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.

• Professional Blogging Roundup - Blogging Tips and Resources Good morning and welcome to another Sunday edition of Buildify's weekly roundup. From general blogging tips to articles on very specific topics there's a lot going on. We hope they help you with your blog. Corporate Daily Breeze writes Tech Talk: Business blogs are a good start. The Economist says......
• 11 Tips to Get More Traffic to Your Corporate Blog Now that you have your blog set up, and you're beginning to post your useful and relevant content, you may be wondering why you are not driving incredible amounts of traffic to your site. You are already publishing, and days are going by, so why is no one stopping to......
• 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.......
• Blog Shmog By Robert W. Bly If you are on the fence about starting your own corporate blog, this is a great book to read to help you make your decision. The subtitle is “The Truth About Business Blogs” and that pretty much says it all. For those that don’t have time to go through stories......
• 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......

• Tips for Improving Number of Blog Visitors All bloggers are looking for ways that they can improve the popularity of their blog, in order to increase the number of blog visitors. They work hard to make their blogs popular, and spend most of their spend time doing this. The longer that you blog, the more little tips......
• There's a Blog in YOUR Soup! OPEN REGISTRATION! Blog about your Blog, Social Media, Etc! There's a Blog in my Soup - has now opened it's Registration so that ANYONE can sign up as an author! All I ask is that you only write 1 post about your blog, and that you make an effort to post at least 2 blog posts on social media......
• linklings, 2007 is so passé edition It's been a slow weekend, with the whole family feeling a bit under the weather. We did make it for an ultrasound on Friday and found out we will be having a baby girl, which will be fun for Little Buddy. I spent Friday night and half of Saturday......
• Weekly Roundup - Back In Action Edition It's been a couple weeks now since my mom passed away, and I am trying to get back in the swing of things at work, at home, and here at the blog. Fortunately, I'm surrounded by many friends and loved ones at each place, and it has been a big......
• 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......