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		<title>Join The Blog Engage $500 USD Guest Blogging Contest #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t you just love competitions? And @Bbrian017 over at Blog Engage has another amazing competition running through February, yes, that&#8217;s this month and as usual with any of the Blog Enage competition, this one has some truly amazing prizes up for grabs! Anyhoo, enough of the chit-chat let&#8217;s get on to the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/join-blog-engage-500-usd-guest-contest/">Join The Blog Engage $500 USD Guest Blogging Contest #1</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t you just love competitions? And @Bbrian017 over at Blog Engage has another amazing competition running through February, yes, that&#8217;s this month and as usual with any of the Blog Enage competition, this one has some truly amazing prizes up for grabs!</p>
<p>Anyhoo, enough of the chit-chat let&#8217;s get on to the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts on how you can win in this brilliant big prize competition and a mention of the sponsors.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/the-blog-engage-500-usd-guest-blogging-contest-1/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18187" title="1" src="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1.png" alt="" width="300" height="250" /></a></p>
<h2>Start Date</h2>
<p>February 1st, 2012</p>
<h2>End Date</h2>
<p>February 29th 2012</p>
<h1>Prizes</h1>
<p>First Place – $250 USD<br />
Second Place – $150 USD<br />
Third Place – $100 USD</p>
<h1>The Rules</h1>
<p>First let’s discuss some of the rules. It’s very important you read and follow these rules as it will determine if your going to be included into the contest or not. In order to enter you have to write an article about the contest including our sponsor links on your blog. You can find the sponsor link code below. Please if you are entering our $500 USD guest blogging contest make sure to write about our contest and link to our sponsors prior to posting your guest article on our blog.</p>
<h1>Who can participate?</h1>
<p>All Blog Engage members can write for us and have the opportunity to win any prize offered in this contest. We only ask that you have a valid paypal account to accept your winnings and prizes. If you are not a member please purchase an account and or sign up to a <a target="_blank" title="RSS and Marketing Package" href="https://www.affiliatelights.com//idevaffiliate.php?id=107_7_1_82" target="_blank">RSS and Marketing Package</a>.</p>
<h1>Post Guidelines</h1>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Guest posts must be at least 900 words, not to exceed 2000 words.</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> You may have as many links as you wish in the body of the content. However, please limit links to your projects or websites to your bio. Absolutely no affiliate links allowed.</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> Your bio must have a Gravatar. Please use a picture of yourself and not a logo.</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> Keep your post relevant to the overall theme of this blog. You can write about any of the following topics Making Money Online, Blogging Tips, Traffic, Design, Social Networking, SEO, Marketing, Technology and other industry or niche specific topics you think blog engage members would be interested in reading.</p>
<h1>How To Win</h1>
<ul>
<li>You must be a member of the blog engage community</li>
</ul>
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<li>You must write about the contest including the contest sponsors links When done e-mail Brian the link</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" title="Register for an account on Blog Engage" href="https://www.affiliatelights.com//idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=4" target="_blank">Register for an account here</a> and fill out your bio info Also please get a <a target="_blank" title="gravatar" href="http://en.gravatar.com/" target="_blank">gravatar </a>if you don’t have one.</li>
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<li>Contact Brian at admin (@) blogengage dot com letting him know your username</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>He will review your account and upgrade it so you can write for the blog</li>
</ul>
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<li>Write your post, save it and it will be reviewed and published</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>A high value is placed on the number of and quality of comments received on your guest post. Also, be sure to interact with and respond to your commentators. This will help you win! Ambiguous and/or spammy comments will not help you.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Spread the word about your post through all your social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, Sphinn, etc. A high value will be placed on number of Tweets and overall social media promotion.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Points System</strong></p>
<p>Tweets, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 15000 points<br />
Linked In Votes, 50 points per vote, up to a max of 15000 points<br />
Facebook Likes, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 15000 points<br />
Google Plus, 50 points per Plus up to a max of 15000 points<br />
Engages at Blog Engage, 100 points per Engage (vote) Unlimited points<br />
Comments that provide value, 10 points per comment Unlimited Points</p>
<h1>Meet the Blog Engage Bloggers Contest Sponsors</h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.blogengage.com/templates/blog-engage/sponsors/homeaway-home-logo.png" alt="HomeAway Holiday Rentals" width="172" height="43" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://sporkmarketing.com/business-blog-creation-and-management/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.blogengage.com/templates/blog-engage/sponsors/spork.png" alt="Business Blogs" width="50" height="50" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.guestblogit.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.blogengage.com/templates/blog-engage/sponsors/guest_blog_it.png" alt="Guestblogit" width="102" height="50" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://besttravelwebsites.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.blogengage.com/templates/blog-engage/sponsors/besttravelwebsites.png" alt="ivinviljoen" width="191" height="50" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.seopalbg.com/">SEO and SEM services</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.earthcaregreenhouses.com/">Wholesale Greenhouse Supplies</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ourcrazydeals.com/hydroponics.html">Hydroponics Equipment</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.minigreenhousekits.com/">Greenhouse Equipment</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.greenhousesforsale.us/">Greenhouses</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bestgardengifts.com/">Garden Gifts</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://gogardenguides.com/guide/">Gardening Articles</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ioptimal.co.uk">SEO Agency UK</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.dealzippy.co.uk">Deal of the day</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/the-blog-engage-500-usd-guest-blogging-contest-1/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18189" title="3" src="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3.png" alt="" width="468" height="60" /></a></p>
