Hi guys... while I'm doing some "housekeeping" on my websites & blogs, I'm dropping off 3 new subscribe graphics for you to use on your ActiveRain blogs.
If you want to grab them, all you have to do is...
- place your mouse over the graphic
- click the right mouse button
- select "save image as"
- download it to your computer
- then upload it into your blog signature or blog post
- and link it to your Rain blog subscribe ID
I'll be adding more Rain blog graphics soon! Right now I have to run so thx for all great posts & info the you guys have been adding to the group, Have a great week...
To save you time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
M:IQ is a really nice mobile backup service offering users up to 1 GB of online storage for pics, videos, contact info, SMS etc... And yes, it's free.Check it out at M:IQ
Finding all the cool, useful stuff on the web can be a major pain. Here are some of my favorite reads from the past few days.
The History and Evolution of Social Media by Cameron Chapman
There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every special interest out there. In this article, we’ll review the history and evolution of social media from its humble beginnings to the present day. read...
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Why Twitter and Facebook Will Never Kill E-mail by Kit Eaton
Twitter's on every tech-fan's lips, half the World's teens seem permanently plugged into MSN or Facebook, and seemingly every gadget's getting wired to a social network. With these big changes afoot, is email slipping into history? read...
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Content is free. Formats are not by Matt Asay
Content may be free, but the format in which we buy it certainly is not. As Apple, Google, Red Hat, and others increasingly demonstrate, consumers and enterprises are happy to pay for "free" when packaged in convenient formats that add value to digital goods. read...
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And... in case you missed them, here are just a few of the ideas, news andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
Hi guys... for those of you who've been using my graphics to design your own wallpaper/calendars, this month I've also giving you a "blank canvas" to make things even easier to put your own designs together quickly.
October 2009 wallpaper/calendar (preview)
The image above is a preview of the October wallpaper/calendar we're giving away on my art website Its a photo of a chessboard I finally finished last month.
If you'd like to use the image above on your own blog or website, you can either download it and give it away as is or feel free to add your own text below the image.
And remember, people do not download wallpapers to see advertising on their computer screens so... less is more, keep it simple.
And a "blank canvas"...
And... if you'd like to create your own wallpaper/calendar, I'm also releasing the background image with the October calendar ready for you to add your own image and text.
You can download it here and using any graphics program, add your own text and image.
A quick example...
The image above shows an example of how you can add a simple photo and a little text to turn the "blank canvas" into your own masterpiece. Just...
- open it in any graphics program (it's a standard .jpg image)
- add your own photo and text
- save it
- upload it to your blog or website to give away
- it's also a good idea to create a small preview image so it fits well into your blog
Note: You do not need any expensive programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc... to add simple text. You can do this with pretty much any graphics program you have. If you don't have one, there are many free and inexpensive graphics editors that will do the trick. I'll review some in an upcoming post.
Once again, I'm releasing this image into the blogosphere under a Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike license which in plain English means you can use it however, wherever and whenever you like including on commercial blogs & websites, no restrictions
On that note boys & girls, have a great week...
To save you time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
MailChimp has introduced it's "Forever Free pricing plan" which allows subscribers to send upto 500 e-mails per campaign and 3,000 emails per month at no cost. Check it out at... MailChimp.com
Stop wasting time with spammers on Twitter. We will validate your followers so you don't have to. Check it out at TrueTwit.com
Find all your favourite internet resources and services on your mobile: create your own mobile space from a selection of hundreds of services, widgets and RSS feeds. It's easy and it's free at goojet.com
Finding all the cool, useful stuff on the web can be a major pain. Here are some of my favorite reads from the past few days.
How the yoga brand Lululemon turned fitness into a spectator sport by Bryant Urstadt
Lululemon, if you don’t know, is a brand of yoga apparel. Avril Lavigne wears Lulu. Brooke Shields wears Lulu. Felicity Huffman, Jennifer Garner, Courteney Cox, Kate Winslet, and Kate Hudson wear Lulu. There are Lululemon blogs with names like Lululemon Addict and hundreds of Facebook groups... read
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Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter by Dan Macsai
If I wanted make sure this post did not go viral I could promote it on Twitter by posting something like this "was bored watchin the game on tv and saw this thing about RTs...made me lol after i had really bad stomach cramps".
