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

Buildify hosts a weekly carnival. Blog owners with professional blogging posts should consider sending a submission into the Carnival of Corporate Blogging.

• 6 Tricks to Finding the Right Spin In many cases, the most popular blogs got to their position by finding the right way to spin a topic. This technique can work for anyone that is looking to establish themselves as a corporate blogger, and it can dramatically impact not only how many readers you get, but also......
• How to Pick a Name for Your Corporate Blog One of the things that many corporate blog owners do not consider is a name for their blog. Many make the mistake of simply using the format of “Company Name’s Blog.” This is great to a point, but you’ll be missing out on some great ways to promote your blog.......
• Make Blogging Work for Your Business pt 2 Are you ready to make blogging work for your business? If you already know the benefits associated with corporate blogging, then the next step is to put these concepts to work by creating your own corporate blog and sharing your company with the world. This is part 2 in a......
• Blogging Help Roundup - Learn More About Blogging Hello and good evening. This is Buildify's first roundup of the how-to blog and blogging blogosphere. Sounds like a tongue twister - can you say it five times fast? The following links are several good posts on improving your blog and will add some great skills to your blogging toolbox.......
• Professional Blogging Roundup: On RSS Feeds, PR, Writing Tips, and More Happy belated Thanksgiving. Did everyone enjoy their four day weekend? I know I did. The turkey was great. Here we are again with another edition of the roundup; lots of interesting things to read and think about! Corporate For some thoughts On Blogging, College Mogul, Drupal, and Acquia check out......

• Increase Blog Traffic Today, pt2 Here is part two in our series for learning how to increase blog traffic today. 7 - Sign It With Your Blog - Add a link to your blog website in the signature file for your e-mail accounts as well as forum accounts and other accounts where signature files are......
• Carnvial of Dividends & Passive Income #2 Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Carnival of Dividends and Passive Income. This time I've marked my favorite entries with little gold stars. Passive Income As usual, there are hardly any topics on Passive income, so here's one of my own on using Domain Names To Create Passive Income.......
• Blogger Obtains Loan Using Social Capital Any regular reader will know that last week I brought my first group listing to the marketplace. (As an aside, a group leader is no longer paid for successful listings and the haven't been since September 13, 2007: Email To Group Leaders After Recent Changes. I think this was a......
• Should Casual Bloggers Use WordPress or Google Blogger? One of the most popular hobbies and past times on the internet today has to do with setting up and maintaining your own blog. Blogging is all about creating an online journal or diary that people can read and comment on, so there is a huge community aspect to it.......
• Habits of Six-Figure Bloggers Usually, when I hear someone talking about how easy it is to make money blogging, they make it sound as if the whole process is incredibly simple. However, while there are bloggers that do make six-figures using blogs, the majority of bloggers are struggling to make even a few hundred......