<p>So why not enter the competition as soon as you can, the quicker the better and good luck <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Blazing Minds Top Posts For 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Its been a fantastic year for the Blazing Minds blog and over the past 12 months the blog has grown in its popularity with more commentators stopping by, some amazing guest bloggers producing some very interesting and informative posts and recently a loss of the blog due to it becoming so popular that I had [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/blazing-minds-top-posts-2011/">Blazing Minds Top Posts For 2011</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its been a fantastic year for the Blazing Minds blog and over the past 12 months the blog has grown in its popularity with more commentators stopping by, some amazing guest bloggers producing some very interesting and informative posts and recently a loss of the blog due to it becoming so popular that I had to upgrade its hosting, big thanks to Tim @EvoHosting for sorting that one out for me <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So as we are nearly at the end of the year I thought its time to bring you a tasty Infographic of the Blazing Minds Top Posts For 2011, thanks to @DragonBlogger for the inspiration on this and for the advice on how to get this working on my blog <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<h2>BLAZINGMINDS.CO.UK&#8217;S TOP POSTS OF 2011</h2>
<h3>Top Posts of 2011</h3>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/write-twitter-bio-gains-followers/" target="_blank">How To Write a Twitter Bio That Gains You More Followers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/stargate-universe-cancelled-but/" target="_blank">Stargate Universe Cancelled, But, The Fans Are Not Happy!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-unfollowed-twitter/" target="_blank">How To Find Out Who Unfollowed You on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/select-facebook-friends-inviting/" target="_blank">How To Select All Your Facebook Friends When Inviting Them to a Page or Group etc</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/remove-loads-direct-messages-twitter/" target="_blank">How To Remove Loads of Direct Messages on Twitter!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/select-facebook-friends-inviting/" target="_blank">How To Select All Your Facebook Friends in one go (UPDATED)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/iphone-vs-ipad-buy/" target="_blank">iPhone vs. iPad: Which is best for you to buy?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-missing-itunes-upgrade-option/" target="_blank">HOW TO: Find The Missing iTunes Plus Upgrade Option on iTunes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/removed-orange-safeguard-mobile/" target="_blank">HOW TO: Remove Orange Safeguard From Your Mobile Phone!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/twiends-tool-increase-twitter/" target="_blank">Twiends a Tool to Help Increase Twitter Followers for Free</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/top-10-songs-wake/" target="_blank">The Top 10 Songs To Wake Up To</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/10-blogging-apps-ipad/" target="_blank">10 Blogging Apps for the iPad</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/carrot-tomato-soup-warm/" target="_blank">Carrot and Tomato Soup Recipe, Something to Keep You Warm</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/find-complete-album-itunes-v9/" target="_blank">HOW TO: Find The Missing Complete My Album Option On iTunes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/teenagers-waste-money-on/" target="_blank">What Do Teenagers Waste Their Money On?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/music-released-tunecore-cd-baby/" target="_blank">Getting Your Music Released – Tunecore Vs CD Baby</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/top-10-man/" target="_blank">The Top 10 Things Every Man Should Own</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/3d-cinemas-stand/" target="_blank">Is This 3D Cinema’s Last Stand?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/3-favourite-glee-characters/" target="_blank">My 3 Favourite Glee Characters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/market-blog/" target="_blank">How To Market Your Blog</a></li>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Most Popular Browsers &amp; Top Traffic Sources</h3>
<p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Posts.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9141" title="Blazing Minds Top Posts" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Posts.png" alt="" width="324" height="447" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Most Popular Keywords</h3>
<p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Keywords.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9140" title="Blazing Minds Top Keywords" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Keywords.png" alt="" width="476" height="224" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Top Demographics</h3>
<p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Demographics.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9142" title="Blazing Minds Top Demographics" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Blazing-Minds-Top-Demographics.png" alt="" width="471" height="316" /></a></p>
<p>So there we go folks that&#8217;s 2011 in a nutshell, if you want an infographic for your website then stop by <a target="_blank" title="Shareaholic Top Posts" href="http://shareaholic.com/TopPosts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shareaholic</a> for yours, but remember you may need to do a little tweaking to get it to work on your WordPress blog <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thanks for supporting Blazing Minds for the last 3 years or so and here&#8217;s to loads more blogging in 2012, look out for tomorrow&#8217;s post, the Top Commentators of 2011 <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Ladies, Report Says Some Three-Fourths of Google+ Users are Male</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>If you thought some men might have a little too much free time on their hands, you may be right. According to Mashable, close to 87 percent of Google+ users are in fact male. The data comes from third-party site SocialStatistics, which compiled the data from select profiles. Another data provider, FindPeopleOnPlus, states that nearly [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/ladies-report-three-fourths-google/">Ladies, Report Says Some Three-Fourths of Google+ Users are Male</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/social-media-fanatics.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7058" style="margin-right: 3px;" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/social-media-fanatics-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></strong>If you thought some men might have a little too much free time on their hands, you may be right.</p>
<p>According to <em>Mashable</em>, close to 87 percent of Google+ users are in fact male. The data comes from third-party site <em>SocialStatistics</em>, which compiled the data from select profiles. Another data provider, <em>FindPeopleOnPlus</em>, states that nearly 74 percent of Google+ users are men.</p>
<p>Digging a little deeper into the data, <em>FindPeopleOnPlus</em> notes that 95 percent of Google+ users who claim to be “looking for love” on the site are men.</p>
<p>According to the <em>Mashable</em> report, some six out of 10 users claim to be web developers or software engineers. Perhaps these guys are thinking the Internet is the way to meet women?</p>
<p>Should it shock us that more men are using Google+ to date than women?</p>
<p><span id="more-7055"></span>A 2010 <em>Liberty Mutual</em> survey reported that males are more positively moved towards social media activities and use social networking sites more than females.</p>
<p>Survey numbers indicated 57 percent of males were more likely than females (50 percent) to have more than one social networking account, with men typically more likely than women to use social media accounts several times a week (except for Facebook).</p>
<p>Meantime, a <em>Royal Pingdom</em> survey noted that of the nearly 20 social networking sites it reviewed, the majority (84 percent) sported more female than male users. The average ratio of all sites was 53 percent female and 47 percent male.</p>
<p>Lastly, a recent <em>Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project</em> stated that overall social networking usage nearly doubled from 2008 to 2010, going from 26 percent to 47 percent during that time period.</p>
