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
- 21 quick actions you can do today to set your blog up for massive success – highly detailed guide to what you need to be doing if you want make your blog work for you.
- How to use blog commenting to get backlinks and traffic – this isn’t what you usually hear about building links through comments.
- 21 major benefits to blogging – they don’t involve directly getting money, but you could get you paid as a result of them.
- A one month guide to money blogging – if you are looking to earn income from your blogging, here’s where to start.
- Why you should not charge for guest blogging every – great points on why you shouldn’t try to monetize accepting guest posts on your site.
Making Money Online / Marketing / Online Business
- From corporate to entrepreneurship – an inspirational post on why one woman left her 6-figure, super easy work from home 11 1/2 year career.
- Top 25 online marketers to follow on Twitter – want to learn more about online marketing? Learn from these experts!.
- 15 Google products you may not know about – defintiely some areas of Google to check out to help with your personal and business projects.
- How to start your own freelance business – seven things you can do to get the ball rolling today.
- 9 lessons I learned from the biggest blogging jerk – interesting post about basic blogging etiquette and even more interesting discussion in the comments about the gap between blogging and marketing frames of mind.
Personal Development / Productivity
- The last post – this one is a tearjerker. If you haven’t read it yet, then I say it’s a must read this week. It will remind you why every day is important and how you should live your life without regrets.
- Information overload – your blueprint for turning information into action.
- The small scale approach to accomplishing big things – use these tips to get on track to achieving your goals.
- 7 steps to gaining personal clarity through strategic abandonment – how to clearly define your true goals.
- The power of surrender – why sometimes it is better to give in than keep fighting.
Search Engines / SEO
- SEO street smarts – how to identify a bad neighborhood for linking and where bad neighborhoods are typically found.
- 8 free link buiding tools that make link building faster and fun – want to branch out of your toolbox? Try these!
- 5 ways to leverage your keyword list – after link building, here are some other places to use your primary keywords.
- 20 SEO strategies for sites affected by Google Panda – if your site got hit by the last Google update, here are some ways to fight your way back to the top.
- 10 super easy SEO copywriting tips for link building – make sure your content earns more links with these tips.
Social Media / Social Networking
- How to build a Twitter following for your business – five things businesses need to keep in mind if they want to get new followers for their Twitter.
- Why every person should take 30 seconds to opt-in to the Delicious data transfer feed – love Delicious bookmarking? Keep your bookmarks once the transfer is made from Yahoo to the new owners.
- How to get LinkedIn famous in 15 minutes a day – great post for anyone looking to build their LinkedIn authority but only has a little time a day to dedicate to it.
- 20 things you must stop doing online – if you’re doing these things, maybe it’s time to reconsider your strategies.
- Watch your Twitter authorizations carefully – they may want permission to do more than you would like them to on your account.
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Photo of the Week
This week’s top photo from my photography blog is a lucky shot I caught thanks to always being prepared by having my camera and tripod with me every where I go.
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!
Yellowstone
Who wouldn’t want to go here after watching this little film?
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Twitter: liveurlove
May 6, 2011 at 1:07 am
Hey Kristi,
you have to start posting in the morning, last time I stayed up all night to do the reader thing and now I have like 7 tabs open waiting to be read! LOL.
I loved Mufasa’s post about the jerk, that kid really is something. Also, I read The Last Post today, wow, that was sooo heartbreaking and in a way, I must say, morbid.
I also read Steve Scott’s post, but I am regular there, love what he does. I read a few others, as well.
The photo you took is just fabulous, I love good photography, wish I knew how to do stuff like that, lol.
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Twitter: kikolani
May 6, 2011 at 1:45 am
Sorry my posts keep you up Brankica, but I’m glad you like the resources! I found this was a great time to catch people for most of the timezones.
Twitter: DennisEdell
May 6, 2011 at 2:48 am
It’s 3am here…don’t get used to it. lol
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Twitter: ateegarden
May 6, 2011 at 6:35 am
Hi Kristi! I appreciate the link to the new post. Glad you dug it and as always I appreciate your Fetching Fridays! Like Brankica your FF’s are dangerous because there’s always such a plethora of quality links & resources and I get totally sucked in
Have an incredible day!
Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:02 am
You’re welcome Tony. Glad these posts keep you happily occupied too!
Twitter: stevescott1
May 6, 2011 at 8:49 am
Kristi,
Thanks for including my link!
I must say your sunset photo looks really cool.
I have read about 5 of the posts already, but most are new to me, so it looks like I have some nice morning reading while I drink my tea and wake up.
Thanks,
Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!
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Twitter: AnaTrafficCafe
May 6, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Still waking up, Steve?
Which side of the globe are you at these days?
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May 9, 2011 at 1:02 am
Thanks Steve! I decided to start sneaking my best photos into my roundup – just a way to share all of my interests with my readers!
Twitter: AnaTrafficCafe
May 6, 2011 at 11:59 am
Kristi, I’ve told you before, you pictures are AMAZING!
