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SeededBuzz, Blog Contests, Winners & SEO

Initially I passed on this contest.  I didn't think I had a thing to write that would interest anyone.  Imagine my surprise when I realized just how much I was really getting out of this blogging site!

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

Did you really just say that? Taking the oops out of social media.

Know you need to utilize social media for business or personal use and just not sure where to start?  This blog is about sharing usable information to help you navigate your way through social media.  This specific blog post is part 1 of a series on online conduct.  Online conduct being the way you or someone on behalf of a company should act and react when using social media.  Getting down to basic, almost common sense topics,  the blog is designed to help beginners and give experts a new viewpoint and a few tips they might not otherwise have known.

  • Planted: 24th Aug
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 1 week 4 days
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

Free & Paid Book Reviews

How to get FREE books!!  If you are like me, someone that likes to read, then having an opportunity to get books for free is a huge plus.  If in addition to expanding your library you get another topic to blog and talk about, well that's an even better added bonus isn't it?

I talk about how to get free books and why you would want to do it also how and what you should write in your review.

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

The Who, What, Where, Why and How of Blogging.

Ever stop to ask yourself these simple questions when your blogging?  Maybe your a newbie who has considered writing a blog, but didn't really know where to start?  This blog will get you started, and help more experienced bloggers evaluate themselves.

  • Planted: 25th Aug
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

3 Big Shifts in the Advertising Paradigm

In the old advertising paradigm, Marketers worshipped at the altar of pre-market “copy-testing." The belief system was simple: get great TV advertising—measured by above norm copy testing results—and in-market success would follow.  No more.

  • Planted: 29th Aug

Shopkick May Just KICKBUTT!

I wrote this blog entry about ShopKick and what they are doing to monetize their iPhone application with facebook users. I blog about Facebook apps, and the ways to monetize them, basically because the future of personal interaction is changing quickly, and they way people spend their disposable income is vastly different than it was only 5 years ago.

  • Planted: 26th Aug

Aware Audiences Means Advertisers Must Get Back to Basics

We live in a hyper-connected world where information is accessible at any time and any place. And it’s spawning a whole generation of consumers that are more intelligent, more conscious and more aware than ever before. Consumers have surpassed traditional marketing attempts to influence their behavior, and are reshaping the landscape to fit personal values, goals and objectives.

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

Building Trust: Success Begins With Honest, Open Dialogues

The success of our new economy will largely rest on how well companies start honest, open dialogues with their consumers. Period.

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint With Vintage Shoes (And Other Vintage Fashions & Accessories)

EeBay’s latest ad campaign includes promoting the eBay Green Team by pointing out how environmentally kind and ethical wearing previously owned clothing is: The greenest product is the one that already exists.

The facts presented in the promotion may be new, but the principal probably isn’t news to vintage fashion lovers & those who are generally thrifty. The question is, do you think this will change buying habits?

  • Planted: 17th Mar
  • Buzzed: 3 times in 24 weeks 3 days
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

Going Local - How do YOU Use Social Media to Boost Local Business?

Those of us who are active in Social Media realize it's value as both a new form of expression and as  a new form of promotion.

But many local businesses still don't "get it". They don't understand the whole social media phenomenon and are skeptical that it has anything to offer their local business.

But can social media be an effective advertising, marketing or sales tool for local business? How have YOU used social media to boost local business?

Join the discussion on this post!

  • Planted: 8th Feb
  • Buzzed: 3 times in 29 weeks 5 days

To SEO or not to when writing a blog post?

After writing a post on Scribe SEO, I've got an email from a reader about the balance between writing mechanically 100% SEO correct blog posts vs writing more human and more authentic blog posts? What do you think? How do you write your posts?

  • Planted: 12th Mar
  • Buzzed: 2 times in 25 weeks 1 day

Starbucks Coffee Shots

The Brady Campaign has initiated a bully campaign against Starbucks in the hopes to intimidate them into changing their policy on patrons openly displaying their sidearms in states where open-carry is legal.  Starbucks has fired back saying they do not appreciate being drawn into this debate, and request both pro-gun and anti-gun forces to take their battle to state legislatures.  It is my view that the Brady Campaign has crossed the line and are bordering on harassment, and Starbucks would be in the right to take legal action.  What do you think?

  • Planted: 5th Mar
  • Buzzed: 2 times in 26 weeks 1 day

Ask Me. Get promoted. Win stuff

Alright folks, I am test driving a new feature here on the blog, which I hope benefits all of my readers here! The feature is called Ask Me, where I humbly subject myself to all kinds of crazy (and hopefully a few sane) questions of whatever springs into your lovely little heads. Here’s how it’s gonna work.

