Reading time: 8 – 14 minutes
Its been another awesome week on the web with tons of great new posts. I wish I could share them ALL with you in this post, but this is about sharing my favorites of the great ones 
to help keep it short but sweet.
Blogging
Nicholas Cardot at Site Sketch 101 helps us out with a convenient way to credit your image sources. Its pretty simple and I will be implementing it…eventually!
Francisco Rosales at Social Mouths Gives us 13 Quick Tips To Write A Successful Post. Its my favorite number and advice I can use…you can’t beat that
Brandon Connell guest posted at Ice Blue Banana. His post offers us 10 ways to come up with blogging topics. Yup…I am always in need of something to write about!
Jean Sauruer of Virgin Blogger Notes shows us that we can be our own Blogging Fairy by using some quick pre-writing techniques to get that draft started.
Kiesha at We Blog Better gives us some Blogging Tips that are Speedy! Nothing like getting out a great blog post fast 
Ben Spark helps us realize some major mistakes we need to avoid when offering up a Guest Post to another blogger in his latest over on Blogging Tips Dot Com.
Corbett Barr gives us some milestones we will pass on our way from newbie to A-list bloggers. I’ve hit the foundation ones, but not moved on yet. How about you?
Alex Whaley gives us some tips on how to write a review that sells the product. Always good to find some advice on making a lil money!
Mark Dykeman gives us tips on Mind Mapping which is a great way to get ideas flowing for blogging or just about anything else. I am starting to use this technique and have found Free Mind to have all the features I believe I will ever need…and its really Free!
Dave Navarro reminds us that we need to make sure we are helping the right people, and helps us to break down which people we CAN help and which we need to more or less ignore when they start piping up with complaints that all our stuff isn’t free. And speaking of free, for the price of an email address you get access to his free workbooks with are well worth it. He’s also not going to irritate you will eleventy million emails a week.
Mars Dorian hit my geek weak spot when he posted about spreading your influence by using your geekiness to your advantage. Geeks Unite!
Social Media
Mari Smith posted on Social Media Examiner about Creative ways to increase your Facebook fan base. Some tips here I need to start putting into practice.
Johnny Haydon also posted about Facebook Fans, showing us 8 Simple Ways to Engage Our Fans In Three Minutes or less.
Keith Bloemendall gives us a timely reminder that sometimes people we think are our friends just don’t turn out to be who we think they are in So You Think You Found A Friend.
Mike Stenger put out a free resource to help us with our social media endeavors this week. There’s no sign up or opt-in required, so be sure to check out his 50+ Tips To Boost Your Social Media.
Life, Biz, and Fun stuff.
This week Mashable hit my weak spot with the Top 10 Geekiest Marriage Proposals. Being an unmarried geek, I was so like “Hell Yeah-yah! These kick ass!”
Kelly Diels hit a chord when she talked about the difference between healthy boundaries and disposable friendships and how easy it is to slip into the latter while calling it the first. She came up with a totally AWESOME check list to help us all decide if we are giving up too soon on a relationship of any type as well.
Miriam Cisse has just launched her e-book translation service, and is offering a free translation to a lucky duck. Just follow the easy instructions! Best of luck if you enter
Robert Bravery made me chuckle with this long-standing graphic showing how women are the root of all problems also see one that shows we are also the root of all evil…slightly changed version of this one. Both are cute!
Over on Blondish.net, Nile Flores shows us 12 basic tools online business owners should check out. I don’t agree with ALL of them, but most are great tools!
Your Turn: Did any of these posts move or inspire you to do something different? Do you have a favorite that didn’t make my list? Tell me all about your thoughts on these articles and others I missed in the comments!
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Twitter: Alexwhalley23
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Hey Jenn,
Thanks for the mention, really amongst some great blogs there. Awesome!
That is a really detailed and good resource you have created and for the next few days I am bookmarking this post as the hub for my blog hopping, so thanks so much for taking the time to research and post the selection. Extra thanks for adding me so the trackback could help me find it.
