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Patrick?s Star Search - Looking for Some Guest Bloggers!
2008-03-28 08:10:00
NOW HIRING: GUEST BLOGGERS - DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOGS! Here’s how this works. I want everyone reading this to send me their very best blog posts. If the post is something I think I’d like to publish, I will send you an email, and let you know when I will be publishing it. I will of course ...
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Zemanta — Easy Semantic Blogging for Everyone
2008-03-28 08:00:00
Alright. Via my google feed-reader I discovered this new service called Zemanta. I must say, it is kick-ass! It’s actually an odd plugin. When you install it into firefox(only available platform currently), and log into your blog(in my case a wordpress blog). It shows you a sidebar in your blog, right where you categories generally are. It tells you that after you write 300 characters it will give you content that is relative to your blogs. The more you right the more pictures, articles, and even tags it gives you. Zemanta is a very nifty program, I highly recommend you try it. Probably the best thing about zemanta is the fact that it can take your writing to the next level, by providing easily inserted pictures and content. The semantic layer that it provides is awesome. Another nifty feature of Zemanta is that it actually scans the web for Creative Commons Licensed content. So blogs will be able to post related images without the fear of being sued by angry artists and photo...
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7 Ways to be Best Buds with an A-List Blogger!
2008-03-28 00:40:00
Wouldn’t it be nice to be best Friends with an A-list blogger? How about ten A-list bloggers? 1. Comment often - Commenting on A-List blogs is a good way to get your name in front of them.Remember they are regular people like you and me, the more they see your name, and see that you contribute to their site, the more likely they are to say yes when you try and offer a joint venture, or a guest post on their blog. *One big tip on this make your comments stand out, build upon the original post, and make your comment provide extended value to their site, and even cite other posts that back up what you say, and you will soon become an authority.* 2. Follow them on twitter, and respond to them often, many of the A-list bloggers are on twitter, and contribute frequently.The bottom line is the more you provide to the conversation, the more they see your name, the more likely you are to get noticed. 3. Blog, blog often, and make it count. If you do happen to get noticed by an A-lister...
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The results of my Twitter Poll on Best Time to Blog! 26 replies.
2008-03-27 07:37:00
I had 26 responses to the following survey on twitter: “What time do you read your feeds the most, or see the most hits..” My findings were both what I thought it would be, with a few twists. I was pretty certain that Morning would be the best time of day. Other than that I wasn’t very certain. According to my small poll, I was correct -  12 of the people polled, said they read their feeds in the early morning usually between 6-9am. What I didn’t expect was for the second runner up to be the Night Crew(8pm - Midnight). There were 9 who reported the most activity @ Night. Third is also a surprise, because it’s a busy time, people are coming home, spending time with families, and eating dinner. But third place is Evenings between 5pm-8pm. There were8 who chose this option. Tieing for third was the mid morning group (9-11). 8 people also chose this option. 4th place was Afternoon (2-5pm). With 6 people. 5th Place was Noon and Late Night with 2 people. (No...
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So Em-bare-assed! Just found out my feeds weren’t full!
2008-03-27 01:57:00
Don’t hate me - I totally just found out about this - kinda funny actually - but my feed should be showing full-posts now.  I am so embarassed I wrote about how important it is for full feeds, yesterday, and found out from a subscriber today that mine aren’t showing full feeds. I swear I’m not a hypocrite. lol.  Don’t worry I took care of that - please feel free to subscribe now.  I’d like to thank Rob Williams over at 170spoons.com for letting me know. Related Posts March 24, 2008 — Partial feeds = Pissed Off Subscribers = No Subscribers (6) March 23, 2008 — Using RSS Feeds to Blow up the (Writers) Block! (0) March 21, 2008 — Blogs need to eat too! Feed your blog with 39 ways to build your RSS Subscriber base. So easy a slackjawed yokel could do it! (14) March 31, 2008 — The Twitter-Monster is hungry. Let’s Feed It! (37) March 31, 2008 — Wow, Twitter + Digg = 1755 New Subscribers over the Weekend! (1) March 27, ...
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Is 2008 the year of the Lifestream?
2008-03-26 19:29:00
Update: I forgot what year it is, updated 2007 to 2008 in title.   Life stream, I believe it was facebook who first came up with the idea. Now most social networks have it built in. Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, simply are nothing more than a lifestream. Friendfeed and Socialthing both aggregate all of your feeds, and lifestreams. Friend feed recently announced the launch of an API which you can read about here, here, and here. Mashable did a good write up today listing 8 life streaming sites. Here’s the list: Correlate.us - has cool graphing features regarding your life stream. Friendfeed - Need I say more? Most talked about aggregator, combines most of your social networks, blogs, lifestreams into one. Iminta.com - currently in private beta, but offers 26 services. You can read a more detailed review here. Life2Front.com - has the goal of pushing virtually more content to your feed, than any other service out there. Currently in private beta. LiveZuu.com - Lifestrea...
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Do you ever google yourself? (Sounds naughty, doesn?t it?)
