Speaking Geek

Building Your Blog Traffic

by Christine on November 21, 2009

What is it about some websites that makes them popular destinations for a huge number of visitors? Why are some blogs checked out by tens of thousands of people every day while others struggle to find a single visitor? The issue of traffic can be complicated. There are a variety of factors at play, and

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SO Not A Programmer

by Christine on November 17, 2009

I realized today that I an not and will never be a “Programmer” when it comes to software and (web) development. It took going thru (and doing poorly in) a Javascript class and now trying to stay awake and pay attention in my Programming class to make me realize this. It’s just really not for

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“Share on Twitter” Rocks! #AMZNSOT

by Christine on November 4, 2009

Awesome news for Amazon.com Associates (aka “Affiliates”) – the cool Site Strip just got even cooler! Amazon now provides a super easy way to share your finds (and affiliate links) on Twitter with “Share on Twitter.” You can access Share on Twitter from the Site Stripe and post to your Twitter account from Amazon detail

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Are You Using Yahoo! Pipes?

by Christine on November 3, 2009

I was reading in the .Net Magazine issue that I’ve got sitting in my bathroom a little about Yahoo! Pipes. Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. Pipes can be used to combine a bunch of different feeds into one easy to manage feed that users

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Sponzai The Newest IZEA Property

by Christine on October 3, 2009

I am SO excited to announce on here (along with like – everyone else at IzeaFest) that the BIG DEBUT this year is Sponzai! Sponzai is a cool new way to make money with your blog – sponsors write their own guest post including multimedia and links. Sponsors then select the blogs on which they

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First Day/Night at #IzeaFest and #hos

by Christine on October 3, 2009

Before I begin – I just want to say that whomever thought up the Twitter hashtag of “#hos” to represent “Howl-O-Scream” should’ve been flicked in the ear. Ho’s? Really? Anyway … I wrote this post on Thursday when I hadn’t quite realized that I could pull in internet from the lobby of the hotel! Well

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