Holiday Rain blog header, REsources and winter!!!

 

Hi guys, this morning I looked out my window and saw that...

 

 So to ease us into the holiday season, I put together a new Rain blog header that will fit perfectly on your standard and/or outside Rain blog.

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 You can see the full size version or download it here. Now I better go and make some hot chocolate. Enjoy...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

 

 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!

How to Tap Into the Power of Social Networks... A conversation with the authors of Trust Agents: Chris Brogan & Julien Smith

Date: December 15, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. EST
Price: Free for all friends of Chris Brogan & Julien Smith  ...register here

 

Create a font from your handwriting with FontCapture

 

Maximize uptime with BinaryCanary.com  a free website monitoring service

 

 Do you have a sense of humor? Icons to comply with new FTC blog disclosure rules at LouisGray.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.

 

Debunking Common SEO Myths  @ Website Magazine

 The process of SEO has changed, and quickly. Buying keyword-rich domains, writing a few articles and tweaking the titles will no longer net a top position on the search engine results pages.  read...

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Lessons From Twitter Spam  by Brian Kelly

 On Saturday morning I received a number of Twitter messages informing me that my Twitter account had been hacked, with a number of spam messages being sent from my account. The message (which I deleted as soon as I spotted it) read "see if your iq is higher than mine. take the iq quiz here".  read...

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Twitter Japan to introduce micropayments  by Emma Barnett

 Twitter Japan has acted like a testbed for the company and operates differently to other versions of the site around the world. The Japanese version of the site is understood to be introducing a tiered payment model that will charge audiences to view tweets from premium Twitter accounts. read...

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How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page  by Jesse Stay

 Marketers love Facebook. With 350 million+ users, a self-promoting and natural way to have people promote your product. If you had any doubt, just go on over to their stats page and see for yourself why it is something you want as part of your marketing strategy.  read...

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