This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, a Japanese cat commercial, and what’s coming up on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
- How I really built a blog with 6,500 subscribers
- Don’t hit it big unless you’re ready for it
- How I built a blog with 6,500 subscribers
- 20 reasons why you need to start guest blogging
- Why some of your posts flop and how to fix it
Business / Finance
- Ways to support small businesses online
- 5 simple ways to optimize email marketing
- How Yelp and TripAdvisor help businesses thrive
- How do you use social media to boost local business?
Graphic / Web Design
- Stunning infographics and data visualization
- Showcase of web design in Hollywood
- 27 best looking free Drupal 6 themes
- 33 sexy examples of lingerie industry web design
Make Money Online
- My spin on squeeze pages and email lists
- 5 steps to email marketing magic
- Are you ready to work hard to make money online?
Personal Development / Self Improvement / Health
- Is more success always a good idea?
- 100 ways to serve others
- 20 tactics to avoid during an argument
- Dealing with disappointment
- Working with your unconscious mind
Photography / Digital Art
- 35 photos of truly adorable animals in the snow
- 64 gorgeous nature photos of Ian Cameron
- Amazing pictures taken with an iPhone
- 85 photo montages with distinctive surrealism by Ben Goossens
- 20 examples of excellent HDR architecture photography
Search Engines / SEO
- 6 odd tactics for getting ads into Google Maps
- 5 reasons Google Social Search would be a nuisance
- What is a link worth – valuing PageRank
- Leveraging webinars to learn SEO (or anything else)
- 7 tips for local SEO and PPC success
Social Media
- 40 social networks for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups
- 8 simple steps to growing a quality Twitter following
- 10 apps to schedule future tweets on Twitter
- 6 points to ponder before using automatic status updates
- Simple social media marketing tactics for amplified exposure
Tech / Security
- 10 one minute websites
- Twitter users – change your password now
- Become a Gmail master redux
WordPress
- Use WordPress as a CMS with the Flutter plugin
- 20 free WordPress themes that outdo the rest
- 35 essential WordPress tricks and hacks
- WordPress for Android
- Cleaning up WordPress permalinks
Coming Up on the Kikolani Network
Next week, assuming I have proper research time, I should be getting to that long awaited article on social bookmarking networks.
Japanese Cat Commercial
If you need a daily dose of cute, you should add Cute Overload to your daily blog reading list. They shared this video of a commercial in Japanese… I’m not sure what it means, but it is very cute!
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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 
I may have to go read Mitch’s How to deal with disappointment
I knew I wasn’t going to be on the list this week as I was in a funk and writing about some whacky stuff BUT I did want to mention that I got plenty of hits from last weeks post 
I hope you and everyone has a great weekend.
Plus I’m getting ready to write a blogging related post right now so maybe I will be in like Flynn next week
Thanks for sharing some great posts
It’s a tough call, limiting myself to 5 posts per category. But I have a plan on bring more link love on Fetching Friday. Just have to get to a slower week to get it put together.
When you asked for us to vote on how many links to include in each categories, I know I didn’t vote for 5 in each, but now that I see you’re doing it, I actually like it. It makes it very easy to “go through the list” and it looks much better, too. Guess I was wrong
Thanks for another great Fetching Friday!
.-= New from Klaus @ TechPatio Funny Pictures: Google Street View Launched In Denmark =-.
Yeah, I was surprised that half the voters wanted only 5, but it seems to be working out pretty good. Except there are a ton of articles I want to add that I can’t, but it also forces me to choose the best, which is good for readers!
Thanks for sharing one of my deeper articles and not one I wrote this week.
.-= New from Ari Herzog@Online Media Strategies Share 1 Online Marketing Tip and Win 250 Free Business Cards via PrintRunner =-.
You’re welcome. I noticed local business was the focal point this week, so yours fit perfectly with that bunch!
Very nice collection this week Kristi. I’ll be taking a close look at the Search Engines / SEO links. Speaking of links, thanks so much for the link love!
.-= New from Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills Is More Success Always a Good Idea? =-.
As always, you’re very welcome! I hope that my readers flow your way and get some personal development inspiration every week.
Wow, I didn’t even know you knew about this particular blog of mine, Kristi, so I’m glad to have it featured here this week. And I’ve found a bunch of other blogs to check out as well; thanks!
.-= New from Mitch When Protecting Your Reputation Isn’t Worth It =-.
I love cats, and I’m not sure what to think of that commercial except that the glasses made him look especially smart…and cute. The world could use more of that I say. lol
Great stuff Kristi, as always!
.-= New from Wayne John I just can’t keep my hands to myself =-.
Hi Kristi, thank for linking to my latest post I really appreciate it. I keep losing you and then finding you again so I have subscribed to your blog this time
.-= New from Steven Aitchison Working With Your Unconscious Mind =-.
Thanks for another great list Kristi, I don’t know how you have so many great finds each week, especially since you find it hard to keep the list DOWN to 5 in each. I checked out a coupole new things for wordpress from your list this time, so thanks. And of course thank you for including my 100 ways to serve list.
.-= New from Mike King 100 Ways to Serve Others =-.
If possible you may want to get into the difference between social bookmarking sites and social networking sites, I know a lot of folks, including me somewhat, get really confused at this.
.-= New from Dennis Edell Welcome Aboard Part 2! All The Info You’ve Been Waiting For… =-.
I made the mistake of watching the cat commercial with my son looking over my shoulder. He made me watch it 13 more times. OK, so we laughed hysterically. Just thought you should know.
.-= New from JP@Funny Sports Warren Sapp Arrested, Charged With Domestic Battery =-.
As always a great list of resources…and thanks for including us! This is one of my favorite posts of the week, every week – keep up the great work!
Matt
.-= New from Matt | Small Biz Bee Five Steps to Not Getting Ripped Off on Credit Card Processing =-.
Hey Kristi, good job as usual. Thanks for including one of my posts. I love it when I get to make it on your list.
It’s so much easier now to look through them now that you’ve reduced it to 5 links per category. As for the cat, yeah it looks a little too smug for me.
.-= New from Sire@WassupBlog How Twitter Can Actually Earn You Some Cash =-.
I like “optimize your email list”, because once you’ve optimized your email list, you don’t have to display a lot of ads on your site anymore. You can always advertise through your emails. Great tips here!
.-= New from Andrew@BloggingGuide Top Ecommerce Solutions for WordPress =-.
Another big thing, as usual.