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Which Social Media Apologies Rebuild Trust?

November 20 at 11:16 am - Link

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This is a much needed business relationships post! - Maria Reyes-McDavis

Internet Marketing This Week: onna posted a message

“Wasn't there supposed to be something coming out if you were subscribed to the itunes podcast for imtw after tuesday? haven't seen mention of it, just curious.”

November 19 at 8:47 pm - Link

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RWW: The Future of Tech: Simon Plashkes posted a message

“Going private alpha on a new community ticker content experience. Anyone interested in trying it out?”

November 18 at 8:56 pm - Link

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why not...zee@wedocreative.com - you might also want to offer the apps room http://www.friendfeed.com/welo... - Zee.

just 'like' this and i'll get in touch with you in the next couple weeks. - Simon Plashkes

Why not :-) - Majento

Sydney IT: an entry from TechNation Australia

Rapport – White Label Social Networking For Your Brand

November 17 at 8:26 pm - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: Amy (9yards) posted a message

“I've been plugging away at my blog from Aug even though it never ranked well. This week it went from 109 to 37 in broad match in Google! After some digging I found 2 .edu links to my blog! Holy cow! Someone found my blog & 2 entries good enough to link to! Just confirms the value of good content!”

November 16 at 6:46 pm - Link

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Love to hear it when great content is vindicated....keep up the great work! - Allison

Startup Success: Zee. posted a link

One of the best videos on startups I've watched in a long while

November 12 at 10:24 am - Link

Florin Grozea, Fabio Caballero, Ange Recchia and 27 other people liked this

Loving watching this. And "software" can be interchanged with any product - Allison

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Yes it's very good, watched it, thanks (i've seen presenters that speak even faster :-) - Majento

Success is easy if a. you're a genius and b. your wife lets you code every night until 3 a.m. - Vincent van Wylick

I am with Vincent..lol - Scot Duke

Great Video. - Paul W. Swansen

RWW: The Future of Tech: Zee. posted a link

Say What? Google Reader Translates Any Feed into Your Native Tongue

November 10 at 7:16 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Had that via Yahoo! Pipes last year. whooptydo. - Joel Bennett

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if there's one thing i've learnt about yahoo pipes though Joel is that it's unreliable - Zee.

pipes is not that unreliable at all! :( u gotta love pipes! - Marshall Kirkpatrick via IM

i do love it no doubt Marshall, but i just wouldn't rely on it - Zee.

Zee, there's not much of this shit that you can really rely on - but we still do and the world is better for it, imho :) - Marshall Kirkpatrick via IM

oh no doubt - i just mean in this case, i'd rather have it built into google reader rather than use yahoo pipes - Zee.

Thirty Day Challenge: Bjoern Krause posted a message

“As by today, november 10th, I solemnly declare that I made my very first dollar online! Oh, boy, you cannot imagine what this means to me... I was shouting and dancing, my wife thought I was going nuts! And to be honest, I feel like it!”

November 10 at 2:23 pm - Link

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I know axactly the feeling well done and keep going - Kath

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must check my adsense lol! - s thomas

Congratulations! Good job! - Jorge Blanco

Awesome for you Bjoern! Keep it going! - Elizabeth

I join you in your celebration! - Allison

Congratulations! I am very proud of you...your efforts paid off! Well done :-) - Wendy Merritt via twhirl

Bjoern - well done my friend. I am struggling my ass off - I'm trying to do what you have managed.My personal 30DC has turned into at least 60, if not more. I really want - no, need - this, but I am wondering if I am just wasting my time. If anyone has any proper good advice then please, PLEASE let me know. Struggling and pretty bloody desperate. Thanks. San (sorry if this post comes up multiple times - there were a few edits). - san

Hey me too Bjoern. I'm nowhere, but still plugging away. Hang in there. It has to work. If everyone else can do it, we can.!!! - lorna99

Only one dollar, should have been at least double that by now. Just kidding, congrats. - Greg Martin

Big congrats to you Bjoern! - Marysia

San, it's taken me a long time too - in fact a lot longer, because I signed up to the August 1st 30dc challenge. It's just one of those things - no point in struggling or feeling desperate about it. I've learnt to just enjoy the journey and the adventure. Remember that Edison did not regard his 100+ experiences of trying to invent the light bulb as "failures" but as successful learning experiences of how not to make a light bulb. Everything you do or try out is a learning experience :-). - Marysia

Ange Recchia posted a message on Twitter

“We had a very busy weekend with my daughter's rehearsal to dance in the Myer Christmas Parade next weekend. She's so excited!”

