010 | 1:47 pm

  Well the Latest Launch for the Internet Market world out today is Ex-Stompernet’s  Abnormally talented Video Guru Andy Jenkins.  The product claims to pretty much get you to his level if you decide to purchase Video Boss. I used to follow him at Stompernet until he decided to leave and move to San Diego to [...]

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• List Building: Double or Single opt-in?

  Paul Wilson

  28 Feb 2010 | 11:09 am

  Hey people, It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post, but I just wanted to get your feedback on something … I am sure many of you will have different views on this, and I would love to hear them. I seem to be hearing quite a lot about whether people are using double opt-in, or whether they are using single opt-in for their list building activities … I have been using double opt-in since my list started, but I notice many people that I speak to regularly are swapping to single opt-in … OR have built their list using entirely single opt-in. Admittedly, there is a…

• Vegas Jan 2010

  Paul Wilson

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am

  Hey guys, A bit belated, but as you may or may not know I have just come back from a few days in Vegas Well I have actually been back for around 10 days but had some other pressing stuff to deal with … It took me a few days to get back to reality, but I’m back and full steam ahead!! I just wanted to write this post to give you a quick insight into Vegas, why I was there, and what I got up to … Well, I flew out from the UK on Fri 22nd January with my good online friend Marcus Passey. On the flight we met up with Garry Parkes too which was cool! After a 10 hour flight we…

• The Rules of Adswaps

  Paul Wilson

  18 Jan 2010 | 9:22 am

  Hey guys, I haven’t posted here for a while as I have been busy creating my video series as per my last post. These should be available to ALL that left me a comment within the next week or so, and public release within 2 weeks I wanted to create this video for you today … If you are using adswaps as one of the ways to build your list, this if for you! I just wanted to touch on my experiences and, in my opinion, the do’s and don’ts … As always I would love to hear your comments, and if you want to set up an adswap feel free to leave me a comment or email me…

• Is Video REALLY What You Want?

  Paul Wilson

  30 Nov 2009 | 5:58 pm

  Hey Peeps, Well, it’s been nearly a month since my last post … (boy how time flies!) … and I just wanted to give you an update of my progress and my plans over the next few weeks … My list is currently standing at just under 2200 subscribers I have pretty much been doing much of the same since my last post with regards to list building, and things are starting to move forward much quicker now … As part of my listbuilding efforts, I have started offering Dean Holland’s “Google Traffic System” as part of my opt-in process.  For those of you that know Dean, you…

• Zero to 1300 Subscribers in 9 weeks!

  Paul Wilson

  30 Oct 2009 | 5:41 pm

  Hey people, At this second in time, my mailing list stands at 1302 people, and I thought I would write a quick post on how I have achieved this so quickly… from NOTHING! My first subscriber on Aweber was on the 22 August 2009. Previous to that I had an account with GetResponse, of which I only managed to move around 20 people over from. Many were VERY old and some were imported from lists etc in a previous lifetime!  I moved to Aweber for the enhanced functionality that they offer over and above other auto responder systems. So how have I achieved over 1300 subscribers in 9 weeks?

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  SteitBlog

• 5 Steps To Take When Writing Your Article

  Steitiyeh

  17 Feb 2010 | 5:01 am

  “How do you write your articles?” A question that I was asked various times and I thought that I had to write an article about it and share its answer with you guys. It’s very healthy for any blogger and her/his blog to set a certain criteria/routine of how they’re going to create content for their blogs. Personally I follow some steps in every article I write that I think are “a-must” for every article, there are other steps I do with some articles only. Before listing these steps or things I do, I would like to say that with time these steps turn into a habit. 1- Collect…

• Difficulties I Am Facing As a Part-Time Blogger

  Steitiyeh

  16 Feb 2010 | 6:48 am

  As most of you know, I am planning to take my blog to the next level and generate full income from it or at least from my online presence/connections. I have to agree that in order to take it to the next level I need to dedicate time for it and commit and honestly this is appearing to be very difficult with my current situation, since I am a full-timer and sometimes I need to stay late at work and I have some other responsibilities alongside that as well. Having said all of this, I will still try hard and do my best to make it happen and quit my 9-5 job just for the sake of this blog! Being a…

• Is Google Buzz going to buzz?

  Steitiyeh

  10 Feb 2010 | 6:35 am

  Last night the announcement and launch of Google Buzz buzzed the whole sphere on all levels. But the question is: “Is Google Buzz going to buzz on the long-term or it’s going to be a momentum and that’s it?” I personally have various concerns about Google Buzz specially that it still has not yet been added to my Gmail, which I think is a sin in launching any new product! Earlier last year Google launched Google Wave, which I personally considered as a one great collaboration tool and I have used it in different projects ever since. When Google first launched Wave, a lot of people…

• What are you waiting for?

  Steitiyeh

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am

  Social media and blogging in specific is becoming a must for everyone. Yeah, everyone should blog and use social media even if not for making money or any other professional use. An article that created a big buzz yesterday was that The Pope Benedict XVI had a message for priests of the Catholic Church: they must proclaim the gospel by not only having a website, but by blogging and utilizing new web communication tools. Everybody is expecting 2010 to be the year of social media and blogging on ALL levels! If you don’t own a blog, why don’t you start blogging right now? Don’t…

• Let Your Readers Spread The Love

  Steitiyeh

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am

  This is a guest post by James from TheInfoPreneur. You write new content for your site, because you want people to read it. You promote it as much as you can, but there is only so much one person can do and unless you are about to employ a whole team to spread your content and products for you, you need to let your readers do it for you; Buttons Everyone wants their latest post to go viral and be the new must see web page and the very best way to do this is to have buttons. Digg, Tweetmeme, Sexy Bookmarks all of the plugins and extremely easy to put into your site and make it astonishingly…

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• SmartBloggerz Have Moved And I Am Back To Blogging

  Typhoon

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:50 am

  It will be my pleasure to announce with this post that SmartBloggerz has now successfully moved to HostGator VPS. Also, that my Exams are now over(and hey, I got Freedom from school for 3 months), I will be able to give more time to blogging. I decided to stay with HostGator because of their Customer Support and my experience(the good one) using it when this blog was on it’s  Shared hosting plan. This move was basically made to handle high traffic load and also to try and solve the internal server problems which many people were reporting(even I saw that). Plus, this VPS hosting will…

