Sociable and the other social bookmarking plugins were an excellent feature for Wordpress, and I installed them on every blog I own. However, I found that very few visitors used them. Part of it, I think, is because the buttons were kind of small and newbies didn’t quite know that they could link an article [...]
Learn more...The Free JV Giveaway event ends today, which means it’s the last day you can access over $2000 worth of scripts, software and tutorials for free.
The event features quite a few tutorials on using Twitter and other social networking services, as well as setting up and marketing your first blog.
You’ll find graphics downloads that you [...]
According to an article posted at ARS Technica, MySpace is becoming irrelevant because of Facebook’s popularity. The article says that 30% of the United States employees were laid off last week, and that a significant number of international jobs with MySpace are going to be cut.
Personally, I never used MySpace because I wasn’t keen on [...]
As you probably know, Digg turned off its “shout” capability. The move has been lauded by some, who have seen the “shouting” service abused by people who want to get a ton of “Diggs” to their content. In my personal opinion, the stories that are getting top “Diggs” now are more relevant and interesting to [...]
Learn more...How much time do you waste online? I was starting to spend way too much time on Facebook and Twitter. Today’s post is basically a rant and comments are more than welcome.
Marketers tell you that these services are essential for your web business. I had held off for awhile because I wasn’t sure if social [...]
Many years ago, I had rented some office space. The woman that owned the building was in her 60s and was a retired school teacher. She was friendly, interesting and engaging … that is, when I could hear what she was saying. I had a one-on-one conversation with her once, and that’s it.
She had a [...]
There’s a quick and easy way to run your blog’s RSS feed in Twitter.
Step One – If you don’t already have one, get a Twitter account.
Step Two – Get an OpenID account.
Step Three – Go to TwitterFeed.com and enter your info! It’s that easy. There’s no fee; however, they do ask for donations to keep [...]
For all of you who are submitting comments, thank you! I enjoy reading them and responding.
Since this is a “Do Follow” blog, the links that you provide in your comment should get some back link traction with the search engines. You can give this a bit more “oomph” by clicking on any of [...]
Another service has been added to the “Blurbosphere” network called Best Blurbs, a Digg-like service where you can submit your stories, add comments and vote on other stories. The value to you is that this is another opportunity to get some inbound links pointing to your web pages. If your site becomes popular through lots [...]
Learn more...It was a rush. Really. And one that this blogger appreciates.
When John Reese launched BlogRush in late 2007, you couldn’t avoid seeing email after email arriving in your inbox, telling you about the awesome new service. Thousands of people joined immediately. In many ways, BlogRush was awesome, offering a simple widget that you could install [...]