If you’re crazy about Warcraft and can’t get enough of Twitter. Well now you can do both simultaneous.

As if each activity by itself wasn’t a time waster now you’ll never get anything done – except planning that next raid.

I think this is cool and am actually quite amazed that this is the first app like this with all the other apps out there for twitter, as well as the huge world of warcraft addon development craze.

Checkout a Video on the World of Warcraft Twitter Addon:

{via Mashable}

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According to Techcrunch, Apple has been apologizing for their iphone partner, ATT – again.

The iphone launched 48 hours ago, and still there are many who’ve bought their phones – waited in long lines to do so, and still have not been able to activate their phone.

As someone who’s worked for cingular when att bought them out, I absolutely refuse to buy an iphone until it hits verizon. I know the quality of their customer service, and the way AT&T handles their business from an inside perspective.

Albeit I was just in the warranty service center troubleshooting phones, but it amazed me how many people they screwed over because of clauses in the warranty wording.

Apple has offered a $30 itunes store credit due to the activation problems, though I think an app store credit would be more fun, if I owned an iphone. I hope for the sake of apple they hurry up and deny renewal of their explicit contract with ATT, and hurry up deploying on other networks.

Apparently ATT also doesn’t support all the features that the iphone can do..which is to say – what’s the point if you can’t use every feature? It’s like buying a computer, and paying for broadband internet – only to find out that it won’t let you download files or play games. Just surf the internet.

Apple’s email to consumers:

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone activation.

We are still resolving the issue that was encountered while activating your iPhone with AT&T. Unfortunately, due to system issues and continued high activation volumes, this could take us up to an additional 48 hours to complete.

On Monday, you’ll receive an email from Apple with an iTunes Store credit in the amount of $30. We hope you will enjoy this gift and accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience this delay has caused.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team

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TwtFollow.com is a twitter app that adds a multilevel approach to building followers on twitter.

TwtFollow.com allows you to refer people down 10 levels. Each person you refer then refer people who follow their referrer, and their referrer’s referrers up ten levels.

But that’s not where twtFollow ends. TwtFollow is working hard to bring more follow tools, and hopes to one day be the twitter tool of choice to manage all aspects of following.

Why it could be a killer tool:

If you simply tweet out a couple messages and get 5 people to join twtFollow you can receive thousands of new followers in weeks.

Here’s an example:

You Refer 5 People.

• You refer 5 people.
• Those 5 refer 5 each for 25 new followers.
• Those 25 refer 5 each for 125 new followers.
• Those 125 refer 5 each for 625 new followers.
• Those 625 refer 5 each for 3,125 new followers.
• Those 3,125 refer 5 each for 15,625 new followers.
• Those 15,625 refer 5 each for 78,125 new followers.
• Those 78,125 refer 5 each for 390,625 new followers.
• Those 390,625 refer 5 each for 1,953,125 new followers.
• Those 1,953,125 refer 5 each for 9,765,625 new followers.

Grand Total: 12,207,025 new followers!

Is this likely? Hell No! – but if you only get 1% of that… you would have 122,000 followers!

I highly recommend trying it out – it’s free so you have nothing to lose.

In fact you might get referral commission one day if they add a premium social media features.

We were promised flying cars, movable sidewalks,robots to do our house work, etc…

Well we’re a long way from all that – BUT you can get a glimpse of the future of computing with Thinkgeek’s Bluetooth Virtual Laser Keyboard.

This tiny device sits on your desk, and projects a Qwerty keyboard on any flat surface. The device even makes clicking sounds like you’re typing on a real surface.

Feel free to use it to compose email, blog, or just shoot the breeze on twitter, from your smartphone, pda, laptop, or computer. The actual size of the device is not much bigger than a matchbook.

Product Features

• Connects to PDAs Smartphones and Computers using Bluetooth
• Projects a full size keyboard onto any flat surface
• Allows the convenience of regular keyboard typing in a tiny form factor
• Rechargeable battery lasts for 120 minutes of continuous typing
• Tiny size only 3.5 inches high
• Compatible with PalmOS 5, PocketPC 2003, Windows Smartphone, Symbian OS, and Windows 2000/XP. Limited Mac OSX Support.

