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Some of my friends in the blogsphere are starting to believe that subscribers to their blogs are meaningless. They are wrong. read more »
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"Most online marketers will tell you I consistently break one of the golden rules of writing for the web, which is to keep content short, punchy and concise.
But to them I say - screw your rules!
I’m writing content for my audience, so you can t read more »
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It’s okay to be firm with difficult clients. Some clients give you so much stress that you just want to let them go. They eat up your time needlessly, leaving you less time for actual clients or the work you have to do. Before, I would just be there read more »
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"I have been using Propeller for quite some time now, and have always felt propeller to be a great source for quality traffic and weighted link from a search engine optimization stand point. I did however always feel there was a lot of functionality read more »
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My first impressions of SocialMedian.com, the news aggregation and voting site launched last week. I've also included a list of SEO/SEMs newsmakers who are already active in the system. Reserve your username, click the links and get set up. This one read more »
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New Twitter tool - this one's from Cesar Serna and it kicks ass. Read the SEJ review of its strengths and weaknesses. read more »
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Lyndon Antcliff aka Lyndoman shares Link Bait Ideas read more »
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With the rising popularity of web browsing, social media news sites, and iPhones, a mobile section is fast becoming a feature every good social communities must have. read more »
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A great post on how to make sure your stumbled blog posts are sticky... how to cause your stumbleupon visitors to want to stick around a while. read more »
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“One of the ones that filter to the top was “vote up if you don’t think self posts should get karma” and a useful discussion ensued. We decided to make the change after that. Reddit is a democracy after all.” read more »
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Lisa Barone writes, "Creating fake avatars as a way to boost your social media efforts - it's a topic I've tried my best to stay away from tackling. Mostly because I don't want a riot to break out on the blog. I'd rather those riots take place elsew read more »
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Garrett Pierson had the wonderful opportunity to talk a bit with the crazy and funny Dave Harry aka TheGypsy. If you don’t know who Dave is then shame on you because you are totally missing out on his very valuable and hilarious content at his famou read more »
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Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to b read more »
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For those that are playing in PlurkWorld here are some toys and tools to start broadening your experience. I haven't played with them all much yet, so do share any experiences here if you could... read more »
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A very important and useful guide for the social media and plurkers who want to get their karma up and really want to get acquaintance with the plurk. read more »
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eVisibility, an Internet marketing agency based in Carlsbad, has price of gas capped at $2.25/gallon for Southern California staff. read more »
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Love it, hate it or indifference; Karma is talked about more than enough - some perspective on the road to Nirvana

- Plurkable - Now, real quick, I would like to say that I think the ALGO is good for new Plurkers, but I think it stinks for more e read more »
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| Collective Thoughts | Today, we’re going to have a little fun with it. We’re going to take the web 1.0 metric of time on site and go a little more touchy feely with it for a web 2.0 world. Trust me, this will be fun. Here is a list of my top 10 fa read more »
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Lee Odden writes, "Right along with Facebook, YouTube and blogging, Twitter is one of the most often written about social media communication tools. We’ve run polls about how people use Twitter as well as aggregated tips from the Twitter community o read more »
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How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces. read more »
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Recession is here... and it could be with us for some time.

In this article I explain how you can plan and create an online business about any subject.

The target income I look at is $60,000 a year, but you can decide and plan your site for wh read more »
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Currently in Beta 1.0 Hated or Loved is like Digg or Mixx with a cool twist. Rather then stories being buried they will be featured as "Hated" or "Loved" hence any story that gets a reaction will end up being featured. It is good to be loved but i read more »
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It’s not about perfection but rather voice; it’s not about selling but rather authenticity. No matter what anyone tells you, there is certain poetry to engaging with people and we should not try to chase the audience. If our commitment is too authen read more »
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How do you measure success? The ultimate measure of success for a company may be productivity but what exactly is productivity? Some people are functionally more productive that others in their work environment. Some people express their productivit read more »
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OMG this started yesterday and is officially driving me MAD!!! What a pile of steaming OLD news.... Ok, that's it I must go write my own rant!!!!

I shall return! (see retort; http://sphinn.com/story.php?id=21024 )

Dave read more »
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