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	<title>Cindy Szponder's Tips</title>
	<link>http://cindyszponder.com</link>
	<description>Tips for making money with blogs, e-Bay, affiliate programs, and your own products.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 03:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>More Video Techniques for Your Website</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/more-video-techniques-for-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 03:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following my blog lately, you&#8217;ve noticed two things: I haven&#8217;t been posting as often, and when I do post it&#8217;s about web videos for your blog or website. I&#8217;ve been taking an excellent class over at Web Video University&#8211;Darren Rowse gave me the original heads up on the course and it was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve been following my blog lately, you&#8217;ve noticed two things: I haven&#8217;t been posting as often, and when I do post it&#8217;s about web videos for your blog or website. I&#8217;ve been taking an excellent class over at Web Video University&#8211;Darren Rowse gave me the original heads up on the course and it was well worth the enrollment fee!</p>
<p>Anyway, I&#8217;ve created another video this week to practice the techniques I&#8217;ve been learning. I thought it&#8217;d be fun to post it here for you to see.</p>
<p>Enjoy:</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.veoh.com/veohplayer.swf?permalinkId=v13969749pXszJfR4&#038;id=11549297&#038;player=videodetailsembedded&#038;videoAutoPlay=0" allowFullScreen="true" width="410" height="341" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.veoh.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.veoh.com');">Online Videos by Veoh.com</a></p>
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		<title>PodPress Plugin</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/podpress-plugin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you interested in adding video, MP3 files, or a podcast to your blog? You certainly can do it easily with the podPress Plugin.&#160; You can read even more about it at Mighty Seek.

Even better&#8211;if you are using the newest version of WordPress, this plugin is already loaded with the WordPress software. All you have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you interested in adding video, MP3 files, or a podcast to your blog? You certainly can do it easily with the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/wordpress.org');">podPress Plugin.</a>&nbsp; You can read even more about it at <a href="http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.mightyseek.com');">Mighty Seek.</a>
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<p>Even better&#8211;if you are using the newest version of WordPress, this plugin is already loaded with the WordPress software. All you have to do is activate it and begin using it for podcasting!
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<p>I&#8217;ve even found a video that describes usind the PodPress Podcast Plugin&#8211;Thank you Sharle!:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p><a href="http://www.sharkle.com/video/156827/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.sharkle.com');">Using PodPress Podcast Plugin</a> - Discover just how easy it is to set up and use the PodPress Plugin for WordPress to quickly post mp3 audo podcasts on your WP Blog.
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<p>Specky Boy has a nice list of 155 WordPress resources that is very complete and nicely organized. Thought I&#8217;d let you see what goodies he&#8217;s found:
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<p><a href="http://speckyboy.com/2008/04/27/155-wordpress-resources-tutorials-plugins-themes-ajax-podcastingwp-monster-list/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/speckyboy.com');">155 Wordpress Resources, Tutorials, Plugins, Themes, AJAX &#8230;</a> - This list below has took me a few weeks to compile, I have sifted the net and came up with 155 of the best Wordpress Resources, covering, tutorials,plugins, themes, WP and AJAX, forums, podcasting, WP and DIGG (social bookmarking)…and &#8230;
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<p>Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Have a Safe and Fun Memorial Weekend</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/have-a-safe-and-fun-memorial-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t been updating as often as usual, but I&#8217;ve been working hard on my Web Video University course and learning a lot! I really love learning new things and this has really been fun. I find myself looking at/watching commercials, video clips, and even shows from an entirely different perspective. Interesting!
Have a safe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry I haven&#8217;t been updating as often as usual, but I&#8217;ve been working hard on my Web Video University course and learning a lot! I really love learning new things and this has really been fun. I find myself looking at/watching commercials, video clips, and even shows from an entirely different perspective. Interesting!</p>
<p>Have a safe and fun weekend. I&#8217;ll be visiting my mom and dad and can&#8217;t wait to see them&#8211;it&#8217;s been about a year since I last saw them. What are your plans for the weekend?</p>
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		<title>A Post, A Post, My Kingdom for a Post</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/a-post-a-post-my-kingdom-for-a-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so it&#8217;s not really that drastic, but I realized it had been several days since my last post and wanted to get started on one. Ever had writer&#8217;s block before? Well, I have a giant case of one today&#8211;must be the pounding headache (but I digress).