Click here to Order Your BlueTooth Virtual Keyboard today!

Now you can play with your tiny balls all day long – even in public, without getting charged with indecent exposure.

Buckyballs Magnetic Building Sphere are tiny magnetic balls which you can make all types of shapes and structures.

You can build basic shapes and forms, atomic structures, magnetic jewelry, or use it on your refrigerator to make outrageous artistic designs.
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• Make sculptures, puzzles, patters, shapes, jewelry . . . the joy is endless.
• Each set contains 216 BuckyBalls.
• Ages: Not for kids or adults under 12 years of age.
• Dimensions: each Buckyball is approx. 0.125″ in diameter.

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Texas Best Buy sold him a paving stone inside a Macbook Pro box.

Ryan wrote that when he got home he opened the box and found a paving stone with bubble wrap, instead of the Macbook Pro.

The “Macbook Pro” was purchased at a Best Buy in Texas, the retailer is citing the problem as Apple’s responsibility rather than its own.

This is definitely as bizarre as it gets, Ryan still hasn’t gotten the mess resolved, but it is just so ludicrous that he’d be denied a refund. If anything most credit cards have consumer protection built in.

[Gizmodo via Consumerist]

This is a pretty cool service. Whether you want to take a youtube video on the road, and listen to the content while working out, or commuting to work. Or if you’ve just worked real hard on a video, and want to easily convert it to a podcast for sharing on podcast directories this is a great way to convert between filetypes.

They also have  a firefox plugin which easily integrates into your browser.

Check it out:

Video2MP3.

ScreenShot:

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When you need a quick, simple screencast, but don’t want to bother with installing and configuring software, a new service called ScreenCastle may just be the app you’re looking for.

ScreenCastle is an extremely simple screencasting tool. ScreenCastle is so simple to use. Just visit their website, click the big red button, load the java application, decide how much of the screen you want recorded, and whether or not to include audio from your microphone.

Those are the only settings, after your settings are chosen a small black bar appears at the bottom of your screen. This is your recording control mechanism. Just push record when you’re ready to record, and move the mouse to the very top of the screen when you’re done.

If you’re not recording in full-screen mode, then you’ll have a small window which you can click on to end the recording.

Currently there is no size or length limits of screen-casts – but be aware the videos are uploaded from your computer after the recording is finished, and lengthy videos will take time to upload.

Screencasts are given unique urls to share. You can link directly to the screen-cast, download the screencast, or direct link to the file for downloading purposes.

The downside of ScreenCastle is that there’s currently no way to edit screencasts, so if you’re not happy with the results you will have to start over. Alternately you could download the file and edit it locally using video editing software. Currently ScreenCastle is completely free, and only requires a web browser with Java Script support.

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This is a video on how it is possible to make your very own glass using a grill over-clocked at 2000 degrees and adding washing soda, lime or borax to white-silica beach sand. This is showing what’s possible- even though it is possible, I highly recommend not using this technique. “You’ll blow your eye out, kid” (Sorry couldn’t resist the Christmas Story line drop – I know it’s shoot not blow – but blow works better for the scenario). [Sources: Gizmodo via PopSci]

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Apparently Bill Gates has launched a new ‘think tank’ startup. Nobody really knows more than that, there’s no official statements, or websites. All that is known is that he’s leased office space, and that he has a federal trademark as a ‘think tank’ dealing with:

• Scientific and technological services.
• Industrial analysis and research.
• Design and development of computer hardware and software.

Personally I’d like to see him start something huge in the green industry. I’m sure he could come up with a nice plan to get the nation moving in the right direction of being weaned off oil.

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Bring New Life to Your Vinyl Records!

This USBTurntable is pretty cool. Now you can bring your record collection into the digital age.

This great device will take your old records and convert them to CDs, iPod, MP3, etc.

Simply plug in the unique 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM USB Turntable right into your PC.

