Many have been waiting patiently for the final results from the recent Listing Contest. As I mentioned in the post announcing the top 10 finalists, there was a lot of wonderful entries, 52 to be exact! The 10 finalists were then upon in a poll by you, our members to determine the overall winne
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09/28/2009
Today I am excited to announce some exciting news for our new members on ActiveRain. I was recently asked by Jon and Bob to assist on our newer members in optimizing their blog so that it will show up in the top of search engines results as well as train them on how all the various features of A
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09/24/2009
One of the most common objections I receive when consulting someone on social media, is "Jeremy, I work in an area that is made up of an older generation. They aren't into twitter and Facebook and all this Internet stuff. So, I don't know if writing a blog would be a big benefit to me." So, I
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09/23/2009
It seems that everywhere you turn lately you are hearing buzz words like Social Media, Web 2.0, and the latest buzz word, "New Media." You hear experts debate the best way to use twitter and facebook to increase your business. Tweets from celebrities like Oprah & Shaq are posted all over the ne
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09/22/2009
Well, the listing contest was a great success! We had 52 entries! Now comes the exciting part. Here are the top 10 entries and a survey that follows to allow you to vote for your favorite post. Remember, when picking a post, choose your favorite based on the content & creativity of the post,
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09/15/2009
In case you missed it earlier today, ActiveRain introduced the ability to now upload an HD profile picture in which you can crop & edit right on the network. If you missed the announcement, take a minute to read all about it on Brad's post: It's time to update your photo- In HD. To me, this is
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09/15/2009
I get asked often how I created my custom header for both my ActiveRain Blog and also my Outside Blog. The process of creating one is actually pretty simple to do. Instead of doing a tutorial with screen shots, I thought it might be easier to see how I created my header & uploaded it in a video
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09/09/2009
The number 1 question that I get asked each week by new members is how to insert photos into your blog and move them around. I would guess this question comes up anywhere from 3-5 times each week. Adding photographs to your ordinary blocks of text in a blog post can take your boring posts to a
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09/08/2009
I get asked several times a week by members on how to insert links into blog posts. So, I decided it was time to do a blog post about how to do this. Watch the short video below as I walk you through the process of adding links & unlinking on your ActiveRain blog. As always, do not forget to la
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09/04/2009
