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The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

This Week on Kikolani

• Stop Wasting Money: How to Get the Most Out of Your Blogging Education – Do you buy conference passes, courses, or ebooks? If so, then follow the 12 tips in this post so you get the most out of your education budget.

Blogging / Content

• Improve Your Content’s ROI in 9 Steps – If your team is struggling to provide results for clients, it’s time to take steps to boost social traction. Here are a few simple steps to kick your ROI into overdrive.
• Repurposing Content: Top Benefits, Techniques & Tools – One of the tactics you can use is to promote the same or similar content on different media channels, popularly called “content repurposing”.
• WordPress Security: Everything You Need To Know – My site was recently hacked and I learned a great amount from the ordeal. In this article I distill my experience down into 10 key WordPress security steps.
• 24 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Content Curation – True content curation isn’t just about bookmarking a link so you can come back to it later. It’s about organizing the content you enjoy in a meaningful way and, in many cases, being able to share the content you’ve curated.
• The Definitive Guide to Conceptualizing, Designing and Promoting Your Own Infographic – In this post, we will show how you can conceptualize, design and promote a successful infographic on your own. Read ahead to learn how to find the right concept for the infographic, how to write compelling content (and where to find legitimate data), how to create attention-grabbing designs (and what free resources you can use to do that), and how to promote your infographic (and hopefully make it go viral).

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com.

The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Featured Post

• The Top 75 Must-Read Online Marketing Blogs – Last year, I compiled 75 Marketing Blogs that covered conversion, content, email, paid search, SEO, analytics, blogging, and social media marketing. Of course, there are many more awesome blogs out there. So today, we’re going to expand that list and add 75 MORE must read blogs for you to consume that cover marketing and business inspiration!

Blogging / Content

• How to Use Ebooks Strategically and Reach Your Content Marketing Goals – Let’s briefly review the two prominent ebook styles, and how either (or both) might serve your business goals. Then, read on for inspiration and ideas directly from a few accomplished ebook authors.
• 3 Unusual Cures for Boring Headlines – Let’s have a little fun and poke the headline experts in the eye. In the process, you’ll build your audience quicker, stick readers to your blog like super glue, and position your blog to make money.
• Kindle Publishing: Your Guide to Getting Responsive Traffic with Kindle – Kindle publishing, Blogging, and Marketing: how to connect the dots to maximize traffic, exposure, and even build email list with Kindle.
• 11 Clever Ways to Nurture Leads With Your Business Blog – Learn how you can use your blog not just as a traffic and lead generator — but also as a lead nurturing tool.
• The Misfit’s Guide to Finding Interesting Images for Your Blog Post – My sources of images aren’t well-guarded secrets. Like I said above you could do this on your own. Everywhere I find images you have equal access to.

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com.

The Resources Mashup

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Blogging / Content

• 16 Content Marketing Golden Rules For Real Results – Many business leaders under estimate the work required to develop good content marketing that drives real results. Many think it’s as easy as a simple blog post and you’re done. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
• The Essential Copywriting Formulas Every Writer Should Know (and Why) – During the interview I mentioned a popular formula I use for creating persuasive copy: the four Ps. If I had more time I would have shared even more. Well, I can do that now on my own blog.
• 14 Bloggers Share Their Daily Blogging Routine – 14 bloggers answer the question – Can you give us a quick snapshot of your blogging schedule – when do you do it? Do you have a routine or is it more spontaneous?
• 72 Places to Promote Your Kindle Book When It’s Free – If you’ve enrolled your book in Amazon’s KDP, you have up to 5 days in a 90 day period to give away your book for free. This promotion is a powerful way to kickstart the sales of your Kindle book, so to get lots of downloads you need to advertise your free days in as many places as possible.
• How to Keep Your Audience Reading – How about you and I undress one of the most powerful seducers of the written word… strip it down to essentials so you can use it to stop readers cold in their tracks.