This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, Follow Friday recommendations, a New Moon parody, reviews, and previews for next week’s posts on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging / Design
- How to move your Blogger blog to WordPress
- Long term methods for effectively promoting your blog on forums
- 12 navigation options that help users navigate your site effectively
- BS bloggers
- Communicate effectively through blogs
- 13 beautiful WordPress showcase sites
- Getting paid for reviews with the nofollow attribute
Tech / SEO
- The big Google Pagerank slap
- 15 useful Firefox SEO tools for serious bloggers & web designers
- Free SEO analysis tool
- 25 free Mac apps to boost productivity
- Link building
- Free directories with high Google PageRank
Social Media
- How can I help you today?
- Add a custom tab to a Facebook fan page
- The best Facebook games
- StumbleUpon FAQ, tools, addons, scripts and more
- 50 social networks for happy moms
- What happens after too much StumbleUpon surfing
- Valid XHTML Youtube embed code generator
Business / Finance / Career
- Truth in advertising
- 5 reasons your email marketing is not working
- 10 ways to become a better writer
- Habits of successful Gen Y entrepreneurs
- Find freelance writing jobs
- Negotiating tips for job seekers
- The effects of fast food
Weekly Series
- Zebida Fridays – ebook on how to do email marketing and more
- Feeding Frenzy Saturday – featured blog articles
- Flashback Monday – new logo & ebook
- Anti-Social Lists
Personal Development / Growth / Self Improvement / Health
- Let go of the past and embrace the future
- Zen and the art of eating Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
- Assess, decided, do for relationships
- How to maintain true friendships
- 11 steps to a more positive you
Photography / Art / Creativity
- 15 stunning typography portraits
- Funny animals catch me pictures
- Hummingbird
- 35 beautiful photography websites
Last, but not Least
- World Population Day 2009
- Sad sushi food
- Why are vampires so popular?
- Google in 2084
- Most unusual places to sleep
#FollowFriday Recommendations on Twitter
Here are my #followfriday recommendations.
One more shout to last week’s recommendations: @yoonsee, @irtiza, @_George_Jetson_, and @Killroy_60.
Also, if you enjoy this post and my tweets on blogging, social media, photography, and more, be sure to give me a shout out as follows:
RT @kikolani Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Follow Friday, & New Moon Parody > http://bit.ly/roWDM
Week in Review
This week, I have caught up on my posting schedule with the following:
- When You Don’t Have Time To Do It All – the challenges of finding time to produce good content, comment, and living the rest of your life as a blogger.
- Benefits of Blogging – Developing SEO & Internet Marketing Skills – how blog promotion techniques lead to developing SEO & marketing skills that can be applied elsewhere.
- Mt. Lemmon, Tucson, Arizona – photos from a trip my hubby surprised me with to Mt. Lemmon. It was a wonderful day trip full of hiking, nature and just being together.
Preview for the week of 6 July 2009
Next week’s photography will be images I took several years ago at various furniture markets. I found looking through those photos that I was experimenting with macro photography long before I knew the official term for it.
Next week, in continuation of the Benefits of Blogging series, I will cover how blogging gives you the ability to become an authority on a particular topic.
New Moon Parody
Thanks to the upcoming movie, G-force, guinea pigs are becoming quite popular. Here is a parody of the New Moon trailer… you’ll love the guinea pig cameo.
*Warning* If you’re sensitive to fake blood scenes, there is a part in here that over-dramaticizes the papercut in the New Moon trailer.
Want to be featured in Fetching Friday posts?
Looking for some link love? Articles featured in the resources come primarily from people I interact with in the comments, and on the social networks. So comment away (DoFollow, CommentLuv, and KeywordLuv enabled), and join me on the networks below, and if your article/photo/video catches my eye, it may appear in following Fetching Friday posts.
The Fetching Friday archives – tons of useful resources on blogging, social networking, and more
About Kristi Hines
Kikolani covers blog marketing and blogging tips for personal, professional, and business bloggers to succeed in search and social media marketing. Kristi Hines is a 
Hey Kristi,
I started to look at the watch waiting for your Fetching Fridays, I think you started some type of addiction here
Once again, thanks for the link love and I do remember your article about what to do when you can’t do it all, I really related to that one.
Have a great week-end
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Kristi,
A very nice inventory as always. I was going to write about the Google Algo change on backlinks according to the article you have called “The big Google Pagerank slap”, but will leave that for another day.
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Again, another powerful Fetching Friday. I find myself bookmarkin them and perusing them in detail all weekend now. I find the process very rewarding and learn alot.
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Hi Kristi,
I think Dragos said it well it the first comment. You seem to have created a bit of a phenomenon with Fetching Friday. Lots of people compile resources, but there is something holistic and synergistic about the way you do it. Anyway, I would rather enjoy it than analyze it. Thanks for another great edition and for the link love.
Just looking over the links, I see some blogs I never been too. I will head over to them right now. Thanks for another great Fetching Friday.