2008-03-25 19:26:00
I have a question. Have you ever googled yourself, to see what all is out there on you? John Chow(393,000 results) and Darren Rowse(180,000) are huge names, they’ve branded themselves and you can find thousands of pages on them. (Be sure when googling a name to enclose it in “quotations” so it searches for the exact name). Have you thought of branding yourself? I personally try to use my name as often as possible. I use it as my username on most social networks, etc… It’s even my twitter id. I’d like to see how people rank for their names in the search engines - are you popular or famous? Go ahead and tell me what your google results are. I think this would be a fun experiment. My Google results are: 6,090. It’s no Darren or John, but its a nice start! By the way - I think it’s funny that JohnChow has so many listings, but JohnCOW actually is ranked #1 for the term ‘John Chow‘. Funny, huh? Related Posts April 4, 2008 ̵...
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Partial feeds = Pissed Off Subscribers = No Subscribers
2008-03-24 20:15:00
 Full feeds, are the ONLY way to Go! I wrote in my post “ Blogs need to eat too! Feed your blog with 39 ways to build your RSS Subscriber base. So easy a slackjawed yokel could do it!” one of the tips that I state to increase your subscribers is is to use full feeds, I’m going to expand on this a little further. There are 2 main reasons that opponents of this thinking cite as their reasons for using partial feeds. Using a partial feed forces the reader to visit their site - and essentially raise their stats, ranking, and bring in more money from advertisers. This may actually be true if you’re a large blog, with tons of great content like mashable.com, but for the small-time blogger, 90% of your readers are going to be too lazy to click on through and read the rest of your article.This hurts your credibility. You build credibility by writing awesome articles that everyone bookmarks, shares, and loves. If people can’t, don’t, or won’t read y...
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Using RSS Feeds to Blow up the (Writers) Block!
2008-03-24 05:17:00
How to use RSS Feeds to break up Writers Topic… I’ve written a lot lately about rss feeds, however this topic is more about getting over writer’s block, & speed blogging. It’s a fact that more content = more search engine rankings / directory listings, and more visitors. Of course quality matters too — but I’m going ...
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Blogs need to eat too! Feed your blog with 39 ways to build your RSS Subscr
2008-03-21 09:21:00
Blogs gotta Eat Too! Here are 39 Great Ways to Feed Your blog so it Grows Educate Your Readers - How can they subscribe to an RSS Feed, if they don’t KNOW what an RSS Feed is?It is essential to discuss what an rss feed is, what a feed reader is, and how to subscribe, don’t assume your readers are the most tech savvy, go slow and have patience with them. You may also want to give them some links to feed reader programs and sites.Examples: What in Tarnation is an RSS FEED Fak3r Subscribe What is an RSS? What in the Heck is an RSS Feed?  Give them the Email Option. Feed readers are the rave, most of us know how to use them, and have a favorite feed reader, but not ALL of us. Some people aren’t comfortable with new software - so offer them something familiar - a way to subscribe via email. Feedburner, and Feedblitz, are two companies that make this easy.I highly recommend using feedburner, in fact I’d say that feedburner is a necessary tool for a succes...
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What in tarnation is an RSS FEED?
2008-03-20 12:20:00
RSS, which stands for really simple syndication, is simply an internet technology that allows busy people to receive quick and easy updates from news sources, like blogs. It isn’t just for blogs though, using rss you can syndicate images, videos, lifestreams, etc… The essence is this, you visit a site you like, you click their “subscribe” link, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What in tarnation is an RSS FEED?", url: "http://www.theresabloginmysoup.com/about /what-in-tarnation-rss-feed/" });
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What in tarnation is an RSS FEED?
2008-03-20 12:20:00
RSS, which stands for really simple syndication, is simply an internet technology that allows busy people to receive quick and easy updates from news sources, like blogs. It isn’t just for blogs though, using rss you can syndicate images, videos, lifestreams, etc… The essence is this, you visit a site you like, you click their “subscribe” link, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What in tarnation is an RSS FEED?", url: "http://www.theresabloginmysoup.com/what- in-tarnation-rss-feed/" });
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About
2008-03-15 19:58:00
Patrick Curl is the main Author of this blog. Patrick has been inspired by many great bloggers, including the ones in his blogroll at the side. He believe’s wholeheartedly that a man who believes hard enough in his goal, works hard, and keeps a positive attitude, can achieve anything he sets out to do. Many will argue ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "About", url: "http://www.theresabloginmysoup.com/about /" });
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Links for 2007-12-17 [del.icio.us]
2007-12-18 07:00:00
http://www.BlogContestSite.com/make-money /how-do-people-really-make-money-blogging -also-a-discussion-on-why-entrecard-sucks /2007/12/17/ Find out why entrecard sucks, and how you can make some kick ass money blogging. There's also a really cool secret experiment going on but you have to read the article to find out what that is.