• Attention – A Dry Season Ahead On SmartBloggerz

  Typhoon

  23 Feb 2010 | 3:04 am

  From past few weeks, I really had any time to update my blog with my own written articles. But Thanks to some Guest Authors who submitted great guest post on SmartBloggerz during past few weeks. But the time has come to deliver my message to my readers. Just after a week my Annual Examinations will be getting started due to which it will not be possible for me to write any article or publish any guest post but the comments will be accepted. As a result of this, the blog will not be updated with any post till 12th March 2010. In the meantime, if you submit any guest post then it will be…

• How To Instantly Make More Money From Your Blog

  Daniel

  20 Feb 2010 | 4:23 am

  This is a guest post by Daniel McGonagle who writes about SEO and link building at LinkvanaReviews.com If you have a blog running WordPress, then you probably know how powerful blogs inherently are for getting traffic and rankings. However, you can make more money from your blog almost instantly by making a few design changes. Obviously I am talking about improving conversions on your blog pages, but I’m not going to bore you with another Google Analytics video, or some cool new “must-have”  stats-tracking plugin.  If your site tracked everything via Google Analytics and…

• What To Do When You Lose Your Google Rankings

  Onibalusi Bamidele

  17 Feb 2010 | 3:39 am

  This is a guest post by Onibalusi Bamidele who is a young blogger and blogs at DataEntryForAll.net. Have you noticed a change in the amount of traffic to your website recently? Have you noticed a decline in your search engine rankings? Then maybe you have lost your Google Rankings. I lost my Google Rankings late last year and I can tell you I was not comfortable(or maybe a little bit comfortable because i have other traffic sources), it became worse to the extent of me not ranking for my website name(this is worse you say!). It is very discouraging to loose your Google Rankings and this…

• Blogging From A Newbies Point Of View – What Do I Do Now?

  Wannabe

  14 Feb 2010 | 3:32 am

  This is a guest post by Wannabe. He recently started his blog where he shares his journey of blogging and what he has learned from blogging. Check his blog at WannaBeMillionaire Setting up a blog is something anyone can do. Using the latest software like WordPress, Joomla or others will allow you to create a blog on the fly. I am the living proof that it is easy. But the trickiest part comes once you have created a blog, then what? I started my blog out of an impulse, when my blog was online I had no content and also no idea what to do next. Maybe my experience can be helpful for all the…

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• Chicane’s Viral – Come Back And Stay For Good

  Matthijs Roumen

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:42 pm

  The music industry is getting a hang on online social leverages. In January, I wrote about the way C-Mon and Kypksi crowd sourced a videoclip (C-Mon & Kypski Crowdsource A Videoclip). This time I’d like to write about a great viral video from Chicane. Click here to view the embedded video. Last week I stumbled several times upon this remarkable video. In this video, the main figures claims he’s singing, dancing and traveling around the world in order to gain attention of the love of his live. Turns out, this call for love is actually a clever viral from Chicane. Continue…

• Viral Friday: The Twilight Saga – Eclipse

  Niels Bellaar

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am

  Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials, games or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread. This week’s Viral Friday #1 position goes to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Trailer. This third film in the Saga opens on June 30 2010 and on 10 March a preview of the trailer aired (and got millions of views in a day). The runner up spot is for the BMW S1000 RR: Dinner for RR. BMW has this crazy superbike, the S 1000 RR, and shows how fast it is with the tablecloth trick. iPad…

• You + Me= We. Welcome To Social Commerce?

  Igor Beuker

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:45 pm

  More and more of our shopping is happening online. And in the digital marketplace, shoppers write and read millions of online peer reviews each year, transforming the way we make buying decisions—and how companies make their products. Welcome to the information-saturated world of internet retail. Watch this great video… You + Me= We. Welcome to the world of online retail that is rapidly evolving from eCommerce to weCommerce. Social media is transforming online retail in social commerce. Online peer reviews have become the new decision making differentiators in our buying process.

• Viral Video Statistics: OK Go

  Niels Bellaar

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm

  Last week was the week of OK Go’s ‘This Too Shall Pass’ (TTSP) viral video. Today the video is live on YouTube for 11 days and in these 11 days the play button has been hit over 7 million times. And because it’s always nice to have a closer look at some statistics, we thought we’d ask the guys at ViralTracker to show us some. So lets have a look at the graphs and figures, be amazed and wonder what the coming months will bring. Will this one too pass, or will it be around for some time? Viral videos all show the same characteristics; a rapid increase of views, a…

• T-Shirt Wars

  Daan Jansonius

  11 Mar 2010 | 9:12 am

  Have you ever heard of Rhet&Link? Neither had I. And I suspect the same holds true for 2.5 million other people….until they saw this video. Now they have seen it they are unlikely to forget about them any time soon! Click here to view the embedded video. Rhet&Link are two lifelong friends who form a comedy duo from North Carolina in the US. They are not just a comedy duo thought, they are a comedy duo that get social media. If the video above is not prove enough, than I suggest you go have a look at their website. A Youtube channel with more than 250,000 subscribers and just…

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  The Friday Traffic Report

• 10 Billion Tweets Later…

  Jack Humphrey

  5 Mar 2010 | 12:27 pm

  According to the Guardian, Twitter just passed 10 billion tweets.  We’re not sure what to make of that except it has us wondering how many of those 10 billion tweets are about breakfast. Also on today’s show: Google Buzz, a wonderful tool to find relevant people to network with on Twitter, and Google declares desktop computers will [...]10 Billion Tweets Later… is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• London, Expanding Your Web Horizons, and Web Tools Talk

  Jack Humphrey

  26 Feb 2010 | 11:59 am

  This week’s show is focused on expanding your knowledge through “aimless” surfing and by exploring places like Google and your social networks outside your daily norm. The value of what you can learn by surfing the web for fun, not just work, and digging into your extended social network is that you can greatly [...]London, Expanding Your Web Horizons, and Web Tools Talk is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• How’s Your Social Marketing Plan Working?

