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"Hey Daniel! Congratulations on the plugin release!! How exciting that must be for you. Thanks for all of the instructions this is fantastic. I have a problem with my podcast cover art not updating even though I have the right size file and made the change to my Libsyn feed. I talked to Libsyn support and they said everything looks fine on their end and it should be updated - so they recommend that I contact iTunes directly. Do you have experience with contacting iTunes when it comes to artwork issues? What's the best way to get in touch with them?" - Ileane Smith

"Hi Mike! I really enjoyed this episode. I found myself bouncing in my seat when DJ mentioned Rapportive. I use it everyday. It integrates nicely with AWeber. And once you connect the two accounts, here's what I like to do: When someone subscribes to my email list, I use Rapportive to add them to a special circle on Google+. This also helps grow my Google+ following because more than likely they will add me to their circles as well. It's also creates a loop because, one of the first topics I cover in the auto-responder sequence stresses the importance of using Google+. If for some reason, the person doesn't have Google+, I'll look for LinkedIn and connect with them there instead (or I'll do both). I don't think it was mentioned during the episode, but LinkedIn purchased Rapportive some time last year. I certainly agree with DJ that Amy Porterfield and Chris Brogan are brilliant when it comes to email marketing. Thanks for having DJ on the show Michael." - Ileane Smith

"Hey Clay, looks like I was wrong about any TOS violation and after chatting with some other podcasters I stirred up some interest. I just purchased LeadPages myself through Schramko's BuywithBonus and I can't wait to get things set up. Thanks!!" - Ileane Smith

"Clay you are unstoppable!! Thanks so much for this really awesome idea." - Ileane Smith

"Clay I don't want to jump the gun so I asked the question in the Podcasters Resource and Technology Group over on Google +. But I do remember hearing that you can't offer people anything for posting reviews. Hopefully I got it wrong though. As soon as I hear back I'll let you know for sure." - Ileane Smith

"Great idea. However I thought this was against the iTunes TOS. Hope I'm wrong though." - Ileane Smith

"When I heard it I thought it sounded like a gimmick but certainly not a strategy. Thanks Mark." - Ileane Smith

"Hey Chris! Nice to see you using that space between your ears buddy. I loved the post and even though I don't use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool this way I think you're on to something. I use Market Samurai and it pulls data from the Google tool but I'm not really all that good with doing research before I post an article. Most of the time I use the tools for tracking - after the fact. I think Google really wants people to use the tool to run advertisements not SEO research which is why they leave the results wide open this way. Thanks for the post Chris and the book too." - Ileane Smith

"Chris, I'm stuck on 301+ views on one of my vids too. Problem is that I have LESS than 301 views. I actually have 233. Here's a screenshot comparing my YouTube analytics with what is showing on the video "watch" page. Go figure http://awesomescreenshot.com/0..." - Ileane Smith

"Hey John, I use Buffer and HootSuite to stagger my social shares. The only place that doesn't work is on my Google + profile. There's an extension called DoShare but your browser needs to be open in order for it to work - that doesn't really get the job done. Thanks for the post John." - Ileane Smith

"Authorship is super important for anyone who is writing online. Thank for the post and the presentation. Great examples." - Ileane Smith

"Nice work. I use OneLoad to distribute my videos to multiple video sharing sites including MetaCafe and DailyMotion. YouTube is the big one but I have good traffic numbers on DailyMotion also." - Ileane Smith

"Hi Jonathan, Thanks for sharing this info. It's pretty alarming that they are allowed to do this and I think that in the end it will hurt their credibility with their customers. Do you have any idea what regions their service is most popular in? I live in Philadelphia and I saw something similar when I was checking my blog using IE a few days ago. At the time, I assumed it was browser related, now I'm wondering if it is related to this issue." - Ileane Smith

"Hi Justin, What are you doing to make sure you redirect or remove any internal links to those posts? I guess it doesn't matter in the long run, but it would be nice if we could make sure the bots don't visit. Thanks for the mention and enjoy the holiday!" - Ileane Smith

