This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, a reader poll, and upcoming posts on the Kikolani Network.
Reader Poll
Before I get to the good stuff (the resources of course), I wanted to ask Fetching Friday fans the following question.
I have been just putting any random number of posts in each category, based on how many I come across that I want to share with everyone (which sometimes can include 20+ articles in one category), but after a suggestion last week that this might be a bit overwhelming, I thought I’d open the floor to the readers because Fetching Fridays are always for you!
For this week, I will do my usual, but based on the response, I might change it up for future Fridays. Voting is open until Wednesday, January20th.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
-
How blog commenting makes a difference - 7 traits of highly successful bloggers
- Why you should socially promote articles you comment on
- 6 ways to track blog success
- Localizing your blog
- 18 blog tips to help you succeed in 2010
- What do you prefer – comments, tweets or social sharing?
- Foolproof trick to beat writer’s block
- Why do you subscribe to blog comments?
- 10 things you should always do in a blog post
- The ultimate checklist for a killer blog post
- Make it easy to promote you
- How Blog Engage can help you as a blogger
Business / Finance
-
Freelance Friday – how to be indispensable, having the right attitude, and more - 30 New Year’s resolutions for small business owners and entrepreneurs
- Starting a business on a shoestring budget
- 5 ways to build your brand effectively
- 30 best business tips for 2010
- Creating an online marketing plan
Graphic / Web Design
- Single page website designs – 70 of the latest examples
- 70 fairly creative logo designs for inspiration
- 33 beautiful social media icon sets for designers and bloggers
Health
- The basics of chiropractic care
- 20 amazing inspiring fitness blogs
Make Money Online
- The honest truth about blogging for money
- Will Hamilton reveals how he makes six figures online teaching tennis
- Thesis affiliate program moving to Sharea a Sale
- How to make money product blogging
Personal Development / Self Improvement / Health
- What does personal development mean to you?
- How writing down goals changed my life
- 50 ways to get your life in order
- Do you fear standing out from the crowd?
- 30 power words to activate intention setting
Photography / Digital Art
- 85 art of caricatures
- Vintage New York photographs
- Beautiful waterfall photography
- 25 breathtaking nature photography
- Stunning abstract black and white photography
SEO / Website Optimization
-
Why nofollow still matters - 6 ways to speed up loading time of your website
- You may be ranking better in Google search results than you think
- How one blogger increased PageRank from 0 to 4 in 21 days
Social Media
- The first female Digg user in the top 25
- Are you pissing off your Twitter followers?
- 10 gorgeous social media infographics
- Display huge profile pictures on your Facebook page
- How to cleanup Twitter followers after using Tweet Adder
- The complete guide to getting the most out of Twitter
- How to get the most out of Facebook Insights
- Want your tweets in Google realtime search? Get more followers!
Tech
- Are you ready to transfer to Chrome
- Free online virus and spyware scanner
- Do we deserve privacy online?
- Web security – Are you part of the problem?
WordPress
- 17 handy toolbar WordPress plugins for your blog
- Digging Into WordPress giveaway
Top 10 Social Media Blog Finalist
Kikolani is a finalist in the Top 10 Social Media Blogs for 2010. So if you enjoy this blog, please go and show your support!
Coming Up on the Kikolani Network
Next week on Kikolani, I have two guest posts on WordPress plugins that increase traffic and how one blogger got 200 subscribers in the first month of blogging. Also, check out Famous Bloggers and Blogger Luv, two sites that I will be regularly writing for weekly from now on.
Banana Phone
You may or may not have heard the original banana phone, but either way, this little rendition of it was a funny find by my husband this week, so I have to share it with everyone. The expressions are priceless!
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 
Another great list of resources
If you don’t own the book, you should enter the giveaway. Even if you’re adept in WordPress it has great info and snippets of code that are so useful.
Now I’m off to read the huge portraits in Facebook article …
.-= New from Kim Woodbridge Me in the 1980’s =-.