  Jack Humphrey

  19 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm

  Today I had Anissa Wardell on to talk about bringing some sanity into social marketing.  If you’re stressed about what you should be focusing on in your social marketing campaign and, more importantly, what you should leave out of it, you should like this week’s show. Links from the show… Check out Amplify.com – very good use [...]How’s Your Social Marketing Plan Working? is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• Buzzing About Google Buzz

  Jack Humphrey

  12 Feb 2010 | 12:58 pm

  Image via CrunchBase Today on Friday Traffic Report Radio The only thing people are talking about his week is Google Buzz.  If you haven’t heard yet, try it out.  If you aren’t a Gmail user yet, you have a lot of catching up to do.  Don’t wait another day, get hooked into the Googleplex immediately. Google Buzz had [...]Buzzing About Google Buzz is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

• Exploring the Deep Web

  Jack Humphrey

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm

  We had a Deep Web specialist on the show today.  Bill Wardell talked about the “Deep Web” and how it offers a virtually untapped bounty of information and services most people don’t know exist. What is the Deep Web? It’s basically the 90% of the web the the big 2 search engines haven’t spidered or accessed. Google only [...]Exploring the Deep Web is a post from: Blogging tips for bloggers who want more than a following! Does your blog get traffic? Make Money? Want it to? Click Here!

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• Replacing “No comments” with “Leave a comment” in WordPress

  Antti Kokkonen

  8 Mar 2010 | 6:57 am

  Many WordPress themes display the number of  comments. The number of comments is a way to show which posts are popular and which are not. The number of comments show a social proof. For a new blogger, or a blog which doesn’t receive many comments, this can be a challenge. Unfortunately many of the themes are too blunt when there are no comments. For new bloggers and blogs, it’s not uncommon to see “No comments” or “0 comments” on a blog post. Wouldnt’ it be better if it would say “Leave a comment” or “Start the discussion”…

• How to show number of comments in WordPress

  Antti Kokkonen

  6 Mar 2010 | 6:55 am

  If you’re looking to get more blog comments, you should display the number of comments in your blog to act as a social proof. You should also encourage and ask people to leave comments. Both of these can be done via simple hacks to your WordPress theme. In this post, I’ll show how to show number of comments in WordPress, and the next post shows specifically how to add call to action into comment links by modifying the “No comments” into something like “Start a discussion” instead. Preface I collected various ways to show the number of comments in WordPress…

• Pre-writing challenge updates

  Antti Kokkonen

  4 Mar 2010 | 6:57 am

  Group of bloggers challenge themselves to create 2 weeks worth of blog posts, and getting them ready for publishing, on top of their normal posting schedule. Here are the updates for the challenge… Pre-Writing Challenge Group of blog writers has committed to the challenge of pre-writing two weeks worth of blog posts, and getting them ready to be published, on top of their normal writing/posting schedule. All this in the span of 1 month. – Carlos Velez I’ve been toying with the idea of blog post buffer for a while. It all started with how to take a vacation from blogging and…

• How to set up Google Analytics

  Antti Kokkonen

  2 Mar 2010 | 9:52 am

  Tracking website traffic, gathering statistics and analyzing them is very important part of any online activity, even if you’re just doing this for fun, but especially if you’re running an online business or otherwise making money online. Either case, you should add some sort of tracking to your blog or website from day 1 (or day zero to be exact). There are many ways to handle tracking traffic stats for your blog or website, but Google Analytics is the most popular one, it’s free and relatively simple to use. In this simple Google Analytics tutorial, I’ll show you how…

• Bad reviews – Should you publish them or not?

  Antti Kokkonen

  28 Feb 2010 | 7:33 am

  Many bloggers review and recommend products and services they use. For example, books they’ve read. But these reviews are often positive, why is that? Is it because it is not worth it to craft the review, if you’re not gonna recommend it? Is it because, you don’t dare to say bad things about the product? Are you afraid you’ll lose the advertisers and/or partners if you publish a bad review? This is the topic of the day for this discussion. I’d like to hear what you think. Join the discussion on the comments. Bad review? Good review? What is a bad review? Not…

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  Next Generation Chiropractor

• How the Scribe WordPress Plugin can Simplify Your Chiropractic Blog’s SEO

  Dr. Patrick MacNamara

  8 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Whether you’re new to Next Generation Chiropractor or have been with me since the beginning, you’ll quickly understand that a blog should be the hub of all your online activities — there simply isn’t a more powerful online platform available to chiropractors than a blog to effortlessly, efficiently and effectively promote their products and services. With that said, building a blog requires a great deal of work, passion and foresight. In other words, you can’t expect to launch a blog and see results overnight. It takes time to develop your voice, your brand, your…

• 9 Ways to Engage Your Chiropractic Blog Prospects

  Dr. Patrick MacNamara

  3 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Since the inception of Next Generation Chiropractor, I’ve covered everything from 6 Essential Reasons Why You Need a Chiropractic Blog to how to Form a Tribe for Your Chiropractic Practice the Seth Godin Way. Today, I’d like to give you 9 ways on how to engage your chiropractic blog prospects through your chiropractic blog. But, before I do, let’s review two critical concepts: 1. Your chiropractic blog should be the hub of all your online activities. Remember, you must leverage the power of social media networks to drive traffic to your blog. Once they arrive, outside of…

• What Resources Can Chiropractors Find at Next Generation Chiropractor?

  Dr. Patrick MacNamara

  1 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  For new chiropractors visiting Next Generation Chiropractor, where to start may be the biggest challenge since many aren’t aware of all that’s offered under the hood. However, as you take a look around, you’ll quickly notice that my goal for this blog is to provide busy chiropractors with tools, tips and advice on how to maximize their presence online through blogs and social media networks. For the first time visitor, I recommend that you take a look at the Categories section located in the lower left sidebar. I’ve carefully organized over one hundred posts by topic…

• How to Find More RSS Subscribers for Your Chiropractic Blog

  Dr. Patrick MacNamara

  26 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Over in Blogging Chiros this week, we’re discussing how to bridge the gap between setting up a blog and marketing it via social media networks. Tools like RSS feeds, RSS via email and email newsletter opt-in fields are critical to the success of any serious blogger. Why? Because they allow you to capture leads from some of your most valuable readers. You see, as a business owner, it makes no sense to devote hours in creating quality content if you don’t have a way to capture readers’ contact information outside of what they provide in the comment section of each blog post.

• ChiroFeeds Aggregates Some of the Top Chiropractic Blogs

  Dr. Patrick MacNamara

  22 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  In my last post, I’d mentioned that I’d be announcing something special today in regards to the 8 Chiropractic Blogs Every Chiropractor Should Read. Well, that time has come and I’m absolutely stoked about it! Starting TODAY through one website called Chiro Feeds, you can access multiple chiropractic blog posts from some of our profession’s brightest minds in one location. What is Chiro Feeds? As the About page for Chiro Feeds explains, its purpose is simple — to serve up the hottest RSS feeds from the top chiropractic blogs from around the world by aggregating…

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  THE BLOGGERS' BULLETIN

• A Review of Copyright Information For Authors (Especially Business Bloggers!)