<p>Yes, numbers, numbers and more numbers. So, who do we believe?</p>
<p>While surveys can be all over the place, the recent Google+ report is interesting in the sense that this tool is hoping to make some inroads into the commanding social networking lead that rival Facebook has.</p>
<p>If not as many women are using the Google+ tool to date as the numbers seem to indicate, what does the search engine giant need to do to attract more of a female audience? After a little over two weeks, Google reports that it has some 10 million users on Google+.</p>
<p>According to comments during an earnings call from Google CEO Larry Page, “Our goal with Google+ is to make sharing on the web like sharing in real life, as well as to improve the overall Google experience.”</p>
<p>For some time now, social media analysts have noted that women tend to use online social networking tools in order to connect with others and share personal items, while men see the purpose of social media to obtain information and add to their status.</p>
<p>While the Google+ numbers are early, could it be that men are reaching out more to share or are they just in search of a woman to share things with?</p>
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		<title>10 Marvelous Money-Making Tips on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushal Gandhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160;  Tip #1: Direct Advertising There are various companies that want to promote their products through Twitter. Nevertheless, these companies will need a high click-through rate of the tweets. The click-through rate of your tweets can be determined by URL Tracking services like bit.ly or su.pr. In addition, you will require a huge number of [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/10-marvelous-money-making-tips/">10 Marvelous Money-Making Tips on Twitter</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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<p> <strong>Tip #1: Direct Advertising</strong></p>
<p>There are various companies that want to promote their products through Twitter. Nevertheless, these companies will need a high click-through rate of the tweets. The click-through rate of your tweets can be determined by URL Tracking services like bit.ly or su.pr. In addition, you will require a huge number of followers. Hence, if you have a good click-through ratio as well as a large number of followers, then advertising is a good alternative.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #2: Monetizing the Twitter Profile Background</strong><br />
The background of your Twitter profile can help you earn some bucks as well. There are websites, such as Twittad.com, which provide services in order to help you monetize your Twitter Background Page. Advertisers who express an interest in you will place a background picture on your profile, which will effectively promote their company. You can choose the duration and price at which you wish to charge your advertiser. Once that is done, Twittad will use the Twitter API to upload the advertisement onto your Twitter profile.</p>
<p><span id="more-6953"></span><strong>Tip #3: Personal Bio</strong><br />
Bio is that area on your Twitter Profile page, where you can write about yourself. You could easily make money by posting a sales message on the bio section.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #4: Redirecting Services</strong><br />
This technique is somewhat similar to the Cost-per-view way of making money on Twitter. When a person clicks on your tweet links to reach his desired page, then there is an advertisement page that will open up for a few seconds, before it is redirected to the landing page.  The only disadvantage is that this might not be appreciated by your followers who choose to click on your link. So the key is to not put an ad link to all the links that tweet on your profile.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #5: Finding Sponsors</strong><br />
Twitter can be a great place, where you could find your future sponsors. You can cautiously have too many people of your blog niche following you and then tweet for sponsors. Many experts have found sponsors by tweeting about it on Twitter.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #6: Tweeting Affiliate Links</strong><br />
This is a great way to sell affiliate products through the medium of your tweets.  If you are a respected Twitter user with many followers, then there is great chance If you are a reputed twitter user with many followers then there is a high chance that your followers purchase affiliate links that you recommend. Hence, by tweeting link to the affiliate product page, you may avail high commission on each sale, based on the product. However, make sure that you are selling top quality products and not poor quality ones that will affect your reputation.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #7: Build a Brand</strong><br />
So, by tweeting you can finally build a brand for your company. By tweeting about niche posts, you create a brand image for yourself and your company. Twitter is a fantastic medium which many people use; nevertheless, it is up to us to brand ourselves. This can happen in the long run as people will gradually begin to identify you.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #8: Professional Twitter User</strong><br />
This is somewhat similar to pro-blogging, those who become professional Twitter users. Professional Twitter users are people who do not tweet for themselves but are hired by big organizations to build an online presence through Twitter.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #9: Twitter Trends</strong><br />
You can keep up with the trends that have been occurring on Twitter to optimize it on your website. The trends are topics that people look for the most on the Internet. You can make use of such trends to post new topics and provide newer perspectives.</p>
<p><strong>Tip #10: Make Invaluable Connections</strong><br />
Most famous and influential people on the Internet make use of Twitter. Build relationships with people who are higher on the success ladder. This way you can learn a lot and they could prove to be very beneficial to you in the long run.</p>
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		<title>Working Out The Most Popular Time For Your Tweets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I last brought you some Twitter Tips, so I thought I would bring you some quite useful for those of you wanting to know when the best time to tweet is and when your followers are on-line to see your tweets. So How Do You Do This? One Twitter Tool [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/working-popular-time-tweets/">Working Out The Most Popular Time For Your Tweets</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I last brought you some Twitter Tips, so I thought I would bring you some quite useful for those of you wanting to know when the best time to tweet is and when your followers are on-line to see your tweets.</p>
<h3>So How Do You Do This?</h3>
<p>One Twitter Tool for doing this very thing is <a target="_blank" title="Find out when your best times are to tweet" href="http://www.tweriod.com/" target="_blank">Tweriod</a>, is quick and quite simple to use and the stats are ones which you can use for the purposes of finding out when your best times are for tweeting out those all important tweets on Twitter.</p>
<p>Simply sign in with Twitter, don&#8217;t worry you don&#8217;t have to enter your password, and then Tweriod will start working out your statistics, as soon as they are don you will get a DM on Twitter from them to let you know that everything is ready for you to view.</p>
<h3>Reading Your Statistics</h3>
<p>The nice thing about this handy Twitter Tool is the graphs, all your stats. are listed in graph format so that they are easy to read and understand.</p>
<p><span id="more-6293"></span><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6295" title="Tweriod graph" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Tweriod-graph.png" alt="Tweriod graph" width="481" height="458" /></p>
