So with this new year comes my monthly “Thankful Thursday” post where I share five posts I found while blog hopping this month that I want to be sure and share with you guys.
I decided to keep it to just five posts because that way I’m not loading you down too much with extra stuff to do. I just don’t want you to miss out!
Now I visit a lot of blogs and I read some awesome content so sometimes it’s just hard to choose.
Okay, let’s get this party started shall we!
Facebook’s Graph Search
Just this month Facebook announced that they would be implementing the new graph search feature. It’s only in beta testing right now and I just was approved yesterday myself. The lovely Lisa Buben has share exactly what the Facebook Graph search is and whether or not it will change things socially or how you search.
If you haven’t heard about it already, be sure to stop by Lisa’s place and read what she had to share.
Paying Off That Darn Debt
Debt, what a nasty word… Too many people have more debt then they care to admit. That is what I love about what Barbara shared is she was one of those people and extremely skeptical of how in the world anyone can pay theirs off when you only have so much money coming in.
Well she learned how to do just that and knocked her’s out of the park not once but twice. Check out her post and hear her story. You’re going to want to get your hands on her secret, I did.
Is Someone Stealing Your Content?
Another nasty word, stealing. It’s happened to so many people and it’s not fun when we learn that our content has been stolen. Carol interviewed Jonathan Bailey who has an entire site around this very issue. Unfortunately it was created because he also had his work stolen numerous times.
Be sure to stop by and read his interview and if you’ve had any concerns in this area I’m sure he’s the one to give you advice.
Tips For Online Success
Gosh, more tips! Well I thought this was a pretty great post because Mauro went and interviewed 101 “experts” on different subjects of how they created success. He’s got some great names on this list like Derek Halpern, Dino Dogan, Lewis Howes, Chris Brogan, Guy Kawasaki, Yaro Starak, Neil Patel and yours truly! Oh yeah, what an honor to say the least.
Be sure to check out what they had to say, you’ll find it pretty darn interesting.
Zero To Tech In Only 20 Minutes
I must admit, I was so impressed with Donna. If you guys know Donna Merrill then you know that the girl doesn’t even know how to add a plug-in to her blog. So when Kim Castleberry approached her at 2:00 a.m. in the morning to try something out, she even impressed herself.
They did a Google Hangout and Kim walked Donna through how to create her own squeeze page. So my friends, if Donna can do this then anyone can. Check this out and see just how easy it really is.
Great Posts Right!
Hopefully you’ve already read these so you’ll have to let me know what you thought. If you haven’t then please do stop by and read what they had to share. I enjoyed them all.
Remember, I might be including your post on my list some day soon. I never tell anyone ahead of time that I’m featuring them because I want it to be a surprise.
I appreciate your comments and always sharing my posts with your friends. If you introduce something to them that they want to know about then they’ll love you forever. Ah!!!
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Twitter: SylvianeNuccio
January 31, 2013 at 8:11 AM
Hi Adrienne,
What a great idea to share other people’s post.
I know all those the ladies you’re talking about here, as you know, and I’ve been in most of those posts already and I wanted to encourage your readers to go ahead a hop over there. They will most certainly love it!
I do not know Mauro, though, and will check this blogger out!
Thanks for sharing this.
Twitter: adriennesmith40
January 31, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Hi Sylviane,
Thank you for that and I’m just doing what my readers are asking for. I didn’t want to overwhelm them with too much blog hopping so I thought five was appropriate.
Mauro actually contacted me to be in his post so I was delighted and surprised. He didn’t tell me who all he had contacted so when his post went live I was amazed and in awe. I took the time to read through the entire thing. Learned a few things too.
Thanks Sylviane and you have an awesome day.
~Adrienne
Twitter: PaulineBennett2
January 31, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Hi Adrienne
I love these posts that share other great blogs we have found while blog hopping, I know all of these on your list but I will always visit their blogs again from your links to read posts that I have missed, they all have great content that I can learn from.
I loved watching Donna & Kim on the Google hangout, she did so well in creating her squeeze page
Thanks for sharing some great blogs, I hope they will benefit from more traffic.
Hope your week is going great.
Pauline
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January 31, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Hi Pauline,
That’s awesome news that you’ve already visited their blogs. Mauro is a new one so I’m impressed that you’ve been visiting him already. Hopefully you’ve already read these particular posts because I thought they were definitely good ones.
I got the biggest chuckle with Donna and Kim. I was so impressed with Donna and she is definitely living proof that anyone can do this so don’t be shy.
Thank you Pauline for that and me too. You have a great rest of your week. Mine is going really well, thank you.
~Adrienne
Twitter: PaulineBennett2
January 31, 2013 at 9:04 AM
I had only just heard of Mauro myself and started visiting so glad you had him on your list so others can find him too
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January 31, 2013 at 9:22 AM
You’re ahead of me. Until he emailed me I’d never visited his blog. Yay, another new find.
Thanks Pauline!
Twitter: robinshallett
January 31, 2013 at 8:19 AM
HI Adrienne! I am so glad that your blog issues are cleared up – you’re such a sweet person, and that really stinks when it happens. Love your sharing on this too
You’re more helpful than you probably know when you do.