  Chris Franklin

  12 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  This post consolidates the links to the entirety of Intellectual Property Attorney and TBB Author, Nils Montan's, recent 6-Part, Legal Ramifications series on Copyright Law. If you as a business blogger need a brief review of Copyright Law, then you should read the following:

• Trouble With Twitter? Maybe A Few Of Our Past Posts Will Help

  Chris Franklin

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  The last thing you want is some kind of trouble with Twitter, right? I mean, as a business blogger, you probably have enough to deal with already. The following are links to 38 posts TBB Authors have written to date focused solely on Twitter, or otherwise briefly touching on Twitter in a manner you may find beneficial:

• Articles On Facebook To Date At “TBB”

  Chris Franklin

  10 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  The following lists articles on Facebook that we at TBB have written in the last 7 months; several of these articles discuss using Facebook, but as part of a larger, cohesive marketing strategy for your business, including your blog:

• A List of Social Networking Sites And The Questions It Made Me Ask About Twitter

  Chris Franklin

  9 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  The following is a recently updated list of social networking sites derived from Experian's Hitwise.com, main data center page: "Top 20 Social Networking Websites -- ranked by visits (for the week ending 2/27/2010)

• Legal Ramifications – Trademarks

  Nils Montan

  8 Mar 2010 | 3:51 am

  We have gone into some great depth about the law of copyright, probably the IP basket that concerns most bloggers. Today we will start our discussion of the basics of trademark law.

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  Robb Sutton dot com

• Where Bloggers Fail With Money and A Story

  Robb Sutton

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:01 am

  Over the course of your blogging and business building career, you are going to be faced with many questions. The decisions made with these questions will have a lasting impact on your future growth and expansions, so answering them correctly is vital to your bottom line.One of the biggest things I see bloggers struggle with is money. Ironic isn’t it? The thing you are trying to make also ends up being your downfall, but how does that happen? How does money kill bloggers in the pursuit of their dream and the internet lifestyle?Where Bloggers Fail With MoneyThe typical road of a blogger…

• Want To Succeed? Stop Being Afraid Of Competition!

  Robb Sutton

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:05 am

  I hear bloggers all the time make the excuse “there are already too many blogs about that…so I’m not going to start one”. That is a fear of competition and I am going to explain to you why that is an unhealthy fear that will keep you from success.Before we jump straight into it…I want you to sit back for a second and think about all of the products and services you use on a daily basis that came into the market only in the last couple of years. Maybe it is your car, your favorite coffee, the computer you are staring at right now. Now, think of where you would be…

• Off Site Promotion Techniques That Dramatically Grow Your Blog

  Robb Sutton

  10 Mar 2010 | 6:22 am

  There is a lot of focus online about how to promote your blog to gain more readers through online avenues. There are guest posts, interviews, social media, blog carnivals, contests and a whole host of other ways to draw readers back to your site. While this is a necessary step in growing any blog, there are a lot of bloggers that completely ignore the off site/not plugged into a wall way to promote your blog and gain more readers with off-line promotion. For many niches, these techniques can prove to be an incredible way to get more eyes looking at your content on a regular basis…and…

• Video, Blogging and Making Sense of It All

  Robb Sutton

  9 Mar 2010 | 6:45 am

  One of the questions I get asked a lot about successful blogging is about how crucial of a role video is going to play in blogging. There is no getting away from it…video is a large part of the future of blogging, but most bloggers are struggling to figure out where it will fit into their plan and future growth.I used to work as a post production video editor in Atlanta, so here is my take on online video and its impact on the blogging world. Of course…these are just my opinions so you need to apply these how you see fit to your blogging, but…for the most part…these…

• Something I Wish I Could Tell Myself In Grade School That Improves My Blogging

  Robb Sutton

  8 Mar 2010 | 4:59 am

  There are certain life lessons that apply to both business and life. There are also those that you wish you could just go back in time, shake the crap out of your ‘old self’ and scream…”JUST LISTEN TO ME! I’LL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER!”. But…then again…it is the lessons we learn throughout the mistakes in our lives that really brings us success and happiness over time. So as we look at our blogging and those lessons we have learned, what is it that I should have known in grade school that know helps me tremendously in my blogging?I Wish I Could…

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  We Blog Better

• Blog better by taking the advice of a better blogger

  kieshaeasley

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:48 am

  Lisa’s Traffic Secret I thought it would be nice to finish off the weekend with a video from Lisa Irby of  2Createwebstie. The following video is one of her most viewed and is one that I found very useful when I first started blogging. If you don’t know who Lisa Irby is, please take a moment to read Blog Better by imitating a blogger who does it well (How I learned to blog by following the blogging advice offered on her site) and Blog Better by interviewing a better blogger (An interview with Lisa Irby – she offers some great tips for beginners). Enjoy! Blog better by…

• Blog better by interviewing a better blogger

  kieshaeasley

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:00 am

  In yesterday’s post Blog better by imitating a blogger who does it well (in hindsight “emulate” would have been a better word choice) I explained how helpful Lisa Irby’s site has been to me since I’ve been blogging and as promised, today I present the responses to a recent interview. Who or what motivated you to start blogging? I started blogging because I wanted to drive additional traffic to my main website. What obstacles have you had to overcome? My biggest obstacle was driving traffic to my blog. When I started blogging I didn’t have a clear strategy…

• Blog better by imitating a blogger who does it well

  kieshaeasley

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:00 am

  I’ve always been a visual learner. If you show me how to do something, I can often get it fairly quickly if I have an opportunity to immediately apply what I’ve learned. Blogging is no different – that’s why when I first started out, I sought out the high ranking blogs and tried to get a feel for how they did things. I knew blogging was more than good design, I needed to know what it was that these bloggers did to stand out from the rest. One day in my search for knowledge, I ran across Lisa Irby’s 2createawebsite blog and was immediately amazed and challenged.

