Take a deep breath… Smell it? It’s December and that means holidays, traditions, food, spending, gift giving, time off of work, and quality time with loved ones. Happy Holidays! See you next Sunday.

Corporate

• The Korea Times presents Blogging for a Living.
• Photoshop Tutorial writes in with 5 Reasons Why Blogging is the New Marketing Tool.
• Become Online Marketing Guru Seth Godin’s Apprentice! Learn more at Squidoo Lens Alternative MBA. Hurry – deadline to expire soon (Dec. 14th).

General Tips

• CMS writes this How To: Running WordPress with SQL Anywhere.
• Top 10 Ways to Uglify Your Blog by Montoya Herald.
• Commenting on Blogs the Easy Way posted at Club Blogger.

Google Page Rank and SEO | Traffic

• Blog Your Own Business offers in Blog SEO 8: Things You Need To Know For Search Engine Submission.
• Daily Blog Tips posts Website Traffic Series Part 20: Leveraging Holidays and Big Events.
• What are the Characteristics of Traffic Generating Posts? Problogger takes a look.

Social Bookmarking/Networking

• Pro-Blogging 411 gives Five Easy Ways to Find People With Similar Interests on Twitter.
• Video Blogging Tips writes Increase Traffic Social Networking.
• Blogging Tips explains How to Get Noticed Online by “Big Name” Bloggers
• How You Can Use Social Bookmarking To Grab Free Traffic From The Search Engines over at Podcast Hunter.
• Understand Social Networks Better for Effective Business Promotion by Social Bookmarking Tips.

Writing

• A Blogger Blog gives Lesson 19 – Guest Blogging or how to write a guest blog post.
• Copy Blogger says 10 Surefire Steps to Beating Blogger’s Block.
• Diligent Designs writes How to Always Have Ideas.
• Sayzlim posts How to Use Comment and Turn Visitor into Reader

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