I’ve just completely deleted all my RSS feeds in my reader and I am starting afresh. You’re collection of posts will help me add some new blogs quickly without the hassle of tracking across the web.
Thanks for the link to one of our posts, always an honour.
Karl Foxley
.-= New from Karl Foxley 15 Free Tools To Add To Your Online Business Toolbox =-.
Another great list of resources! No matter how connected I think I am, you always find plenty of great stuff I managed to miss. Also, thanks for including us in your list…it is appreciated!
Matt
.-= New from Matt | Small Biz Bee 5 Budget Online Marketing Ideas for Your New Business =-.
That would be amazing if it was a new domain (How one blogger increased PageRank from 0 to 4 in 21 days), but with the frequency of PR toolbar updates I find this hard to believe. If the domain has history and it expired and was purchased by a new owner, than it’s possible.
.-= New from Frank Jovine Beware of Haiti Relief Scams =-.
Another great list of reading to keep me busy this weekend!
Thanks for the linky love too
.-= New from Keith@ Need Information Flexibility Theme =-.
Superb Collection as always keep it up! and thanks for listing my waterfalls post too
.-= New from Designzzz 54 Most Beautiful Waterfalls Photography =-.
Okay, the video killed me; you KNOW I sent that to my email list. And thanks again for including me in another Friday post.
.-= New from Mitch Do We Deserve Privacy Online? =-.
This is my fisrt visit here and wow, what a great list of resources!
Bookmarking you right away
.-= New from TechChunks@Technology Geek Facebook Connect Appears on MySpace Video Site: The Beginning of the End? =-.
Hey Kristi, thanks for linking my blog post “5 ways to build your brand effectively”, appreciate it! I’m heading to some posts that I’ve missed out this week.
I watched the video clip “Banana Phone”, I’ve never heard the song before, but I can see the girl was really enjoying it, the video makes me smile. Thanks for sharing it Kristi.
Have a nice weekend!
Cheers,
Lee
I’m with Mitch, that video was too funny. I subscribed to the channel. Good stuff Kristi
.-= New from Brian D. Hawkins Fine Example Of Viral YouTube Marketing =-.
Hey Kristie, thanks for the links. I took the poll and left a comment about your blog on the Top 10 post. Best wishes!
.-= New from ileane Say Goodbye to Family, Friends and A Good Night’s Sleep! =-.
I like the poll you have on this post, I see that most of people are voting for no more than 5 links in each category! I have voted for the same also as I think this will give more chance to read all of them!
.-= New from Hesham @ FamousBloggers I Got a Chance to Highlight a few of our Famous Bloggers Team on my interview with Murray Newlands =-.
wow great resources and i like the update version means voting my vote goes two second option No more than ten articles in each category…
thank you for this another great list of resources to visit. it is always a fruitful experience every time i visit here
.-= New from dimaks@Ctrl Alt Delete UFC President Dana White on Manny Pacquiao using Steroids =-.
Thanks so much for including my article on how to clean up in twitter followers
I didn’t notice any trackback/pingbacks from you, on that post, I’m sorry if it got caught in spam and then later deleted 
Regarding the vote, I voted “any number”, cause it can be hard to say how many articles you find worthy in any given week, so limiting it to 5 if you found 8, might not be a good idea. I think.
I love banana phone – that video was great, her expressions was really priceless. Thanks for sharing!
.-= New from Klaus @ TechPatio Twitter Mashup: 100 Megapixel Profile Picture =-.
I intended to pick some articles to read from but it’s so hard, every piece looked interesting.
It’s a busy day but I’ll make up for it, including supporting you as the finalist as well. You deserved the crown! Big thanks to include me in your list for the post ’6 ways to track blog success’. To me, you’ve already achieving yours and still going strong! Best wishes!
@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker
.-= New from Ching Ya How Blog Review Can Help to Improve Blog Traffic =-.