• What a local blogger group can do for your blog

  kieshaeasley

  10 Mar 2010 | 3:37 am

  Guest post by Daniel Packer Like many of you, I want to drive traffic to my site. I want to gain more subscribers, and eventually, I’d like to make money! We all have different experiences with blogging, and we all know what works for us and what drives traffic. For some, that means guest posting a lot, and for others it means getting lucky that someone big notices you and retweets your link. I had an experience I’d like to share with you because it completely changed the way I think about blogging. I did my fair share of guest blogging, but only got a few visitors each time. I…

• To schedule tweets or NOT to tweet?

  kieshaeasley

  9 Mar 2010 | 1:37 pm

  I recently submitted To Schedule tweets or NOT to tweet? to FamousBloggers.net and so far I’ve been seeing such an awesome response that I wanted to share it with you. Although, I hadn’t really intended to enter the Guest Blogging Contest that the blog is currently holding, I was only trying to promote the  Iron Blogger Contest and  Birthday Celebration Contest I’m holding on my other blog, but I’m all for taking advantage of every opportunity that I can, so if you’ll be kind enough to drop by and RT and comment on my guest post, it would warm my heart…

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• This Could Be You

  James Ball

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:47 pm

  It’s Sunday, and nobody wants to talk about business, so I’ll keep this short and simple. I really just wanted to share this nicely done infographic with you.  The image comes to us from an article on the DIYSEO blog. I think it’s also helpful to investigate the Coolhaus site itself to see how they’ve integrated social into their web presence. This simple graphic and the statistics that it represents, as well as the accompanying story are as good at telling a story as any of the social media case study posts I’ve written lately. I hope that you find some inspiration here and that…

• Are You a Fan of Apple Trees and Honey Bees, and Snow White Turtle Doves?

  James Ball

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:49 am

  Sing it with me: “I’d like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love, Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow white turtle doves. I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, I’d like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company. (Repeat the last two lines, and in the background) It’s the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.” - The Coca-Cola Company - 1971, One of the best commercials of all time. How The Coca-Cola Company is using social media, and how it applies to you. This is NOT just another look at how big brands are handling…

• The 3 Pieces Of The Social Media Puzzle, Can You Work It?

  James Ball

  8 Mar 2010 | 4:20 am

  It’s not hard to over complicate something, especially if it’s an important something. Many business owners are savvy and connected enough to realize that they need to be involved and have a social media presence. I truly believe that the frustration and confusion that so many experience can come from the over-complication of a pretty simple concept. You’re not stupid. More than likely, you’re super-smart! What if we break social media marketing down into a three piece puzzle made up of the words themselves? Could more success really come from a better understanding here? I…

• I Drive A Chevy, Is It O.K. If I Learn Social Media From Ford?

  James Ball

  5 Mar 2010 | 10:40 am

  *Update 3/13/10 Ford wins PR Week Award for Best Use of Social Media! Congrats! Front and center in this post today resides Scott Monty, head of social media for Ford Motor Company. If you weren’t aware, Scott is HUGE in the world of social media. So many have learned so much and taken their lead from Scott based on the things that he says and does. While looking around on Slideshare.net, I came across the interesting presentation below about social media for Ford Dealers.  Take a few minutes to go through the slides, and then, as a juicy bonus, head over to Scott Monty’s blog.

• Follow Up To The Tweeting Cemetery: “Chad Speaks”

  James Ball

  3 Mar 2010 | 4:54 am

  Last month, when I wrote “The Tweeting Cemetery” I didn’t know whether the story would be well received or not. The article generated some passionate discussion in the comments, and I’m happy to report that the story is far from over! The story caught the attention of Desiree Scales, CEO of Bella Web Designs, Inc. in Atlanta. Desiree hosts the weekly podcast at The Bella Buzz where she addresses internet market strategies, including social media. Desiree is a valued friend to me, and the story couldn’t have been carried forward any better. The article that accompanies…

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  The Niche Store Builder

• 6 Best Practices with Product Review Sites

  Mark Hansen

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:57 pm

  So – I’m gonna step back in time just a bit and get back to some of the very basic things that have been working for me on product review sites over the past few months. If you recall from a few days ago, I still lack focus… and due to that haphazard way of building product review sites  in volume, I have definitely seen a few things working better than others. I confess, in the last 90-120 days – I have added more than 30 review sites. The following items are the things I’ve learned from doing them inconsistently across several sites! Best Practices for Product…

• Chaos and Focus Go Hand in Hand

  Mark Hansen

  3 Mar 2010 | 7:38 am

  My name is Mark and I lack Laser and Pinpoint focus – there, I said it! Now where’s my fucking coin? Over on the ReviewAzon forum, a newer member asked a very interesting question… that had me, once again recognizing what many people have said is my biggest area of opportunity. “If you only had 20 hours a week for Internet Marketing, How Would You Spend it? Would you focus on ONE site, or develop MANY sites?” My reply, which I will get later, was prompted by one of those rare moments when I looked at my own efforts, and acknowledge that I just run too chaotic…

• 4 Things You Should Do on The First Day of the Month

  Mark Hansen

  1 Mar 2010 | 7:10 am

  Two of my favorite times during each month, are the first and last days. It’s during these days that you can really gain the most from your general site statistics, and act on what you see to get the most from either the following month, or the rest of the month. In this post, I want to talk about 3-4 quick and easy thing you can do at the beginning of the month, today for instance, that will benefit you throughout the month, sometimes, longer. Find and Fix 404 Errors! A 404 error is a status code returned by your web server, when a file cannot be found. They can be anything from images…

• eBay Says Screw 2012 – Declares Doomsday in March 2010!

  Mark Hansen

  27 Feb 2010 | 6:55 am

  Do You Hear The Background Rumbling? That’s DROVES of eBay Sellers – Running off to the Competition! Well, like they do every time eBay has another fee reduction! Wait… nah… forget it. 2010 Spring Seller Update eBay is getting ready to make more changes to its system… this time however, the changes are targeted to eBay Sellers, billed as the 2010 Spring Seller Update, and according to their site… claims to be “Steps to Increase Your Profitability and Bring More Buyers!” View eBay Traffc Trends on Compete.com! I am including this news at the…

• GoDaddy Code – .99 Cents for First Year! HOT!!

