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Cyan Ta’eed, guest blogging over at Zen Habits wrote an interesting post about Shyness — Eight Essential Tips to Overcoming Shyness and Making a Good Impression. 1. Introduce Yourself 2. Don’t Feel the Need to Qualify Yourself. 3. Ask More, Talk Less. 4. Be Generous. 5. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. 6. Remember […]

Andy Wibbels uncovered an interesting post the other day about some unique web communities – in fact, six of them where you can find out about some very interesting things. Take a look: Community 1: Instructables: Looking to make something out of just about anything you can find around the house? This might be the […]

SEO is one of my favorite topics. So when Andy Wibbels came across this great post about SEO, I knew I just had to share it with his readers. SEO, aka search engine optimization, is all about findability – well, it’s really more than that. But, ultimately, if no one can find your blog or […]

A recent metafilter post opened up the discussion for readers to comment about podcasts they find most intellectually engaging. Personally I don’t listen to many podcasts because of time considerations, but when I do, I enjoy listening to those oriented around general business and marketing topics. And, I especially like the ones that are short […]

Adding a chart or diagram to your blog is a wonderful way to increase interest and keep readers glued to your blog. This can be especially helpful for explaining your information in a way that is more appealing to a visual learner. While you can certainly open up PowerPoint or Excel and create all sorts […]

Jessica Hupp, posting at VirtualHosting, details a great list of tips to rev up your blog in her post entitled, The Ultimate Guide to Blog Usability: 36 Tips and Resources. In this well-organized, content-rich article, you’ll find great information relating to • Links and Web Addresses (information about navigation, naming your blog, search capabilities, and […]

Are you looking for yet another way to connect with all of your friends and business colleagues? Yes, another social networking tool is now available for your connecting enjoyment – myM from Yahoo. Supposedly it allows you to connect cross-platform making it easier to keep in touch with everyone. If you want to find out […]

As it says on their website, “Mixx is your link to the web content that really matters.” Well that may be the case as Michael Arrington of TechCrunch recently commented in a post entitled, Digg Refugees May Be Heading to Mixx. Arrington comments that, “Digg users, including top contributors, are showing an increasing amount of […]

Eye-tracking studies can offer a lot of insight when it comes to improving the layout of your blog or website. You may have seen this article that came out a few years ago by Steve Outing and Laura Ruel of EyeTrack III: The Best of Eyetrack III: What We Saw When We Looked Through Their […]

Even if you’re not a webmaster, you can benefit from reviewing some of the cool online sites outlined by Vladimir Prelovac at Vladimir Prelovac Online! From analyzing for broken links, to listing outgoing links, from accessibility to readability, Vladimir provides 10 top webmaster resources that you can use to improve performance. The test over at […]