<p>You even get a section that tells you when you are most likely to get the most exposure for your tweets.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6294" title="Tweriod " src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Tweriod.png" alt="Tweriod" width="382" height="168" />Which is quite handy when you are hoping to get a little more exposure for that all important tweet that you have going out <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Now as with most Twitter Tools like this one, you have to consider that all this information is not going to be 100% correct and with this site it only uses the information from the last 5,000 of your followers, so if you do have over the 5,000 mark then there could be some differences.</p>
<p>But I do have to say that after using Tweriod myself and checking stats from my own Tweets and comparing them to the statistics on Tweriod, it&#8217;s not that bad.</p>
<h3>An Overall Thought</h3>
<p>Ok, so you shouldn&#8217;t really rely on something like this, but Tweriod is a valuable Twitter Tool that can be quite helpful in those of you that are wishing to get more discussions going on with your Twitter and knowing the time that is more popular than other times is useful.</p>
<p>But, the thing you have to remember is that using Twitter is more so than just knowing the correct time to tweet, it&#8217;s also about giving back to those that tweet you and if someone tweets you with a question, try to answer it, if tweeters talk to you then do the same and reply.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Image via Wikipedia As some of you may know, the Shorty Awards are now taking nominations, so it&#8217;s now time for me to ask my loyal readers of my blog and followers of my Twitter @BlazingMinds to be kind enough to vote for me in the 3rd Annual Shorty Awards. The Shorty Awards honour the [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/love-blazing-minds-show-support/">Love Blazing Minds? Then Show Your Support At The Shorty Awards</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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<p>As some of you may know, the <a target="_blank" title="Please vote for Blazing Minds at the Shorty Awards" href="http://shortyawards.com/BlazingMinds" target="_blank">Shorty Awards</a> are now taking nominations, so it&#8217;s now time for me to ask my loyal readers of my blog and followers of my Twitter @BlazingMinds to be kind enough to vote for me in the 3rd Annual Shorty Awards.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Shorty Awards honour the best people and organizations on Twitter and social media. Nominations may be made through Twitter and this website, culminating in an awards ceremony that recognizes the winners in dozens of <a target="_blank" href="http://shortyawards.com/categories">official categories</a>, as well as thousands of <a target="_blank" href="http://shortyawards.com/categories#community">crowd-sourced categories</a>. For the first time, the Shorty Awards will also honor <a target="_blank" href="http://shortyawards.com/industry_awards">the industry&#8217;s best</a> agencies and social media professionals.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s really easy to vote for me, you can either click on the banner on the right of the screen, this will then take you direct to <a target="_blank" title="Go On... You know you want to vote for me" href="http://shortyawards.com/BlazingMinds?category=socialmedia" target="_blank">my profile page on the Shorty Awards</a> where you can vote for me or you can simple vote for me direct from Twitter by tweeting something like:</p>
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<li><strong>I nominate @BlazingMinds for a Shorty Award in #socialmedia because&#8230; (add reason here)</strong></li>
<li><strong></strong>You can also tweet shorter votes like this: <strong>#shortyawards @BlazingMinds #socialmedia (add quick reason here)</strong>. This shorter format is helpful if you want to vote from a party, on the road, in a meeting, or on a boat</li>
<li>Be as creative as you want with the reason</li>
<li>A tweet that does not give a reason for the nomination <strong>will not be counted</strong></li>
<li><strong></strong>The nomination must be relevant to the category</li>
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<p>There are several categories available on the <a target="_blank" title="Have you voted for me at the Shorty Awards yet?" href="http://shortyawards.com/blazingminds" target="_blank">BlazingMinds page at the Shorty Awards</a>, so if you think #SocialMedia doesn&#8217;t fit, then you can easily choose another one of your choice.</p>
<p>So there you have it and thank you to everyone who has already voted for me and to those of you that will be voting for me, thank you everyone <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>There I was surfing the net as I do and I decided to do my daily visit to my favourite blogging community, BloggerLuv and came across a post from John titled &#8220;Pick your poison&#8221; so I thought I might as well re-vamp this post that I originally posted back in September 2010 Those of you [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/bloggerluv-spreading-wildfire/">BloggerLuv is Spreading Like Wildfire!</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There I was surfing the net as I do and I decided to do my daily visit to my favourite blogging community, BloggerLuv and came across a post from John titled &#8220;Pick your poison&#8221; so I thought I might as well re-vamp this post that I originally posted back in September 2010 <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Those of you who read my blog often will have seen a post I&#8217;ve made in the past about a <a title="blogger community website" href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/whats-bloggerluv-community-then/">blogger community website</a> called BloggerLuv, since then the site has gone from strength to strength.</p>
<p>One of the reasons for this is the way that fellow bloggers use the site and how friendly, and helpful, they all are on BloggerLuv. If you are stuck for some help with your blogging or even having trouble with some coding on your blog, there is always someone who is willing to help you out.</p>
<p>I on many occasions have taken the opportunity to ask for some help from my fellow bloggers and they always come through with the likes of @Ileane, @jsinkeywest, @growmap and @simplehomeorg to name a few giving good friendly and much-needed advise and blogging tips n tricks.</p>
<p>You can also link up with FaceBook and even Twitter to post out status updates from BloggerLuv:</p>
<p><!-- tweet id : 24490513671 --><style type='text/css'>#bbpBox_24490513671 a { text-decoration:none; color:#ff0000; }#bbpBox_24490513671 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }</style><div id='bbpBox_24490513671' class='bbpBox' style='padding:20px; margin:5px 0; background-color:#642d8b; background-image:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/75528578/1266272998.jpg); background-repeat:no-repeat'><div style='background:#fff; padding:10px; margin:0; min-height:48px; color:#3d1957; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px;'><span style='width:100%; font-size:18px; line-height:22px;'>Working on a new blog post about .... <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23BloggerLuv" title="#BloggerLuv" class="tweet-url hashtag">#BloggerLuv</a> ;)   <a href="http://bloggerluv.com/EqlmO3c">http://bloggerluv.com/EqlmO3c</a></span><div class='bbp-actions' style='font-size:12px; width:100%; padding:5px 0; margin:0 0 10px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #e6e6e6;'><img align='middle' src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie//images/bird.png' /><a title='tweeted on September 14, 2010 4:33 pm' href='http://twitter.com/#!/BlazingMinds/status/24490513671' target='_blank'>September 14, 2010 4:33 pm</a> via <a href="http://bloggerluv.com" rel="nofollow" target="blank">Blogger LUV @ ANYWHERE </a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=24490513671&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-reply-action' title='Reply'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Reply</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=24490513671&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-retweet-action' title='Retweet'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Retweet</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=24490513671&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-favorite-action' title='Favorite'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Favorite</strong></span></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=BlazingMinds'><img style='width:48px; height:48px; padding-right:7px; border:none; background:none; margin:0' src='http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1203872918/bloggingwireCMF_normal.jpg' /></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a style='font-weight:bold' href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=BlazingMinds'>@BlazingMinds</a><div style='margin:0; padding-top:2px'>Karen</div></div><div style='clear:both'></div></div></div><!-- end of tweet --></p>