  Mark Hansen

  25 Feb 2010 | 12:38 pm

  Quick and dirty post about a GoDaddy Discount Code for the first year registration of a new domain… Just .99 Cents for the first year! Use coupon code: BUY2010 during checkout! This code does NOT work on renewals, and only works on ONE domain per cart! Kim and I just registered several, and you just have to do them one at a time, if you want to get more than 1 domain. Edit: Just to clarify – this discount code only works ONCE Per Person or GD Account. I don’t have a clue how long it will last – so jump while its hot! Go to GoDaddy and register now… GoDaddy Code…

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• Self-Esteem and Your Teen

  Jgrimes

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:38 am

  I have yet to figure out exactly when it happens. There is an unidentified moment that a child goes from enjoying life and exploring the world to becoming overtly aware of what others think. It does not happen gradually. It is more of a before and after type of transition; like crossing an imaginary line into a new dimension, with no way to go back. Some seem to handle it gracefully. Some embrace it and use it to their advantage. Some seem as if they have been preparing for this moment their entire lives, while others seem totally caught off guard by it. Long before the well identified…

• V-Day can be dreadful

  Mommies Cafe

  10 Feb 2010 | 2:12 pm

  I find that the date of February 14th, Valentine’s Day, fills me with dread! A simple holiday, yet not so simple for my brain to process not going overboard or trying so hard to be original. I not only try to think of something besides candy or baking or cards for my husband, but I also try to think of what I can do for my kids to be able to celebrate with them. At times, I just want to say it is a silly holiday where we don’t want to go out to eat and we don’t want to celebrate at all. I know, G for Grinch, right? As my kids get older though, I find them so excited to know that mommy…

• Watching Out for the Compliant Child

  Jgrimes

  30 Jan 2010 | 6:56 am

  As a mother, we are intensely thankful for our compliant child. Usually the most serious of our brood, he or she is the rule follower, seeking to help us keep everyone else in line. Long before we suspect that she has done anything wrong, she comes to us with head hanging low, admitting her shortcomings and outlining her plan for an acceptable punishment. A compliant child is a blessing to any mother who often wonders if we are getting through to our children. But as the compliant child grows older, it is important for us to help her guard against this personality strength that could later…

• Java Mama-Kim Rowley

  Mommies Cafe

  4 Jan 2010 | 8:06 pm

  Do you work at home? Yes, in my pajamas!  (WorkInMyPajamas.com) How many hours do you work a week? I clock in way over 40 hours per week sitting at my computer. Company Website? Key Internet Marketing, Inc. http://www.KIMarketing.com How long have you been in business? 10+ years Tell us a little bit about your company and how you got started. I started out experimenting with HTML making websites about my passions – my preemie twins (PreemieTwins.com), shoes (ShoeaholicsAnonymous.com), coupons and refunding (ShoppingBookmarks.com). It was all by happenstance that I realized I could get…

• Christmas Let-down and the Second Semester Blues

  Jgrimes

  4 Jan 2010 | 7:43 pm

  Let’s face it.  We all find it difficult to get back in the swing of things following the long break over Christmas.  With the welcome reprieve from homework, deadlines and alarm clocks, this feeling is magnified for our high school kids. After the stress that comes and goes with mid-term exams, it is never easy to approach the last half of the year with the same intensity of a new school year.  The entire family must be retrained to go to bed early and embrace the school routine, and as the second semester approaches, an atmosphere of dread can quickly overtake our households. My own…

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  Nathan Hangen

• Saturday Project Update: All Systems Go

  Nathan

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:19 pm

  Resources: Digital Empires TV Beyond Blogging Project Roark Media Image Credit Saturday Project Update: All Systems Go is a post from: Nathan Hangen Recommended PostsHow to Get a Free Beyond Blogging Paperback and a Rockstar CourseSaturday Project Update – Respecting Brilliance [and Free Manual]It’s Time I Level with YouSaturday Project Update – Guest PostsMidnight Launch

• Guest Post Friday: You Can Go Your Own Way

  Guest Blogger

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:35 pm

  A couple of years ago, I found myself unemployed due to downsizing in the the company I worked for where I was the Sales Manager. The owner of the company decided he didn’t need me and decided to let me go. It was actually his idea that I start my own company and become his competition! So, that is exactly what I did. We remained good friends and looked at each other as colleagues, not competition. When I started my small contracting business, I wasn’t scared or nervous because I had owned other businesses in the past. The difference was, my other businesses dealt with B2B…

• Protected: Hold Your Color [GCN-7]

  Nathan

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:16 am

  This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: Protected: Hold Your Color [GCN-7] is a post from: Nathan Hangen Other PostsI’m Taking the Gloves OffWhere 99% of Bloggers Go WrongBecoming a CrusaderIt Sucks to Be the Little GuyAre You Really Sure about that Price?

• The “B” Word is Missing – Let’s Bring it Back

  Nathan

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:28 am

  I want it now. I don’t want to have to work for it, but I still want it. I deserve it. It’s my turn. I’ve suffered enough. This is the type of thinking that scars entrepreneurs and keeps people from achieving their dreams. They aren’t willing to work for it…they see others becoming successful, and instead of analyzing that process in order to see how they can repeat it (hence the book, Beyond Blogging), they ignore the years of hard work that successful people might have put in and instead focus on the end result. Jealousy and bitterness replaces hope and optimism, and all too…

• Perceived Value: The Afterglow and Why You Need It!

  Nathan

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:12 pm

  Editor’s Note(s): I’ve got a lot of additional content to present here, and instead of adding yet another post, I’m going to add to the already long one here . Firs of all, the Beyond Blogging Project is blowing up like crazy. Mike and I are really, really excited to be working closely with 50 of you in order to take your business to the next level. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t have to be special to get in, but a good attitude is a must. This is probably the cheapest price you’ll ever pay for hands on coaching, especially for 6 months of it. This is a huge…

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  Ben-Lang.com

• Pro and Cons of Being an Entrepreneur in High School

  Being an entrepreneur in high school or even college has its pros and cons. Based on my experience as well as on feedback, I'd like to share with you what I think are the upsides and downsides.

• What’s the “$” Value of your Website?

  Did you ever wonder how much your website or blog is worth. A few months ago a friend of mine invested $100 into my website. He has his own company that's worth several million dollars, so this was more as a joke.

• 15 Internet Tools Every Blogger Should Use

  Here are 15 online tools that can help make blogging easier, more efficient and enjoyable. Some you may already have heard of, others might new to you, so make sure to check them out.

• Making Your Site More Design Friendly

  If you're a blogger or entrepreneur, your online presence is important--it's the best way to reach your audience. We all know that the content is the most important part, but design is a close runner-up.

• 10 Mistakes Not to Make in a Forum

  Being an active member of a forum in your field of interest can be extremely useful and rewarding. However, it is common and easy to make avoidable mistakes in those forums.