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Hi Kristi,
I just got back from our regular, Friday dinner date. I had a wonderful dinner with my husband. Now he is checking on business and I am going to checkout if Fetching Friday. Fetching Friday is so resourceful, your site is fantastic and I agree with the other comments above, Kikolani is unique website.
Love the video.
Now I will check it out .
Hope you have a great weekend.
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Just came across your blog because you have mentioned my blog, but even more exciting I was finding such a great posts you have included here – nice selection!
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Wow! What a list! This is my first “Fetching Friday” experience and I can totally see why Dragos is addicted. I love it! It’s so comprehensive and eclectic and inclusive and, most importantly, fun!
I know where I’ll be spending my Friday evenings!
Thanks!
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I am enjoying this Fetching Friday series, something to forward to on a Friday
. Thanks for the mention about Selfalot.
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Another good post in this series, really very nice and informative. I can’t access this video. Invalid parameters error occur.
Good list kristi. I especially liked Extreme Johns post. Thanks for including me in the mashup, you are a real gem.
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i am becoming a big fan of your follow friday series. It is a great way to find out about new and informative posts. thanks for this weeks recommendations.
BTW, thank you very much for referring to the posts “communicate through blogs effectively” and “World Population Day 2009″. This gives me great joy and sense of accomplishment.
Now, i’m going to go through the articles about promoting blog in forums and pr slap.
I am definitely stumbling and retweeting this article as it is a great source of valuable information.
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Thanks. This kind of series recommendation is really helpful and informative.
By the way, my Blog’s incoming link said you’ve linked my blog from this post. But I don’t find anything. I guess my blog has gone mad. :-/
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Thank you for compiling the list, again. ^^ Time to do some digging, and explore the sites.
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Great Fetching Friday post, as always. I see a lot of other bloggers getting into this kind of weekly series, but yours continues to be the most comprehensive and varied. And I LOVED the part in the parody when Jacob fursplodes into a guinea pig
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Happy weekend
I have some great friends huh ? Frank mentioned me over there you over here.
I better get it in gear. The last comment sorry I had walked away for a sec to just
seconds on the edit thingy got me.
You have such a great round up I went to an excellent post listed and saw the person had no comments. I hope to never take comments for granted and I will go off to leave them one but not out of sympathy but it was a great post
I have this weird method where I will PUSH IT and get the results I had hoped then step back. I don’t get it .I need to ride the wave and create more.
Glad to see your site on FIRE
thanks for all your support and friendship
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Hi Kristi,
great friday series post. I’m very glad I have found your blog. y favorite article you posted is “Truth in advertising”.
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Nice Compilation of links Kristi. I look forward to them every Friday
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thanks for the great link to a valuable social network source.
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Thanks very much for the mention! I always look forward to these posts. There are always great articles listed.
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Thanks for this cool sharing.
Very valuable to me as I am learning and picking up all these bit by bit!
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wow fetching Friday is good resources for me i have a doubt on stumble upon please explain if you have experience my stumble upon profile get 480+ friends and this time i got more valuable traffic from stumble upon but now i seen from Friday my account show suspend or under review please suggest me how can access my profile!!!
my profile is govindseo.stumbleupon.com
Thanks !!
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Those typography portraits are simply amazing, especially Thom Yorke. The guinea pig commercial is quite funny and interesting but I seriously doubt the movie will be also. Well, maybe for the kids
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Another feature packed Fetching Friday, thanks Kristi. I continue to find my way to great new blogs each week through your links so your Friday posts have pretty much become my one-stop shop for all that’s happening in the world of blogging.
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Nice Compilation of links dear, BTW, thank you very much for referring to the post, you’ve posted everything that beginners do seek, can you please explain more on freelance !! thanks for fetching every info right here at one junction.
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Thank you for the link love.
Hey Kristi!! I just returned from my meditation retreat – gosh, there’s so many posts I need to catch up on at kikolani! Thanks so much for sharing the parody for New Moon – that’s hilarious!!!
Great job as always on this wrap up post. I especially like the BS Blogger post from Extreme John.
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Hey Kristi,
Thanks for linking to our post on Google in 2084!
Cheers!
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Kristi, thanks for the list. I like how you have organized them by category. Since I blog mainly about the finance niche, I’m glad you made a specific category for that. Very helpful! I’ll be back next Friday
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I’m starting a blog with a few friends. We would need multiple account access, ability to bring in custom graphics and art and monetization/adsense. I’ve looked at typepad a bit, but am concerned that it may not allow for much custom design look-and-feel. I really want the blog to look unique. At the same time, we are not all that techie, so an easty-to-use solution is important too. Also, when I try the trial it looks like it only supports one account? (I’d need multiple accounts). Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Goodness, how long does it take you to put all that together? Thanks!
Great list Kristi, I liked the Free directories with high Google PageRank link, some of the website and directories I knew before, but the list is a very good one!
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Lots of links to read…
Thanks for huge set of linskl….
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Your fetching friday series is simply the best, Kristi! So many useful links on this one to read. Thanks a lot!
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