<p>And as you can see I added a hash tag, I do occasionally <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  This also helps promote the blogging community out to the twittersphere, I do the same with my blog and add #BlazingMinds, little tip there for you <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>One of the other advantages of being a member of the BloggerLuv Community is the ability to post your links to your blog and increase your readers, it&#8217;s worked for me, with  a bit of traffic now coming from the website and some new blog commentators stopping by and leaving their pennies worth.</p>
<p>There is so much more you can do on BloggerLuv, but probably the best way to meet all these wonderful bloggers is to stop by and see for yourself, stop for a while and check out what&#8217;s going on at the forums, groups and more.</p>
<p>Since becoming a member of BloggerLuv and writing this post originally back in September 2010, my blogging friendships as rocketed, I now know loads of helpful bloggers who are always willing to help me out if I need any help. Not only can I chat with other bloggers I can also post what ever I like in the form of a blog post, great for getting things off my chest <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So stop on by say hello to me at the BloggerLuv Blogging Community and check it out <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>5 Ways to Step Up Your Marketing With Social Networks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bailey Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Image via Wikipedia In a way, it is surprising that social networks are enjoying the kind of stupendous success and popularity that makes everyone want to be on them, because you would think that people have better things to do with their time than to “poke” people virtually, be virtual “friends” with virtual strangers, or [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/5-ways-step-marketing-social-networks/">5 Ways to Step Up Your Marketing With Social Networks</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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<p>In a way, it is surprising that social networks are enjoying the kind of stupendous success and popularity that makes everyone want to be on them, because you would think that people have better things to do with their time than to “poke” people virtually, be virtual “friends” with virtual strangers, or constantly tell the world what they’re thinking or what they’re doing in tiny messages. But, it is happening and social networks are ruling the roost. In fact, they are now being harnessed for purposes besides entertainment, like marketing services and products and promoting businesses. If you haven’t jumped on this bandwagon yet, it’s high time you did, because it’s not only free, it also reaches a host of people in the process.</p>
<p>When you’re trying to market your business using social networks, there are a few things that you need to remember:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Don’t be a spammer</strong>: Social networks are not like mass email where you can flood people’s mail boxes with promotion brochures and other material. In this world, subtlety pays more than anything else. People are not here to have their faces stuffed with your business offers; rather, you need to let people come to you because they are intrigued by what you have to offer rather than badger them and risk offending them.</li>
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<li><strong>Don’t be everywhere and nowhere all at once</strong>: And by this I mean that it is wise to choose just a few social networks where you can concentrate on garnering the clientele that suits your business instead of setting up a presence in almost every social network that exists online. When you go for quantity rather than quality, you don’t really make a telling effect on potential customers. Also, you’re unable to focus your attention or devote enough time to all the sites, so you end up neglecting most of them and losing customers in the process.</li>
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<li><strong>Keep people interested</strong>: You need to know what interests your customers and keep them coming back for more. If you have a dedicated following, your first task should be to consolidate what you have rather than look for new followers. Yes, it is important to widen your operations and increase your popularity, but not at the cost of those who were loyal to you when you were but a fledgling.</li>
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<li><strong>Stamp your mark</strong>: When you’re able to project your business as one of the leaders in the market, or when you’re able to make people turn to your profile for the latest updates and news in the industry. You need to build your network carefully and ensure that you update it regularly so that people continue to visit your blogs and social network pages.</li>
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<li><strong>Show your personality</strong>: People are not going to give you their patronage if you are boring and talk about business alone. You need to go about marketing on social networks like you would try to attract a group of friends who you want to get interested in your business. So a little bit of personality helps in getting people to follow you, and your company in the process.</li>
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<p>This guest post is contributed by <strong>Bailey Digger</strong>, she writes on the topic of  <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://webdesigndegree.com/">web design degrees</a></strong> . She welcomes your comments at her email id: baileydigger189(@)gmail(.)com.</p>
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<li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a target="_blank" href="http://e1evation.com/2010/10/20/social-networks-going-public-or-keeping-private/">Social Networks: Going Public or Keeping Private?</a> (e1evation.com)</li>
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		<title>Saturday Six &#8211; FaceBook, Twitter etc!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yet again it&#8217;s time for this weeks Saturday Six and this week topic was chosen by myself and there is only one question with six answers.. Name 6 of your favourite social network sites and why? There we go, one question with six answers for you to have fun with&#8230; Ok, that’s it, thanks for [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/saturday-facebook-twitter/">Saturday Six &#8211; FaceBook, Twitter etc!</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1524" title="QuestionMark" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/QuestionMark-150x150.jpg" alt="QuestionMark" width="150" height="150" />Yet again it&#8217;s time for this weeks Saturday Six and this week topic was chosen by myself and there is only one question with six answers..</p>