November 9 at 4:49 pm - Link

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wow .... she must be excited! - Allison

How old is your Daughter Ange? - Binh An Nguyen

Bella is 7 going on 16 Binh... she declared the other day that she wants to be a professional dancer when she grows up! - Ange Recchia

Thirty Day Challenge: Groobers posted a message

““Ask not what your Room can do for You but Rather what you can do for Your Room!” I have been contemplating recently the sheer volume and power of the number of members in this room, and would like to put forward my two penneth if I may… How about as a group (or should I say Tribe) we all put our...”

November 9 at 9:25 am - Link

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How do I see the whole message? - Mark Strickland

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Groobers, the FF software cut you off before you finished lol - you need to write the rest as a comment to your post :) - Marysia

Marysia thanks for that,will do then I really have to fly - Groobers

thinking caps on, and with the sheer power of numbers, really focus our attention on one particular blog. Each week a new blog could be chosen and if you had say a spare 5 minutes, you could pop along, take a look, offer any constructive criticism, suggestions or how to fixes you may have, or if you have none think it must be rather a good blog and surely worthy of a twitter,digg or stumble? Deciding which blog to choose is the difficult part to quote George Orwell “Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely” and no way do I want that power but I suppose for the first one I should get the ball rolling and I suggest the blog LJF Wolffe,Weirdo at Large http://www.ljfwolffe.com (this is friendfeed after all). Well I must go as I promised my daughter I would take her to see High School Musical 3 as Stephen Fry would say catcherlayder x - Groobers

Wow. Just wow. Me? Little old me? I'm honored. And a tad embarrassed. This is not a 30DC blog (for me, that's populardelusions.net), but one I started just to grab my name and have a place to vent. I'd love any help anyone wants to give me, though! I'm not turning down a wonderful offer like that! Thanks, Groobers! I admit freely that I have a LOT to learn. - LJF Wolffe

Duh, trust me to point people to the wrong blog, sorry about that and please don't think I am implying that you have a lot to learn because in my humble opinion you don't, the reason I suggested your blog is that each time I log on to friendfeed I find you helping out yet another person, and I think that deserves recognition http://www.populardelusions.ne... - Groobers

Oh, hey, I took it as nothing but complimentary. I spent an hour blushing! And either blog is fine; PD hasn't done much, and though LJFW was never meant to, it gets more visits than my other blogs -- so I must be doing _something_ right . . . 8-) - LJF Wolffe

Just went through PD really fast. Here are my thoughts. I saw no clear sell offer in the main page. Are you sure this is what you want? Maybe choose one of your offers and put it up in the main page as a 'featured' one. I didn't read the post individually, but very few of them, if any, attracted me while I was ... - Jorge Blanco

scanning them. There should be a way you can make your offers and main selling points stand out and grab the readers. Personally I might be just lazy to read all of the post and give you pointers on writing style, but I felt the visual style a bit monotone. Try to spice it up a little sometimes. 2cents over n out :) - Jorge Blanco

Thanks, Jorge! I have ambitious site plans, and have been pointing to the entries -- the home page needs work (and maybe the Popularity Contest plugin). A Featured Offer is a great idea! And I do know I need more pictures -- unrelieved text is, well, unbecoming. Did I miss anything? I'm taking notes! - LJF Wolffe

Looking at PD home page (and feeling quite delusional....), just kidding! I'd like to see the menu items a bit brighter when hovering over them, the text a bit "punchier" and as you've already identified, some images or even stick figures. I do like way the blog looks - the bigger the image on that page the better it seems to drag me in to read the text. Cheers, Kim - Kim Baillie

Thanks, Kim! I appreciate the input -- and the list of Stuff2Do tomorrow is growing! Could you do me the favor of trying to define "punchier?" I'd appreciate it . . . - LJF Wolffe

So, for example, the Movies blurb could be "They didn't think I could review every movie I've ever seen, but I did. Read on here to see how I did it"; or for Madness of Crowds you could have "Who else wants to be released from the madness of crowds?" I'm thinking you need to engage the reader with a challenge or a like mindedness so that they will read on and eventually need that coffee cup because they are addicted to your site!. ;-) - Kim Baillie

