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The Starting Line: Great Tips for Beginning a WordPress Blog

Byte Technology

It’s no great secret that blogging is big. At present it’s estimated that there are some 150 million active blogs operating at any given time. Unfortunately there are lots of reasons that some blogs don’t make the grade and wither and die. Lastly, be sure you keep your WordPress blog backed up and secure. Huge really.

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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 29th). – eMarketer -.

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Updated: Opinion Page Yellow Pages

M+R

Bookmark this one for all your future op-ed needs! The Conversation. The Hill (& Congress Blog). One of the most common questions we see on nonprofit listservs is: “Who’s the current op-ed editor at such-and-such-outlet?” Op-Ed Contact + Submission Guidelines. LTE Contact + Submission Guidelines.

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This blog seeks to capture the information gathered at the workshop, keep the discussion alive and build momentum."

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Wordpress Extras: My Favorites

Amy Sample Ward

A recent comment from Ichi (working on social media for good in Japan w/ SocialCompany.org ) asked after the tools I was using on this blog to bring in comments via Twitter. Postalicious is a WordPress plugin that automatically posts your delicious, ma.gnolia, Google Reader, Reddit or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks to your blog.

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Going Viral: How to Get Your Social Media Voice into the Mainstream

Byte Technology

This engages your readers and, once they’re engaged, they’ll naturally want to draw in others to participate in the conversation. Consider investigating a social bookmarking site where you can upload your content and posts, but if you do so opt for the automated bookmarking sites such as SocialPoster or SocialMarker.

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Social Bookmarking Conversation Continues While Inventing New Words

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"An Offering to the PHP Gods" Alexandra Samuel just coined a new word, bloggespondence , for the back and forth conversation we've been having about social bookmarking from our respective blogs. They get excited about the possibility of a web-based bookmark and whole concept of tagging and folksonomies.