This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media 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
- Comment on a blog post before tweeting a link – how taking an extra moment before you tweet can show your followers your support for that article.
- How to really get on the ProBlogger list of bloggers to watch – tips on getting recognized!
- How to get fans, followres, and subscribers – how to make it easy for people to connect with you and your blog in the way they choose.
- How to write and format a DMCA letter – if you are having major problems with content theft, here is a great way to go about getting it handled.
- 50 ways to dodge the blog burnout sucker punch – things to try when you feel a complete blogging standstill coming on.
Making Money Online / Marketing / Online Business
- Blog design features that will earn you more money – make your website inviting and easy to navigate: that’s when and where you monetize
- The good advice that killed my conversions – why you can’t copywrite by committee.
- 7 simple ways to painlessly increase your freelancing rates – start earning more by finding ways to fairly and unnoticeably raise your rates.
- The super-guide to making money from advertising on your blog – from what it takes to setting prices to testing.
- How to build a quiet revolution behind your business launch – how to cultivate a response to your latest venture.
Personal Development / Productivity
- 16 harsh truths that make us stronger – once you accept these, life could be much better.
- 7 things to do when $hit hits the fan – how to fight an unpredictable situation or crisis.
- Nonconformity is not individuality – learn where noncomformity and individuality meet.
- Say yes to loving yourself – a guide to caring for the most important person of all.
- What critical step stands between you and your goals? Find out the single secret that separates goal achievers and everyone else.
Search Engines / SEO / Link Building / Analytics
- 10 ways to beat the Panda update – great ways to ensure your site doesn’t get dinged during this update or the ones to come.
- How social media affects paid search – a nice breakdown, including some answers from Google’s PR team about +1.
- Whitehat SEO: it f@$#ing works – a response to last week’s post on how Whitehat SEO is a joke.
- SEO content writing – how to write a crowd pleasing title that ranks well in search too.
- Giving your links a boost with tiered link building – help build authority for those quality links to your site by building additional backlinks towards them.
Social Media / Social Networking
- How to build the perfect Facebook fan page, 2011 edition – a look at how to use the best new features of Facebook fan pages for your brand.
- How to measure your Facebook engagement – several areas you may be overlooking that are causing your fan page to plateau or not get off the ground.
- 3 ways to use Twitter favorites – how to use your favorites to complete your profile, share recommendations, and encourage others.
- Diverse summaries of 13 LinkedIn profiles – do you introduce yourself in first or third person, and how that affects the way people see your social profiles.
- 5 dangerous realities of social media for business – five things to consider for businesses involved with social media marketing.
Friday Roundup for Photography Lovers
I finally achieved my ultimate goal – my husband is now heavily involved in the world of blogging and social media with his own dedicated HDR photography blog.
He’s recently started his own weekly roundup series called Friday Photo Spots. So if you love photography, be sure to follow him on Twitter, friend him on Facebook, and subscribe to his blog!
Become a Power Blogger
One of my favorite communities (before I got too busy to handle anything outside of Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn) was Blog Catalog. So when I heard that they have this huge one day deal going on for the next 24 hours as of 12 PM PST, I had to share it with you.
Power Blogging is meant to be a life coach for your blog. For $47.95 per month, you get the following:
- Platinum Plus Membership including personalized ad rotation on BlogCatalog’s site which receives almost 300K visitors per month.
- Spotlighting on the BlogCatlog blog and in monthly newsletters.
- Access to BlogCatalog’s social media pros, designers, and programmers.
- Additional links to your site throughout BlogCatlog.
- Access to the Power Blogger e-Magazine.
- A chance to get a free pass to the upcoming Power Blogger Conference (if you’re in the first 20 to signup).
So be sure to go check it out and see if it’s a good fit for your blog to boost traffic, readers, and build powerful connections in the blogging community!
Friday Remix
This isn’t an April Fools Day prank this time. My hubby shared this remix of the song Friday, and I have to say, I love it! I hope you will too! 
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Great round-up, Kristi. I have found your Fetching Friday is a good source to check if I missed something for the week. Thank you.
Rose recently posted..10 Questions to Ask Why Social Media Not Working for You
Thanks for your nice resources sharing! The Fetching Friday Resources Mashup is the only blog post I will not miss even in a busy week. I love to read the article about “10 Ways To Beat The Panda Update”. Thanks!
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I always thought that only good photographers and hot girls get listed in pro blogger list easily lol but thanks for sharing nice sources.
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Twitter: Ileane
April 15, 2011 at 6:02 am
Hi Kristie, Love the video! The Roots are always awesome. They’re from Philly and I just found out they will be headlining the 4th of July festivities again this year. That certainly got me in the mood to have a great day. Thanks for the links and resources as always.
Ileane recently posted..How To Use Keyword Mashing For Better Search Engine Placement
Hi Kikolani..I usually read the articles you suggest here over the weekend, and sometimes into the week if I’m busy, and always learning some thing, or discover someone really inspiring. I can see you work really hard to cherry pick the best that’s out there, and deliver it to us in an easy to digest format. I really appreciate your hard work..although I’m not great at commenting yet, and generally only read in my reader..your blog has become essential reading. Thanks
PS. I love your name btw, it’s beautiful, where does it originate from?
Twitter: DennisEdell
April 15, 2011 at 8:50 am
Commenting before tweeting is rightfully popular. it got me thinking to republish the one I wrote last October. Comment Before Sharing | How to Get the Biggest Viral Bang for Your Buck – it didn’t get much airtime.
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April 15, 2011 at 9:20 am
Well, thanks to scraper’s trackback, I knew of your post, Kristi.
Then I spend the rest of my morning, checking out the articles – loved Paul Cunningham’s post on advertising; something I thought of doing for a while now, just never got to it.
As always, the mentioned is much appreciated, and I noticed how you go an extra step, my dear, to use our keywords in your entries.
Have a great Friday!
Ana
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Thanks for the link Kikolani, you rock! Great links, can’t wait to read everything else
A great selection of links in this weeks Fetching Friday, a great source for me to read and got on with
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Kristi:
Great list. I really like your husband’s and your photography blogs. You guys inspired me to get started in HDR photography too. Got a lot to learn from you guys!
Terence Chang recently posted..Investment – HDR Photography – Travel Plan
Ahh great #FetchingFriday this week, I read most everything in there and there were some gems in there. I didn’t see The 5 Danger sof Social Media for business and as a small business owner that’s very interesting to me, especially since I’m constantly considering the dangers.
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April 16, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Congrats on getting your Husband into it all! His blog is really cool and I’ll be there often, I’m sure.
I enjoyed the blog design tips that can help earn month. Income Diary is always a great read. Thx!
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Another great list, Kristi. More people to follow. Funny thing though, some of the blogging links are talking about the exact same thing that I’m going to post on next week. Now it feels like I’m duplicating their effort, lol. I know I’m not…can’t help but have that passing thought though. Perhaps you have some ideas about that, that you might write on someday?
All the best!
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April 18, 2011 at 12:21 pm
So grateful for these round-ups, great way to see what I’ve missed and meet some new bloggers. I’ll be sharing this later for sure.
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