This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup and two Corgis on a treadmill 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
- 4 ways bloggers can use Google Insights for brainstorming – help fight writer’s block with suggestions from Google.
- How I generated over 6,000 ideas to write about in 15 minutes – one great reason why your blog should have a mailing list!
- How to build a reputation with a blog: differentiate – this is the 5th post in a great series about building your personal brand through blogging.
- 10 subtle lies that cripple bloggers – if you are letting these things hold you back, it’s time to stop now.
- Is guest posting traffic valuable for your blog? An analysis and tips on how to land great guest post spots.
- How to send updates to Facebook fans based on their location – great tip for local marketing!
- Get more exposure for your blog posts and other wall posts using Facebook tagging –
- How to allow photo tagging by fans on your Facebook page – good tip to get your fans involved and active on your page.
- Using Facebook like to market your business – what do you need to get people to “like” you and to keep from un-liking you,
- 10 top Facebook pages and why they are successful – a case study of awesome Facebook pages.
Link Building
- How to use your bounce rate for link building purposes – 3 tips to work this metric into link building.
- 4 creative link building tactics – Whiteboard Friday video and transcript.
- How to prevent getting banned by Google – comprehensive look at the ways link building can get you banned and how to avoid it.
- 6 metrics you need to manage your link building – track these key things to know how your campaign is progressing.
- 7 crucial keyword types for link prospect querying – covers marketing defining keywords, customer defining keywords, product / category keywords, and more.
Mailing Lists / Making Money Online / Online Marketing
- Bloggers: position yourself where the money is – how to get more by going local.
- YouSayToo: a blog network with revenue sharing – how to increase Adsense and Amazon affiliates income on this network.
- Choosing between a blog, microsite, or landing page – how to decide when launching a new product.
- Why small advertisers can’t use Adwords anymore – plus alternatives.
- 92 online marketing terms and metrics you should know – comprehensive list for beginners.
Personal Development / Productivity
- 10 ways to stay organized online – how to tame the information overload.
- 101 positive affirmations that will kick your inner critic’s ass – just what we all need sometimes.
- 21 tips to boost your blogging mood – while focused on blogging, they are great tips for boosting your mood in any work or writing environment.
- 7 keys for setting realistic goals – how to set and keep your goals.
- Where does your path lead – is the path we are on where we really want to go, or just wishful thinking.
Search Engines / SEO / Analytics
- 9 SEO tips that benefit your visitors – these tips are not just for search engines – so if you don’t like SEO for SEO’s sake, you’ll like these + 30 resources.
- Time for another look at TrustRank concepts – are you known by the company you keep?
- Google ranking factors: an overview of resources – links to see ranking factors for Google organic, Adwords, news, blog, video, images, maps, places, and more.
- SEO philosophy – why you should develop your philosophy for SEO.
- This keyword research tip could add 5,000 visitors a day to your site – simple, yet effective and a must do.
Social Media / Social Networking
- How to use social media monitoring tools for outreach marketing – defining keywords, audience, and engagement strategies.
- 11 reasons why I’m a social media addict – 11 great reasons to be attached to social media.
- 5 ways to get the support of social media influencers – what to do and not to do.
- 104 social media case studies – if you don’t think your business can use social media, think again!
- Things to know about StumbleUpon – infographic of the current state of StumbleUpon.
- 7 ways to spy on competitors using Twitter – if you don’t like the idea of spying, consider it learning more about competitors, businesses, bloggers, and brands using publicly accessible information.
- Visualizing how a link spreads through the Twitterverse – great data visualizations showing the power of word of mouth marketing.
- 3 ways to see who unfollowed you on Twitter – one free app, free follow, and premium app that will tell you who unfollows you.
- How to get more retweet action – 12 tips to get more retweets.
- 10 Twitter tools you should definitely know about – you should find at least one you’ve never heard of in this list, if not more.
WordPress
- 50 beautiful social bookmarking plugins for WordPress – there is something for every self-hosted WordPress blog owner to make their posts easier to share socially.
- How to get rid of HTML in comments – if you want to limit links to just the URL field, this code will remove any HTML in the comment text itself.
- How to install and setup W3 Total Cache for beginners – a throrough guide to choosing the right settings.
- 24 impressive blog plugins you should consider – make your blog go above and beyond with these great suggestions.
- 3 design tutorials that will kickstart your WordPress site – 3 essential design elements that give your blog an above average design.
Last, but Not Least
- Email’s dark side: 10 psychology studies – the downside to email.
- 7 small business marketing tips inspired by Mad Men – learn how each character’s main characteristic can be applied to your marketing strategy.
- Are analytics sharing your personal browsing history? A must read for those concerned with privacy.
- USA Today attempting to usher in a new era of journalism – kind of lik video killed the radio star, how new media is changing journalism.
- Sphinn says goodbye to voting – plus reactions from a power user and those who think Sphinn is dead.
Blog World Updates
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If you are registered, check out the attendee list by BlogLuvr29 and get on it so you can make some local connections at Blog World! Also follow the BWE 10 Attendees List to get to know other attendees!
