Response To My Opinion On Coloring Your Twitter Avatar

December 15, 2009
argument

Two weeks ago I wrote a little opinion piece about changing the color of your Twitter avatar to show support for a cause.  My wife and I don’t agree on everything, and when I spout off with something like this I try to keep her eyes from seeing this blog for a little while.  For [...]

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Is Syndicating Your Blog Content Costing You Too Much?

December 15, 2009
traffic

I don’t remember how I heard of zimbio.com, but a few years back is when I started using them.  If you don’t know, Zimbio is a collaborative online magazine with thousands of contributors.  People either syndicate their blog content with them or directly write articles for publication.  It is a very popular site that receives [...]

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To Live And Die By Google

December 14, 2009
eggs basket

Are you putting all your eggs in the search engine basket when it comes to building your blog?  Focusing your efforts on search engines to bring in visitors and build a reader base is a good way to build up your blog, but if it is the only method you are using then you are [...]

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Follow Friday: How To Recommend People And Make Yourself Look Good

December 11, 2009
follow friday

Do you know what day it is?  It’s Follow Friday! People are going to be handing out recommendations to their followers, giving them advice on who they should follow.  Bundles of names will clog up Twitter timelines while tributes are passed around like Valentine’s Day cards.  Everyone is going to have a great time and [...]

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Would You Pay To Read A Blog?

December 10, 2009
pay for reading a blog

Off the top of your head, name three blogs that you follow religiously.  Are you done? Now give the reasons why you follow them.  Chances are good that the reason you keep visiting these blogs is because you continue to receive something of value from them.
The value you receive from these blogs can come in [...]

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If It Works For You Then It Must Work For Me

December 9, 2009
frustrated

Two people walked out to the parking lot after work and slipped into their cars.  They inserted their keys into the ignition, fired up the engine, pushed the right pedal down with their foot and drove away.  In case you missed it, do you see what happened here?  Two different people with two different cars [...]

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10 Ways To Speed Up Your Blog

December 8, 2009
slow blog

If you’re anything like me, then you hate it when you are on a slow-loading website or blog.  In this time where high-speed internet is freely available, you expect your web browsing to reflect that and not resemble dial-up speeds.  Unfortunately, even with broadband internet, sometimes blogs do not run at optimal speeds.
If your blog [...]

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How I Failed With Twitter

December 4, 2009
connection

I don’t know if you noticed this or not, but yesterday I flipped my Twitter account on its ear.  I changed my username, started a new account under my old name (@robmcguire), and then announced on my old account where people could find me if they wanted to reconnect.  This wasn’t an accident; I chose [...]

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Where Do The Freebies End And The Billing Begin?

December 3, 2009
freebies

People ask for help or advice all the time without expecting to pay for it.  You ask your friends to help you move.  You meet a doctor at a party and ask him about your tennis elbow.  Things like this happen on a daily basis, there’s no getting away from it.  If you are asked [...]

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12 Blogs That Can Give You A Solid Internet Background

December 2, 2009
cap and diploma

To get a competitive edge in this world it can really help to have a solid educational background. It is no coincidence that the people who are most successful in their fields also have an extraordinary amount of knowledge and insight in their respective areas of expertise.  Anyone wishing to become a savvy internet [...]

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