"Hi Ti, great to see that you are keeping up with your school work. Even though we miss you, it's better for us to miss you than it is for your instructors. :) I always encourage people to test different blogging platforms and Blogger has some advantages, and the biggest one is server up time. In the four years that I've been blogging I can't think of any serious outages and that's something that no WordPress blogs can brag about. That doesn't mean that Blogger is my favorite. All I'm saying is that there is absolutely no reason we have to choose. Just use both, like I do :)" - Ileane Smith

"I love Twitter, but there is NO WAY you can spend less time on Facebook than you do on Twitter." - Ileane Smith

"Great Infographic! I love the image at the very top. I never can manage to listen to a podcast and read the paper at the same time but then again, I can't remember the last time I read a newspaper. Also I can listen to podcasts that I download to iTunes via Google Play but as far as I know you can't listen on Spotify. Not sure why they don't make podcasts available there." - Ileane Smith

"Hi Lisa, great to see you talking about the benefits of using SlideShare. I uploaded a few presentations and a couple of them made it to the homepage. It was a great feeling to get the email from them letting me know my presentation made the front page. I also added audio to my latest presentation and that was a big hit. There is only one downside of using SlideShare so far and that is we can't get Authorship for our creations. I hope they do something about that soon because it seems like it would be easy enough to fix. Thanks for the encouragement Lisa! Great post." - Ileane Smith

"Hi Aaron, the one that hit home for me was Oracle. I use the system at work and to be honest is it one of the biggest challenges that I face on a daily basis when it comes to getting my job done. I know there is no way that I would ever Like their page on Facebook so when I started seeing their stuff in my feed I was pretty annoyed. Thanks for sharing the list." - Ileane Smith

"Todd Wheatland opened my eyes to the benefits of SlideShare too Miranda. I didn't come to Sydney but I have his book. Good stuff!" - Ileane Smith

"Perfect! I'll give it a try and let you know my results after a few weeks! Thank you." - Ileane Smith

"Hey Rich! Nice video. I've been using these annotation for a few weeks now. I get a lot of traffic from YouTube already but I haven't figured out a way to determine the clicks that are coming from the annotation vs. clicks coming from the links I add to the video descriptions. If you have any tips on that let me know. I can't say that I'm getting more traffic so far but placement of the links is also a big factor. If you put the link too soon in the video that might work against your channel rankings on YouTube. I'm not taking any chances so I tend to add the website links towards the end." - Ileane Smith

"I shared this video when I saw it and lots of people were grateful to see it. I think that many people in my niche (blogging) struggle with building links simply because no matter how great your content is, people who like WordPress will link to another WordPress blog before they will link to a Blogger blog. Since I have both kinds of blogs I know this to be true because I see it everyday. I go out of my way to post high value, more content rich posts on my Blogger blog - including podcasts, videos, and SlideShare presentations - however getting quality links from authority sites is still easier with my WordPress blog. But don't worry, that is not going to stop me from using Blogger. I simply love how easy it is write a post compared to my WordPress blog." - Ileane Smith

"Great tips Rich. I posted a presentation on SlideShare this weekend and got a couple thousand views in two days. I added audio to make it more engaging. I also added and intro and additional content at the end and re-purposed the audio for my podcast. I was so impressed with the results that I'm going to use that strategy every time I upload a presentation. Looking forward to your podcast!  btw - I think you embedded the wrong slide deck here in the post." - Ileane Smith

"Hey Sandi! I don't know why but some people insist on remaining anonymous online. I think that is fine if they have their own blog but once you start guest posting you need to show your human side. My recent post 5 Ways to Keep You From Looking Clueless on Social Media" - Ileane Smith

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"Hi Rudd, thanks for the heads up about the link! It's fixed now. I hope you get a chance to check out my series for new bloggers at http://basicblogtips.com/bloggin... My recent post 5 Ways to Keep You From Looking Clueless on Social Media" - Ileane Smith

"Thanks for checking out the presentation Tom and listening to the podcast.I'd love it if you would give the show a rating and review on iTunes. My recent post Why You Should Make Your Blog a Business Blog Today!" - Ileane Smith

"Hi Toni, glad you like the tip! Thank for stopping by. My recent post 5 Ways to Keep You From Looking Clueless on Social Media" - Ileane Smith

"I appreciate your feedback and you make some great points (of course I would say that right?) Thank you! My recent post SEOPressor Version 5 – The Baddest Little WordPress Plugin on the Planet" - Ileane Smith