Note the lack of punctuation, the use of of slang and abbreviations, the limited vocabulary, and the awkward overshare. read...
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If Craigslist cost $1 by SethGodin
Some things are better when they're not free. Money creates a sort of friction. In the digital economy, magical things can happen when there is no friction. You can scale to infinity. On the other hand, sometimes you want friction. read...
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Why the News Media Became Irrelevant—And How Social Media Can Help by Michael Skoler
Journalists are truth-tellers. But I think most of us have been lying to ourselves. Our profession is crumbling and we blame the Web for killing our business model. Yet it’s not the business model that changed on us. It’s the culture. read...
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Tokyo Café Targets Trend Makers by Miho Inada
Pitching new products to affluent and influential young Japanese women. It's called a marketing café, a first of its kind in Japan. Sample Lab Ltd. opened the Lcafe last month as a way to reach Japanese women in their 20s and 30s with information about new products. read...
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If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelinespage fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestionsabout technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
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I'm baaaaaaack! Contrary to the rumors, I haven't died of a caffeine or chocolate overdose. I'm just crazy busy and haven't had much time to blog but, I did manage to put together a new wallpaper/calendar for you guys to use in September.
September 2009 wallpaper/calendar (preview)
The image above is a preview of the September graphic. It's another geometry type thing. Very simple, clean and with lots of space for you to add any extra textand/or logo if you'd like to brand it and give it away on your own site or blog.
How to use it....
The image above is how it looks with some slight branding added. The whole idea is not to fill up the space with anything too promotional looking. Most people do not download wallpapers to see advertising on their computer screens so... less is more, keep it simple.
You can either download it and give it away as is or feel free to add your own text, logo or whatever you like.
Close up example of branding...
And this image shows an example of how you can use the "white space" to add your own personal touch with any graphics editor. Just...
- open it in any graphics program (it's a standard .jpg image)
- add your text
- save it
- upload it to your blog or website to give away
- it's also a good idea to create a small preview image so it fits well into your blog
Note: You do not need any expensive programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc... to add simple text. You can do this with pretty much any graphics program you have. If you don't have one, there are many free and inexpensive graphics editors that will do the trick. I'll review some in an upcoming post.
Once again, I'm releasing this image into the blogosphere under a Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike license which in plain English means you can use it however, wherever and whenever you like including on commercial blogs & websites, no restrictions
On that note, have a great week andI'll be back soon with more goodies for you. Later...
Finding all the cool, useful stuff on the web can be a major pain. To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources & reads from the past few days.
110 Fresh Logo Designs For Design Inspiration by Daniel Adams
A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. read...
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Top Ten Branded Social Media Nightmares by Ron Callari
Success stories of brands and social media surface daily throughout the blogosphere. Since social media drives transparency in a very meaningful way, it forces companies to take a much more collaborative approach in resolving customer service issues... because when they falter...they can fall hard...and unfortunately end up on a TOP TEN list like this. read...
Top 10 Things the Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal Changes for SEO by randfish
The search landscape is changing significantly this morning, andSEOs of all stripes need to pay close attention. I'm going to do my best to summarize the impact of these changes based on what we already know and interpret what's going to change for the field of search engine optimization. read...
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TweetBlocker identifies spammers in your follow list and lets you easily unfollow and block them right from the TweetBlocker dashboard.
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Are we in a Social Media bubble? by Josh Gordon
You may not agree with this but you can't ignore it either. A recent issue of Media Life lays out a compelling case making the current enthusiasm for social media sound a lot like the "irrational exuberance" that led to the dot com bubble crash of 2001. read...