Two Corgis on a Treadmill
It’s been one of those days, and I decided to just put up a little cuteness shared by Cute Overload, your source for smiles when your day is needing some joy.
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As usual outstanding mashup Kristi! Several articles that worth reading on next days
Those two corgis are well trained on that video LOL!
Have you been dancing?
Hope you’ll have a funny and fantastic weekend!
All the best,
Gera
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Thanks, and yes. Getting ready for a local competition in 2 weeks! Should have some more video shortly thereafter.
Oh you’re training! Then I’ll enjoy watching other video of you later
Cheers,
Gera
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Kristi, thanks so much for including my We Blog Better post in with the great mix of articles you shared. Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
Jean Sarauer recently posted Reboot Your Blog How to Turn Profits Instead of Stomachs
Haha..it’s hard to beat watching two puppies running on a treadmill. Thanks for another helpful list of links to read. Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.
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Brian, I hovered over the Commentluv links in this post and noticed that most of the people here have their links redirected through Google Feedburner as your article details.
@Tia, Jean, Dev and others. Brian has a useful article to fix this problem of losing commentluv link juice to Google.
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Hey Jarret, Every time I comment on a CommentLuv enabled site I seem to find a higher amount of people who are unknowingly giving up their backlinks. I appreciate you helping to spread the word around to other bloggers.
Kristi,
Nice Roundup. I really like Jean’s Post “21 tips to boost your blogging mood”.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend kristi.
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Great post! I learned some new things that will be very helpful in my social networking! Thanks!
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I enjoyed the video of 6000 ideas in 15 minutes. Thanks!
You are too kind. Thanks. Honored to be listed among so many other great resources.
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Kristi,
Really loved the articles on guest blogging, StumbleUpon numbers, and 101 affirmations – others I caught during the week. You always offer such a great mix. The Corgis are the icing on the cake!
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Kristi,
I’ve been meaning to ask. Everything from “Want to be featured in Fetching Friday posts?” downward is exact in each post, have you coded it right in?
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I just put the Corgis on my Facebook wall. Great find!
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Hi Kristi!
This is a great list. I had the opportunity to read some of these; it was a great, resourceful week in blogging. I’ll have to check out the bounce rate/link building one though, since I missed that. Sounds interesting. Good luck in your blogging contest!
Cheers,
Tia
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Hi Kristi, another great Friday Mashup. Lots of people have been writing articles about must use WordPress plugins lately. I’m surprised that SEO Ultimate doesn’t seem to get very much love. It’s a great plugin that’s also free.
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Thanks for including my Social Media Examiner article about wordpress plugins. There are many others suggested by readers in the comments as well. I’m also continually impressed at the depth of content you find and share here. I could spend all day exploring what you’ve uncovered in this post. Thanks and blog on!
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Hi Kristis
As a newbie to blogging this site is a must read. So many great articles all in one place. Thanks for doing the hard yards, reading and recommending what you think will be helpful for your readers. Off to read some more now
Patricia Perth Australia
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Nice mashup again, Kristi. I really enjoyed the ’10 ways to stay organized online’ post. The treadmill video is so cute also. I wonder what’s going through the dogs’ minds as they’re running but not getting anywhere.
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Hey Kristi,
Great list of incredible resources as always. Thanks for putting this together to help us. Well done!
Loved the corgis on the treadmill – cute!
All the best,
Mavis Nong
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Hi Kristi,
Awesome collection as always! I am in the process of upgrading my facebook page..and the articles here about that will help immensely.
Thank you Lovely
Much love,
Z~
Zeenat{Positive Provocations} recently posted The Love Series- How I Embraced LOVE
Amazing resources you have here – I’m honored to have been included. Thanks!
Thanks for a great roundup Kristi.
I think that I will have to limit myself on the number of links that I follow… so many sound really useful.
Might start with the ” W3 Total Cache for beginners” I’m thinking of trying to speed things up a bit.
We can actually learn something from those two puppies in the featured video, teamwork! This is another great list which will actually help me enjoy my cup of coffee. A cup of coffee and your resources mashup actually goes along together really well
@Andrew you are definitely right about team work! Both of them are working really well together, and not fighting over the space. Such a cute video, I love it
I think I will need more than one cup of coffee though 
Till then,
Jean
Wow Kristi!
Long time lurker, first time commenter.
This is without doubt the BEST link loving list of lucidity that I have ever come across in the blogosphere.
Also makes the Obsessive Compulsive part of me very excited to see all that organisation
Thanks for being the hub for this weeks blog hopping Kristi!
Ok, besides the Corgis on the treadmill, I especially enjoyed, “How I generated over 6,000 ideas to write about in 15 minutes – one great reason why your blog should have a mailing list!”
I like the facebook case study. It was interesting to see how their methods varied.
I’ve really been focusing on goal creation recently and that post has helped out! Can’t wait to see what’s coming tomorrow!
Kristi,
Thanks for including my “Mad Men” post in this wonderful roundup! I’m off to follow several of your recommendations and to subscribe here so I don’t miss any in the future.
Not sure that I ever thanked you for including me in this blog post…. so thanks!