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- Deb Ng: Very true, Rick,and like everything else in social media, it probably has different meanings and rules for...
- Rick Calvert: We agree on all points Deb 8). I see nothing wrong with writing compelling content and good headlines....
- Deb Ng: When I first began blogging, I felt the same way about Linkbait. Now I’m not so sure. Many blogs are...
- Rick Calvert: Actually Deb I think the practice of writing good content and a catchy relevant headline is absolutely...
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Why is “Linkbait” Such a Dirty Word?
As bloggers, we’re supposed to be building traffic with good, useful content. Though it’s something we all strive for, we’re not supposed to publicly state how much we want to build traffic and back links. We don’t want anyone to know we want our posts to go viral. We would be scandalized if folks knew [...]
Is Twitter Stealing Community from Blogs?
So after my post about the Social Media Police yesterday, an interesting discussion ensued. In fact, it was probably one of the better blog post discussions of my career. Except it didn’t take place here, it took place on Twitter. That in itself isn’t a terrible thing, but as a blogger, it’s sort of my [...]
National Delurking Day
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- Posted on January 14th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
This is a bit of an old school blog day that we celebrate each year. I think I first posted about this day about 4-5 years ago on my Daddy Blog. What is Delurking Day you might ask? In the blog world, many people read blogs and they watch and read comments all the while [...]
Tag You’re It! – Why Tagging Your Content Is Important
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- Posted on January 10th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
If I have said it once I have said it a thousand times, “We live in a Google world.” It is true, we don’t order Chinese food, find directions to the store, or stalk old girlfriends without using Google. Being findable in this world is important if you are trying to be found. Businesses especially [...]
Is Your Blog Fast Enough For Google?
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- Posted on January 8th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
For a long time all of us have been worried about our page rank and how we fair in the eyes of Google. Yes, I have always said it, “We Live In A Google World.” Google holds all the search cards, or at least about 60% of it last time I checked, and they make [...]
Why Pepsi Is Good For Bloggers
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- Posted on January 5th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
This is certainly not a “Pepsi is better than Coke” or now begins the cola wars , I am referring to the world of monetizing. Recently ABC reported, Pepsi announced that it would discontinue spending money on advertising on Super Bowl Sunday. I have for years thought that the price of advertising on that day [...]
Mashable Gets A Face Lift
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- Posted on January 4th, 2010 by
Jim Turner
Today as I was going through some Twitter links that I open in tabs on Firefox, I came across a post that someone had sent me written on Mashable. I immediately saw a difference in the way the blog looked and read and the overall scheme. I thought I was reading it through a weird [...]
Wordpress Updates With Carmen
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- Posted on December 19th, 2009 by
Jim Turner
The latest version of Wordpress has been released per the Wordpress blog and Matt Mullenweg.
I am most interested in some of the features they have updated or upgraded with reference to video and other media that is added to posts. The sooner they make it easier to put up a blog post the better. [...]
It Profits To Be A Non-Profit At BlogWorld!
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- Posted on September 25th, 2009 by
Jim Turner
****Update*** You Only Need A Weekend Pass To Attend The Non Profit Track***
Let’s face it, money is tight. If you are a large corporation or a hobbyist, an employee or an employer, you know of what I speak. This is not more prevelant that in the non-profit world. They have budgets that would make most [...]
Get A Taste of Blog World Expo
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- Posted on September 24th, 2009 by
Jim Turner
I am going to be talking tomorrow with some of the speakers that will be speaking at BlogWorld & New Media Expo in October. I have watched as our schedule came together and have many people to thank for that, but none more than the speakers that will be providing their time, their efforts and [...]
