Resources
I added this page so that I can share resources with you which I find valuable and informational. New resources will be added as I come across them. So, if you come back to this page looking for something and don’t see it, just scroll until you find it. Thanks for stopping by,
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Social Media Super Resource
I came upon this list, and as the author, Colin Welch states: “it would be mean of us not to make it available to everybody”. Thanks Colin for putting this together. This article originally appeared on Silicon Beach Training.
Tips & Guides
Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos
http://mashable.com/2009/01/01/twitter-user-types/
How To Blog: A Beginnerʼs Blog Publishing Guide
http://www.masternewmedia.org/independent_publishing/blogging-how-to-blog/guide-to-publishing-first-blog-20071104.htm.htm
10 Things to Do Before Launching Your Blog
http://ow.ly/wZ3K
Writing for Bloggers – A Quick Guide on Style, Substance and Strategy
http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/06/writing-for-bloggers-in-blog-form/
Creating a web presence – why bother?
http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/14/creating-a-web-presence-why-bother/
Search engine optimization – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
SEOmoz | 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic
How to optimize website images from a SEO perspective
http://blog.avangate.com/optimize-website-images/
The Bloggerʼs Guide to SEO
http://www.seobook.com/bloggers
Methods of website linking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_website_linking
Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/linkbaiting-for-fun-profit/2541/
Web analytics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics
My list of tips for getting the most out of Twitter
http://www.joshrussell.com/2008/10/07/my-list-of-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/
Free Twitter backgound template download
http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/free-resources/download-free-l-twitter-background/
ʻMemeʼ explained on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
Know Your Meme
http://knowyourmeme.com
What Social Media Is and What Social Media Is Not
http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/01/what-social-media-is-andwhat-social.html
List of social networking websites on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”
http://searchengineland.com/google-social-search-launchesgives-results-from-your-trusted-social-circle-28507
Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp
Tools & Analytics
Google Alerts
http://www.google.com/alerts
Technorati
http://technorati.com/
FeedBurner
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home
Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics/
Woopra
http://www.woopra.com/
Social Mention
http://www.socialmention.com/
Trending Tools
About Ask.com: IQ
http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/iq/iq.shtml
Digg
http://digg.com/
Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
Popular Bookmarks on Delicious
http://delicious.com/popular
Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com/
Yahoo! Buzz Index – Todayʼs Top 20 Overall Searches
http://buzzlog.buzz.yahoo.com/overall/
Tweetmeme
http://tweetmeme.com/
WordPress Plugins & Themes
WordPress › WordPress Plugins
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
WordPress › WordPress Themes
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
ShareThis
http://sharethis.com/
Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam « Akismet
http://akismet.com/
All In One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin
http://semperfiwebdesign.com/portfolio/wordpress/wordpressplugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Audio Player WordPress plugin
http://wpaudioplayer.com/
Challenge
http://lordchaos.dominatus.net/wordpress-plugin-challenge
Favicon Manager
http://www.digitalramble.com/favicon-manager-wordpress-plugin/
FeedBurner
http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/05/feedburner_adopts_twoyearold_r.php
Google Analyticator
http://cavemonkey50.com/code/google-analyticator/
Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpressplugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/
PXS Mail Form
http://www.phrixus.co.uk/pxsmail
Simple Tags
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-tags/
SRG Clean Archives
http://www.idunzo.com/projects/clean-archives/
Wordbook Facebook
http://www.tsaiberspace.net/blog/2007/07/29/wordbook/
WordPress Automatic Upgrade
http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html
WordPress Database Backup
http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup
Wptouch: WordPress on iPhone
http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch/
FaceBook Share
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-share-new/
Facebook Connect
http://www.sociable.es/facebook-connect/
TweetMeme
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetmeme/
Topsy
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/topsy/
The Social Web
Delicious
http://delicious.com/
Last.fm
http://www.last.fm/home
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/
FriendFeed
http://friendfeed.com/
LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/
Twitter
http://twitter.com/home
Google Buzz
http://www.google.com/buzz
Digg
http://digg.com/
Seesmic
http://www.seesmic.com/
Stumbleupon
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Ning – Create Your Own Social Network
http://www.ning.com/
Squidoo
http://www.Squidoo.com
Diigo – Social Bookmarking
http://www.diigo.com/
Social Tools & Apps
Brizzly – Twitter web app
http://brizzly.com
Where is your Username registered
http://usernamecheck.com/
KnowEm – Check your username
http://knowem.com/
Alltop, all the top stories
http://alltop.com/
Topsy
http://topsy.com/
Firefox web browser
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
j.mp - URL shortner with stats
http://j.mp/
TinyURL – URL shortner
http://tinyurl.com/
Listorious
http://listorious.com/
Yoono – Firefox Plugin to Monitor all Social Media Accounts
http://yoono.com/
Flock – Social Web Browser
http://flock.com/
The Conversation Prism – Monitor multiple Social Media channels
http://theconversationprism.com/
Twitter Tools
Our guide to Brand monitoring on Twitter – 5 top tools
http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/blog/twitter-brand-monitoring-tools/
Our list of 50+ apps for Twitter marketing
http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/free-resources/twitter-marketing-best-twitter-apps/
Mr. Tweet – Your Personal Networking Assistant!
http://mrtweet.net/
Hootsuite
http://hootsuite.com/
Twitterfall – a way of viewing the latest ʻtweetsʼ of upcoming trends
http://twitterfall.com/
Seesmic – Twitter & FB app
http://seesmic.com/
Twitterrific – Mac & iPhone app
http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific
TweetDeck – Twitter, FB & MySpace app
http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
Power Twitter – Firefox Add-on
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9591
Twuffer – schedule tweets for later!
http://twuffer.com/
TweetBeep
http://tweetbeep.com/
Jim Grygar’s list of 60 Twitter tools
http://jimgrygar.byethost12.com/60-twitter-tools-to-track-tweets/
Monitter
http://monitter.com
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HOW TO: Export Your iTunes Music From MAC to PC
I just came across this issue as I was setting up my iTunes on my PC. I am sure there are more ways to achieve the goal. Click here to Export your iTunes from MAC to PC.
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It’s Time to Upgrade - IE6 Can’t Handle the New Web
Internet Explorer is the most popular web browser, mainly because it comes pre-installed on most computers. If you have an older PC, you may be unaware that there are newer versions of the popular browser available. Internet Explorer 6 has been dramatically improved with IE7 and IE8. Now, as the web has become more robust, IE6 is having trouble keeping up.
In fact, just this month, Google announced that it will no longer support IE6. This is not cause for widespread panic! Upgrades are available for free. And, there are plenty of other browser options out there as well.
Here are just a couple options for you to check out:
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