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
- 103 ways to improve your blog in 15 minutes or less – simple little changes that could make a big difference on your blog.
- Write faster – 12 top tips for freelance writers, bloggers, etc. that want to work less, earn more, and live more!
- Chris Brogan, A-Listers, and the reality of low self-esteem in blogging – relax, it affects more people than you think.
- 10 reasons your blog isn’t helping you get jobs – if you’ve been wondering why the offers aren’t rolling in, these tips might help clue you in.
- What does a blogger do? If you weren’t too sure what keeps bloggers busy, here is a list of the top 38 things.
Business / Career
- 57 online rockstars expose how to crush fear to succeed – lots of great entrepreneurial inspiration!
- 5 street performer secrets that help you attract more customers – which of these principles could you apply to your own business?
- 100 ways to create customer loyalty in business – great advice from 109 experts!
- The hacker’s guide to finding a job – 9 tactics no one using, which means you should be!
- 3 mind-bending lies that will block your business success – don’t let these myths stop you from getting what you want in life.
Graphic Design / Web Design
- A showcase of 50 black & white creative package designs – bottles, boxes, bags, and cartons that you will find interesting.
- 70+ awesome Tumblr themes – want your tumblr blog to stand out? Try a new design!
- 42 superb letterpress business cards – more business card design inspiration.
- 33 high quality peeling paint textures for your designs – great for web designs, business cards, sticker printing, and your other creative works
- Inspiring videos for designers and developers – 40 great videos for freelancers, designers, developers, and more to inspire you.
Personal Development / Productivity
- 75 steps for a fearless life – be fearless!
- Top 10 list of TED talks on creativity – spark yours with these inspiring videos.
- 21 things you can do to change your life forever – if you’re ready to change your life, take a look at this list of things you can do to get started.
- 13 Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes that transformed my life – let them inspire you!
- Why 90% of personal development advice can be ignored – a different approach to personal development advice taking.
Search Engines / SEO
- The ultimate guide to online marketing for local business – the basics of what you need to do for search and social media to succeed in your local online marketing strategy.
- How being friends on Google+ leads to better rankings – how social is continuing to change search.
- Google authorship – effective branding using author images in Google search results (see how to do it with Thesis too).
- 10 ways to intensify organic traffic – don’t just rely on one traffic source – learn how to intensify and diversify simultaneously.
- Leveraging your SEO for search retargeting – leveraging your SEO duties for marketing success.
Social Media / Social Networking
- 7 sneaky ways to use Facebook for competitor research – if you don’t want to think about others as competitors, that’s fine. But remember you can learn from them regardless.
- 8 ways to maximize your YouTube marketing results – actionable tips to enhance your video marketing strategy.
- What Lady Gaga knows about social media success that you might not – be sure you have these 5 star qualities to rock the social world!
- 20 brilliant bloggers talk about Twitter chats – if you haven’t been getting into Twitter chats, here are some great reasosn why you should.
- How tools measure your Internet life – a look at a variety of social media tools out there and what they do.
Photo of the Week
This week’s top photo is cuteness for cuteness sake. Say hello to a posing prairie dog!
Be sure to check out my photography blog for more photos (I post new pics Monday through Friday) and follow me @kristihines for my photography tweets or become a fan of Photostry on Facebook!
Volcano Timelapse
Remember that volcano in Iceland that not many could pronounce? Here’s a fantastic timelapse of it!
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We had another volcanic eruption this year in Iceland that was MUCH bigger than Eyjafjallajokull, but it didn’t have the same effect on air traffic and therefore didn’t gain as much attention.
It was very visible from outer space on satellite images, quite amazing really.
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Kristi, thanks so much for including my post about how to write faster.
And I dig that video. I live 5 miles from Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot-high volcano in northern California that could also have a major eruption someday.
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Kikolani,
As usual, great content to read. I stopped at first with the 103 Ways to Improve Your Blog. Read it and may need to go back for reference later.
The post on Google+ on Search Engine land was an interesting read. I already knew what he was talking about but was too timid to ever really proclaim it. It is obvious your searches change per whether or not you are logged into Google.
Great reads!
~Allie
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Thanks so much for the mention Kristi! As always an amazing weekly resource! The ONLY link round up you’ll ever need.
The video about the volcano is awesome Kristi… great work. Reshared on G+
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I find myself saying this every Friday Kristi, but this roundup post of yours is amazing. And I’m so grateful you included me in here as well. Thanks so much for that.
Marcus
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Hi Kristi! Thanks for the nice roundup post! I love to read the “103 Ways to Improve Your Blog in 15 Minutes or Less”. It is really useful for me!
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Thanks for mentioning my guest post from The Blue Inkwell Kristi! It’s so cool to have a post mentioned on your blog – even if wasn’t my own blog.
I love these roundup post – there is always some great posts to read. I loved John’s Writer Faster post, too.
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Google authorship is the main thing for me today. Thanks for including the link for it.! And nice video of volcano as well!
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I’ve seen the Google Authorship floating around and I’ve been curious about it. I’ve got to dig into it now!
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You have shared very nice resources but I liked the video posted by you too much . No one can mess with mother nature …. but still people don’t understand this thing …
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I alwsy wait through out the week for this series.. Thanks Kristi… you always rock…
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