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What Does Your Twitter Avatar Say About You? by Joel Postman
Tweets are short at 140 characters, but a Twitter avatar must visually represent a user in just 2304 pixels. Choosing the right avatar can affect the way people see you online. Here are some of the most popular avatar types and what they say about the user: read...
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If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelinespage fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestionsabout technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
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Hi guys, this month I've designed another new wallpaper/calendar that you can use or give away on your blogs and websites.
Feel free to add your own text i.e. (compliments of... your name). You can see and/or download the full size version here And before yous ask, yes you can use this on commercial blogs and websites. ;-)
And...
If you'd like a little something extra to give out to your blog readers, I've turned this month's calendar into 2 wallpapers for the BlackBerry Storm and the iPhone
Since space is very limited on cellphone wallpapers, my advice would be not to add any text but again, that is up to you. Feel free to add your own text if you'd like.
The whole point of giving away this kind of stuff isn't to plaster your name everywhere... but to give people a reaosn to interact with you and to keep coming back to your blog for fun, free stuff.
To get the full sized copy of the BlackBerry and iPhone wallpapers, just sent a note to my biz partner Giselle at GiselleStCyr@garaughty.com Again, you have my blessing to use these anywhere you like, including on commercial blogs and websites.
On that note, I have to get back to work so have a great weekend and I'll be back soon with some very cool news and more goodies for you. Later...
Finding all the cool, useful stuff on the web can be a major pain. To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources & reads from the past few days.
Meet the 27-Year-Old Who's Hijacking Twitter, One Quiz-Crazy Tween at a Time by Dan Macsai
In just over a month, Dave Zohrob's Twitter app, LOLquiz, has amassed more than 300,000 users and spawned at least 20 trending topics. WTF? read...
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40 Most Creative Business Cards You Will Ever See:view...
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The law of the little shovel by Seth Godin
Call on one person ten times and you might make the sale. Call on ten people once each and you will likely get ten rejections. The important thing to remember is that separate events are often separate. If you use the same ineffective approach on one thousand people, it's not going to start working better just because you use it more often. read...
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Twitcam posts your video description and link to Twitter for all your followers to see: - While broadcasting, chat with your viewers via Twitter right from your broadcast page - Once you’re done going live, we archive your video and display it on the same page. view...
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Quid Pro No by Chris Brogan
The basic premise of quid pro quo is that people attempt fair/equal transactions. This makes perfect sense when the exchange is obvious: I’ll give you $1.00 for that soda pop.
Here’s where this gets tricky: If I invite you to join the Facebook group for Trust Agents, it’s because I think you’ll get some value out of participating there. Say you join the group. If you now invite me to join your real estate company’s fan page after you’ve joined my book’s group, what should I do? read...
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Free eBook - The Truth about Blog Syndicationview...
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Embrace the Lemon: Strategies for Helping a Campaign Go Viral by Melinda Partin
Viral marketing campaigns have quickly become one of the most simple and cost effective ways to increase brand awareness. But viral methods can be chaotic, and mastering strategies for controlling viral campaigns has become the Holy Grail for marketers. read...
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Mom-and-Pop Operators Turn to Social Media by Claire Cain Miller
Three weeks after Curtis Kimball opened his crème brûlée cart in San Francisco, he noticed a stranger among the friends in line for his desserts. How had the man discovered the cart? He had read about it on Twitter. The beauty of digital word-of-mouth marketing was immediately clear. He signed up for an account and has more than 5,400 followers who wait for him to post the current location of his itinerant cart and list the flavors of the day, like lavender and orange creamsicle. read...
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelinespage fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestionsabout technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
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Hi guys... some people have personal trainers, some have personal coaches. I recently found out that I have personal butt kickers. So before TLW, Sally, Carole and a few others get on my case again for not posting often enough (thanks ladies), I'm stopping by to drop off a new copyright graphic I just designed for a "blog in progress".
I'm putting this out into the blogosphere under a Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike license which in plain English means you can use it however, wherever and whenever you like including on commercial blogs & websites, no restrictions.
