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The Art of Writing for Brevity

We are all guilty of it. Getting too wordy when writing. I see it all the time on marketing materials, magazines, catalogs and websites. Here are a few pointers that have helped me write more concisely.

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Blogging Tip #746: Prepare to be Dugg

To err is human, rt? Then bloggers must be superhuman, because I’ve logged a heck of a lot of lessons-learned in 3 short months. On Monday I published a post that quickly became The Daily Anchor’s most-trafficked post to date, and my lack of preparedness for such a traffic spike brought the site to its knees.

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31 WordPress Plugins To Enhance Your Blog and Life

It’s 2009. Every business needs a corporate blog to accompany their corporate website, and every individual needs a personal blog to share their thoughts – or portfolio – with the world. I’ve researched, downloaded, installed, and tested around 300 Wordpress plugins (of 4,200+ available) and found the following to be the best of the best.

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The Best Articles We’ve Read This Week: The March 6 Hitlist

Every Friday The Daily Anchor offers up the best articles we’ve read all week. Most are recent, some are old, but hopefully they’ll all be useful, interesting or entertaining. The list isn’t huge and it isn’t exhaustive, because if it were there’d be no chance you’d read them all.

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Product Watch: Tracer by Tynt Lets you Track Content Copied From Your Site

I just went to your website and copied something from your last blog post. Do you know what text I copied? Which image I just swiped? If I pasted it into an email and sent it to 50 friends, would you have wanted me to include a link back to your site? Get Tracer.

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Now is the Time for Optimism

Friends and family are losing their jobs. The stock market has tanked. Home values have deteriorated dramatically. The situation is dour, but an important step in the recovery process is for individuals to begin recognizing that recessions are part of the natural business cycle.

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85 Twitter Tools

Here’s a look at some of the tools that have been feeding my Twitter addiction, and some other highly-recommended tools that I’ll be checking out this week. The strength of Twitter lies in its open API and 3rd party tools. If you’re looking to get the most out of Twitter, these tools will help you do just that.

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How to Improve Your Alexa Ranking

If you’re a website owner, ad sales rep, advertiser or SEO then it behooves you to understand what Alexa is and to take steps to improve your site’s Alexa ranking. Here’s a quick guide to understanding Alexa and some tips on how to improve your ranking.

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The Best Free Web Analytics Tools

This is the first in a series of posts where I’ll bring you the best tools in my arsenal. I’m an online marketer and business development pro and these tools have served me well in a thousand applications. Here’s a list of some of the best (free) web analytics tools…

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20 CRM Blogs You Need to Read

Chris Bucholtz posted a list of 20 CRM blogs you must read, based on insight, readability, and frequency of posting. Here’s the shortlist…

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6 Free Tools for Online Reputation Management

Online reputation management consists of tracking your brand and reacting when necessary. Though sometimes tedious, brand monitoring can save you from a potential disaster when someone cites your name in an article that misrepresents you. Aside from protection, it can help you proactively join conversations around your topic area, helping to get your brand name out there…

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