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  Blogging Teacher

• Twitter Clubs: Nathan Hangen vs Jordan Cooper

  Paul Cunningham

  14 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am

  I listened to two podcast interviews the other day, one with Nathan Hangen and the other with Jordan Cooper.  Coincidentally they both talked about the same subject – Twitter clubs (sometimes called “Retweet Clubs”). If you aren’t familiar with these clubs they are basically groups of people who help each other promote their blog posts by retweeting them.  Here is a brief snippet of what each of the guys had to say about them. You’re now able to lie to yourself by looking at the stats and thinking you’re doing well when you’re really not. - Jordan…

• Blogger Interview: Henry Ferdiansyah of Time as Wine

  Paul Cunningham

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm

  In this blogger interview Henry Ferdiansyah of Time as Wine talks about the importance of our health and the environment that we live in. Tell us a little about your blog. It’s a blog about health and the environment. I am working as an environment engineer on site so I have some experience that I want to share with the world. Another thing is that the environment really influences your health, so I guess that’s why I am also interested to write about health. Do you think enough people take an interest in their own health and that of the environment these days? Based on my…

• Reader Q&A: How to Respond to Blog Comments

  Paul Cunningham

  8 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  This is a reader Q&A post.  Do you have a question you’d like answered?  Submit it here. Tom from Blue Highways of America asks: I’m relatively new to blogging and I’m very confused about some things. The author of Google Blogging for Dummies says that you should always acknowledge comments made about your blog posts. But she doesn’t explain how. A private email? Or an additional post saying “thanks” beneath the one in question? Good question Tom, and you’ve just about answered it yourself.  There is no single, correct way to acknowledge blog…

• How Secure Are Your Blog Passwords?

  Paul Cunningham

  5 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Are you using the same password for all of your different blogs, email accounts, and social networks?  Would you like to have a more secure password but find it too hard to remember lots of different, complex passwords? In this short video I demonstrate how I use Keepass Password Safe to safely store all of my different passwords without having to remember them all.  All I need to remember is the master password to the password safe. Image Credit: Flickr Related articles:How to Protect the WordPress Admin AccountWordPress.tv launchesWhen using video for your blog is good, and when it…

• Blogger Interview: Julie Hubert of Big Girl Bombshell

  Paul Cunningham

  3 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm

  In this interview Julie Hubert of Big Girl Bombshell talks about how blogging built a sense of direction and community in her life. Tell us a little bit about your blog. Big Girl Bombshell came about as a result of affirmations and visualization of what I want for myself in terms of my health and appearance. Any positive changes, especially in this genre, needs to come from awareness of self. Way too many people struggle with weight and body image. The weight and the image can hold them back from what they desire in their heart. I hope to instill a sense of excitement about their life, create…

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  HellBound Bloggers

• 25 Basic Tips To Get Google Sitelinks

  S.Pradeep Kumar

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:47 am

  I compiled these tips only after discussing with SEO gurus and experienced bloggers. I also added some points which I thought will be valuable. Before some months, I applied some of these tips and we got Google Sitelinks within weeks. Remember, Google wants your site to be clean and tidy. Sitelinks are mostly determined by [...] Related Articles :Google Created Sitelinks Of HellBound Bloggers 15+ Tips To Optimize Images For Search Engines 30+ Tips To Reduce Your Site’s Bounce Rate 20+ Tips To Improve And Increase Your Blog’s Loading Speed Submit Your Blog To Popular Search Engines

• 70+ Resources To Download Free Icons

  S.Pradeep Kumar

  9 Mar 2010 | 5:24 am

  It is really hard to get premium quality things for free. Now, in this article we have tonnes of websites which provides tonnes of free icon sets. My applause for the talented designers and artists who designed them. Below I mentioned 50+ websites where you can download free Icons. They consist of both social media [...] Related Articles :100+ Resources To Download Excellent Free Fonts 40+ Websites For Copyright And Royalty Free Photos Create Icons Without Using Any Software Download HD YouTube Videos Online 7 Cool Features of Windows 7

• 100+ Resources To Download Excellent Free Fonts

  Narendran.M

  6 Mar 2010 | 6:26 pm

  In this article I mentioned 100+ resources where everyone can download excellent free fonts. Fonts plays a major part in day to day life, it is the key element in the process of web and poster designing. Different types of fonts gives a true different life to the text we type. You can use these [...] Related Articles :70+ Resources To Download Free Icons 40+ Websites For Copyright And Royalty Free Photos Download HD YouTube Videos Online Free Portable Applications For Your USB Flash Drives Hide Files and Folders Through Command Prompt

• Compare Mobile Phone Recycling

  S.Pradeep Kumar

  4 Mar 2010 | 8:44 am

  Compare mobile phone recycling provide an easy online service for people to compare who pays the most when you recycle your mobile phone. This site helps you to compare which companies pays you more cash for recycling your mobile phones. Compare mobile phone recycling is designed for everyone who wishes to utilize their services and find [...] Related Articles :Sell Your Old Mobile Phones Easily Using Sell My Mobile Sony Ericsson unveils world’s first 12MP Phone The Best Browsers For Windows Mobile Phones Create a Mobile version of your Blog/Website using MoFuse Make a Mobile Version of…

• Top Challenges For Website Designers In Coming Years

  Jacob Josh

  3 Mar 2010 | 5:27 pm

  Being a Website Designer in 2010 is quite different than being a website designer of later years. Competent website designers own a great deal more skill sets other than being a whiz at graphics. Graphics are becoming secondary in relationship to other skill sets that enable a designer to be at the top of their [...] Related Articles :Optimized Business Website Design The First Step in Internet Marketing Twitter: A Valuable Source for Flouring the Business Mobile SEO – Next Big Revolution in Search Industry 3 Tips To Write Effective Web Content How to Build Links Successfully For Higher…

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  WPTidBits

• 24 Cool Photos You Won’t Believe Are Not Photoshop

  Effects, lightings, dimensions, blurry, backgrounds and many other situation that we may see in a picture describes thousand of words. Some photos might be confusing and deceiving us whether it has been artificially altered by digital technology such as photoshop or not. Believe me some photos are just amazing without relying on photoshop at all.

• How to Create SEO Friendly Search URL

  Mostly, whenever we searched for any keyword in a website search box, it will redirect us to a search results page with unfriendly search urls. Usually these kind of url does not make any sense to us and quite confusing for us to read. However, there is a simple plugin that may solve this problem and gets us a more SEO friendly search url.

• How to Separate Comments and Trackbacks

  Most of wordpress default theme post or page will have comments and trackbacks in the same list. Sometime we can never differentiate between those two. Simply to make them more organize, there is a way to separate between comments and trackbacks. In order for commenters to have a clear picture of what is comment and what is not, prepare your favorite editor and here we go.