Off to check out your reads for the week – as usual. Friday is a Kristi’s day on my to-do list.
Ana
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May 9, 2011 at 1:10 am
Thanks Ana! I’m glad you like the new addition to my Friday posts.
Twitter: scotty_webb
May 6, 2011 at 12:58 pm
25 links here! I know that this work you do isn’t easy or fast. I assume you have a pretty impressive workflow for these posts by now. Sometimes I find your dedication to these mashups even more impressive than the links!
I love that you’re clearly exposed to a lot of great information and that you share it with everyone else too.
Now it’s time to fill up instapaper for some weekend reading!
Thanks again,
Scott
http://www.nuwomb.com
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Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:10 am
I’ve been working on it Scott. It all comes down to sorting through my Google Reader and picking my favorite posts from the week.
Kristi, before anything, let me just say that photo is AMAZING. Seriously, I was blown away to see it was something you had done. Girl, the more I learn about you, the more I’m blown away with your talent. WOW!
But thanks so much for the link. The conversation that followed was exceptional. I always love seeing other bloggers work so hard to promote others– and you’re really a model of this Kristi..
Have a great weekend.
Marcus
Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:11 am
Thanks Marcus! I’ve been trying to find ways to sneak in mentions to my photography site and have decided to add this as a new feature for the Friday posts. And you’re welcome – it was a great post that really got some people thinking!
Wow Kristi, That photo is incredible!
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Is it HDR or is that all you? (not saying that HDR is not all you too of course
As usual you have provided a great list of resources for my weekend reading, I appreciate the time and effort you put into these Mashups. And of course, thanks for including my link! glad you found it resourceful – I am certainly amongst some esteemed company.
Have a great weekend Kristi!

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Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:17 am
Thanks Alex! It is HDR – not crazy HDR that is completely unrecognizable from the original photos. It’s the kind that combines three different images so you can put into a photo what you really see, because one photo is generally not giving you the full range view, if that makes sense. Or you probably know what HDR is already, so never mind me explaining.
Hope you had a great weekend too!
Twitter: AnaTrafficCafe
May 6, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Kristi:
I can’t stop commenting on your post today…
How did you add PostRank to your Google Reader?
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That’s a cool feature. Isn’t it, Ana? I added it to my reader in the middle of her post explaining how she does it. The post was from earlier this week, How I Organize Google Reader for Blog Commenting.
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Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:18 am
Don’t mind the commenting at all Ana. It’s a Chrome and Safari extension from PostRank.
Twitter: erydave
May 6, 2011 at 6:41 pm
I really love your post about ” How to use blog commenting to get backlinks and traffic”
I agree with you. Blog commenting is how to build relationship between two related blog. I always forget do follow or no follow because I believe, by doing blog commenting, it can increase traffic. Or maybe there are some blogs that I leave comment are do follow blog…LOL..
Thanks for sharing
Regards
Ery
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May 9, 2011 at 1:19 am
So long as you’re commenting the right way, it’s all good Ery!
Twitter: jmpruitt75
May 6, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Hey Kristi, Gotta say I loved the Last Post. Even made me tear up. Is is sad but hearwarming to think that even at that time, his readers were on his mind and he took the time to finish out his blog in a gracious way. Wish I had found that blog earlier.
Loved your post on blog commenting too. you are right on all the way. when commenting, I am always wondering how I can contribute to the blog. I don’t worry as much about will it affect my rankings, or anything like that.
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Twitter: kikolani
May 9, 2011 at 1:20 am
That post was pretty powerful James. I found it while at work – had to repress the emotions till after I left. I kind of wish I had found his blog earlier too.
Hey, Kristi. Like everyone else, I love that photo. You can just get lost in thought looking down that water way reflecting the sun and all those jet plumes.
I caught a couple of these posts already, but I’m looking forward to reading that LinkedIn post. Your’s was great and I can’t wait to start putting your tips into place this weekend. My list is already a little full after reading Marcus’s 9 Lessons I Learned from the Biggest Blogging Jerk. So many great tips, so little time.

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May 9, 2011 at 1:21 am
Thanks Brad! And I’m glad the post on LinkedIn helped.
Twitter: ronniedare
May 7, 2011 at 2:32 am
Me loves the Search Engine/SEO links you have for this Fetching Friday post. Awesome!
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May 9, 2011 at 1:21 am
Thanks Ron!
some very inspiring my writing, I like and hope Kristi does not mind if there is a style which I copied from Kristi, I also want to have a great blog and visit hundreds of people every day. Thanks Kristi
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May 10, 2011 at 10:01 am
These posts are a lifesaver, Kristi. No way to read and find all this and I find myself returning to see what else I missed. Lists like the ‘top 25 online marketers’ are debatable, but always a good find of new follows. The Google tools is a nice treasure trove, Helps that you break it up by topic, SEO blogging – I certainly gotta work on my keywords, etc. FWIW.
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Kristi,
LOVE the photo! What a cool shot – sun, clouds, reflection. Unbelievable!!
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