December 30, 2009

Top Web 2.0 tools to help with your New Year’s resolutions

by Deltina Hay

Whether you want to lose weight, get in shape, manage your time or money, live a more sustainable or philanthropic life, or quit smoking, chances are there is a Web 2.0 tool out there to help you succeed with your 2010 new year’s resolution.

Here is a list of some of the top-rated sites for helping you achieve some of the resolutions most often made: weight loss, healthier living, quitting smoking, philanthropy, and better money and time management. And if you don’t have a resolution yet, perhaps this list can help you find a worthy one! Continue reading →

December 18, 2009

5 ways to increase the reach of your blog or RSS feed

by Deltina Hay

You may be losing out on opportunities to improve the reach of your RSS feed or blog. These optimization tips can help: • Burn your feed to Feedburner.com. Take advantage of the optimization and analytics features they offer. • Offer alternate ways for readers to subscribe to your feed. Use FeedBurner tools like email subscriptions and subscription buttons like the … Continue reading →

December 10, 2009

Do you have a strategy for social bookmarking and crowdsourcing?

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 7 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization.

The book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike.

Chapter 7 of the book is about social bookmarking and crowdsourcing using news aggregators, enabling users to save and share their favorite Websites and determine the popularity of a news story, blog entry, or Website through various voting and rating systems. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009

How to advertise your business on Facebook

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 6 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization.

This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike.

Chapter 6 of the book focuses on one of the most powerful social media strategies: social networking. Continue reading →

September 21, 2009

Survival Guide Chapter 5: Podcasts, vidcasts and Webcasts

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 5 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter 5 of the book discusses … Continue reading →

August 5, 2009

Survival Guide Chapter 4: Building a WordPress-powered website

by Deltina Hay

Here is part 4 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in the Social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter 4 of the book … Continue reading →