Now you can listen to your vinyl records on CD or MP3. If you love vinyl, then you know there’s nothing like that vinyl record sound.

The USB turntable also comes complete with dustcover, and all cables.

You can also use it as a normal turntable and connect it to your stereo receive via RCA cables.

USB Turntable comes with all the necessary software. Software also can improve sound quality of recordings by eliminating some of the old pops, hisses, and static.

• 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM 3 speed USB turntable converts your albums to digital recordings on your PC
• Connects directly to your PC through the included USB cable
• After converting albums to MP3 files on your pc, you can then put music onto iPods, or burn to CDs (if you have CD burning capabilities on your pc)
• Sonic equalizer helps eliminate pops, hisses and static typically associated with old records
• Software included
• Can also connect directly to stereo receiver with included RCA cables
• Simple one touch play and stop control
• USB Turntable will automatically stop and tone arm will return at the end of the record and cut itself off

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50 Foot Spider to Attack Liverpool!

Spectators and passersby at Liverpool’s Lime Street station have apparently spotted the deadly 50 foot spider at a nearby office building.

Currently the 50 foot spider that weighs in at 40 tons appears to be sleeping. The enormous 50 foot spider is about to “wake up” on Friday.

Apparently the 50 foot 40 ton spider is part of an elaborate publicity stunt or street theatre event that will take place at various Liverpool landmarks, ending in a “spectacular finish” on Sunday.

The BBC claims that the 50 foot spider will be “exploring the city” sometime this friday evening. The 50 foot spider’s rampage will supposedly leave a trail of destruction in it’s wake.

If you happen to see 12 people trapped inside the robot’s steel and wooden frame, be aware that those are it’s victims and are definitely NOT controlling the 50 points of articulation.

I’m quite saddened by the fact that I live in Ohio, and not Liverpool at this moment. This would definitely be a site to see.

However, the part of me that is deathly afraid of Spiders is quite happy that I won’t be witness to the destruction of the 50 foot spider, as it explores the city.

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Wireless Weather at Your Command!

This nifty wireless weather forecaster gives important up to the minute updates on the current weather conditions.

This runs on a free wireless network that spans the entire continental USA.

It works anywhere, requires absolutely no set-up.

The 7-day Weather Forecaster gives you a whole weeks worth of detailed weather predictions straight from AccuWeather.com.

Put one in your room to check the weather before getting up from bed, decide whether or not to call in sick based on how yucky it is outside!

Give one to your favorite aunt or grandma who can’t seem to shut off the weather channel.

You’ll receive continuous display of weather data for 150 US locations. No PC or Internet Connection is required.

Now you will always know the daily high and low temperature, precipitation levels, wind speed and direction, UV index, pollen, and air quality alerts.

Takes 4 AA batteries(not included)

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Product Features

• Provides 7-Days Worth of Weather Forecasts from AccuWeather.com.
• Pollen and air quality alerts.
• Easy to use, no setup or sensors required.
• Glanceable color shifting backlight indicates the temperature.
• Auto-synchronized clock – never needs setting.
• Put an AccuWeather.com forecast anywhere you need it
• Uses 4 AA Batteries (not included)
• Comes with optional 120V AC Power Adapter
• Product Dimensions – 7.75″ x 7.75″ x .75″

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Holy Super Mario Bros Bedroom Deco Batman!

This is every nintendo maniac’s dream come true. Now you can cover your walls in Mario restickable vinyl stickers. These stickers feature mario and his friends.

You can choose from the Donkey kong set, or the Super Mario Bros set.

Personally I’m waiting for the Legend of Zelda vinyl stickers, but my favorite is the Super Mario Brothers.

You can pickup these great vinyl stickers from ThinkGeek.com
, for only 74.99 for a whole room!

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Maybe you’re worried about the boss finding out what you’re doing online, maybe you’re doing things you’re not supposed to be doing, hey I’m not going to judge ya, if ya are *wink wink*

This little device might help you remain on the sneaky sneaky side of life – just maybe…

It’s a rearview mirror for your computer, now you can see someone coming before they get near enough to see what you’re doing, it gives you enough time to alt+tab your way away from the video game that you’re not supposed to be playing at work – I know, you know – but your boss doesn’t need to know. *additional Wink and nudge*….