I realize it might be a little "too creative" for some sites but if you like it and want to grab it, all you have to do is...
- place your mouse over the graphic
- click the right mouse button
- select "save image as"
- download it to your computer and rename it to something like "copyright sphere" or whatever
On that note, I have to get back to work so as always, thx for all great posts & info the you guys have been adding to the group and have a great week. Later...
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
The SiteReportCard Image Optimization tool is a free utility that compresses your GIF, JPEG, and PNG images. Decreasing the file size of your web images will increase the download speed of your web pages without affecting image quality!
FREE for free: first ebook and audiobook versions released by Chris Anderson
We’re going to be rolling out the free digital forms of FREE over the next two weeks. First up: the Scribd form, right here on the blog (and anywhere else you want—it’s embeddable). This is the whole book! download
Facebook Launches Widgets with an Eye Towards SEO by Lawrence Coburn
In yet another sign that old fashioned, embeddable widgets are experiencing a bit of a rebirth, Facebook today announced Fan Boxes. Fan Boxes allow a Facebook Page's activity stream and / or fans to be displayed in a sidebar widget on any site. read...
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Google Adds More Images to Local Search Results by Frederic Lardinois
This morning, Google announced that it will now display images next to some local search results. For the last two years, Google generally showed a map as the first item on the search results page whenever a user searched for a location, but now, a grid with six pictures will also appear next to this map as well. read...
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On-page SEO - The Google Way by Mihaela Lica
We have discussed on many occasions the fact that Google does care for SEO and that optimized sites rank better in its search results. If you are still in doubt, there is one undeniable and indisputable proof: Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelinespage fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestionsabout technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
If you'd like to participate in any of our upcomingmarketing partnerships or to stay on top of all the new graphic goodies we'll be giving away,please subscribe to ourblog using the button below...
The almost "wordless" part... I'm going thru another insanely busy period and wanted to stop to say "hi" and thx for all the quality content you guys have been adding to the group.
I love that I can count on so many of you to keep things lively, interesting & on track. It's very much appreciated, not just by me but by our now over 9000 members!!!
I'll be back real soon with a ton of new graphics & tutorials. Have an awesome week...
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
Ever wonder what colors to use with an image? Upload your image, get a color palette... Pictaculous
Free Online Screen Recorder... & use it anywhere, anytime, no download... ScreenToaster
Generation Y: We're just not that into Twitter by Sharon Vakni
A recent survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network shows that only 22 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds use Twitter, while 99 percent have profiles on social networks. read...
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Tweet this: Twitter is a powerful marketing tool by Joseph Peña
“Twitter is the best thing to happen to marketing since television,” Kawasaki told the crowd of 600-plus people. “It’s cheaper, it’s fast and it’s free.” read...
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The Apple Wannabes: Dell, Microsoft, Pepsi, and Google by Rooftop Comedy
Inside the secret brainstorms that begin with the dreaded phrase, "If only we could be more like Apple." read...
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Over-Innovation: A Cautionary Tale by Ravi Sawhney
There's a tale often told in design circles of how, in the heat of the space race, NASA paid over a million dollars to develop a pen that worked in zero gravity. The Russians, however, took a different approach. They used a pencil. read...
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Tyranny's new nightmare: Twitter by Tim Rutten
As new media spreads its Web worldwide, authoritarians like those in Iran will have a difficult time maintaining absolute control in the face of the technology's chaotic democracy. read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelinespage fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestionsabout technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
If you'd like to participate in any of our upcomingmarketing partnerships or to stay on top of all the new graphic goodies we'll be giving away,please subscribe to ourblog using the button below...
Hi guys, in the past 6 months, the majority of my design projects have come from people who needed help fixing up blogs or sites designed by other geeks who either...
- didn't really know what they were doing
- didn't give a sh#t about what they were doing
- or took so long to reply to simple requests that the client gave up and moved on
When you hire someone to design or maintain a blog or website, you're trusting them with your business and your image.
