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You may have heard about this new site, they were in private beta (invites only) and they just launched yesterday, it’s called Cre8buzz. I’ve been waiting for the launch since Antman told me about it, and finally they’re up and running, congrats to the team! (and thanks a lot to Ritu of Work N Play for the invite) :)

So What Is It Exactly?

Cre8buzz is basically a social networking/community site. You create a profile, add some details, a picture and voila! But the folks at Cre8buzz kinda pushed things a little further, and you can also add podcasts, blog posts, create a video gallery and customize the looks of your profile page. [Read more →]

Tags: Internet, Links, Networking, Reviews, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Yes it does! One sure-fire way to get more attention to your own blog is to guest blog on other blogs. Sounds pretty simple, yet a lot of writers don’t do it. But why?

Writing For Free? No Way!

We all want to be rewarded for our efforts, money is one thing, but what about increasing your readership and getting more exposure? It’ll probably make you more money in the long run anyway. It sure is fun to get paid for writing a post, but it depends on your goals. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Networking, Writing by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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There are a lot of things that differentiate successful people from unsuccessful people, and everyone has his/her own way of measuring success, since you can be really successful, say in your relationships, but really bad in business, it all depends on the goals and the contexts. But successful entrepreneurs usually have a couple of things in common.

They Are Networking Machines

This is something I learned when I was involved with a network marketing company (which didn’t last long). You have to get out there, and network with people. There this quote I really like, it may help you get what I mean:

[…] You cannot succeed by yourself. It´s hard to find a rich hermit […] Jim Rohn

Most entrepreneurs have a really close network of friends they can rely on when needed, and they’re always working on expanding that circle. The right friends do make a huge difference. The more like-minded people put together, the greater the results can be. [Read more →]

Tags: Business, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Online Business, Self-Improvement by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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I’ve been a member of the BlogCatalog community since April this year, and if you’ve been reading this blog for the past weeks/months, or if you’re a member of BlogCatalog, you probably already know how much I like BC, I’ve written about it many times, and I’m quite active on the discussion board.

Now it’s even better! Tony Berkman, who runs BlogCatalog contacted me a couple of days ago, and asked me if I’d be interested in joining the team, and work with BC. Of course, I accepted.

I’ll be working with a bunch of really cool folks! I’m so thrilled Tony asked me! [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Business, Networking, News, Online Business by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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About 2 weeks ago, Scot from Meridian Crest sent me an invite to a (relatively) new service called 8apps.

How do you get all those beta invites Scot? :)

Leave a comment on my review post on FreelanceFolder, or drop me an e-mail, or leave a comment on here, and I’ll send an invite your way.

Tags: Blogging, Creativity, Fun, Networking, Products, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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In the “blogging world“, when an authority blogger writes about your blog, or feels like linking to one of your post, it can bring a lot of traffic, and potentially make your feedburner chicklet go nuts.

Social networks like StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit and others, can definitely send massive traffic too. But from my experience, people coming from Problogger, LifeHack, ChrisG, Performancing, Successful-Blog and other well-known and established blogs are more inclined to click, read and subscribe to your rss feed. (like I said, that’s “my” experience) [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Links, Networking, Online Business by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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What Mentors Can’t Teach You, Anti-Mentors Can: Shane has a great story on how anti-mentors can teach you a lot and what you learn from them usually will help you move forward and focus on the solutions instead of the problems. A really great read! :)

Exactly How I Got a Stampede of Web Traffic: Dean Hunt wrote a guest post for the milkman recently, explaining how he took a “normal” post, modified it, and got on the frontpage of Digg in no time. Negativity can help you make it on Digg, no doubts there, it worked for Dean, might work for you too! [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Links, Networking, Relationship by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Most of us already have the Mybloglog recent visitors widget on our blog(s), and many of us also have the BlogCatalog neighborhood widget. It’s fun to see who’s visiting our blog, Isn’t it?

Of course there are many others you could add to your sidebar. But thing is, people might leave your blog even before it’s finished loading. My guess is you don’t want that.

Social Networking/Blogging Widgets

The Mybloglog and Blogcatalog ones really go well together, you can see that in my sidebar. They look quite similar and you can customize the look, so it’s pretty cool.

Unfortunately when one of those 2 is down, your sidebar won’t load completely. Probably many people took them off their sidebar for that simple reason. I still use them, and I have to say I’m quite happy with them, compared to other services. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Networking, Optimization, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Increase Your Search Engine Rankings By Deep Linking: Raj wrote another excellent article on his blog, on the topic of deep linking and the effects of deep linking on search engine rankings. Raj suggests linking to older posts in every single new one you write, which is something I know I should do more often.

Everyone Loves an Underdog: Good job on this one Shane! It’s true everyone loves an underdog, reading that post got me thinking of my businesses. And I love when a post makes me think like that. :) [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Links, Networking, Relationship by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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The tools you use that help you run your business, or in my case my blogs, can easily become a pain if you don’t chose carefully which tools you use. And I’m experiencing just that. Not that I chose unreliable tools, but let’s just say they’re not all up to my standards.

Reliable And Unreliable Blogging Tools

Of course, using wordpress as my blogging platform was an excellent choice, and I wouldn’t start a blog on any platform other than wordpress. With the hundreds (or thousands) of plugins available and the awesome support from the wordpress community, to me, it’s a no-brainer. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Business, Conversational Blogging, Networking, News, Online Business, Site Updates, Wordpress by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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