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When you are playing Quake on the local LAN against the support desk staff you need all the help you can get. C.H.I.M.P is an early warning system that will clue you in on when to Alt-Tab back to your spreadsheet when your boss suddenly appears. How does it work? You just look at it and it magically (with its invincible powers) produces an image of what is behind you. Just like a good C.H.I.M.P. should…

Sure it’s stupid, but it works. Tail and face and appendages not included. What’s included? A mirror with the word C.H.I.M.P. on it.

Convex mirror (3 inches diameter) fits easily on either corner of your monitor with accompanying velcro. Choose between black or our new iCHIMP in stylish

Get it your Chimp Mirror Now at ThinkGeek.com

Google Trends update:

Yesterday I mentioned delving into google trends as a way to bring new traffic.

Yesterday I wrote a post about Mackenzie Phillips, Del  Martin Dieing, and Hurricane Gustav track. Each of these topics were at that point in the top 5 google trends.

I know I planned to write 25 posts on google trends topics, however I had some errands to run offline and was unable to get back on – don’t worry I’ll be doing a lot more of these.

I found out that it’s a very wise thing to do, in fact I’m thinking about instituting a trendy wednesday. Every wednesday I’ll focus my efforts on google trends topics.

The results have been astounding – I got 131 hits to one blog post on hurricane gustav. All these hits were either from google search or google blog search, which definitely proves that the point is valid, perhaps if I’d worked on a longer post with more mentions of hurricane gustav I would’ve ranked even higher.

At any case this does prove something pretty remarkable, and that I’m going to be delving a lot deeper into, over the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for further updates on google trends.

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You know, this project of using google trends is seeming to be harder than I thought, I really don’t know what to say about hurricane gustav track. Plus I’m running out of time, so I may need to continue the experiment tomorrow. Rest assured though I will get to the bottom of the mystery on how to use google trends to build traffic.

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Running a successful blog takes a lot of effort. There are many things that go into blogging that most people don’t take into account, when they attempt to start a blog.

One of the surest ways to fail at blogging for a living is to waste your time online. Your time is valuable, it is your livelihood. Each second wasted can’t be returned to you, treat your time like gold and you will become a

golden blogger, just like Darren Rowse, John Chow, or Shoemoney.

Here are the 7 time traps that will make your blog fail…

Time Trap #1: Trying to hard to monetize your blog. It is true, that you do need to have a revenue source for your blog, but you shouldn’t obsess over this.

Many bloggers get it in their head that if they aren’t making any money it’s because their advertiser isn’t working out, so they try another, and another..and so on..

My tip is to put up some bidvertiser ads, maybe a few performancing ads, and leave it at that.

Notice I don’t mention adsense, it’s because they’re not a good program to go with until you’re bringing in a lot of traffic daily, if you have even a little click fraud they’re more likely to shut you down if you’re a small site. I am still banned because some idiot clicked on my links 97 times in a single day.

I bet if someone did that over at JohnChow’s site, or shoemoney’s they wouldn’t even slap his hand. Heck they probably wouldn’t even notice.

Time Trap #2: Obsessing over your design. Web Designers sometimes tend to be perfectionists, I know I fall into this category quite often. It doesn’t matter how pretty your blog is, if people aren’t reading it.

I’ll say that again for emphasis:

“IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW PRETTY YOUR BLOG IS, IF PEOPLE AREN’T READING IT.”

Content is king, not design. I’ve seen some ugly ass blogs that earn more than most people see in 3 months. When you have 500-1000 posts and are making the big bucks, then you might decide to tinkle with your design, or theme.

Heck by that time you might as well go ahead and hire someone to create you a professional and unique blog theme.

Time Trap #3: Twitter. Nuff said? Twitter has become this huge distraction. Twitter is great and wonderful, in fact I absolutely LOVE Twitter, but there is a time and a place. Set aside a certain amount of time per day or week to focus on twitter, and leave it at that.

