The Buffet o’ Blog Important* Administrator has now enabled some sharing tools for each post.  This is handy for when you read a funny post and would like to share it with your friends.  When you’re on the page for a particular post (i.e., not the home page), there’s a Share button below the post, and clicking on it will show options for sharing, such as e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, and a few others.   So now it’s easy to share a post with your friends.  And we would appreciate that.   Maybe they could use a little more laughter in their life, and perhaps this site could help them with that.  Think of it this way — a few clicks of the mouse (and perhaps a login if necessary) and you could help make the world a better place.  How easy is that?

* Of course I’m important, but since everyone trumpets their importance (like the Important Doctor, Important Evil Genius, Important Psychologist, Important Democrat, etc.), I figured I’d add that to my title.  Why not?

If any of you have any issues with this post, feel free to skip reading the rest of it.  :)

FeedSifter

August 24th, 2010

a href=http://feedsifter.com/create.php target=_blank FeedSifter/a filters RSS feeds.

Social Media Advice

August 22nd, 2010

Before you do, you need to know that being a user of social media, and understanding its strategic applications for your PR, marketing, and communications initiatives, are two dramatically different skill sets.

Some mistakes to avoid:

No. 1: Diving in without a strategic plan

Don't start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, friending on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationships.

No. 2: Not having a social media policy

Your social media policy needs to outline how employees behave in the online universe during and outside of work. It should include education on style preferences and confidentiality. All messaging coming from employees should be aligned with your company's values and brand.

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250 RSS Feeds for Designers

August 21st, 2010

Grab the OPML file or each a href=http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/250-rss-feeds-for-every-graphic-web-designers-and-bloggers-to-subscribe-at/ target=_blank RSS feed all for designers/a.

RSSMapper

August 20th, 2010

Create your own embeddable RSS locator applications! a href=http://www.rssmapper.com/ target=_blank rssmapper/a analyses RSS feeds and derives location information for every update. See where things are happening, and easily share your maps by adding them to your website in just a few clicks.

Accuweather RSS Feeds

August 19th, 2010

a href=http://www.accuweather.com/rss-center.asp target=_blank Follow the weather via RSS feeds/a. Here you will find feeds for not only current conditions and weather forecasts for more than three million locations worldwide, but also for a variety of topical blogs, and global warming and entertainment news.
Displaying RSS feeds on your website a.k.a. isyndicating/i is an easy way to get an automated stream of fresh content for your site. a href=http://www.webdesign.org/site-maintenance/rss/rss-ethics-stealing-content-or-adding-value.18261.html target=_blank But is it ethical?/abr / br /

RSS Chrome Extension

August 17th, 2010

This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe. a href=http://https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd?hl=en target=_blank Google RSS Extension/a

FeedWind

August 16th, 2010

a href=http://feed.mikle.com/en/?gclid=CO_63-KBvKMCFed_5QodsxjGcA target=_blank FeedWind/a is a RSS feed widget. Simply copy paste the snippet of code to embed into your web page.

Present Content Different Ways

August 14th, 2010

Webmasters and marketers spend an inordinate amount of time building quality content that relates to their products or services. Yet the vast majority of these marketers fail to fully capitalize on the content they were so careful to create.br / br / Webmasters can easily reformat their web content and present it to their customers in a variety of different ways. And different formats can be promoted through different channels. The different formats will often appeal to new and different audiences. For example: a video explanation may resonate with a younger technical customer, while an eBook in PDF format may appeal an older customer. br / br / a href=http://www.small-business-software.net/present-content-different-ways.htm target=_blank Present Content Different Ways/a