This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup and a day without rain on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.
Blogging / Writing
- 40 bloggers to watch in 2011 – great list of blogs that, if you aren’t reading, you should be!
- 7 blogging tips from top bloggers – measuring blogging success, pursuing guest blogging opportunities, and more.
- How article marketing can help your blog – 5 reasons you should consider supplementing your blogging routine with article marketing.
- 11 creativity resources – perfect for bloggers or writers needing a bit of a boost.
- 9 companies doing blogging right and what you can learn from them – no, it’s not an article, but a FREE webinar on January 18th at 1PM EST. Learn more about it and register now!
Making Money Online / Online Business
- Product launch blueprint: the secrets behind a 5 figure product launch day.
- Why they want to be an entrepreneur – inspirations from four successful entrepreneurs.
- The key to transparency in business – the benefits of creating a personal user guide for your teammates or partners in business.
- Outstanding email list building success in six easy steps – reasons why you might not want to build a list, how to overcome them, and six ways to make it easier.
- 3 steps to becoming successful in online business – how to maintain you the cash flow when becoming an online entrepreneur.
Personal Development / Productivity
- How to deal with energy vampires – 8 simple tips on how to deal with these types of people.
- Are you giving without expectation? The benefits of giving unselfishly.
- Taking back the reins: guilty feelings begone – how to shift away from the guilty feeling.
- 7 reasons you should not check email first thing in the morning – tips in productivity enhancement.
- 44 actions you can take now to boost your energy – take control of your energy level with these tips.
Search Engines / SEO / Analytics
- 8 tips for writing a killer SEO cover letter – great tips on how to those looking for a job in the search industry.
- 35 local link building opportunities great information for getting some local links.
- Facebook SEO ranking factors and visibility hacks – everything you need to know about Facebook and search.
- Why you cannot reverse engineer Google’s algorithm – very interesting look at why lists of ranking factors have become useless.
- The five best link building blogs – want to learn about link building? Start with these blogs.
Social Media / Social Networking
- The social media marketer’s SEO checklist – what a social media marketer needs to know about SEO to help make social campaigns help with search rankings.
- Are you losing out on targeted social media traffic? Don’t miss out by not using some of the top social media referrers.
- Facebook for websites: social plugins for your blog or website to increase engagement and social proof.
- 5 social media lessons from Tim Burton – what you can learn from the master of macabre.
- 26 tips to enhance your experience on LinkedIn – great advice for getting the most out of the top social network for business professionals.
- How to stop talking about influence – does Klout really matter?
A Day Without Rain
For those who had a busy week (like I have just coming back from Affiliate Summit West and jumping right back into work), I thought a beautiful time lapse video would be just the soothing, relaxing thing!
A Day Without Rain from Clint Melander on Vimeo.
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Hey Kristi,
Thanks for recommending ViperChill’s Product Launch Blueprint. It is an excellent read.
Fred Leo recently posted Are You Building Higher Gas Prices Into Your Planning
Awesome list Kristi.. I really like Probloggers list of 40 bloggers to watch in 2011… A bit upset that I’m not in that list
Jojo Mathews @Around Social recently posted Social Gaming Market to Surpass 1 Billion
The building link post is very important in your search ranking you want. Its hard work but you can do it..
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
TrafficColeman recently posted Stop Spending Money On Stupid “How To Make Money Online Programs”
Thanks Kristi for including my post on Search Engine Watch about social media referral sites. Great list of resources, as always, and honored to have one of mine featured.
Kaila S recently posted An Introduction to Content Strategy
Hi Kristi,
I especially liked, “35 local link building opportunities.” When I started my first site many moons ago, some really great links came from people I knew in person, whom I had met at various business functions.
Ever since that time, I have considered face-to-face interaction the best way to get good links.
Rick
Rick LaPoint recently posted Making the Most of a Sticky Post
I really enjoyed SEO Theories post on ‘Why you cannot reverse engineer Google’s algorithm’. A Very eye opening look that makes you realise how complex the search engines really are!
Tom@Paid Market Research recently posted Mystery Shopper Jobs Sydney
Hi Kristi,
Great Fetching Friday post, as usual. Loved the “Facebook for Websites” article! I have been wanting to incorporate the like buttons on my websites.
I seem to be having a problem with the link for the “guilt be gone article.” It pulls up a blank page for me.
Thanks for the reading material for the week!
Glinda
Glinda Harrison recently posted Is Indiana Social Media Going to the Dogs
I am overwhelmed in a good way by all these resources. I found the SEO article on local linkbuilding opportunities particularly interesting. Having experienced quite a bit of rain lately, it was nice to see a time lapse of a “Day Without Rain.” Today, happens to be a beautiful day and it reminds me that I really need to get outside to take advantage while I can.
Adam@Accent Coach recently posted “What’s Wrong With Having An Accent”
I wonder if product launch blue print may help in the launch of a free product…
Dennis Edell@Direct Sales Marketing recently posted Guest Bloggers- Is YOUR Blog Content Good Enough
Kristi:
Amazing resources you have put together for this fetching friday. You always leave me with tons of reading material to peruse!!
Lisa
Lisa recently posted Are Your Blog Readers Dumb
A nice collection, but you know I love when you link to picture pages because I just never seem to come across them on my own. And I seem to be missing from your stream, so please stop by and see if there’s anything I might have written, or might write, that you’d find apropos. I do love the video, though; you pick nice stuff.
Mitch recently posted Using CommentLuv Effectively
I am checking out 40 bloggers to watch in 2011. They sure are interesting bloggers, they have nice blog content too.
And that is truly a relaxing video. I like it!
Andrew @ Blogging Guide recently posted Is Your Blog Your Main Business Site
What makes them ‘interesting’ to you, Andrew?
Ari Herzog@Social Web Marketing recently posted How to Write a Blog Post
Another great Fetching Friday Kristi. The 7 tips from top bloggers over at social media examiner are great, especially the tip on interviewing the best in your industry. It would be great if you had a section in your Fetching Friday that focused on improving content creation or landing page conversions.
But I can’t complain because there is a lot here to cover. So thanks again for sharing all these great articles.
John recently posted Getting Rid Of Skin Moles
Call me a sponge because I am soaking everything up!
I’ve recently been learning a lot more things to help websites, blogging, and growth. These categories all come into play. I’m hoping that I can translate what I learn into helping photographers through my experience.
There are a few websites I’ve been living on over the last week. Thanks for all of these resources! They are seriously amazing and I know I’m improving thanks to them.
Scott@Instagram App Interest recently posted In Search of Instagram
You’re a photo sponge!
I’ve been tweaking the categories over the last few months for my Friday posts, and I think I’ve finally settled with these as they are the top ones that are needed by almost every blogger. I might have to re-add my design category though, as people are always looking for a little creative inspiration.