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The author of Moneybites.com (Mattaw) met Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing.net at a social event. Although this post is short, there is a very nice clip of Cory speaking about what blogging means to him. For any BoingBoing fan it is a must see, and for a read more »
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A few simple tips from the website of Garry Conn to help bloggers stay organized. The key here is simplicity, these tips are dead easy and can increase your productivity by helping increase your organization. read more »
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A quick post that makes the argument that if you can categorize your Twitter followers into distinct groups and do some "strategic tweeting" towards each group, you can increase the volume and value of your Twitter conversations. read more »
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Becoming an authority site is a lofty goal, but with the right amount of dedication and expertise, you can achieve it. Building authority means staying on top of news, networking and proving that you know your stuff better than anyone else in your n read more »
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Yahoo has announced the launch of their new crawler, Yahoo! Slurp 3.0. 3.0 is slowly being pushed out over the course of the "next several weeks," including "some infrastructure updates," Yahoo said. I suspect the recent changes we reported with the read more »
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A good post from Duct Tape Marketing that describes how to make your content better by inserting free images. It lightly brushes on why images make your posts better then lists a number of sources you can use to get these images, from paid sources, read more »
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If you’re a new or not yet established brand, how should you use social media to build a reputation for yourself? read more »
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Are social networks becoming barren wastelands, ruled by the spammer and those looking to turn a quick shilling? Could the 'social interaction' in social media become redundant? read more »
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It’s easy to get caught up discussing high-level Digg strategies and complicated metaphors, but it’s important not to lose sight of the things that make the advanced stuff worthwhile. Without the ability to gather links, subscribers and comments, yo read more »
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I’m officially a Twitter addict. Twitter is a mini-blog in the simplest of terms. You have 140 characters to promote yourself, meet people, say something of interest (or not), reply to others and basically chit-chat or ‘Tweet’.

I can’t help mysel read more »
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A landing page is any page on a website where traffic is sent specifically to prompt a certain action or result. Think of a golf course… a landing page is the putting green that you drive the ball (prospect) to. Once on the green, the goal is to get read more »
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Having trouble promoting your blog post on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook or social media sites like Sphinn, Blogging Zoom, Digg, Mixx, Propeller and so on? This is a blogging tips full of methods and tricks which will help you ou read more »
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I've got news for your guys: You're all doing it wrong.

Using twitter as a link dump for backlinks really isn't a very disruptive use of the system. You dont need any followers, so you don't have to worry about mass-following a whole bunch of peo read more »
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"I get quite a few offers for joint ventures daily… some of the ideas insanely stupid, some of them brilliant - most people that have been in online business for a while will have had the option of going into a partnership at least read more »
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This post pertains to the sheep-like nature of people.

Simply put, people are like sheep, and follow where others have gone and like to go where others go. This post talks about the advantages of being at the "head of the flock" and briefly sugg read more »
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Mattaw of Moneybites discusses what he's done in terms of his blogs SEO.

This post is an interesting look at what simple steps you can take to make your blog more search engine friendly. read more »
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Mat Siltala of 97th Floor brings us more great viral marketing tips and reminders with a case study about a clever restaurant. read more »
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For this round of the ‘How Would I Do This…’ I am looking at an article on CNN called ‘How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook’. I am also going to tie in my previous post on the overuse of stock photography. read more »
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Lisa Barone asks: "Is the new connected employee, the one that reaches out to industry contacts via Facebook and stays in the loop during the day via Twitter, a resource for the business they work for or a time-sucking liability?" read more »
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Did you know there's only 261 shopping days left before Christmas? That might seem like a crazy thing to worry about in April but you know what they say, the early bird gets the link. Using the holidays to attract links is fun, good for trend watchi read more »
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Bruceclay.com -

Refrain from personal attacks. At all costs. There are no exceptions.

Refrain from responding to personal attacks. At all costs. There are no exceptions.

It’s the best piece of blogging advice I’ve ever received. It’s als read more »
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This is a great, comprehensive guide to using Twitter - if you want to introduce someone new to what Twitter can do for them, this would be an excellent start! read more »
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Did you know that there are three simple alphabet letters that can make or break your social media campaigns? So many times we overlook these three letters and never realize that they can help improve your social media profiles’ success. read more »
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Ping is an action very important for the bloggers, letting us to let the people know that your website has been updated!. read more »
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There are three types of bloggers in terms of paid blogging. One is "Rightous", one is Greedy and one is Savvy. read more »
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