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Social Media and Social Activism
One inspired girl – a big dash of social media, social activism, motivation, traditional media and what do you get? One of many, many success stories of how social media and the Internet can make a difference in the world. My daughter’s story is just one of many. Imagine the impact if each person who learned about Tom’s One Day Without Shoes spread the word to their friends and contacts.
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DMOZ, ODP, Link Juice, Page Rank and SEO The Open Directory Project has a long and important history on the web. ODP or dmoz claims to be “the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web.” The Open Directory Project’s main purpose has been to organize information on the web – by reviewing content (websites) submitted to it and listing these sites in the directory. Definitely helpful to users. Its usefulness extends beyond users. Search engines access new websites to index data for their search results. Webmasters use the ODP to create link juice by listing their sites in the directory. But is this changing? Is ODP as meaningful and useful as it once was?
Turbo Charge Your Writing – 7 Quick Tips for Web or Print How many times have you read something on the web or in print and you’ve had to go back and read it again? Sometimes two or three times? No, it’s not your shortened attention span. Sometimes the text is just badly written.
Other times, reading some text is pure pleasure. You grasp the point easily. No going back and reading the text again. Do you want to know why? The writer has used some simple techniques to make your reading experience article. Read on to learn techniques to make your writing stronger, clearer and more focused.
Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) WordCamp Toronto 2010 delivered everything it promised. Great speakers, great venue, great topics and great people. Blogging and social media, all things WordPress, SEO, and blogging at the core of your building your brand. A highlight for me, and I think everyone, was the success stories and interviews from bloggers. Two takeaways for me: keep the social in social media – and make sure that you blog about what you care about.
Listening in Difficult Conversations: Part II In my last post, I talked a bit about why listening can be difficult – especially when the conversation is a tough one; the stakes are high; we are feeling offended or we feel accused of something. This time, I want to talk a bit about some things we can be aware of or we [...]
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