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  • Top UK Internet Marketing Blogs 2012

    Top UK Internet Marketing Blogs 2012
    Last year we ran a poll to identify the top Internet Marketing blogs in the UK which ended up getting a little spicy.  There were over 3,000 votes cast (both human and bot) plus a ton of lively discussion (60+ comments). Many long time online marketing folks know of our famous BIGLIST of SEO blogs [...]

  • 5 Tips for Taking the ?FUD? out of Twitter for Employees

    5 Tips for Taking the ?FUD? out of Twitter for Employees
    Whether you work for a large or small business, in BtoB or BtoC, or are just interested in growing your marketing and sales network, you may have been faced with a common issue:  You’re fully on board with social media, but your employees may not be. Many organizations have done their due diligence to put [...]

  • Practical Tips to Make Your Blog More Useful & Interactive

    Practical Tips to Make Your Blog More Useful & Interactive
    It’s amazing how a meme can turn into a stream of content when it resonates well with a community. Recently I was sent a set of interview questions and one of the questions asked about building blog community. I took my response to that one question and turned it into a blog post, “How to [...]

  • The Value of Small Business Blogging: 3 Key Questions & Answers

    The Value of Small Business Blogging: 3 Key Questions & Answers
    Earlier this week Frank J. Kenny did a Skype interview with me about small business blogging and why or why not it makes sense. Frank’s audience is the network of Chambers of Commerce across the U.S..  I think it’s a timely question considering the ongoing “blogging is dead“, “no it’s not“ debate that’s been going on [...]

  • Stuck In A Marketing Rut? 4 Signs That It?s Time To Add Engagement To Your Online Marketing Strategy

    Stuck In A Marketing Rut? 4 Signs That It?s Time To Add Engagement To Your Online Marketing Strategy
    When you ask an online marketer what frustrates them the most about reaching customers and prospects online you?re likely to hear the following: Finding a way to connect with their audience Moving prospects through the buying cycle Growing their network and lists Marketers often talk about their prospects being overloaded with too much information which [...]
 
 
  • WordPress News

  • Calling All Contributors: Community Summit 2012

    Calling All Contributors: Community Summit 2012
    Each year, the WordPress core development team meets in person for a week to work together and discuss the vision for WordPress in the coming year. As annual events go, it’s easily my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love attending WordCamps and local WordPress meetups (which are awesome and you should try to attend [...]

  • WordPress 3.4 Beta 4

    WordPress 3.4 Beta 4
    Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

  • WordPress 3.3.2 (and WordPress 3.4 Beta 3)

    WordPress 3.3.2 (and WordPress 3.4 Beta 3)
    WordPress 3.3.2 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions. Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates: Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media. SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and may still be in use by plugins. SWFObject, which WordPress previously used to embed [...]

  • WordPress 3.4 Beta 2

    WordPress 3.4 Beta 2
    Howdy, folks! Another week, another beta. Since we released Beta 1 last week, we’ve committed more than 60 bug fixes and feature adjustments based on testing and feedback. If you’ve been testing Beta 1, please update to Beta 2 to make sure things are still working for you. If you are a theme or plugin [...]

  • WordPress 3.4 Beta 1

    WordPress 3.4 Beta 1
    WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! As always, this is software still in development and we don?t recommend that you run it on a production site ? set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if you?re a developer, try to [...]
  • Blogging Basics 101

  • Tips to Get More Shares on Facebook

    Tips to Get More Shares on Facebook
    Facebook engagement can be a tricky thing. If you want high clicks, comments, and shares you should consider what kinds of posts will resonate with your audience, what time of day to post, and what day of week to post. I attended Digtial Summit last week and heard Matt Peters (@fracked) of Pandemic Labs (@pandemiclabs) [...]

  • Facebook Giveaways & Contests: Why It Matters That a Facebook Page in New Zealand Got Shut Down

    Facebook Giveaways & Contests: Why It Matters That a Facebook Page in New Zealand Got Shut Down
    Facebook promotions (i.e., contests and giveaways) have guidelines businesses and individuals must abide by. I wrote about the Facebook Promotions Guidelines in 2011. I included a copy of the main points of the guidelines and explained how to interpret those points. I also explained out that you could lose your page if you fail to [...]

