Monthly Archives: December 2010
10 Twitter Backup Tools For Preserving Tweets
Social Media With the new year quickly approaching, now might be a good time to archive all of your tweets for 2010. You wouldn’t want to lose any of your tweets, or have something happen to your account in 2011 that would cause you to lose a year (or more) worth of tweets, replies, DMs and favorites. Anything could happen and with Twitter accounts being hacked on a daily basis, it’s a smart and safe idea to backup and archive your tweets as ...
Continue readingWordPress 3.0.4 Released, Critical Security Update
WordPress Consider this proof security doesn’t take a holiday. Yesterday Automattic announced the release of WordPress 3.0.4, and it is considered both a critical and a mandatory upgrade. According to the announcement, a security flaw was found in KSES, the system WordPress uses to sanitize the content of posts and other HTML submissions. It would enable an attacker to add code to the WordPress site, possibly enabling it to launch client-side code ...
Continue readingHow to Supercharge Your Blog
Blogging 2010 is coming to an end and now is the time for bloggers to begin to have new plans for moving their blog ahead in the new year. Many of us have invested a lot of effort into our blogs and we’re now reaping the rewards and many of us have wasted a lot of time doing things that contribute nothing to the success of our blog in the year 2010. It is time to revise your blogging plan and this article will be giving you some tips to supercharge ...
Continue readingWatching Out For Shoddy Business Practices
Blogging Anyone that works on the Internet will be able to tell you that while there are virtually limitless business possibilities available for writers and bloggers, there are also a lot of people who do shoddy business on the web and are out to take your work away or pay you nothing for it. Last year I noticed there were more than a few of these snake oil salesmen out there and even though I’ve learned over the years a few things to avoid, ...
Continue reading6 Social Media Sites to Look Forward to in 2011
Social Media, Social Networking Now that 2011 is almost here, we can look forward to many new startups that will be available for alpha and beta testing. There are many social media sites and social networks out there fighting to stay alive among Facebook, Twitter and the rest. Are you looking for a bigger and better site to come along, or are you happy with what’s already out there? Personally, I’m always willing to give the new guys a try. I feel that there are ...
Continue reading5 Ways to Celebrate Christmas Using Social Media
Social Media Christmas is here again (already). What better way to celebrate than by using the social media tools we use every day? Whether you’re always on Facebook and/or Twitter or just want to give your blog a holiday makeover, these 5 tips are sure to have you in the holiday spirit and spreading Christmas cheer across the Web. Change Your Twitter Background Since your Twitter background also shows on the Twitter homepage (where you check your ...
Continue reading5 Content Steps to Take For the New Year
Blogging As we approach Christmas and the rest of the holiday season, many are already starting to look toward the new year and finding ways that they can improve their blog. Though I don’t typically like New Year’s resolutions, they seem to be mostly self-defeating, it is a great time to look at what you did or didn’t do over the past year and how you can improve. With that in mind, here are several copyright and content-related steps ...
Continue readingHow to Reach Your Freelancing Goals in 2011: A 4-Step Plan of Action for Success
Productivity, Writing It’s that time of year where many are turning their attention to goals they want to accomplish next year. If you freelance, following is a concrete plan to ensure your success. Before I outline the specific steps, I want to get personal for a minute to illustrate how and why setting goals is so important to your success. How I Achieved the Goal of Transitioning from Writing for Clients to Writing for Myself About three years ago, I realized ...
Continue readingSolid Web Content Writing Tips
Productivity Even when you’ve been writing web content for a while it’s always a good idea to take a step back and read an article or two that will help you refresh the techniques that make for effective web copy. Even if you come to working on the Internet from another discipline like journalism or even business writing, there are a few things that are exclusive to Web content you need to keep in mind. Attention Span First of all you need to take ...
Continue readingShow The World Who You Are With One Simple About.me Page
Reviews, Social Media If you’re tired of creating numerous social networking profiles on the Web and want just one a single page to direct people to, About.me has got you covered. Within a few minutes of picking a username and adding a short bio, you can have your very own About.me “splash page that points visitors to your content from around the Web.” About.me is basically like creating a mini website all about you. Besides your bio, you can add ...
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