Dec
29

Meebo & Wibiya: Two Good Options to Add Interactivity to Your Blog

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There’s a sweet little race going on between two cool resources for adding interactivity to your blog. It’s Meebo versus Wibiya, and both offer some cool ways to involve your readers in both promoting your site, and participating in discussion on your site.

Dec
28

Big Weekly List of Links for Bloggers (37 Links)

With Christmas week, not quite as much blogging went on, and I didn’t read as much as usual, so the list is a bit shorter this week, but contains great quality links nonetheless. Enjoy! The Only Workable Revenue Model for the Web Is Trust Websites to Submit Your Design Articles That Produce Heavy Traffic Best…
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Dec
26

Yep, Feedburner Drops Friendfeed From the Subscriber Count… For a Few Days

UPDATE 12/28: All is restored. But I think my opinion, below, still stands in spite of the personal cost. UPDATE 12/27: Hold the phone! There hasn’t been much communication about this issue from Feedburner or Friendfeed, but just a couple of hours ago, Feedburner posted this update on Twitter: “As many have noticed there appears…
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Dec
26

Defining What a Mature Blog Looks Like

No, I’m not talking about a blog for “mature audiences.” I’m struggling with the question of how to know when your blog is mature. I’d like for you to struggle with me for a minute.

Dec
21

Big Weekly List of Links for Bloggers (43 Links)

This post will most likely be my only big list this week – will pick it back up the week of New Year’s. Of special importance to note are the Best of the Blogging Industry, and the two posts about James Chartrand – these are must reads. Best of 2009 in the Blogging Industry Rookie…
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Dec
17

My New Role at Fuel Your Blogging

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I wanted to let my regular readers know about my new role as Editor at Fuel Your Blogging, which is part of the Fuel Brand Network of sites. More than just a blog itself, Fuel Your Blogging is basically an online magazine about the blogging industry, offering tutorials and inspiration, but also keeping bloggers informed…
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Dec
16

Blogging Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

When I was in high school, I ran the mile in a solid 15 minutes and 45 seconds! So speed demon I am not. In fact, I can still hear the voices from my Pee Wee baseball career shouting from the stands, “Run, Brandon, run! Faster, Brandon, run!” The 30 feet to first base was…
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Dec
13

Big Weekly List of Links for Bloggers (57 Links)

I’m a resource-provider by nature. When people ask me how to do something, I usually send them a link to something. I think giving away links to great resources is an integral part of my own web strategy, so I hope you enjoy. Ever want to plug a resource? Just contact me. Promoting Your Creative…
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Dec
11

Six Twitter Alternatives to #FollowFriday

When I first started using Twitter heavily, the #FollowFriday hashtag was just taking off, and I genuinely looked forward to Fridays because of it (which might be a sign of a social media addiction). I’ve always appreciated anybody that has mentioned me. But has #FollowFriday lost its original luster? I say, if you enjoy #FollowFriday,…
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Dec
09

Magntize – A Great Personal Brand Hub

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That’s the phrase I’d use to describe Magntize – a “personal brand hub.” I have several blogs, and rarely know which one to use as my main link for a social profile or blog comment. Instead, I often leave my virtual business card in the form of my brandonacox.info site, powered by Magntize.

Dec
08

Your Blog Is Bigger Than Any One Post

Your next blog post might make you hundreds or millions of dollars overnight. You’ll write an ebook, teach a course, offer a certification for others who want to write similar posts, and you’ll be “successful”… right?

Dec
07

Why I De-activated My Sponsored Tweets Account

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I’ve sent out over 20,000 tweets since getting started on Twitter. Exactly three of them have been sponsored (via Sponsored Tweets). Each carried a disclosure of some kind and I earned a total of $23 from those tweets. But some feelings kept nagging me, so I erred on the side of caution and de-activated my…
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