Ask anyone who&#8217;s been blogging for any amount of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, so it&#8217;s not really that drastic, but I realized it had been several days since my last post and wanted to get started on one. Ever had writer&#8217;s block before? Well, I have a giant case of one today&#8211;must be the pounding headache (but I digress).</p>
<p>Ask anyone who&#8217;s been blogging for any amount of time what their number one concern is and they&#8217;ll tell you it&#8217;s creating consistent, compelling, useful blog posts. There&#8217;s always that lurking fear that one day they&#8217;ll wake up and have nothing to say, nothing worth discussing, nothing to write! Sometimes it does happen that way&#8211;by accident not design.</p>
<p>A little lack of planning, a little busyness in everyday life, and a few days turns into a few weeks and nothing new has been posted on the blog. After while, the inertia feeds on itself and then the blogger begins to feel like, &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s been so long since my last post maybe I should just give up and throw in the towel.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve ever felt like that or if that&#8217;s happened to your blog, never fear. It&#8217;s not too late to resurrect your blog, to begin writing regularly again, to regain the fire for your topic that you felt when you first began blogging.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the cure? Start writing. It&#8217;s just that simple and just that hard. Set up a schedule and do your best to keep to it. Plan out the topics you want to cover in future posts. Write down article ideas as they occur to you. Never again let the fear of having nothing to say have a say in your blogging habits.</p>
<p>What are others saying on this topic? What do you say?</p>
<p><a href="http://blogstrings.com/why-did-you-leave-it-alone/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/blogstrings.com');">Why Did You Leave It Alone?</a> - Once you’ve relaunched your blog, make sure to keep with it by posting regularly. Remember that blog posts do not necessarily have to be long. An occasional photo can give your customers a look inside your company and takes very little &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.countrymeadowsoaps.com/blog/?p=537" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.countrymeadowsoaps.com');">Blogging Etiquette….</a> - If you have a blog and you have regular readers then you have to follow blogging etiquette and update your blog on a regular basis (at least that is my personal opinion!). So…. To keep fresh content ‘in’, and stale blogs ‘out’ we will &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://themomsalon.blogspot.com/2008/05/commitment-and-consistency-formula-for.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/themomsalon.blogspot.com');">Commitment and Consistency: Formula for Blogging Success</a> - I&#8217;ve been there and it&#8217;s not pretty. So! What&#8217;s the moral of the story? Blog often and blog regularly. The commitment you show to your readers and to the success of your blog will easily translate into reader loyalty and increased visitors.</p>
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		<title>Video Commercials for Your Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been concentrating my efforts the last few days on learning some techniques I&#8217;m being taught in a great course over at Web Video University. I created a video for my other blog Save Colorado Resources, which is featured in the header of that blog.
Here&#8217;s a new effort I worked on today related to my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been concentrating my efforts the last few days on learning some techniques I&#8217;m being taught in a great course over at Web Video University. I created a video for my other blog <a href="http://www.savecoloradoresources.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.savecoloradoresources.com');">Save Colorado Resources</a>, which is featured in the header of that blog.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a new effort I worked on today related to my new ebook <a href="http://www.nichebloggingforprofits.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.nichebloggingforprofits.com');">Niche Blogging for Profits</a></p>
<p><embed src="http://www.veoh.com/videodetails2.swf?permalinkId=v10229123sMgsgFE6&#038;id=11549297&#038;player=videodetailsembedded&#038;videoAutoPlay=0" allowFullScreen="true" width="500" height="405" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.veoh.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.veoh.com');">Online Videos by Veoh.com</a></p>
<p>Videos can add a lot to your blog, website, and to your marketing efforts. Stay tuned for more information as I work through the remainder of the course I&#8217;m taking.</p>
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		<title>Using Videos on Your Blog</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/using-videos-on-your-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Can videos be effective tools on your blog?
You bet. Whether your goal is to sell something or get someone to take action on something, a video is more likely to bring about the response you want than the written word alone.