With that said, I would definitely use the pingpress.fm wordpress widget in conjunction with ping.fm to simultaneously post to all your microblogging sites every time you update your blog. This will drastically improve your blog rankings and traffic.

Oh and speaking of twitter, why don’t you go and follow me already?

Time Trap #4: Not planning = Planning to fail. To be successful, you need to have a plan of action. The internet is the biggest time waster on the planet, and it’s addicting. It’s very easy to start reading an article, and follow link after link to related article, till 5 hours have passed and you haven’t written one blog post.

Trust me – this is a trap that I fall into all the time myself. It is one that can get the very best of us. Having a plan of what you’re need to get done, and when you can just surf without a plan will in the end help you stay focused.

The truth is, if you can’t post at least 5 blog updates to your blog per week, then you might as well stop trying to do it for a living. It will never happen for you. I’m sorry to say, but why waste  3 years trying and come out broke and pennyless. Sometimes even 5 blog posts per week isn’t going to ensure your total success, but it is a start. If you can do 1-2 per day then you’re awesome, and should be worshipped by all the wannabe’s.

Time Trap #5: Too many household distractions. Unless your blog is about tv, or tv related topics, or you’re live blogging about some show you’re watching, it’s probably not a very good idea to watch tv while working online. It’s also a good time, if you’re a professional to find a place that you can go and work, a place that isn’t full of distractions. Of course for mom’s, I know that’s hard but this is about doing your best. If you can’t get rid of all distractions work on getting rid of the biggest ones, and you should do quite well.

Time Trap #6: Obsessed and ignoring those who matter most. I have to admit, I’m obsessed with blogging and social media, it’s hard not to become addicted. Sometimes being obsessed makes us forget those that mean the most to us.

As bloggers we need to take time out each day for those we love, or they will resent your blogging. I know this from personal experience. This is a time waster because when people are angry at you for blogging it affects your performance. It also affects your spirit and attitude, which I believe affects your ability to manifest success.

Keep your house in order, when blogging. Bring your family into the conversation. Set time tables where you’re not to be disturbed, and other times where you’re not to touch the computer, reaching a balance in your online and offline lives is pertinent to true success.

Time Trap #7: Not Using the best tools available. As a blogger there are many tools available to us. It seems like each day there are more and more. My advice is to find the one’s that work best for your daily activities, and use them. I swear by feed readers. I don’t have to patience to scan blog posts for ideas unless I’m reading it in a feed reader.

My favorite new tool is a twitter tool called monitter, and I also enjoy ping.fm.

Monitter is a great tool that lets you track live updates on keywords that matter to you. It’s a great way to get new ideas on blog posts. There are many blog tools and research tools for bloggers, that it’s impossible to name them all, and I’d be wasting my time trying.

Mashable.com is a good blog tool starting point, and perhaps I will write another post listing the best blog tools, let me know if you’re interested in that topic, and I’ll definitely post about it.

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I saw this on techcrunch, and thought I’d share it. It’s quite funny, and very relevant to my recent posts on twitter, and frustration with the follow limits on twitter. Let me know what you think!

Ping.fm is my new best friend, and it should be yours too!

What is ping.fm?

“Ping.fm” is a service that allows you to post to all your microblogs and social networks at once. “Ping.fm” is a much more efficient way to post.

We all have many friends and contacts across the many multiple social networks. Some friends are only on one or two of the different networks, and being able to post to all at once just makes sense. “Ping.fm” makes it so everyone is in the know about your lifestreams.

“Ping.fm” currently supports many networks including the following:Bebo, brightkite, facebook, twitter, wordpress.com, blogger, friendfeed, identi.ca, jaiku, hi5, kwippy, linkedin, livejournal, mashable, myspace, plaxo pulse, plurk, pownce, tumblr, xanga, and I’m sure “Ping.fm”" will add many more before it’s all said and over.

