This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, snuggies for dogs, and the week in review at kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
- Importance of writing great blog content
- 7 ways to attract comments in your blog
- Blogging is a marathon not a spring
- Update on probloggers and commenting
- Most popular blogs of 2009
- 14 ways to get more Blog Engage votes
- 50 topic ideas for your corporate blog
- 4 traffic building tips for your blog
- Send your best articles and I’ll send you my best traffic
- How to become a better blogger
- Do male bloggers receive more respect?
- 4 reasons why comments are a big deal
- What is your word cloud?
- Meme: viral posts
- Be aware of what you share
Business / Finance
- Sleeping with your business partner
- Work happy tip – the lucky pen
- Personal finance news carnival
- How to find time to start a side business
- ALikeList – connecting small business locally with customers
Freelance
- Freelance Friday – freelance article roundup for the week
- Ultimate freelance resources – 100+ links to jobs, blogs, podcasts, and more
Graphic / Web Design
- 60 superb print and online advertisements
- 35 useful tutorials for 3D artwork in Illustrator
- 30 tutorials to create Christmas wallpapers using Photoshop
- 7 tools to optimize the speed of your website
- Factors that affect usability
- Retro style illustration in Photoshop
Health
- 25 healthy apps for iPhone to help you live longer
Make Money Online
- Writing a book for automated revenue streams
- How to write product reviews that convert
- My $2000 return on investment
- Making money online with targeted traffic
Personal Development / Self Improvement / Health
- Why doing less improves productivity
- Being grateful for 2009
- Positive reflection and appreciation for the self
- 14 very effective communication skills
- Your body as a laboratory
- The value of diversity in self-improvement
- The master and you
- Exceptional self-confidence in the face of challenges
- How to deal with information overload
Photography / Digital Art
- 88 chronological photos from World War I part 2
- 40 beautiful examples of black and white photography
- 50 mind blowing space artworks
- 60 eye catching smoke photography and smoke art
- High dynamic range HDR photography tutorials and examples
- Incredible examples of snowflake photography
- 72 beautiful nature photographs
Random Topics
- Best of the decade lists in pop culture
- How many are done with holiday shopping?
SEO
- Top 100 internet marketing posts of 2009
- 15 sites for learning and mastering SEO
- Ignore the silly man – SEO still matters
- Optimizing WordPress for search engines
- 13 essential on-page SEO tips for blogs
Social Media
- Why should you be a social media dumbass?
- Should Twitter be banned at conferences?
- Facebook privacy settings that are potentially harmful
- 20 excellent Facebook scripts and resources
- How to retain Twitter followers
- 5 creative ways to use your Twitter favorites
- Top social networks for entrepreneurs
- 5 terrible Twitter tips
- Facebook indexing in Google
Tech
- Best Andriod apps for 2010
- Google & Facebook URL shorteners
- Norton updates and Windows 7 compatibility
- How to block unwanted calls on a Blackberry
Week in Review on Kikolani
- Is closing blog comments a good idea?
- Are Facebook applications adding embarassing content to your profile?
WordPress
- Limit login attempts on WordPress
- 55 excellent WordPress site designs for design inspiration
- Manage your blog content with two simple Wordpress hacks
- Most notable features in WordPress 2.9
Snuggies for Dogs
If, for no other reason, the dogs are just cute!
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Kristie,
I agree that the dog snuggie is really cute, but only if you have a small dog. Can you imagine a pit bull with that thing on? LOL
Your Fetching Fridays are always the best, thanks for another great list.
@Ileane
ileane´s last blog ..Blog Engagers That Make My Day!
Hi Kristi, thanks for another great Fetching Friday. With google looking at site speed as a component of page rank, I’m off to read “7 tools to optimize the speed of your website.” You always seem to know just what we need.
Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills´s last blog ..Exceptional Self Confidence In the Face of Challenges
Wow, another major and great effort from you this week, kiddo; thanks again! Now I need to go rest my eyes before reading a lot of these.
Mitch´s last blog ..It Pays To Be Bad Sometimes
It’s obviously clear that you have a great links this week Kristi!
I love dogs, I am not sure if you have one or not, but I don’t want to get one.. I just can not have them at home
Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..The BlogoGalaxy of Famous Bloggers on Flickr
More Park Sausages Mom, please! Kristi, there’s a lot of tasty articles that caught my interest.
Thank you as always! Happy Friday all!