I&#8217;ve been taking a class on creating awesome videos for the web and wanted to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can videos be effective tools on your blog?</p>
<p>You bet. Whether your goal is to sell something or get someone to take action on something, a video is more likely to bring about the response you want than the written word alone.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been taking a class on creating awesome videos for the web and wanted to share my first video with you here. It&#8217;s actually a video that&#8217;s posted as a permanent part of one of my other blogs. The action I&#8217;m trying to get people to take is . . . well, I think I&#8217;ll let the video do the talking:</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.veoh.com/videodetails2.swf?permalinkId=v9703410rsrpfMfp&amp;id=11549297&amp;player=videodetailsembedded&amp;videoAutoPlay=0" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="365" width="450"></embed><br />
<a href="http://www.veoh.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.veoh.com');">Online Videos by Veoh.com</a><a href="http://www.NunnGlow.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.NunnGlow.com');"></a><a href="http://www.NunnGlow.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.NunnGlow.com');">Take action at http://www.nunnglow.com</a></p>
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		<title>Long Tail Versus A List Bloggers</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/long-tail-versus-a-list-bloggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While browsing around the blogosphere, I came upon a very interesting post by IZEAs Ted Murphy titled: The Longtail Rules the Blogosphere. &#8220;A-Listers&#8221; Don&#8217;t Deliver More &#8230;

While launching a new blog in his network, he&#160;calculated that he was able to get better value out of sponsored posts on&#160;his own network than from advertising on an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While browsing around the blogosphere, I came upon a very interesting post by IZEAs Ted Murphy titled: <a href="http://community.izea.com/blog/2008/05/why-the-tail-ru.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/community.izea.com');">The Longtail Rules the Blogosphere. &#8220;A-Listers&#8221; Don&#8217;t Deliver More &#8230;</a>
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<p>While launching a new blog in his network, he&nbsp;calculated that he was able to get better value out of sponsored posts on&nbsp;his own network than from advertising on an A List Blogger&#8217;s blog. That value continues over time as the posts will remain&nbsp;on the Internet while the advertising has ended.
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<p>What value does this information have for those who don&#8217;t own/manage a blog network? It shows the value of building relationships with other bloggers, the value of guest posting on related blogs, the value of social media outlets. These become the blogging network of the blogger with only a single blog (or even two).
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<p>How are you building your blogging network? Have you done anything to build your online relationships today? Read the article and learn. Then apply it to your own situation.
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		<title>Facebook Responds to MySpace with Facebook Connect</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/facebook-responds-to-myspace-with-facebook-connect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re using either of these social network sites&#8211;Facebook or MySpace&#8211;you need to read this article over at TechCrunch. Personally, I&#8217;m a fan of Facebook and have met some wonderful people to network with over there. Glad to see them making this addition.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re using either of these social network sites&#8211;Facebook or MySpace&#8211;you need to <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/09/facebook-responds-to-myspace-with-facebook-connect/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.techcrunch.com');">read this article over at TechCrunch.</a> Personally, I&#8217;m a fan of Facebook and have met some wonderful people to network with over there. Glad to see them making this addition.</p>
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		<title>Cool Blogging Tool</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/cool-blogging-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted everyone to know about the new page I added to the blog. It includes information and a link to a really cool blogging tool that I developed and use almost every day. If there is a favorite tool you use and it isn&#8217;t on the toolbar, send me an email and I&#8217;ll see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted everyone to know about the new page I added to the blog. It includes information and a link to a really <a href="http://cindyszponder.com/cool-blogging-tool/" >cool blogging tool</a> that I developed and use almost every day. If there is a favorite tool you use and it isn&#8217;t on the toolbar, send me an email and I&#8217;ll see about adding it!</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Global Economy and Now Global Wiki</title>
		<link>http://cindyszponder.com/global-economy-and-now-global-wiki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Szponder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Was watching the tweets flying by and saw one come out by Marshall over at ReadWriteWeb.
I think it&#8217;s obvious that we&#8217;re now working in a global economy. Those with businesses online, especially, appreciate the global aspect of doing business these days. Now there is an opportunity to use Deki Wiki to establish a truly polyglot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was watching the tweets flying by and saw one come out by Marshall over at ReadWriteWeb.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s obvious that we&#8217;re now working in a global economy. Those with businesses online, especially, appreciate the global aspect of doing business these days. Now there is an opportunity to use Deki Wiki to establish a truly polyglot wiki.</p>
<p>If you have global readers and you want to set up a global Wiki that can translate your content into multiple languages, <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mindtouch_goes_polyglot.php" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.readwriteweb.com');">check out Marshall&#8217;s article. </a></p>
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