“Ping.fm” has many options for posting, you can apply a filter for each network, or choose to post as a blog post, microblog, or status update. You can use triggers to send “ping.fm” updates to only certain networks that you choose. You can also choose to only send “ping.fm” updates to the networks setup as microblogs as well.

You can also post to “ping.fm” by many third party services including: Aol Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, IGoogle Gadget, Facebook App, Iphone app, mobile app, or email, or just via their site.

Along with that there’s also a new wordpress plugin for “ping.fm” that I found yesterday called “pingpress.fm“. It replaces such services like wordplurk, or twitter tools by sending an update to all your networks each time you post a new blog post, it’s pretty genius. Definitely a great tool to have around for your lifestreaming needs.

The Pingpress.fm plugin can be downloaded here.

“Pingpress.fm” is a great way to increase the traffic to your blog. Since using “pingpress.fm” I’ve gotten about 15 new subscribers in one day, and noticed a huge increase in my traffic.I highly recommend using “ping.fm” and “pingpress.fm” if you want to take your traffic to higher levels.

Be sure to try out “ping.fm” and “pingpress.fm” and let me know what you think.

Special note – updating all these services also means replies will only come to those networks, which is why I recommend combining “ping.fm” with friendfeed for the best results.

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It’s a fact – people love lists, especially top ten lists, and so here we have it – my Top 76 Top Ten List List. These are pretty much random, and in no specific order, I must’ve spent 4 hours on this, so I hope you like it, if not you can kiss my <profanity>.

Why did I only pick 76? Because I got damned tired of looking for more lists – DUH!?

1. Top Ten Questions Not To Ask In A Job Interview
2. Top 10 mobile apps[java] for your phone
3. Top 10 Quirkiest Early Flying Machines
4. My Top 10 Internet Phenomena
5. Top 10 Norton / Symantec Secrets You Shouldn’t Know
6. My Top 10 favorite Google Products
7. Tools of the Trade: Top 10 Tools for Social Media
8. Top 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces of All Time
9. Top 10 Mistakes Made in Business Plans
10. Top 10 Unwed Celebrity Parents
11. The Top 10 Coolest Olympic Mascots
12. Top 10 Printable Paper Productivity Tools
13. Top 10 Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr, All Fresh and New for 2008
14. Top 10 Brain Training Future Trends
15. Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know
16. Top 10 Movie Roles Taken In Order to Make-Out With a Hot Chick
17. Top 10 Fantasy Worlds In Literature
18. DUI MA – Top 10 Mistakes in Drunk Driving Cases
19. Top ten: The world’s most dangerous places
20. Top Ten Places To Visit In Egypt
21. Top 10 Things to Bring to China
22. Top 10 hottest Olympians
23. Top 10: Widely Believed Myths
24. PTV’S TOP 10: The Greatest Political Web Videos of All Time
25. Top 10 Strangest Hotels in the World
26. Top 10 Phones of 2008
27. Top 10 Most Overpriced Zip Codes in America
28. Top 10 Sites for Illustrator Tutorials
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Corporate Blog, or Corporate Blog Network?

A corporate blog, is of course a wonderful way to build seo, and recognition of your company. Most corporate blogs only have a few writers, and blog posts are often few and far between.

Enter the corporate blog network.

What if you had everyone in your company write 1 blog post daily? Say your company is a call center and you have 1000 employees. You give each employee who wants to blog, 45 minutes to do their research and blog. You could even do this just as a test project and only accept a certain number of applicants.

One good thing would be to train them on blogging. Blogging is NOT just about writing blog posts. It is about socializing and bringing a conversation to the table. To be successful at this, you would need to hold regular training and teach them how to use conversational marketing techniches and build relationships.

You’re best bloggers are a goldmine, and if you can afford to, it would be well worth it to make them full-time bloggers, give them weekly requirements, make sure they’re in the know with company happenings, and they could also be the managers of the lesser bloggers.

You can manage the tone of the blog, by making sure that each blog post is edited first for professionalism, language, and grammer. If someone isn’t cutting it, whether they’re not proofreading or using the best language skills, you can drop them from the program and add new bloggers.

