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Archive for August, 2008

Free Website Tools

August 19th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

I found SEOAlleyCode while I was doing some research on keywords for a client and wanted to share it with you.

One of the tools I think is most valuable to small business owners and solopreneurs is the Meta Tag Generator. It’s a wyswyg (what you see is what you get) that will step you through the process of creating meta tag info for your blog or website.

If you have a WordPress blog with the All In One Seo pack plugin, you can transfer this info into the SEO setting.

Let me know what you think by commenting!

Category: Keywords, SEO, Tools | No Comments »

How To Customize Your Plurk Page

August 11th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

I’m a big fan of Plurk.  It allows me to mircoblog and create a community, but more importantly, it lets me easily follow the threads of conversation.

The nice part about Plurk is that you can customize the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to give your page a custom, one-of-a-kin look. Here’s the video and send me a note, or leave a comment so I can see what you did, ok? And add me as your friend, too.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bGiXE7cqxY

Category: How To, Plurk, Video | No Comments »

Importing Your Blog Into Facebook Notes Video

August 8th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

As I use Facebook more and more, I’m seeing the opportunities to syndicate (share) blog content. One of the first things you should do when establishing your Facebook profile is import your blog into your Facebook Notes. Now, when you post to your blog, it will automatically show up on your Facebook profile. Here’s the How To Import Your Blog Into Facebook Video!

Let me know what you think by commenting below.

Category: Blogs, Facebook, How To, Syndication, Video | No Comments »

Cross The Digital Divide, Syndicating Your Content on Facebook

August 5th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Debra M Simpson's Facebook Profile

Cross The Digital Divide on Friday, August 8th at 3pm Pacific time when we’ll spend 30 minutes discovering how to syndicate our content in Facebook.

If you have a blog, you have the heartbeat to sharing your message with the world, in my humble opinion. Now, add a Facebook page and you have the beginnings of a megaphone on the Internet.

In this 30 minutes you’ll discover how to:

  • Post to your blog once and share it several places
  • Share your photos and videos
  • Use widgets to keep your website or blog visitors "in the know"
  • and maybe a few more tidbits….

So, sign up to Cross The Digital Divide with me on Friday, kick your shoes off, grab a beverage of your choice and learn how to spread your passionate message across the Internet.

Category: Free Fridays, Gadgets, How To, Marketing, Passive Income, Social Networking, Speaking, Webinars | No Comments »

Digsby Helps Me Manage My Social Networks

August 5th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Digsby.comI’ve been knee deep in Facebook for almost three months now. I have two twitter accounts, Magic In Blogging and North San Diego Business, well three but I’m hoping to combine the two into the third. I have a YouTube, Digg, Delicious, Flickr and my favorite microblogging service, Plurk. Then there’s my various instant message accounts. Wow, what’s a girl to do??

To post to any of my social sites used to have to open the sites in individual tabs in my FireFox browser. What a hassle! Obviously, I wasn’t the only solopreneur to experience this problem.

I’ve been know to download and test almost anything, so I’ve been testing Social Media "assistants", for lack of a better term. I thought I’d start sharing them with you.

Today, my share is Digsby.

What Do I Like About Digsby?

One of the biggest advantages to me, with two Twitter accounts is the ability to add more than one Twitter account. It easily offers me the opportunity to update my status without having to go to a browser. I can keep up with Facebook requests, notifications, as well as tweets and Facebook, AOL and Google Instant Messages.

I can customize the skin and send files, similar to Skype.

What Don’t I Like About Digsby?

It doesn’t include my favorite microblogging tool, Plurk.  It also doesn’t incorporate my YouTube or Flickr account. That would make it just about perfect.

Is Digsby Right For You?

I don’t know, you’ll have to take a look at it compared to other Social Media widgets/gadgets/assistants. Keep tuned and I’ll share what I’ve been working with, including widgets, FireFox addons (because I don’t use IE) and other tools I find here and there.

So, tell me, how are you managing your various profiles? Share by commenting below. Tomorrow, I’ll share with you another Social Media tool.

Category: Communication, Social Networking, Tools, Widgets | No Comments »