Monthly Archives: July 2009
Write a Better Blog – 3 Ways To Really Reach Your Reader
Blogging All this technical comisseration and mentoring in the art of the blog… it’s a beautiful thing. Especially for writers like me, who come to blogging from a different place than, say, budding online entrepreneurs and creatively inspired geeks (and I say that with respect and much love, and now that I am one, pride). It reminds me of a group of tennis players who get together to discuss string tension and debate the merits of yellow ...
Continue readingTwitVid iPhone 3GS App Makes for Faster Tweets
Promote your blog TwitVid, the service that allows you to upload videos directly from your iPhone to the web for the purpose of sharing them on Twitter, has revealed its updated mobile application for the iPhone 3GS. With the updated mobile application, users can take advantage of the newly incorporated video upload options finally made available to iPhone users. While previous iPhone models supported video, Apple’s developer options did not support web ...
Continue readingBlogging Buddies
Blogging You want to increase traffic to your blog right? One of the easiest ways to get more people to view your blog is to become friends with other blogging sites. By doing this, you can have more viewers and enjoy the benefits of inbound and outbound links. Outbound links are links that start at your blog and direct users to a different blog, while inbound links, or backlinks, bring people to your site from other sites. Both types of linking are ...
Continue readingWriting Great Articles
Promote your blog Although there are a small percentage of people who think otherwise, article marketing has become a real pillar and one of the ways that the savvy Internet business owners get the traffic they need. And they are effective in part because they are different from the other methods of advertising that have been used before the Internet became an economic force. Consumers Looking for Useful Information You need to remember that the consumer on the ...
Continue readingImages for your blog from Google
Blogging Google has now updated the image search to allow you to search for images that are free to use on your blog. The images search results can now show images that have been tagged with the Creative Commons license and it is also capable of returning content under other licenses such as the GNU Free document license. To get this feature when you are searching go to the Advanced Image Search page then under the usage rights section you will see a ...
Continue readingTwiPho Your Ultimate Twitter Image Search
Social Media There are tons of ways to share images on Twitter but how many ways are there to search through all of them? TwiPho is a very new and convenient Image search engine for Twitter with a very pleasant UI. Whenever you conduct a search, TwiPho searches through the entire Twitter site to find images that have been shared by others. Just like most other search engines, you simply type what you’re looking for in the search box to begin. As you ...
Continue readingOrganize, Manage and Discover Bookmarks with Second|Brain
Social Media I’m not sure how many of you have heard of or use Secondbrain; they’ve been around for awhile now but have recently upgraded their interface. If you tried Secondbrain when it first came out, I’m sure you will agree that the new update is a huge improvement. It’s much simpler and easier to use. With Secondbrain it’s easy to keep track of all your favorite websites, blog posts, images, videos, etc. You can add ...
Continue reading3 Things I Purchased This Week To Help Me Blog
Blogging I thought I would share with you all 3 cheap and cheerful items that I purchased this week that will help me with my blogging and help me become a better blogger. Imak Ergo Beads Mouse Cushion I sprained my wrist badly playing basketball when I was about 14 or 15. When I was 19 it flared up again and my wrist gave way lifting weights at the gym. Years later, I hurt it again trying to punch through 2 boards at TaeKwonDo. I’ve got a good ...
Continue readingUBD Money Theme
WordPress Themes The guys over at Unique Blog Designs have released a fantastic new theme today called UBD Money Theme. The theme has it’s own control panel; Flikr, Twitter and FaceBook integration; and best of all, it’s FREE!! To download this theme all you have to do is enter your email at the UBD Money Theme demo site. Not only will you get this great theme, you will also get ‘Blog Your Business To Success Volume 1′, a 32 page blogging ...
Continue readingHow to Make a Great First Impression with your Blog
Blogging First impressions are crucial. People are naturally judgmental, regardless of how strongly they deny it. First impressions determine how one feels about a particular blog and whether or not they came back. First impressions are particularly difficult to change, especially in the blogosphere where if someone gets a poor first impression and leaves, chances are they are not coming back. So, how can bloggers make a great first impression with their ...
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