  • Cool Pinterest Photo App Lets You Splice Images

    Cool Pinterest Photo App Lets You Splice Images
    Pinterest’s new user interface shows a larger image, then four smaller images. It’s an attractive way of highlighting your latest pins. And, just as people did when  Facebook used the photostrip on personal profiles and fan pages, users have found interesting ways to display images with the new layout. Eugene Chen developed a tool to [...]

  • Type-A Parent Blogging Conference & Discount Code!

    Type-A Parent Blogging Conference & Discount Code!
    Type-A Parent Conference, in its fourth year, is designed to help social media/blogging parents and the companies who want to connect with them take it to the next level. The conference will feature some of the most influential, admired, and insightful bloggers and social media thought leaders talking about topics like power networking, branding, blogging, [...]

  • Will Pinterest?s Changes to Terms of Service Keep You Pinning?

    Will Pinterest?s Changes to Terms of Service Keep You Pinning?
    Heads up, Pinterest devotees! Changes are afoot. After recent propulsion to social media stardom, Pinterest is updating their Terms of Service to address growing concerns from users and critics. Some of the areas affected include the hotbed issues of image ownership and copyright violation reporting. Per an announcement in their official blog and sent to [...]
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  • Four Ways to Make Your Company Stand Out on LinkedIn

    Four Ways to Make Your Company Stand Out on LinkedIn
    There are several social media sites that companies need to keep updated, in order to have a good all-around social media presence. This can get overwhelming if not scheduled or delegated correctly, but fortunately, planning ahead of doing a lot of work proactively when profiles are created can make the Read more…

  • Getting a sense of good typography with these web and iPhone games

    Getting a sense of good typography with these web and iPhone games
    Typography is quite the intimidating universe to get into, but even if you’re not a designer it’s worth understanding even just a fraction of its principles. Your end game, after all, is to create a genuine connection with your audience, and at the heart of your campaign, be it a Read more…

  • Web Hosting Providers Features: Is Live Chat Worth it for Your Small Business?

    Web Hosting Providers Features: Is Live Chat Worth it for Your Small Business?
    Getting involved with a web hosting provider is something that usually lasts at least one year, so it?s a big decision. There are many different web hosting companies to choose from, so it?s important that a hopeful website owner considers the different features that a company may or may not Read more…

  • How to Prevent Social Media Fatigue

    How to Prevent Social Media Fatigue
    Social media fatigue or burnout is becoming more and more of a problem for both consumers and businesses, as the availability of new and exciting social media networking sites like Pinterest and Instagram are gaining millions of users a month. However, for most people, there is a tipping point between Read more…

  • 5 Bad Pieces of Legal Advice Bloggers Get Regularly

    5 Bad Pieces of Legal Advice Bloggers Get Regularly
    When it comes to the Web, there are a lot of people out there willing to give you free legal advice. Unfortunately, much of it is outright wrong and it can be very dangerous. While, fortunately, many of these legal misconceptions have been slowly dying off as the Web has Read more…
 
 
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  • How to Make $593 in less than one hour?

    How to Make $593 in less than one hour?
    Can you make $593 in 30 minutes from the comfort of your own living room? In this article you will see that yes, YOU CAN! With just 3 quick steps, the easy to learn technique of following the trends of [...]

  • Staree: A New Way To Make Money Online with Videos and Photos

    Staree: A New Way To Make Money Online with Videos and Photos
    My friends over at IZEA have just pulled back the curtains to their newest social media platform: Staree. Staree allows users to post photos and videos from their mobile device or desktop, and share them with friends through Facebook and [...]

  • How To Get Shoemoney?s Local Marketing Blueprint for $9

    How To Get Shoemoney?s Local Marketing Blueprint for $9
    My friend Jeremy Schoemaker (ShoeMoney) recently published his Local Marketing Blueprint on udemy.com. This course is made for two types of people: those who own small businesses, and those who want to sell services to these small businesses. As you [...]

  • How To Dominate Google By Guest Posting

    How To Dominate Google By Guest Posting
    This is not going to be another post on why you should write guest posts for other blogs because I don’t recommend you do that. I have never written a guest post, and I doubt I ever will. One of [...]