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Links for 2007-12-13 [del.icio.us]
2007-12-14 07:00:00
http://www.BlogContestSite.com/contests/w in-free-ad-space-for-25-days/2007/12/13/ http://www.BlogContestSite.com/wicked-vid eos/wow-a-disappearing-car-doorno-more-do or-dings/2007/12/13/
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Links for 2007-12-12 [del.icio.us]
2007-12-13 07:00:00
http://www.BlogContestSite.com/marketing/ how-to-triple-your-blogs-street-value-by- throwing-a-contest/2007/11/27/
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Insurance Rant - My Opinion of the Insurance Beast!
2007-11-24 10:38:00
Insurance is something that society says we all need. Car insurance, Home insurance, car insurance, etc… It’s all about sharing our money with other’s in order to pay for the issues of the few and in-between, Insurance is nice when we need it, but in my opinion, the system is extremely over-bloated. What if we paid ...
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Virtual Thieves Get Nabbed by the Non-Virtual Police.
2007-11-15 00:54:00
Habbo Hotel is a make believe world where people buy furniture to decorate their rooms using real money. A couple of young teens thought it would be fun to steal someone elses fake furniture. The police did not think it was so funny, and now they’re in trouble with the law. Personally I think the whole thing ...
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Some Birthday Link Love! - Today’s my Birthday!!! I’m 28.
2007-11-14 10:00:00
First off I’d like to give link love to a great marketing post I just read: 75 Ways to Increase Your Site’s Traffic A great article and list of ways to build traffic. Secondly I’d like to say, Happy Birthday to ME! Give me some link-love for my birthday, :). Today, I’m 28, which means I have ...
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Associated Content Article Published: RE Google Android
2007-11-14 05:37:00
If you haven’t heard about Associated Content it is a great place to write articles and get paid, check out my first submission, regarding the Google Android project. Check out my recently published content on AC: Google Gives Birth to an Android
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Smorty a great place to get paid!
2007-11-04 20:45:00
Of course everyone loves to get paid, but it’s even better getting paid for blogging, something that you love to do anyways. Smorty.com has a great service that will let you blog for money, or if you want to get the word out about your own blog you can advertise on blogs belonging to other people. There’s ...
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Prequel to Nightmare on Elm Street?
2007-11-04 19:34:00
In researching for my Haunted House project, I’ve been pondering and watching horror movies left and right, and went to a couple of haunted houses. It’s no secret also, that I like writing, after all I’m writing right now, aren’t I? I thought of a really cool premise though for a recap of one of my favorite ...
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This blog is Officially Re-Booted!
2007-11-04 18:52:00
Hello, Ya’all, I’ve decided to start this blog over. Why: My old wordpress got extremely corrupted, and it’s pretty much beyond repair, with a ton of 404 errors popping up. I’m going to make this a more expansive blog, than a niche blog. I will be talking about money, finances, and even Politics(Hates: Bush, Clinton. - Likes: Edwards, ...
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Submit your site to The Alive Directory for a Huge Google PR Boost!
2007-08-12 00:30:00
The Alive Directory , is a site you definitely want to get your blog listed on. Besides the fact that it has a PR of 6, and an Alexa Ranking of 16799. Alive Directory is a family friendly website that only lists the highest quality, family safe, and spam free links. It is a ...
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Sell your own Product ASAP - Get a Merchant Account Now!
2007-08-12 00:03:00
One of the best ways to make money online is via selling things, you can signup as an affiliate for someone else’s website or product, or you can start selling your own products or services. In my experience you’ll make more money off your own products than you ever could off someone else’s efforts. In order to ...
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Eperks.com - the Crazy Exciting Real Estate marketplace.
2007-08-06 03:04:00
I just got wind of this new and exciting site called ePERKS.com. Eperks is blowing away all other sites in the areas of Real Estate advertising. Many agents are buying up exclusive coverage within the marketplace nationwide. Eperks.com as the name hints at is about providing value and motivation to consumers, their three major areas of focus ...
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New Feature — Song of the Day: Bowling for Soup: When we Die
2007-08-01 06:58:00
I was reading the other day how having a niche is wonderful and beautiful, but sometimes writing off-topic is a great way to introduce new people to your blog, who might’ve not shown up in the first place. So then I had an idea today to feature a popular song’s lyrics everyday, and see ...
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Here are 3 Blogs that Know where it’s AT! Big Shout Out to Newest Contest
2007-08-01 02:57:00
I’d like to thank Rachel over at “Turn one Pound into One Million” for her Review and Entry into our S-a-Weet Blog contest. I’d also like to give a shout out to Cruiser over @ Top Site of The Day. Who also wrote a Snazzy Review, thus entering my contest. And last but certainly not least Mike ...
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Links for 2007-07-30 [del.icio.us]
2007-07-31 07:00:00
There’s a Blog in My Soup! | Patrick Curl’s Million Dollar Experiment - $1,000,000 by 2009!
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Phillipine Prisoners Shake it Up to Michael Jackson’s Thriller!
2007-07-29 01:32:00
Ok, This is just SOO funny. <a href=”http://www.johnchow.com&rdquo ;>John Chow</a> sure has a lot of FREE time on his hands, must be nice to not have a Day Job. Check it out - 100’s of Prisoners doing the Thriler Dance in a Phillipino Prison somewhere in Cebu.
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