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<li><strong><span id="msgtxt4056588096">Name 6 of your favourite social network sites and why?<br />
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<p>There we go, one question with six answers for you to have fun with&#8230;</p>
<p>Ok, that’s it, thanks for taking part and I’m looking forward to everyone’s answers. Don’t forget to hit the “Tweet” button to ReTweet this weeks Saturday Six.</p>
<p>Anyone using Twitter can be part of the process by tweeting me a topic, I will then pick one randomly and the chosen topic will be used and the tweeter will have a DoFollow link to their website or blog as a thank you.</p>
<p>If you would like to nominate a topic then simply tweet me @BalzingMinds with your nominated topic and the hash tag <strong>#Sat6</strong></p>
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		<title>Getting Inspiration For Your Blog Posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I was a bit stuck for a blog post so I stopped by the amazing BloggerLuv and posted an update which read &#8220;I’m not sure what to blog today, any ideas?&#8221;. Suffice to say my blogging buddies never fail to lend a helping hand. Several of my fellow bloggers rallied to the call and [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/inspiration-blog-posts/">Getting Inspiration For Your Blog Posts</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I was a bit stuck for a blog post so I stopped by the amazing BloggerLuv and posted an update which read &#8220;I’m not sure what to blog today, any ideas?&#8221;. Suffice to say my blogging buddies never fail to lend a helping hand.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9106303@N05/2914204024" target="_blank"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Sophisticated Blogger" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2914204024_3167cb7f11_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Sophisticated Blogger" hspace="5" width="215" height="240" /></a>Several of my fellow bloggers rallied to the call and came up with some fantastic ideas on different topics on what to write about and even places to visit to get ideas. All of which I can use and most probably will do.</p>
<p>So when you do get stuck for anything, you can always count on your friends and if you are a BloggerLuv member then even more so as the blog is called &#8220;BloggerLuv&#8221; it goes to prove that those in the community are there to help and are willing to take time from their blogging schedules and show some support.</p>
<p>The call also went out on Twitter via BloggerLuv, now how cool is that?</p>
<p><!-- tweet id : 17852395039 --><style type='text/css'>#bbpBox_17852395039 a { text-decoration:none; color:#ff0000; }#bbpBox_17852395039 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }</style><div id='bbpBox_17852395039' class='bbpBox' style='padding:20px; margin:5px 0; background-color:#642d8b; background-image:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/75528578/1266272998.jpg); background-repeat:no-repeat'><div style='background:#fff; padding:10px; margin:0; min-height:48px; color:#3d1957; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px;'><span style='width:100%; font-size:18px; line-height:22px;'>I'm not sure what to blog today, any ideas?   <a href="http://bloggerluv.com/fVrBqeb">http://bloggerluv.com/fVrBqeb</a></span><div class='bbp-actions' style='font-size:12px; width:100%; padding:5px 0; margin:0 0 10px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #e6e6e6;'><img align='middle' src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie//images/bird.png' /><a title='tweeted on July 6, 2010 7:53 am' href='http://twitter.com/#!/BlazingMinds/status/17852395039' target='_blank'>July 6, 2010 7:53 am</a> via <a href="http://bloggerluv.com" rel="nofollow" target="blank">Blogger LUV @ ANYWHERE </a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=17852395039&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-reply-action' title='Reply'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Reply</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=17852395039&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-retweet-action' title='Retweet'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Retweet</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=17852395039&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-favorite-action' title='Favorite'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Favorite</strong></span></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=BlazingMinds'><img style='width:48px; height:48px; padding-right:7px; border:none; background:none; margin:0' src='http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1203872918/bloggingwireCMF_normal.jpg' /></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a style='font-weight:bold' href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=BlazingMinds'>@BlazingMinds</a><div style='margin:0; padding-top:2px'>Karen</div></div><div style='clear:both'></div></div></div><!-- end of tweet --></p>
<p>So if you are ever in a predicament where you need a little help from fellow blogger or even a fresh outlook on something, then I would highly recommend getting over to BloggerLuv, also use other social networks by asking others for ideas, ok you may not get everyone answering, but those that do will certainly of helped you out <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Hello Mr Twitter Fail Whale! [Updated]</title>
		<link>http://blazingminds.co.uk/twitter-fail-whale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s was a strange day the other day with Twitter, there I was happily tweeting away on my Twitter @BlazingMinds with my trusty Tweetdeck, when I got a read warning message about the Twitter API not working! &#8220;Oh well, nothing to worry about&#8221; I thought, but it kept happening more and more, so I decided to visit [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/twitter-fail-whale/">Hello Mr Twitter Fail Whale! [Updated]</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s was a strange day the other day with Twitter, there I was happily tweeting away on my Twitter @BlazingMinds with my trusty Tweetdeck, when I got a read warning message about the Twitter API not working!</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh well, nothing to worry about&#8221; I thought, but it kept happening more and more, so I decided to visit the Status website for Twitter and find out what was going on&#8230;</p>
<p>It seemed to be the Twitter was suffering from &#8220;<a target="_blank" href="http://status.twitter.com/post/680470291/site-availability-issues" target="_blank">Site availability issues</a>&#8221; which all boils down to one particular thing that we have been seeing on the Twitter website&#8230; The Fail Whale and Twitter Over Capacity!<br />
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<p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/failwhale.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3514" title="Twitter Fail Whale" src="http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/failwhale-300x213.png" alt="Hello Mr Twitter Fail Whale" width="300" height="213" /></a></p>
<p>Since the first mention of the problem, twitter have been updating their status and some Twitters may have even noticed a few options disappearing from the [intlink id="109" type="category"]Twitter website[/intlink] such as Twitter Search, hovercards, web sidebar data (trends, friends counts, etc) Also some tweets have been delayed a tad, but Twitter do promise they will be delivered.</p>
<p>So have you had any problems with Twitter today, did your Twitter client, TweetDeck or Hootsuite, for example have issues?</p>
<p>And most of all are you really bothered or do you just take the problems with a pinch of salt? <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>[UPDATE]</strong> It seems that Twitter i having problems again today 13th June, with even more showing of the Fail Whale page, according to the Twitter Status website &#8220;<em>We are experiencing site-wide availability issues due to a network service interruption. We’re currently working to address these issues. We’ll update with more information as it is available</em>.&#8221; So I&#8217;m afraid we&#8217;ll all have to just suffer these outrages, until Twitter can sort it all out, I wonder if it has anything to do with the World Cup! Hmmmm</p>