  • 6 Ways to Protect Your Blog from being Hacked

    6 Ways to Protect Your Blog from being Hacked
    You know how it feels?you?ve been writing a blog post every day for the past 2 years now, and you recently checked your dashboard to see that you already have over 600 posts; 600 posts that took an average of [...]
  • The Edublogger

  • State of Educational Use of Blogs 2012 Survey

    State of Educational Use of Blogs 2012 Survey
    We’re often asked for detailed information on how educators are using blogs. So we’ve decided the best way to pull together a comprehensive resource is to survey educators. We’re looking for replies no matter what blogging platform you may be … Continue reading →

  • Edublogger Debate: Scaffolding vs. Struggling ? Can You Be Too Helpful?

    Edublogger Debate: Scaffolding vs. Struggling ? Can You Be Too Helpful?
    My partner in crime here on The Edublogger, Sue Waters, and I have regular debates and conversations around a wide range of topics. Recently, we were talking about best practices of professional development and writing support documents. We then moved … Continue reading →

  • Help Answer Student?s Questions on Blogging in Education

    Help Answer Student?s Questions on Blogging in Education
    We’ve been asked for a little help by a student who is researching the history of blogging and how it is being used in education. She has asked some great questions that we know others would like answered as well. … Continue reading →

  • Celebrating Volunteer Week with VolunteerSpot

    Celebrating Volunteer Week with VolunteerSpot
    Did you know that this week is National Volunteer Appreciation Week here in the US? We agree that volunteers in schools deserve all the recognition they can get and truly appreciate all they do. Schools and classrooms rely on volunteers for … Continue reading →

  • What is the purpose of school?

    What is the purpose of school?
    When will I ever use quadratic equations in my “real” life? As an Algebra teacher – this question came up every year in my classroom. And every year, my off-the-cuff answer would change. 1st Year Teacher (ambitious and full of … Continue reading →
 
 
  • Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog

  • Meditation as a Blogging Practice

    Linda Dessau
    Meditation as a Blogging Practice
    Away from my desk, with a clear, focused mind, it's amazing what I can come up with for my blog.

  • Is Digital Publishing Part of Your Content Marketing Plan?

    Denise Wakeman
    Is Digital Publishing Part of Your Content Marketing Plan?
    If you missed it on DeniseWakeman.com, my colleague Ellen Britt and I have a survey running about how professionals and small business owners like you, are incorporating digital publishing into their content marekting. We would love to get your input, and then, if you choose, we will send you a copy for the indepth industry report we create from the information we glean. At the moment of writing this post, 770 people have added their two cents. Our goal is to have a minimum of 1000 responses. Whether or not you're actively involved in digital publishing, or plan to, your...

  • Why Your Business Blog Needs to Be More Than a Diary

    Linda Dessau
    Why Your Business Blog Needs to Be More Than a Diary
    Your family, clients and other supporters will always be thrilled to hear of your latest successes, accomplishments and lessons learned, but what about someone who is just getting to know you?

  • Business Blogging vs. Facebook [Infographic]

    Denise Wakeman
    Business Blogging vs. Facebook [Infographic]
    Just ran across this infographic and I have to say, I'm in total agreement and have been preaching this for several years. This doesn't mean I don't think you shouldn't be using Facebook as a marketing tool, but think about where you're putting your effort and what you get out of it... Embedded with permission from Patricia Redsicker. Which side do you come down on...Facebook or Business Blogging...which is better for YOUR business?

  • Facebook Marketing - Two Resource Articles for Your Online Marketing

    Denise Wakeman
    Facebook Marketing - Two Resource Articles for Your Online Marketing
    Recently I posted a couple of articles on DeniseWakeman.com about Facebook marketing. While they are not specifically about business blogging, if you are using the Web to market your business, then no doubt Facebook is one of your online tools. In case you missed the articles, I want to make sure you get access to these resources. First, if you are intimidated or confused about how to create videos, there's a cool, easy and FREE tool you can use to create videos from the pictures in your Facebook albums. In the post I share five ways you can use this...