Thanks! I get it now. 8-) - LJF Wolffe

Hi LJF, will give my first impressions as a new visitor 1) Cool looking professional blog even if text a bit pale on right 2) My first instinct was to click on the highest link to see what on earth you were talking about lol ! (hadnt heard about it) but then i wouldve missed all your hard work blog content. Did you think about placing the link lower down? Just wondered (educational to know your reasons etc!) - s thomas

Morning LJF, Just had a thought on how to choose the next blog, and was wondering what you think? Maybe we could do a “pay it forward” kind of thing, that is you pick the next persons blog to look at when your week is up, not “pay it back” where people just suggest the person who suggested them. Toodles x (sorry about that HSM3 overload!) - Groobers

Good idea Groobers! - Mark Strickland

Cheers Mark, glad you like it, now I'm going to knuckle down and get some work done! - Groobers

I'll help any way I can Groobers, just let me know. - Mark Strickland

@s thomas -- do you mean the first link in the latest post, or on the home page? Just checking to see where you were. Thanks for the input! @Groobers -- that does seem to be the way these things work -- I'll go find the next blog! 8-) - LJF Wolffe

the one where you post about the movie on the blog - nice background/theme by the way! Dont u just love the 30DC lol ? Wish there was a junior version of The Edge! - s thomas

Thanks Mark and LJF I was just thinking about PD and the vast list of movies you have (very impressive by the way) why don't you take a photo of your actual movie, make it into a thumbnail and put it next to the title on your list, much better in my opinion than a stock photo, a battered old movie box shows you actually have the movie and love it...By the way "What're you Really Into Man?" loved that made me chuckle........Later Gator! - Groobers

Once upon a time I tried to make every movie an Amazon link -- you would not believe the slowdown on loading the page! I'm worried that 600 thumbnails might do the same thing . . . but I have considered taking a picture of the entire Wall, just to prove I'm serious . . . 8-) - LJF Wolffe

Duh again, never thought of the slowdown thing but a picture of the entire wall, now that's an idea... - Groobers

Technology News Sphere posted an entry on ReadWriteWeb

Sneakey Robbers Turn to the Social Web

November 9 at 10:55 am - Link

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Lisa favorited a video on YouTube

Meet Marge

November 9 at 2:35 pm - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: an entry from Thirty Day Challenge

What You Can Learn from The Election…Internet Marketing This Week

November 6 at 10:59 pm - Link

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Great fun to listen to an internet marketing analysis of the Presidential Election. It really showcases some of the ability to truly communicate quickly with massive amounts of people... and the importance of learning how. - David

Thirty Day Challenge: a video from Seesmic

A Historic Day - Thank You

October 30 at 9:03 am - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: Mark Strickland posted a message

“Market Samurai is AWESOME!”

October 23 at 4:31 pm - Link

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yes... yes it is... with more awesomeness to come. - Allison

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had to admit - I hated it at first until I really got into it - now I don't post even an article before checking my keywords here! - Stacy Nelson

yes samauri is a great program with good support - Kelly Johns

It Rocks Hard!!! - Tracey Patterson via twhirl

Market Samurai is on the other end of the spectrum from WPD as far as solid programming & tech support is concerned. They totally have it together. I love it! - Liz Tufte

You've got that right Liz. - Mark Strickland

I'm just getting into it! - Victoria Player

Technology News Sphere posted an entry on Mashable!

Google.org Donates $14 Million To Prevent The Next Pandemic

October 21 at 12:33 am - Link

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Ed Dale stumbled upon a site on StumbleUpon

SNEAK PREVIEW - Internet Marketing This Week Episode 1 | The Underachiever Life

October 6 at 6:47 pm - Link

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Im very excited about this podcast on Internet Marketing - Love the fact that it's issues based! - Ed Dale

Girls. Geeks.: Barb Sabathil posted a link

Great conversation on why there seem to be so few "visible" women in internet marketing

October 3 at 2:23 pm - Link

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Pete Williams posted a message on Twitter

“Ok, I'm done... The 30DC Auction is now open !! All funds from the $20,000+ worth of products goes straight to KIVA - http://twurl.nl/uywblp”

August 28 at 6:09 pm - Link

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No envelope this year? - Allison

Bill Thomson posted a message on Twitter

“Retweeting @DanRaine: Important post up on The Immediate Edge... http://www.ImmediateEdge.com/m... ..Awesome gift Dan - brilliant stuff!”

