Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Matt Cutts on Blackhat SEO

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.

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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

• 7 Tips for Creating Posts That Will Spread on Social Media – If you want a post that is going to spread like wildfire, you have to consider the following when creating your content to ensure that your post will be given extra social media love.
• Writing Ergonomics: Top Tips for Proper Posture, Alignment, and Movement – Freelance writers, bloggers, and all who work on computers: read these ergonomics tips for proper body posture/position, alignment, and movement.
• 46 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Triberr – Members are starting to talk about their experiences with Triberr on their blogs, so today, the author shares with you some brilliant posts about Triberr.
• 6 Steps to Instantly Connect With Your Blog Readers – The first in the 6-part series on how to create bite-sized content your readers will devour and share.
• 25 Useful Free WordPress Plugins For Multi-Author Blogs – 25 WordPress plugins that will help you run a multi-author site quicker and more efficiently.

Business / Making Money Online

• How I Sold a Million Books on Amazon in 5 Months – Whether you want to selld a book or a cupcake, the principles Locke talks about hold true.
• The Best Ways for Modern Writers to Make Money (Especially Online) – Working freelance means you must always keep your eyes open to new opportunities and remain relatively flexible with what you’re willing to write about.
• Why You Should Dress to Impress – The ROI of Fashion – There is a huge ROI in wearing nice clothes… especially in the business world.
• How to Avoid the SPAM Folder in 10 Easy Steps – If your marketing results suffer because you struggle to reach inbox space consistently, keep reading and learn 10 foolproof steps for avoiding the SPAM folder.
• Failure Is Not Fatal…Or Is It? (The Home Based Business Dilemma) – When done strategically, failure is not fatal. You won’t risk your home, your savings or your well being.

Graphic Design / Web Design

• 45+ Free Lessons In Graphic Design Theory – Included are general theories, theories about user experience and usability, typographic theory, layout and grid theory, and color theory.
• The Guide To CSS Animation: Principles and Examples – The author works through an example of CSS animation, building up the animation using the principles of traditional animation.
• 40 Examples of Incredibly Pleasing Brochure Designs – Expect to raise your creativity as you get inpired of multiple brochure designs in this latest release.
• 40 New Free Fonts for Your Designs – This post will show you popular, artistic and most importantly free downloadable font types to save your time searching them online.
• 50 Most Influential Designers in America – Interactive infographic of makers exerting influence through their work.

Personal Development / Productivity

• How to Live a Life with No Regrets – When we learn from our mistakes, we can move on and let our regrets go.
• 50 Natural Ways To Boost Your Energy – Some healthy, natural ways to boost your energy and stay awake and alert when you must.
• The Secret of Personal Development – What is the secret of personal development? How do we find the drive to continually develop as individuals? Find these answers here.
• How to Live a Happy Life
• 21 Things to Do on a 1 Day Vacation – You are probably thinking that 1 day away from your job is not enough. However, don’t underestimate the power of a day off to recharge your internal batteries.

Search Engines / SEO

• 50 Google Analytics Resources – The 2011 Edition – The following are 50 resources to help you get to know Google Analytics inside and out, from the new version, latest updates, social engagement tracking, advanced hacks, and much more!
• Hard Thoughts About SEO & Link Bait – If you to create the perfect viral link bait, people keep sharing and sharing until everyone on the Internet sees your creation.
• How to Use Keyword Research for New Product Development – Have you ever thought about using keyword research to guide new product development? Learn how to find out what customers want using Google Suggest.
• Moving A WordPress Site To A New Domain: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide – This tutorial will guide you through the exact step by step procedure involved in moving a WordPress blog/site to a new domain.
• How to Turn Accidental Search Engine Traffic Into Loyal Readership – How to reverse engineer a high Google ranking on your website or blog post into a smart list-building strategy and future monetization opportunity.
• Brand Anchor Text – A Link Building Hypothetical – A webmaster allows you to host a link on their site, but they refuse any anchor text that isn’t the exact name of your website. They will link to you anywhere on the domain, which has a balanced site architecture, and is semantically linked to your business. This is most of the post, but the best parts are in the comments!

Social Media / Social Networking

• One Simple Little Button that Will Get You More Pageviews? – If you want more pageviews on your blog without really having to do anything, this author has got something pretty darn cool to show you!
• Twitter SEO? Think Twylah – Twylah is a new Twitter service which allows you to create a custom brand page for your tweets – and, in doing so, receive tremendous SEO and other benefits.
• 15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative – Here are some of the author’s favorite tips to get the most out of your LinkedIn experience.
• 22 Social Media Alerts Your Business Should Be Using – One of the easiest ways businesses can take advantage of social media is by establishing alerts that cover a wide range of topics.
• 34 Google+ Resources for Your Business: Advice from the Pros – Google+ tips and resources to improve your Google+ experience and understand how to incorporate Google+ into your social media marketing.

Photo of the Week

This week’s top photo is from Sedona, Arizona and is a composition of Cathedral Rock with a quaint little house / shed out front.

Be sure to check out my photography blog for more photos and follow me @kristihines for my photography tweets or become a fan of Photostry on Facebook!

Matt Cutts Special Video Message

I warn you, there’s a tiny hint of NSFW in this video, but overall it’s quite funny and best appreciated by not watching – only listening.

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This post brought to you by Kristi Hines Kristi is a blogger, freelance writer, online marketing consultant, and social media enthusiast. Connect with me on Twitter and Google+. Kristi has written 470 awesome article(s) for Kikolani.

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