<p><strong>[UPDATE #2]</strong> More problems today 15 June, as tweets vanish from the cached timelines and tweeting is responded to with an internal server error! But luckily this problem has been resolved &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Do You Share The Blog Posts That You Read?</title>
		<link>http://blazingminds.co.uk/share-blog-posts-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen them, hell, I even have them here on Blazing Minds, I&#8217;m talking about social network share buttons. Nearly every blog you visit has them these days and though us bloggers do love to have them on our blogs for those kind enough to click on to share a bit of love and [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/share-blog-posts-read/">Do You Share The Blog Posts That You Read?</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve probably seen them, hell, I even have them here on Blazing Minds, I&#8217;m talking about social network share buttons.</p>
<p>Nearly every blog you visit has them these days and though us bloggers do love to have them on our blogs for those kind enough to click on to share a bit of love and Stumble, ReTweet, Digg, Like &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. and the list goes on.</p>

<p>As you will see, here on Blazing Minds I have the SexyBookmarks plugin at the bottom of the blog post where readers can share the post they are enjoying <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  on a selection of sites for others to find and also share and though there is a choice there to choose from I was wondering what sites people use the most and which ones are worth having which are not.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7702002@N08/4191244412" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="Using social media" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2495/4191244412_39bfa593dc.jpg" border="0" alt="Using social media" hspace="5" width="500" height="232" /></a></p>
<p>So when you&#8217;ve finished reading this bloggy post, check out the buttons and use the ones you are listed with, then leave me a comment letting me know which ones you think you would remove, which ones you would like to see and why, then I can take a look to see what are more popular than others.</p>
<p>I have tried to add the popular ones that I use such as Twitter, BlogEngage, StumbleUpon, Digg, Ping.fm and so on, but I&#8217;d love my readers input <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>Image courtesy of </em><strong><a target="_blank" title="Link to Ethan Hein's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/"><em>Ethan Hein</em></a></strong><em> via flickr</em></p>
<p>Related posts:<ol>
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</ol></p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/share-blog-posts-read/">Do You Share The Blog Posts That You Read?</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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		<title>Earning Money From Your iPhone is Easy with WeReward!</title>
		<link>http://blazingminds.co.uk/earning-money-iphone-easy-wereward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Now the majority of us use social networking sites such as Twitter, FaceBook and FourSquare, but how would like it so that you could earn from these sites when you use your iPhone, you would then read on.. Those wonderful [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/earning-money-iphone-easy-wereward/">Earning Money From Your iPhone is Easy with WeReward!</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FboFzgu">IZEA</a>. All opinions are 100% mine.</em><br />
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Now the majority of us use social networking sites such as Twitter, FaceBook and FourSquare, but how would like it so that you could earn from these sites when you use your iPhone, you would then read on..</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://socialspark.com/uploads/socialspark/public/assets/3412/Chops.png" alt="Chops" width="310" height="235" /></p>
<p>Those wonderful people over at IZEA, the comapny that has brought us SponsoredTweets and SocialSpark, have now launched <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FboFzgu">WeReward.com</a> which pays you to use your iPhone when you check in and compete tasks around the globe, it integrates the three popular social networks Twitter, FaceBook and FourSquare, so you can still get your badges and share the way you always have and all this can be done with a handy app for your iPhone, simply <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FboFzgu">Download the App</a> to your iPhone, select your desired social network, add your PayPal and your away earning.</p>
<p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/earning-money-iphone-easy-wereward/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p>Every point you earn you earn a penny, the more points you earn the more money you will make, so rather than using FourSquare on it&#8217;s own, use the app and take the advantage of earning something while you are out and about visiting old and new places.</p>
<p>So what are you waiting for! <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FboFzgu">Download the App</a> today and start making the most out of your Check ins etc <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FboFzgu"><img style="border: 0;" src="http://socialspark.com/metrics/view/post?slot_id=309352&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialspark.com%2Fimages%2Fdisclosure_badges%2Fdisclosure_badge_blue_three.png" border="0" alt="Visit my sponsor: WeReward for iPhone" /></a></p>
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		<title>Another Twitter Phishing Attack, Password Resets Sent Out!</title>
		<link>http://blazingminds.co.uk/twitter-phishing-attack-password/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Sadly it seems that someone has been out Phishing again and earlier I saw a tweet in my timeline from the Safety team at Twitter with regards to the attack and that accounts that they think may have been attacked have been sent a password reset So if you do get an email from Twitter [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/twitter-phishing-attack-password/">Another Twitter Phishing Attack, Password Resets Sent Out!</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly it seems that someone has been out Phishing again and earlier I saw a tweet in my timeline from the Safety team at Twitter with regards to the attack and that accounts that they think may have been attacked have been sent a password reset</p>
<p><!-- tweet id : 15307567698 --><style type='text/css'>#bbpBox_15307567698 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_15307567698 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }</style><div id='bbpBox_15307567698' class='bbpBox' style='padding:20px; margin:5px 0; background-color:#022330; background-image:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme15/bg.png); background-repeat:no-repeat'><div style='background:#fff; padding:10px; margin:0; min-height:48px; color:#333333; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px;'><span style='width:100%; font-size:18px; line-height:22px;'>Some users are being targeted in phishing and/or brute force attacks; we have pushed out password resets to users possibly affected.</span><div class='bbp-actions' style='font-size:12px; width:100%; padding:5px 0; margin:0 0 10px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #e6e6e6;'><img align='middle' src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie//images/bird.png' /><a title='tweeted on June 3, 2010 6:29 am' href='http://twitter.com/#!/safety/status/15307567698' target='_blank'>June 3, 2010 6:29 am</a> via web<a href='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=15307567698&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-reply-action' title='Reply'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Reply</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=15307567698&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-retweet-action' title='Retweet'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Retweet</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=15307567698&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-favorite-action' title='Favorite'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Favorite</strong></span></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=safety'><img style='width:48px; height:48px; padding-right:7px; border:none; background:none; margin:0' src='http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1408706495/at-twitter_bigger_normal.png' /></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a style='font-weight:bold' href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=safety'>@safety</a><div style='margin:0; padding-top:2px'>Safety</div></div><div style='clear:both'></div></div></div><!-- end of tweet --></p>