August 26 at 4:48 am - Link

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great lesson in prvoviding content to a membership site when you don't have any at hand :) - Allison

Andrew Nez posted a message on Twitter

“Yes, I'm very easily amused. http://twurl.nl/icmvez”

August 12 at 2:58 am - Link

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Yeah i cracked up at that earlier....tickled my sense of the ridiculous..imagine if it killed someone? - Allison

Dan Raine posted a message on Twitter

“@brenthodgson Get back into the office to find a 22" monitor on my desk... - But the question is, does it have a mac attached to it?”

August 6 at 1:37 am - Link

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Brendan McNally posted a message on Twitter

“finishing off some new web layouts and catching up on the 30 day challenge, how good is marketing samurai?”

August 4 at 6:25 pm - Link

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Market Samurai is awesome with a capital A - Allison

Thirty Day Challenge: Linda posted a link

Market Samurai returning No Data, or Excessive Zeroes - Powered By Kayako SupportSuite

August 4 at 1:37 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Market Samurai returning No Data, or Excessive Zeroes Solution RE: ZERO's APPEARING IN ANALYSIS RESULTS, AND NO DATA APPEARING IN KEYWORD GENERATION PHASE"However, in the mean-time if you are analyzing keywords, use the Adwords Traffic Data tools as your point of analysis. The "Adwords Traffic Filter" will remove keywords that do not have any traffic in the Keyword Generation phase. Using the "Adwords" analysis options, rather than the "Organic" analysis options will give you a benchmark traffic level. Multiply the Adwords traffic data by 10 to give you an indication of the search traffic in a market. - Linda via Bookmarklet

Thirty Day Challenge: Craig Eubanks posted a link

Photos from San Francisco Meetup

August 2 at 12:03 am - Link

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awesome! - Allison

Looks like I made it without to many photo's getting posted with me in them. Woo hoo. - Craig Mullins

Mick Liubinskas posted a message on Twitter

“Amazing bat in the moonlight photo by @pierre_s http://www.flickr.com/photos/m...”

July 30 at 6:21 pm - Link

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Ed Dale posted a video on Seesmic

24 hours till Thirty Day Challenge 2008

July 30 at 5:12 pm - Link

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Ed,you are the man=) I have been following the thirty day challenge, Pre-season from the very first day,Ed thank you,your challenge came to me as I was searching Web 2.0 social media marketing,As I was searching I came across Grates like Frank Kern,Ebin Pagen,John Reese,Andy Jankins,Brad Fallon,Jason Moffatt and most importantly You.I love all that you are doing, I will follow you to the edge of the earth, I not only look forward to learning from you,And following your every word you say but, I look to meet with you and work with you personally and I strongly hope to bring you as much value,as you have borough me in my life,So as Jason Moffatt would do I leave you with this video, to not only thank but, to also get to know you as A Mentor and a Friend. P.S. It took me some time to find the niches that I feel good with but, I gotam And it feels good,I also have three friends that are fired up and, ready to kick some ass. - jaiman andersen

Thirty Day Challenge: Jesse Seymour posted a link

#30DC Pre-Season Action Item Checklsit - Google Docs

July 30 at 12:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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I put together a little cheat sheet for all the actionable items for pre-season. I made the assumption that everyone who uses this file is familiar with the training and it is not intended to explain any theory - just a list of actionable items. I hope this helps people get caught up if they fell behind. I built this using the transcripts - so give all the credit and praise to whoever made the transcripts, not me - I just gathered it all up in one place. - Jesse Seymour via Bookmarklet

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Thank you for the check list I just double check see if I have done everything to list and Now I am all ready for the challenge - Govindji Patel

I'm all caught up with the preseason material, but this is AWESOME!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!! I wish I had this in advance...:) - Teri

Well played! - Allison

You're the best - Omitade Adediran

Nice job. This will help new 30 Dcers arriving over the next few days a lot. - Mark McGimpsey

Thank You - just what I needed - Adalyn

I also have a version up on my blog, including links to summaries and resources. http://twurl.nl/qyqggo - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Thanks a lot for taking the time for doing this and for sharing with the rest of us. - Mauro Santos

Dan Raine published photos on Flickr

July 30 at 11:56 am - Link

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Yay we can has Australian flag! - Allison

Sends chills up my spine - awesome - love the eyes! - Carolyne McCourtie

Asbjorn Riedel published photos on Flickr

July 30 at 3:33 am - Link

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