This week I’m introducing you to some common Twitter terms. Twitter is pretty popular, but not everyone is well-versed in the lingo and it’s a little daunting if you don’t know your DM from your RT. As always, I welcome your additional Twitter terms and definitions in the comments on this post. I’ll integrate them [...]
Twitter Glossary
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Helpful Blogging Links: Blog Traffic & E-mail subscriptions, Facebook Changes, Changing WP themes, Ning Alternatives
Increase Blog Traffic with Email Strategies via Blogging for a Living (part of the Freelance Writing Jobs Network). So many bloggers wonder how to increase their traffic. I stand by the fact that it takes time to build a loyal audience and there’s no magic formula, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to do! [...]
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Social Media Glossary
Social media is how we connect with each other — and with companies and brands — online. These days every marketing plan includes social media; to ignore it would be to ignore a significant portion of your audience. But what is social media? How do you use it? Where do you start? The first step [...]
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Helpful Blogging Links: Learning Tech, SEO Plug-in & Advice, Blogrolls
Every day I share links to all the tech articles I love on the Blogging Basics 101 Tumblr blog! Subscribe to the Tumblr blog and never miss another article. One Year Ago Today — Learning to Embrace the Tech Community via Girl with a Computer. I really needed to read this yesterday. I’ve had a [...]
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RSS Series: How do I find and install a custom RSS button on my blog?
This button has become the standard for finding and subscribing to a blog’s RSS feed. When a reader is interested in subscribing to your feed, she is probably looking for that button. She can find it in the address bar of her browser (where the site’s URL is) or she may look for it in [...]
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How Do I Use WiseStamp to Create an E-mail Signature?
E-mail signatures are an easy way to promote yourself and your projects in your everyday correspondence. They’re fairly un-intrusive (if you keep them short and simple), but they let your peers know what you’re working on and how they can contact you via social media. I use WiseStamp for my e-mail signatures and I’ve had [...]
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Google Buzz: Is It a Privacy #FAIL or The Next Best Social Media Tool?
In the past few months Google has been trying to secure their spot not just as the go-to search engine of choice, but a real player in social media. Google Wave and the Google Nexus One phone were cool options to the norm and just last week Google unveiled yet another new social media tool: [...]
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Helpful Blogging Links: WordPress Themes, iPhone apps for blog stats, Facebook Guide
14 Fantastic Free WordPress Themes via Mashable Stat Geeks Take Note: 4 iPhone Apps to Analyze Blog Health via Blogging Pro Context is King: How Videos are Found and Consumed Online via TechCrunch The Facebook Guide via Mashable Unleashing the Power of Website Analytics via Six Revisions I share links to all the tech articles [...]
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Is the iPad just a Big Ol’ iPhone or Is There More to It?
Believe it or not, I’m not an early adopter. I’m pretty tight with my purse and I don’t buy the “next big thing” as soon as it hits the market. I’m interested, yes, but I like to see how things shake out before I buy. Invariably, the first edition of anything is just aching for [...]
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Apple and AT&T Exclusivity: Will You Switch if You Have the Choice?
Update: AT&T Will Spend $2 Billion to Improve Wireless Network Yesterday, Apple unveiled it’s new iPad and discussed the future of portability. It was suggested that the event would also lay to rest–one way or another–the rumors that Apple is ending it’s exclusive deal with AT&T. Unfortunately, those rumors were neither confirmed nor denied and [...]
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