<p>So if you do get an email from Twitter asking you to reset your password, first of all make sure that the link in the email does indeed go to Twitter and no where else and then go ahead with updating your Twitter.</p>
<p><!-- tweet id : 15308100673 --><style type='text/css'>#bbpBox_15308100673 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_15308100673 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }</style><div id='bbpBox_15308100673' class='bbpBox' style='padding:20px; margin:5px 0; background-color:#022330; background-image:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme15/bg.png); background-repeat:no-repeat'><div style='background:#fff; padding:10px; margin:0; min-height:48px; color:#333333; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px;'><span style='width:100%; font-size:18px; line-height:22px;'>Also: we'll NEVER auto-email you a new password; we use a reset process. Delete email attachments claiming to contain your PW; they don't.</span><div class='bbp-actions' style='font-size:12px; width:100%; padding:5px 0; margin:0 0 10px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #e6e6e6;'><img align='middle' src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie//images/bird.png' /><a title='tweeted on June 3, 2010 6:43 am' href='http://twitter.com/#!/safety/status/15308100673' target='_blank'>June 3, 2010 6:43 am</a> via web<a href='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=15308100673&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-reply-action' title='Reply'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Reply</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=15308100673&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-retweet-action' title='Retweet'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Retweet</strong></span></a><a href='https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=15308100673&related=BlazingMinds' class='bbp-action bbp-favorite-action' title='Favorite'><span><em style='margin-left: 1em;'></em><strong>Favorite</strong></span></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=safety'><img style='width:48px; height:48px; padding-right:7px; border:none; background:none; margin:0' src='http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1408706495/at-twitter_bigger_normal.png' /></a></div><div style='float:left; padding:0; margin:0'><a style='font-weight:bold' href='http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=safety'>@safety</a><div style='margin:0; padding-top:2px'>Safety</div></div><div style='clear:both'></div></div></div><!-- end of tweet --></p>
<p>Be safe and always make sure your email from Twitter is real, if Twitter think that you are at risk then you should have received one of these emails already or you will be getting one shortly, another good point to remember is try not to use website that ask for your Twitter password and only use sites that use the Twitter OAuth for your security when giving access to your Twitter account.</p>
<p>No related posts.</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/twitter-phishing-attack-password/">Another Twitter Phishing Attack, Password Resets Sent Out!</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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		<title>Are We Spending To Much Time On The Internet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I was watching the news earlier and was quite shocked to find out that we are spending around 22 hours and 15 minutes a day on the internet! It&#8217;s a scary thought, that means that 65% of British internet users are spending far more much time that three years ago and it seems that social network are [...]</p><p><a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/spending-time-internet/">Are We Spending To Much Time On The Internet?</a> is a post from <a href="http://blazingminds.co.uk">Blazing Minds</a> Copyright 2008-2011. Please link back when using this source material.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was watching the news earlier and was quite shocked to find out that we are spending around 22 hours and 15 minutes a day on the internet!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a scary thought, that means that 65% of British internet users are spending far more much time that three years ago and it seems that <a title="social network" href="http://blazingminds.co.uk/are-we-all-getting-addicted-to-the-social-networks/">social network</a> are to blame, you know the ones <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The victims of our social network generation are those that use IM (Instant Messaging), three years ago 14% of users used IM and now that has reduced to to 5%.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56891569@N00/3576435287"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Day 320/365 - Somniphobia" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3576435287_2e10cac19f_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Day 320/365 - Somniphobia" hspace="5" width="240" height="240" /></a>And though we all spend more time we are still on other sites and it seems that classified sites and auction site are starting to rise, with the amount of people frequenting them and increasing to 4.7% of a users usage on the internet. Gaming is still quite popular with internet users and I suppose with broadband speeds slowly increasing, these will probably get more over time as well.</p>
<p>Reading about the news online has also had an increase with 2.8% compared to three years ago where these site had around 1.5%</p>
<blockquote><p>People spend more time on news sites than they do on adult content, the survey shows.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is a bit of a digital myth that everyone online visits adult sites,&#8221; said Mr Burmaster.</p>
<p>&#8220;We divide the internet into 85 different sections so the fact that adult content is in the top 10 shows it is still one of the most heavily used sectors,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>He puts the rise of social networking down to its organic nature.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is like an organism, feeding off itself and getting bigger. People are plugging more and more of their lives into it,&#8221; he said.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>What we are spending our time doing online</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Social networks/blogs &#8211; 22.7%</li>
<li>E-mail &#8211; 7.2%</li>
<li>Games &#8211; 6.9%</li>
<li>Instant Messaging &#8211; 4.9%</li>
<li>Classified/Auctions &#8211; 4.7%</li>
<li>Portals &#8211; 4%</li>
<li>Search &#8211; 4%</li>
<li>Software info/products &#8211; 3.4%</li>
<li>News &#8211; 2.8%</li>
<li>Adult &#8211; 2.7%</li>
</ul>
<p>Source: UKOM</p>
<p>So there we have it, the world of the internet and the social networking lifestyle is really here!</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s your point of view on this poll that has been carried out? Share your thoughts with me and my readers <img src='http://blazingminds.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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