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Comment on 9 Tips for Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn by Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:27 +0000

Thank you so much for this post, Thomas! I really appreciate your thorough, clear posts that are written for folks like me who really don't know anything about LinkedIn. Many thanks! I've spent the last week working through your list item by item to get my LinkedIn profile up-to-date, and I'm posting a link here from my Job Seekers' website.

Comment on 6 Things Readers Want from Your Author Website by Adil

Adil — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:47:41 +0000

i was for searching for some content to be written in my assignment and yahoo result brought me to this page!
thanks so much for writing.. this is exactly what i was looking for the assignment!

thanks

Comment on How Blogging Got Me Published by Lynn Simpson

Lynn Simpson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:52:29 +0000

How timely to come across your blog. God does work in great ways. Just a few days ago I wrote my blog titled "is it worth it?" asking if the time I put into blogging and twitter will ever pay off. My resolution became that after all, it is completely worth it. But it is inspiring to hear that you say also to just keep on, 'you never know what will become of it." Thanks! Lynn My recent post Is it worth it, after all?

Comment on 7 Reasons Why Mail Chimp is Better than Constant Contact for Author Newsletters by David Skarjune

David Skarjune — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:32:14 +0000

Constant Contact has better list management? Not really. Mailchimp is a breeze to use and it fully supports all kinds of list segmentation, including targeting, such as a message to everyone in a certain state. To do targeted segmentation in CC, you have to export ALL your contacts, manually sort and filter the contacts in a spreadsheet, create a new list, and then import the target contacts as new list. You have to export and import your own data! And you'd have to do that for every message you send, since it's a manual user hack.

Also, MailChimp already has Salesforce.com integration, you can send a list from SF to MC, and MC will send message metrics back to SF.

Comment on 6 Things Readers Want from Your Author Website by e.lee

e.lee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:05:38 +0000

good post. especially the last point about photos. a professional headshot works best My recent post Compelling Readability

Comment on 7 Reasons Why Mail Chimp is Better than Constant Contact for Author Newsletters by Emily

Emily — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:02:48 +0000

MailChimp works with SalesForce. I just switched from Constant Contact to MailChimp and I'm so glad I did. Thanks for this post, Thomas!

Comment on How to Create a Facebook Page in 3 Easy Steps by Mark

Mark — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:23:54 +0000

To rename the page from the cryptic URL Facebook initially assigns, go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ The page needs 100 fans before you can rename it and the name you choose can't be changed later.

Comment on How Connect Your Blog to Facebook by Budget Van Lines

Budget Van Lines — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:58:08 +0000

have you seen an increase in traffic by doing this?

Comment on How to Get Your Avatar to Show Up Everywhere by Budget Van Lines

Budget Van Lines — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:02 +0000

This is a great timesaver..thanks!

Comment on How to Get Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status by Twitter Apps

Twitter Apps — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:06:00 +0000

This feature is essentially broken now as it no longer posts your status to twitter but only a bitly link back to your status on Facebook. My recent post Logo Design Company London - Corporate Logo Designing Companies UK

Comment on How to Create a Facebook Page in 3 Easy Steps by Jim Camomile

Jim Camomile — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:30:03 +0000

Well explained, helpful, practical.. In short, you rock.

Comment on Does Your Website Pass the Radio Test? by Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:19:42 +0000

this is very helpful…I'm excited!

Comment on 7 Ways to Integrate Facebook into your Online Platform by Lisa Camomile

Lisa Camomile — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:42:26 +0000

This is great info that really has come in handy! Thanks!

Comment on How to Get Your Avatar to Show Up Everywhere by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:12:08 +0000

nice article…lets test it out!

Comment on 4 Reasons Why Every Author Should Use LinkedIn by Michael White

Michael White — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:45 +0000

Point # 1 is key. In the perpetual struggle to become established making it easier to be identified as relevant is almost as important as being relevant. An an old schooler quality is still trumps marketing... but just barely. My recent post Home-buyer & Move-up Credits expand

Comment on The Top 5 Author Website Mistakes by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:08:19 +0000

i have also gone with wordpress. I run it myself for financial reasons. There are plenty tutorials on the internet to help you customize free templets and the wordpresss software is easy to use and make up dates with. My site has only been up for a few days but I'd love for someone to visit it and leave me feedback. I had absolute zero website building experience when i started. TheSarahAndersonIdentity.com My recent post Welcome to my site!

Comment on 6 Things Readers Want from Your Author Website by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:54:48 +0000

Good tips. I'd love for anyone whose seen this to take a look at my site and tell me what you think. The link is TheSarahAndresonIdentity.com My recent post Welcome to my site!

Comment on 7 Differences Between Published & Unpublished Authors by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:47:49 +0000

I'm an unpublished author and i would check off most of the boxes on the published side. What really bugs me is this post seems to give the impression that unpublished writers are unprofessional lazy whiners. Which in many cases is flat out untrue. Unpublished authors don't have the luxury of picking when they write because they usually have to keep a day job, and they write with no guarantee of financial compensation All authors were unpublished at some point and their work ethic didn't suddenly change the moment their book rolled off the press. My recent post Welcome to my site!

Comment on How to Get Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status by ThomasUmstattd

ThomasUmstattd — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:31:22 +0000

Robin, I would uninstall the old Twitter app and install the new one.

Comment on How This Little Orange Icon Can Save You Time by ThomasUmstattd

ThomasUmstattd — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:29:32 +0000

Google Chrome is the fasted browser. It doesn't have as many extensions as Firefox but if you don't use add-ons Chrome may be the best pick.