Turning over your $$$ and passwords to someone you probably don't know very well takes a huge leap of faith.
This might seem like a really small detail but one of my pet peeves and a sign of what you can expect from the geek you're about to hire is what they throw together as a "Coming Soon" page for new blogs/websites.
The Bad
The example above is about as bad as it gets. You register a domain and while you're site is being put together, your "coming soon" page is filled with advertising and assorted other stuff that you probably don't want to see.
The Ugly
The example above is a "coming soon" page from a site I just took over for someone who has been waiting almost 2 months for their blog designer to get the work done. The typical response is "we're working on it, it should be ready soon". (yeah right!)
Duh! 2 months later and still nothing has been put online except this generic graphic.
A sign of things to come...
A few days ago I started working on a new project for FengShui consultant Laura Cerrano and her new website FengShuiManhattan.com
One of the first things I do when starting a project (once we get the domain set up and connected to a webhost) is to design and put up a decent looking coming soon page even if no one will ever see it except my client and their friends/family.
What's my point? You can tell a lot about the people you might hire for a project by their attention to detail. If your geek doesn't take the time to...
- respond quickly to questions
- answer your technical questions in plain simple English
- go the extra step to make sure you, your site and your biz look as good as possible online
...then you're having a preview a things to come. I know there is good and bad in ever industry but I'm really tired of hearing how badly some people are being treated by their techies. Before you sign up with someone to handle your tech stuff...
- see how quickly they respond to questions
- see if they respond to your tech questions in language you can understand
- ask for references that have sites/blogs live online
- contact their clients to see how they feel about the geek or company you're about to hire
- if all else fails, take a look at their client's "coming soon" pages to see if they give a sh#t
On that note I have to get back to work. Have a great week ya'll...
What Detroit Can Learn From the Apple Store by Eliot Van Buskirk
To rise from the ashes, automakers must think like Silicon Valley — blow up “stores” in favor of experience centers. Let people buy what they want, when they want and how they want. read...
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Tooting Your Own Horn Without Sounding Off-Key by Alyssa Gregory
One part of success is being proactive about exploring new opportunities, forging new relationships and positioning yourself in a positive light. You are your biggest champion, especially if you work for yourself. There is, however, a thin line between promoting yourself effectively and overdoing it. read...
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Digg Shakes Up the Advertising Game by Mike Phillips
Digg just took online ads - particularly social advertising - to a whole new level. Advertisements will soon be integrated into regular Digg content (the 'river'), appearing similar to a regular submission. read...
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Al Gore wants to save advertising, too. by Caroline McCarthy
According to former Vice President Al Gore, the importance of sustainability doesn't just apply to the environment. It also is key to the future of advertising. read...
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21 BlackBerry Apps for Professionals by Alyssa Gregory
I love my BlackBerry Bold. It’s almost like my mobile office because it lets me stay in the loop without being tethered to my computer. Here are 21 BlackBerry applications you may want to add to your device to make yourself more accessible and productive. read...
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GM: Here are the top 5 marketing ideas for your reinvention by David Meerman Scott
The new site at GMreinvention.com is quite good. However, from the marketing perspective, the whole reinvention rollout seems to be typical GM, which leaves me a bit sad and depressed. I fear for your long term survival, GM. Here, then, are my top five things that you can do right now to accelerate this reinvention. read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelines page fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestions about technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
If you'd like to participate in any of our upcomingmarketing partnerships or to stay on top of all the new graphic goodies we'll be giving away,please subscribe to ourblog using the button below...
Hi guys, even tho I'mbusier than God these days I wanted to stop by to say "hi" and give you a preview of some stuff I've been working on that will be out later this month.
One of the great things about ActiveRain is how it continues to evolve over time. That also means that some stuff I designed for you to use months ago, doesn't fit the new Rain blogs the way they should so...
I'm designing new blog graphics to fit the new header dimensions of the standard Rain blogs & the outside Rain blogs. Here's a quick peek at a few in the works...