If you’re a company that sells products you could have each blogger blog about certain makes / models, give reviews, etc.. The key here is building keywords. You want as many related and relevant keywords pointing from google to your website as possible.

6 Conversation Marketing Tactics to get you Started!

1. Link out to other’s blog posts as often as possible.

2. Comment on related blog posts EVERY time you have an a+ article. An a+ article is a top notch article that you’re certain will bring value to your site. Usually it’s lengthy and in-depth. When you comment, instead of using your website address, use the address directly for that blog post.

3. All bloggers working for the corporate site should have full-profiles on as many social networks / social media sites as possible, and they should have as many contacts as they can add without distracting them from their writing. The top three networks to focus on, are facebook, linkedin, and myspace.

4. Use video. Social media is huge right now, and getting a video on youtube can bring huge results – especially if it’s humorous. You may also have your corporate staff do interviews with bloggers.

There are many bloggers who would love to interview a CEO of any big company – all you need to do is ask. Also note – When submitting videos, don’t just limit them to youtube, submit them to all the big video sites.

5. Along with conversational marketing should be an emphasis to get people to subscribe to a newsletter AND to your blog feed.

6. Use Twitter. Twitter is huge right now, and there are plugins that will automatically post blog updates to a twitter account. There are many plugins and tools for twitter. You should use twitter, and so should all the corporate bloggers. Twitter is a great place to get feedback, and build relationships. There are also some clones, and similar sites, some good ones include: friendfeed and plurk.

It seems that wordpress has released their newest update – wordpress 2.6.

So far I’ve upgraded to wordpress 2.6, without any hitches, most of my plugins seem to work.

Here’s a list of new Wordpress 2.6 features from the official wordpress blog:

• Version/revision saves a copy of a post every time you edit it, allows you to view (not edit) each of those copies (revisions), Shows forward (in time) diffs between any two revisions.
• Display captions of images alongside them in posts and pages.
• Add paging of Themes in Design panel
• Word Count displayed when writing and editing posts and pages
• Press This bookmarklet
• Add sorting to gallery
• Export/import post excerpts
• Theme Previewer
• Check (assigned) Categories at top Category box in Write/Manage Post
• Show when a term is both a tag and a category
• Wider Profile fields
• TinyMCE 3.1 [Maybe the horizontal rule issue is fixed]
• Two categories can have sub-categories with the same name

Wordpress 2.6 Poll:

Have you upgraded to Wordpress 2.6 yet? If not are you planning to? If so, when?

Friendfeed driving you nuts!?

Friendfeed is interesting, I’ve logged in a bit – but I find that it’s extremely hard to keep up with everything going on.

Yes it’s nice to have all this info in one place, after all it is the information age, but sometimes it just bombards us and we can’t make heads or tails.

Enter Moopz. Moops aggregates friendfeed conversations and groups them into relevant categories, it then features conversations which include links to the same “interesting story”.

Basically Moopz claims to weed out pointless banter that doesn’t link to anything exciting. On top of that Moopz tries to pull only the best information possible from each story to give readers a preview, so they can decide for themselves if they want to read more, or move on to the next.

Each story is tagged with related keywords, so you can search for stories quickly and efficiently by tag cloud or keyword.

Finally, you can also browse the “popular” category, for the most active conversations in the past 24 hours.

Moopz may be the answer to ending the clutter on friendfeed, only time will tell.

Have you had experience with Moopz? Please share your stories, ideas, and thoughts on this social network tool.

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Geeks, tired of waiting for the flying saucers to come and abduct them, have decided to build their own working version.

Mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy, form the University of Florida, has submitted a patent for a viable flying saucer. The craft can hover, and take off vertically.

The government has been toying with the idea of circular aircraft since the 60s.

The WEAV(Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle), only measures 6 inches across, obviously designed for mice and other small creatures, is scalable and could be modified for larger crews.

Without getting too technical, the WEAV uses a process called magnetohydrodynamics to create lift. You can read more about the technology from the source: [WEAV via gizmag]