Frank J´s last blog ..How to Block Unwanted Calls on a BlackBerry
Kristi I need always enough time to read your mashup of Fridays, excellent job!
I’ve bookmarked at delicious for calm and slow reading, lot of interesting articles.
Thanks for being an inspiration for my foodie-version of this one!
Have a great weekend
Cheers,
Gera
Gera @ SweetsFoods´s last blog ..The Best of the Week – For Foodies – Bloggers with Blogging Resources, Social Media and Health & Fitness Articles
as always your fetching friday posts are really good
Ayaz Malik´s last blog ..29 Most Wanted Texture Packs
Thanks Kristi for featuring the post on “Why Doing Less Improves Your Productivity”. Appreciate it.
Daniel´s last blog ..Aim High, Take Deliberate Action
I outdid myself today Kristi, I’ve actually read two of those posts, and I found the one about whether male bloggers get more respect quite interesting.
Thanks for including me in this great list of blogs.
Sire´s last blog ..Of Gary Vaynerchuk And His Belief That You Can Cash In On Your Passion
yes great post again Kristi on Friday here is the huge help of Social media best is Top 100 internet marketing posts of 2009 it’s very help full. In blogging Content is king for getting good PR as well good SERP in Major Search Engine…
SEO Company´s last blog ..Corporate Branding: Way to Successful Business
Once again, thanks for including me among bloggers far more meatier than me! What’s the image in the background of your blog here, by the way? Macro photography of flower petals?
Ari Herzog´s last blog ..VIDEO: Reflecting Why a TV Station Using Social Media is Not Social
Thanks for the mention. I see a few that catch my eye it’s really cool to see so many people kicking out some killer content
John Sullivan´s last blog ..What’s your word cloud ?
Kristi, this is such an awesome list of posts. And my post “being grateful for 2009″ being here on this list makes me so so happy
Thank you!
I am so grateful to have come to your blog in 2009..and i hope i can keep coming here year after year for your awesome insights
Happy holidays!
With Love,
Z
Zeenat{Positive Provocations}´s last blog ..Being Grateful for 2009!
Great list Kristie, I am reading 7 ways to attract more comments, do male bloggers get more respect (not in my eyes), and sleeping with your business partner (I don’t currently have a business partner but maybe I should get one!
Keith@FenceMaterials´s last blog ..New Fence Products
It’s hard for me to read every article in this unbeatable compilation, the easiest thing I can do is just giving it a retweet and the next thing is reading SEO articles.
Arafat Hossain Piyada´s last blog ..Download Vodafone ZooZoo Calendar 2010 (New Year Gift)
I like your background, very colorful and lively.
Very good lists once again. Will visit some of them for sure. Thanks for the mention btw Kristie.
ZXT´s last blog ..6 basic rules in blogging
Personally I think that poor dog looks embarassed but that could just be me projecting it on him.
I followed the link about the “male bloggers getting more respect” and spent most of yesterday following trackbacks. Really interesting post even if you dont read men with pens (which I don’t or didn’t). Thanks for sharing it with us.
Dwippy DoFollow´s last blog ..DoFollow Education Blogs
yup great post content is king for SEO point of view it’s basic and very important factor while doing blogging great article on Friday i like it book marked…
Hey Kristi, thanks for including me again! Did you receive my reply email before?
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..UPDATED – Pick My New Domain Names With A chance To Win $10!
Hello Kristi,
This is really nice thought to gather all the information in one place.
On the blogging section I have discovered some nice blogs, I did not visit those blogs before, I think those blogs are really very much valuable for me to get new information on blogging. Thank you lots.
chandan´s last blog ..Work at home | Freelancing PDF converting job
@Ari Herzog, It’s actually a closeup of Chihuly glass artwork.
I probably sound like a broken record when it comes to your Fetching Friday series, but it always blows me away how much detail and work you really put in to this series. I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to include my article, it’s always greatly appreciated.
RT!
Extreme John´s last blog ..20 Blogging Tips and Tools for New Bloggers
I agree with the above comment, this is a truly great series you are running, a great blog too, but what I really want to say about this post is that are they serious with the Snuggies for Dogs, haha I can’t believe that, I thought the snuggies were bad enough.
Keith@Find Blog Ideas´s last blog ..9 Ways To Monetize Your Blog
You have such a great eye for quality posts. So many things to read, never enough time – I blame you! haha
Thanks for these.
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