  • Planted: 22nd Feb
  • Buzzed: 2 times in 27 weeks 5 days

Best Twitter Tips

A complete list of tips to success on Twitter.  Whether you are looking to build a successful business or simply use Twitter as a social platform....we have the best Twitter Tips for you. 

  • Planted: 7th Jul
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 8 weeks 3 days
  • Invites: 3 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

Blogspot Vs. WordPress

Blogger vs. Wordpress? Which one is better Blogger or Wordpress. There are many blog host, but the top two are Blogger (Blogspot) and Word Press. They are both different, I think Blogger specializes in content and Wordpress specializes in website traffic. I personaly think Blogger is better because the better content you have the better traffic you get! Wordpress only tracks traffic for you, so if people know you can see where you get your traffic then they might link to you thinking you will link back to them.

  • Planted: 16th Apr
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 20 weeks 1 day

Bucket of NEW Clever Ways for Blogger to Monetize

"Bucket of NEW Clever Ways for Blogger to Monetize" is a fresh thinking on your blog monetization program. It tells several new methods and ways to make money from your blog. It's proven that content is king, and how to make your content a money maker for big time? The rest of the post shows the truth.

  • Planted: 9th Apr
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 21 weeks 1 day
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

Content is the New Black

After spending way too much time on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook lately, I can’t help but notice the amount of content people are generating and aggregating. I follow people “professionally” on Twitter and LinkedIn, and I see articles and blog posts on almost every topic imaginable. People are using social media to develop their personal and professional brands.

So is content the new black? Is content replacing creative?

Maybe replacing isn’t the right word, but content is definitely making a comeback.

  • Planted: 2nd Apr
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 22 weeks 1 day
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

We Buy Any Car TV advert

A short musing on why I think the We Buy Any Car advert is fantastic and there marketing director can happily ignore anyone who doesn't think it's up to much

  • Planted: 31st Mar
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 22 weeks 3 days

Miraculous Beauty in a Box?

Beauty in a tube? Toning in just two minutes a day? Women are desperate for a quick fix to look good, slim down and be beautiful, all with minimal effort. But let's get real, and focus on what's really important.

  • Planted: 21st Mar
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 23 weeks 6 days

The Rise of Social Media

How do we communicate? What tools have we used to communicate? What tools do we use to communicate? Evidently, these are questions that pop-up in my head and in the heads of many who are trying to make sense of our ever-changing world.

  • Planted: 10th Mar
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 25 weeks 3 days

Button Maker, Social Bookmarks, Link Icons or Link Pictures?

All describe what you’re looking for…but what are those little link pictures called?

Answer: CHICKLETS

A Chicklet is a small picture or icon that is placed on your website or blog…appears to be replacing the traditional text link.

  • Planted: 26th Feb
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 27 weeks 1 day

A blog post idea worth 1,600 visitors a month

We've done our keyword research and think there's 1,600 searches a month going begging. This Seed contains advice that will help you claim grow your blogs traffic.

Why not find your own keyword and document your own experiment then share it with the community like we are. I guarantee the results will amaze you!

  • Planted: 17th Feb
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 28 weeks 3 days

Composers and Orchestrators - Who should get the credits?

It is general practice for composers working in TV to use orchestrators mostly due to the incredibly heavy workload and tight deadlines. Many composers I work with and respect define a vast majority of the score details, instrumentation, and secondary lines before handing it off to the orchestrator. The orchestrators are often paid well for their services, but in many cases where the orchestrator has done much more than simply “enhance” or “realize” the score, they are denied a fair percentage of the writer’s share (if given a percentage at all).

  • Planted: 17th Feb
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 28 weeks 3 days

The Rebirth of Brand - Google's Personalized Search and Your SEO Strategy

After watching the Super Bowl did anyone else find themselves scratching their head and thinking "what happened to the day when brand was king?"

Find a few reasons not to give up hope on the strength (and importance) of the almighty brand and how changes to Google's personalized search (and the fact that this is now the default setting for searches) may be a good argument for a renewed focus on brand.

  • Planted: 8th Feb
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 29 weeks 5 days

The 'Picture Painting' Gene

The 'Picture Painting' Gene


Artwork: Claude Monet, Bathing at La Grenouillère (left), Chuck Close, Self Portrait (right)

  • Planted: 7th Feb
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 29 weeks 6 days