P.S. I'm busy juggling several projects but will be back in the Rain soon...
To save you some time, here are some of my favorite resources that I found on the web this week. Unless otherwise indicated, these are all freebies!
Hand drawn websites are a growing trend. This post will showcase ten such free handwritten style fonts... view/download
Who Owns Your Name on Twitter? by Julia Angwin
Social media domain names – such as Twitter.com/yourname – are a whole different ballgame. They can be doled out arbitrarily. Even if you get a name first on a social network, you are not allowed to sell it and it can be reclaimed by the social network at any time. read...
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Online Reputation Management: How to Handle Negative Publicity by Alyssa Gregory
Even if you do everything right, there may come a time when you face negative publicity. Harmful feedback can happen for many reasons – a misunderstanding, a wrong doing on your part, varying points of view, or any number of other reasons that you may not understand fully. read...
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Online Reputation Management: 16 Free Tools by Alyssa Gregory
This post will outline some of the free tools available for monitoring your online reputation. read...
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What You Can Learn From One-Person Media Companies by Shenaz Zack
Here are three important lessons large partners can learn from users in the YouTube Partner Program read...
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More Google SEO Myths Exposed by Mihaela Lica
Google’s Susan Moskwa wrote in 2008 on the Google Webmaster Central Blog an article titled Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”. One year later many webmasters still look at “duplicate content” without really understanding what it is and what it does. read...
The posts listed below are just a small sample of the news, ideas and resources from the past few days by some of the sharp cookies that hang out in The Art Of Marketing You group
- Winner of the Active Rain Newbie Contest !!! - Being different from the CROWD Jeff Belonger
- What I learned at REbar Camp Charlotte 2009 Diane Aurit
- Making a sale has never been this much fun! Deb Brooks
- Yard Signs & Why 2 Heads Better Than 1 Tina Gleisner
- Protecting Your E-Mail Address Book Tip From Worms Robert Hammerstein
- Give and Take...Do you know how to do both? Margaret Rome
- Do's and Don'ts to Succeed in Today's Real Estate Market Kelly Willey
- Do you have a "Major League" mentality?...or AAA? Darin Osenberg
- IF A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS- IS ONLY ONE REALLY ENOUGH? Allison Stewart
- Going Past Professionalism- When Clients Become Lifelong Friends Sally Cheeseman
- Another Think Tank Story Liz Moras
- The Men and Women Sides of Communication Gary Woltal
- Looking for some sizzle in your “virtual tours”? Shane O'Gorman
- Do You Generate Leads Or Do you Convert Prospects? Lisa Udy
- HelpfulHannahs Helpful websites for Analytics Hannah Williams
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Beautiful Symphonia.....and another marti full of tips and places to read on....to learn more in this wide world of ... the internet :)
Your art is amazing - such a talent! Thanks for all of the other great stuff! Have a good week!
Marty, I come by each time you do your post for all your usual great marketing info and the smart cookies (again thanks for a nod) but now I have come for the paintings. You are VERY good. Thanks.
Marti, It's a good thing I'm taking this weekend off. I'm going to need the time to get caught up on my reading! I missed several of those posts on AR and am interested in a few of the other links you've included. Happy Memorial Day!
Sally... I'm happy to have people like you adding quality content while I'm away. ;-)
Sheila... thx and have a great week.
Gary... thx and you're definitely one of the sharpest cookies here!
Connie... enjoy your time off, we all need that once in awhile.
So much to absorb here Marti! Free tips, tools, lessons and the articles from the sharp cookies are treasure packed. Thank you for making is so easy to read them in one blog article.
Hello Marti...Lovely sound and sight the art Symphonia..I have missed you...Great free fonts.. I have downloaded some of them..interesting articles..I am so excited I am going to REbar camp in Philadelphia this week..Thank you for ma
king me a Sharp Cookie..I was starving 
HelpfulHannah your friend in Philadelphia
Beautiful painting Marti!!! I love it! You're very talented!
Have a great weekend,
Anne Rains
mARTi,You never disappoint, no matter how busy. Love your handwriting fonts, your reference articles, your special posts and I thank you for the mention.
Marti, I get so much from your posts....and find out a little more of what I've missed every week. Symphonia is just beautiful as well--ALL of your artwork is! Thanks for always sharing all the best information.
Cathy... tell me about it, fortunately I have great moderators to help out.
Hannah... I'm sure REbar Camp will be fun, the reviews are usually great!
Anne... thx and have a great week as well.
Mmmmmmmmargaret... my pleasure, looks like you guys had a blast!
Carole... hi and thx as well, have a great long weekend!
Hi Marti, I attended at CRS Webinar on Using Facebook for marketing ourselves and didn't get most of it, I think I might be dense on this one but the trainer went so fast, I missed a lot of it. Not his fault totally, the phone kept ringing, LOL.
William... the non-stop phone ringing would distract me as well. Have a great week!
Marti - Love your painting. I am such a fan. And as always thanks for compiling my reading list.
Good morning Marti,
You're talent is magnificent.....and totally unique.
Thanks for doing all of this research and finding the things you do ....
hope all is well,
Jo
Pam... hi, thx and you're welcome, I hope you're having a great weekend!
Jo... thx as well, I hope you're having the same weather in Ontario that we are here. It's absolutely amazing this weekend!
Marti - This is an absolutely stunning painting! I see a waterfall dropping over the edge....
Debi
Debi... hi and thx, I try not to see images in this stuff but most people do. ;-) Have a great week!