• Use Drag To Share to Submit Posts On Social Sites

  Recently while i was surfing few websites, i came across one feature that i think might be the latest and unique way of sharing post into social websites. Just by hovering the cursor on an image of a post, a 'drag' function will appear. While dragging, few social sites will appear and enabled us to drop the dragged image into it. We will then redirected, to the related social site for login and share the post! Its totally unique!

• 26 Top Sources to Find Free Icons Sets

  Icons play its part when expressing the meaning of itself and will gain more the attention of the readers who look at it. Icon makes the site more effective, understandable and reachable. Not only it is use in websites, also in desktops replacing the conventional folder name to express the use of certain folder. Herewith we listed 26 top sources to find free icon sets.

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  Online Marketing Blog - Jack Nguyen

• Writing For Traffic or Visitors? – Have You Been Doing It All Wrong?

  Jack Nguyen

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:45 pm

  Should you write your blog posts for traffic or visitors? It’s safe to say that SEO is important, but how important is it to put all your time, money, and effort in learning all the tricks and techniques?  There’s no doubt that the SEO industry is booming from all published books, blogs, and even start-ups built for SEO services. If you are new to SEO…my advice is to just start blogging and don’t even worry about SEO. You’ll spend way too money buying seo tools and software online because it promises you the world for only $39.99 a month! Going back to the…

• 5 Ways To Dramatically Increase Your Alexa Ranking

  Jack Nguyen

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:27 pm

  Image via CrunchBase Take a look around you….. There’s a ranking system for almost everything out there. Zagat ranks restaurants based on reviews in major cities across the United States, Edmunds ranks cars, etc. But what about that Alexa Ranking?  Do people still care about this number and is it even accurate? For those who are unfamiliar with Alexa Ranking, it gives your blog or site a number based on the traffic to your site. So how is this number calculated?……. Traffic rankings are based on usage patterns of the Alexa Toolbar users and other online sources over a…

• Monetize Your Site – Not The Same Old Mumble Jumble

  Guest Blogger

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:12 am

  This is a guest post by Garen Arnold.  If you want to become a guest blogger, click here to view my guidelines. I am sure everyone has read a million articles that shows you how to monetize your site.  We all know that you should put Adsense, opt-ins, and affiliate products (that are related to your niche), but in this post I want to teach you something you may have not already heard.  True you want to monetize your site so that you can make money off of it, but are you doing it right? Providing valuable content that your readers crave is the key.  What I typically do to find content…

• Affiliate Marketing + Article Directory = Rejection?

  Jack Nguyen

  10 Mar 2010 | 10:10 pm

  Getting Rejected – It Happens To The Best Of Us Growing up, we’ve all face rejection. Some take it better than others, while others would just give up. Asking someone out on a date in high school….Rejected! Taking that jump shot in front of your defender with 3 seconds on the clock….Rejected! Sending your articles promoting your site/affiliate products to get approved….Rejected! Wait…Articles?! For those new to the game, Article Marketing, also called Bum Marketing because it can be done with very little investment, can still bring you tons of quality traffic and backlinks…

• Alltop News Feed – Submit Your Blog Now!

  Jack Nguyen

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:28 pm

  Image via CrunchBase If you haven’t done so already, you should submit your site to Alltop now.  An Alltop news feed is like your digital online magazine rack and is one of Guy Kawasaki’s start-up projects.  When you submit your site, you are importing your latest 5 headlines under an existing topic.  Depending on factors such as your content, twitter recommendations, etc., the drones over at Alltop gets to decide the final topic where your feed will be categorized under. Alltop is great because you know that the blogs and sites are updated frequently.  Actually, any blogs not…

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  Powerofmore.net by Sean Smith

• Content is King But Quality Content is Emperor

  Sean Smith

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:03 pm

  With Content Marketing increasing as a recognized method within the SEO industry to drive targeted traffic to your website and more and more businesses moving to take advantage of it, many are left wondering how their content will stand up to SEO industry standards and customer expectations.  The sad reality is, that a vast majority of businesses who operate some, if not all of their business online, don’t have a clue how to produce high quality, SEO friendly content and market it effectively online. What is Content Marketing? Content marketing is a term used to describe the process…

• Top 10 Blogs To Follow For Online Business Development

  Sean Smith

  9 Mar 2010 | 2:18 pm

  Today I’ve decided to flood you with information and provide you with a list of the top 10 internet marketing, social media and online business development blogs I follow Every day I make time to read from the blogs that influence my thinking the most. I’m a firm believer in continuous education and am always striving to gain more knowledge to help me achieve my goals.  The following list I’ve put together for your benefit and cover a range of topics that are relevant to blogging, online business development, internet and social media marketing as well as a little personal…

• 10 Methods To Drive Targeted Traffic For Blogging Success!

  Sean Smith

  3 Mar 2010 | 4:16 pm

  A common question many of my clients ask me is “How can I drive more traffic to my website?” The key here really is to drive targeted traffic to your website.  So the question really should be “How can I drive more targeted traffic to my website?” The more targeted your traffic is, the higher quality traffic you have and the better your chances of success!  There are several methods available to accomplish this and we’ll get into those at a later date, but for now, here are 10 methods that will drive targeted traffic to your website. 1. Search Engine…

• How to Setup a Struggling Internet Business and Not Succeed

  Sean Smith

  2 Mar 2010 | 10:10 am

  Wow, yesterday was a busy day!  I’ve got a lot going on behind the scenes here at Powerofmore.net, all of which is designed to educate, support and assist you in creating a strong, successful internet presence.  An update on all this will come soon. The subject of todays blog post is more of a reality check for many of you.  While on a 3 hour consulting call yesterday with a client, I realized that many of the clients I speak with, regardless of what industry or niche they operate in, all have a similar understanding, or lack of knowledge when it comes to the internet and/or business…

• SEO with Scribe SEO Optimizes Your Content with Ease

  Sean Smith

  1 Mar 2010 | 7:01 am

  SEO, otherwise known as search engine optimization or the holy grail of online marketing.  To achieve higher search engine rankings in the organic search results on sites such as Google, Bing and Yahoo, you must know and understand search engine optimization and how it plays a role in driving substantial traffic to your website. Many, however are not up to speed on SEO practices and may even seem overwhelmed by the idea in general.  Indeed, SEO can be a substantial undertaking, however, the basic principles are not all that difficult. SEO Made Easy Well, have no fear my weary, yet…