I have not visited before and I think I should have because you are a familiar face in the comments thread on many a blog I frequent.
Nice work Jenn, keep it up!
Alex´s last blog ..The Keyword Research Pro Review
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hey Alex,
I am glad you came by, I know how busy we all get so its no wonder you’ve not been by before. I think I will enjoy getting your feed back as I move forward with some major changes. I hope you enjoy the rest of the sites that are in the post. Thanks for your kind words and for taking a moment to comment. Hope you’ve had a super weekend!
Thanks for sharing such awesome content with us…Only the best get on my lists
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Twitter: mariamcisse
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Hey Jenn,
Many thanks for linking to my contest. That’s a very nice list and it will take me some time to read through the articles, but I’m really curious to see what type of stuff you like reading.
BTW: The redesign is doing magic in my eyes. I think it was a great idea!
Keep it up Gurl
and we meet at the top of the world!
Mariam Cisse´s last blog ..Enter to win a FREE eBook translation
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hey Mariam,
Plus, as I hope you know, I think you are offering a valuable and much needed service. I hope you enjoy some of the other articles 
So glad you like the new look, I’ll see you on money street soon 
Its such an awesome contest, I had to share it with the readers here
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Thank you for sharing my list. I actually only listed 12 as I was not about to write a novel…lol.
However, I left the post open to others who would like to contribute awesome tools and links to those tools because… well, it just makes sense. So, feel free to drop in, comment, and leave a list of your preferred tools.
Nile´s last blog ..With Popular Blogging Comes Spamming-
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hi Nile,
I agree keeping your own suggestions on some things down to less than a novel can be a hard task! I think your way of letting the readers add their own tips, tricks, etc is a great one. Everyone benefits. I am sure I will be back soon to see what else you have going on
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Twitter: icebluebanana
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This is quite a nice list! I am going to have to take an hour or 6 to read them.
Brandon’s post on icebluebanana.com was quite good & I appreciate you mentioning it here.
Have a good weekend Jenn!
mark´s last blog ..This Week on the Web- 11 July 2010
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hey Mark,
I would have guessed you had already read most of these though! I hope you enjoy them, I got an insight or few out of each of them. Take care, and enjoy the weekend 
It WAS good, so it needed to be shared
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Many thanks for linking to my mind mapping post, Jenn!
Regards,
Mark Dykeman
Mark Dykeman´s last blog ..Notes from twchat – Bringing Ideas to Completion
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hey Mark… Your totally welcome. It got me off my virtual hiney and using a bit of mind mapping to help me out
Have a great weekend!
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Twitter: jeansarauer
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Great list, Jenn. I’ve read many of these and thoroughly enjoyed them. I’d like to say I’m going to read more this weekend, but from the looks of the projects I need to do, I’d better not! Thanks for including me, and I hope you have a fabulous weekend.
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Hey Jean,
I hear you on too much to do in the limited time we have each day. Some days I am lucky to have enough time to turn around LOL That’s why the internet rocks…the stuff will mostly still be around if one ever gets a spare minute. Hope your weekend is awesome as well!
It’s my pleasure to include your posts. Your writing style is kicking and the info is always usable. Can’t beat that with a stick
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Twitter: krenee76
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Hi Jennifer!
Thanks for sharing my post with your readers! Truly appreciate it.
BTW – I don’t think Brandon Cox wrote that post at Social Mouths – not unless that was a guest post or something. You might want to double check.
Have a great weekend.
Kiesha @ We Blog Better´s last blog ..Does Article Marketing Work for you
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Twitter: southrngurl6489
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Kiesha,
Thank you so much for that heads up. I have no idea what I was doing to make that boo-boo, but it is fixed now. *feels a bit silly* LOL
It’s totally my pleasure to share the post. Its got some great ideas, as always.
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