The Rain Rocks
Think Green
Firestorm
Geometry # 1
Also, if you're looking for a new wallpaper/calendar to spice up your monitor for the month of June, here are 2 new ones for you.
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
Make a "best of" list from Twitter posts... TwttrList
Topsy is a new kind of search engine, with a new way of looking at the Internet. Topsy doesn't think the Internet is a collection of documents. Or even a web of documents. Topsy sees the Internet as a stream of conversations... Topsy.com
TweetLister is a free service that allows real estate brokers and owners to take full advantage of the vast, wide-reaching social network on Twitter... TweetLister
Obsessing with Google PageRank by Mihaela Lica
Every time I write an SEO article I get a bunch of comments from web marketers who are obviously obsessed with Google PageRanks, so obsessed that they literally believe that PageRanks influence everything from rankings into Google’s SERPs to the overall online influence of a site. read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelines page fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestions about technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
If you'd like to participate in any of our upcomingmarketing partnerships or to stay on top of all the new graphic goodies we'll be giving away,please subscribe to ourblog using the button below...
P.S. I'm busy juggling several projects but will be back in the Rain soon...
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
Hand drawn websites are a growing trend. This post will showcase ten such free handwritten style fonts... view/download
Who Owns Your Name on Twitter? by Julia Angwin
Social media domain names – such as Twitter.com/yourname – are a whole different ballgame. They can be doled out arbitrarily. Even if you get a name first on a social network, you are not allowed to sell it and it can be reclaimed by the social network at any time. read...
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Online Reputation Management: How to Handle Negative Publicity by Alyssa Gregory
Even if you do everything right, there may come a time when you face negative publicity. Harmful feedback can happen for many reasons – a misunderstanding, a wrong doing on your part, varying points of view, or any number of other reasons that you may not understand fully. read...
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Online Reputation Management: 16 Free Tools by Alyssa Gregory
This post will outline some of the free tools available for monitoring your online reputation. read...
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What You Can Learn From One-Person Media Companies by Shenaz Zack
Here are three important lessons large partners can learn from users in the YouTube Partner Program read...
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More Google SEO Myths Exposed by Mihaela Lica
Google’s Susan Moskwa wrote in 2008 on the Google Webmaster Central Blog an article titled Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”. One year later many webmasters still look at “duplicate content” without really understanding what it is and what it does. read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas andresourcesfrom the past few days by some of thesharp cookies that hang out inThe Art Of Marketing You group
If you're wondering how tocustomize your blog, take a look at ourgroup's guidelines page fortutorials andgraphics that you can download and use on yourActive Rain blog.
If you havequestions about technology, blog design or building web presence,let me know and I'll try to answer them in a future post!
If you'd like to participate in any of our upcomingmarketing partnerships or to stay on top of all the new graphic goodies we'll be giving away,please subscribe to ourblog using the button below...
Hi guys, I've been a little preoccupied with my paint brushes this week so I'm just stopping by to say a quick "hello" and to thank everyone for all the excellent new posts. Have a great weekend...
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
Seth Godin: Why tribes, not money or factories, will change the world
Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so. view...
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Followfriday is Sabotaging your Twitter Experience by Andrew Mueller
Everyone who has used Twitter for more than a couple weeks has surely seen, and likely participated in, #followfriday — Don’t! The once productive and effective way to recommend to people to follow has turned into an unsustainable self promotional orgy that is clogging the arteries of twitter. read...
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The Death of Twitter by Mark Hornung
You read it here first, folks: Twitter — at least as it is structured today — is going down. Oh sure, it’s easy to be a contrarian: simply watch where everyone is going and then head in the opposite direction. But the media attention on Twitter means we need to monitor its impact on social interaction read...
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How To Deal with Negative Blog Comments by Maria Reyes-McDavis
What is the best way to deal with negative blog comments? That was the question last night at a weekly blogging chat (#blogchat) hosted by Mack Collier (@mackcollier). The discussions that occur weekly, center around bloggers discussing blogging — and what a great discussion it was. read...
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