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From the ocean of posts about linkbait it would be easy to think this particular technique is the solution to marketing any site. The reality is, however, very different. Especially on commercial websites. read more »
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What's your #1 tip for best practices in social media marketing? Join this writing project and think about boiling it all done to one tip that will help others in the social media marketing world succeed. read more »
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NorthxEast, a popular blog about blogging, is now up for sale at SitePoint. Interesting to see what kind of value it will get and who will take over. read more »
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A review of 12 pieces of viral content - why they went viral, and how we can apply lessons from those things to our own writing, blogs, etc. read more »
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SocialRank is a new tool launched by MindValley that allows them to launch niche blog aggregators. They've already launched 30 sites, their goal is to launch 1,000.

Think: TechMeme but for knitting, biking, religion, startups and much much more. read more »
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A collection of 42 great posts on how to get more RSS subscribers. read more »
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The Social Media Scoreboard only cares about the number of friends you have - not the actual value of them. And it defeats the purpose of social media and social networking. read more »
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A few very cool resources that will help you find inspiration when writer's block hits. read more »
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Figuring out what constitutes income in the blogging world is pretty easy. But what constitutes a proper deduction is another story - and bloggers usually err on the side of not deducting enough (and not the other way around). Don’t get caught leavi read more »
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Building up a social media profile isn't easy. There are a ton of sites and ways of going about it. It can be overwhelming. But here's a 10-minute daily guide for growing and maintaining your social media profile that might help. read more »
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Have you noticed a new weird kind of spam, without URLs or anything to sell, hitting your blog?  This article takes a stab at explaining what it's all about. read more »
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Bligter is a new service that allows bloggers to republish the content from other bloggers. But it looks like Bligter might be using content that they don't have permission to use. Check out this quick review on Bligter. read more »
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Many of us want to build mini-media empires: blog networks, magazine-like sites, offline consulting & coaching opportunities. But how's it done? read more »
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Customer profiling is an interesting way of categorizing people and learning how they might use your website, purchase from you, etc. Customer personas takes it a step further and has many implications for web design, SEO and usability. read more »
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Shoutwire won't allow you to submit content with the word "digg" in the URL. You get the following error:

* You have specified an illegal keyword (digg) read more »
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Where can you go in the social media and bookmarking worlds if Digg isn't doing it for you? There are a number of sites, Sphinn included, which are reviewed in this post. read more »
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A new kind of stealing is upon us - stealing of avatars. It's happened to Muhammad Saleem before, and it's happened again. His avatar on digg is being copied. How important are avatars? How much of your brand is in them? And are they really worth co read more »
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How do you stay on top of all the information out there? It's your network, of course. There's huge value in building out layers of contacts, so the best news bubbles up to the top. read more »
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We're all faced with writing proposals. For those in the SEO business this can be even harder, when clients don't quite "get it." Explaining the value, understanding clients' requirements and answering questions becomes even more important in the wo read more »
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