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Writing captivating, informing and engaging content is something all bloggers strive for. There are three simple points you will want to keep in mind in order to enhance your content, and thus improve the quality of your blog. Making these ideas a part of your writing process will require a change in your mindset on…

The installable version of WordPress just reached version 3.0, but the hosted version –- WordPress.com — has its own milestone to report today: 200,000,000 blog posts on the platform since its inception. That total comes from 11.4 million blogs that are hosted on the site, and in all, WordPress reports the site is seeing more…

There are a lot of little settings that we don’t always pay much attention to in WordPress.  We install it, get our theme going, figure out how to post and are then on our way until we need to do something like upgrade or have a problem with plugin compatibility. And sometimes one of these…

One of the main topics buzzing around is social networking.  We got an extensive list from Mashable.com and posted them below.  Enjoy. Feel free to add more apps in the comments. Books Americabookshelf.com – One of the largest book exchange clubs across the US. BooksConnect – A book sharing community site connecting readers, authors, publishers,…

A year ago, Swype launched a new way to type on a touchscreen phone at TechCrunch50. Swype was created by the inventor of the T9 predictive typing system used on most phones today because he felt that new text input methods for small touchscreens are sorely needed. Today, the startup announced the first phone to…

Consider this: if Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth largest in the world by population, ahead of both Japan and Russia. When I talk to people about using social media to market their business, I usually get one of two responses. Either they love using Facebook and Twitter or they really don’t…

Last week launched the social revolution for search. Microsoft’s Bing fired the first shot by announcing search deals with Twitter and Facebook and, at the Web 2.0 Summit, launching its Twitter integration. Google fired back almost immediately though, completing its own deal with Twitter and, perhaps more importantly, announcing a new feature: Social Search. Social…

What is the best blogging platform??? When first starting a blog, choosing which blogging platform to use is one of the most important decisions that you can make as a new blogger. The right platform can make blogging a breeze, and the wrong platform can make blogging a chore. Because the platform that you use…

While there are bloggers on both sides of the monetizing-of-blogging fence, there is no doubt there are those who take the route of running ads. Those that are using WordPress have a seemingly endless supply of themes to choose from, but not all the selections lend themselves to ad placement. There are, however, some kind…

Social media resumes are important for attracting hiring managers directly to you, without you having to submit your resume, blindly, to them.  The problem with submitting your resume online to job postings is that most job postings aren’t even vacant, might not exist, and 80% of jobs offers are received through networking. With a social…