What great topics you’ve chosen, I am interested in everything! I am glad you are among the group of experts I enjoy learning from.
Have a great day Adrienne! Rock it outta the park!
Robin
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January 31, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Hi Robin,
Me too Robin, it was such a nightmare. Just goes to show you I do NOT know everything. Sometimes I’m at such a loss. Just like this morning I get online and my header is gone. What the heck! The files was there but it wouldn’t show up for anything. Scratching my head over that one still.
I do love to help people out and I know for me I enjoy visiting blogs I haven’t visited yet so finding posts like these when they’re sharing stuff they really like is a great start.
I like to make them different topics, not always the same old thing. So have fun blog hopping and tell them I said Hi!
Enjoy your day Robin… You rock girl!
~Adrienne
Twitter: robinshallett
January 31, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Thank you!! Hope it works out with your header- ugh. I did the WP update last week and my whole website went down. That weird “please stand by” message was up, and I had no idea what to do! Yikes. It’s fixed now, but what a scare when you don’t know all that techhy stuff.
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January 31, 2013 at 9:21 AM
It all of a sudden showed up. I went to three different browsers and none worked. I have NO idea what the heck happened there.
I usually wait a few days before updating mine because there will be bugs and I want them to fix them before I have issues. Sorry that happened to you but it’s all great now.
Keep on smiling Robin!
Twitter: h4hitech
January 31, 2013 at 8:20 AM
HI Adrienne
Awesome share!
I have been to lisa’s post where she very clearly explained What we should expect from the Facebook graph search. I will be visiting other blogs as well to check their posts for sure.
Thanks for sharing these with everyone around, you have been a true support system for everyone.
Sapna
Twitter: adriennesmith40
January 31, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Hi Sapna,
Thank you, I appreciate that.
So glad to hear that and I enjoyed Lisa’s post too. I signed up to be one of the beta testers because of her post and I’m liking the new way to search for things. Yay!!!
I hope you’ll enjoy the rest and learn some things too. I appreciate you taking the time Sapna.
Enjoy the rest of your week and thank you so much for your kind words.
~Adrienne
Twitter: NwangeneTheodor
January 31, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Hi Adrienne,
A very wonderful posts you’ve shared here. I’ve never visited any of those blogs but I’ve already fallen in love with some.
I like reading posts like this because it normally exposes me to many other awesome blogs that i don’t know before.
Thanks for sharing Adrienne and hope you’re doing good over there.
BTW: I’ve tried visiting your blog many times with my chrome browser but it kept telling me that the website is unavailable, but i can now access it with Firefox.
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January 31, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Hi Theodore,
Well I do hope you’ll enjoy reading their posts when you have some spare time. I’ve learned a lot from each of these blogs.
Me too, I love these types of post because I get to find me some bloggers that I wouldn’t have found otherwise. Oh, and I learn some new things too.
You are most welcome and enjoy the rest of your week and weekend too.
I had a friend with issues last night with Chrome. Knock on wood I haven’t had those issues yet so no telling. We definitely know my blog is available so I hope Chrome gets their act in gear.
~Adrienne
Twitter: lisapatb
January 31, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Thanks so much Adrienne for the mention. I have not seen the others yet though I do visit Donna’s blog frequently. I can’t wait to check the others out later too. I want to especially read about content being stolen. I find that fascinating. And very important since Google will not find that acceptable and could hurt our SEO. Paying debt off is one I may share with some friends too. They sound very informative.
Glad to hear all is well now here for you and I can’t believe tomorrow starts another month of 2013. I hope you sure have a fabulous February Adrienne.
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January 31, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Surprise! My pleasure Lisa, I enjoy learning the new stuff that’s happening so I appreciate your share on Facebook’s graph search. I’m liking it so far.
If you haven’t seen the video of Donna and Kim then you’re going to get a good laugh. It will most definitely help your non-techie friends too.
I loved the interview Carol did with Jonathan because there are certain measures we need to take which is why he created a site around these. Yay for us, not so good for the bad guys.
Now Barbara told an interesting story about how she was so skeptical at this seminar about paying off your debt but came home and gave it a try and was shocked. Luckily for me, I don’t have a lot of debt but that’s because I did some things like she did and paid all mine off. You’ll enjoy that post I’m sure.
Thank you Lisa and today is my niece’s birthday. Can’t believe she’s getting older but that means we are heading into another month tomorrow. Let’s kick some you know what Lisa. Now have a great weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: denisedesigns
January 31, 2013 at 8:36 AM
The plagiarism and the 101 experts were my fav., but great list
I might have to do something similar on my site. A best of “articles on creativity”. There’s so much good stuff out there, but it’s hard to find sometimes in a sea of content.
I really liked Derek Halpern’s advice on getting traffic. That was one of my fav. pieces of advice on the list.
Thanks for sharing, Adrienne!
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January 31, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Good Denise, thanks for sharing that. Plagiarism is no laughing matter so I’m glad Carol introduced us to Jonathan so now we have a go to guy just in case.
I learned a lot from the 101 experts post. You have to put the time aside to read every single one but it’s worth it.
I know…what I do is when I come across a post that really stands out to me I’ll put it in a text file so by the end of the month I have several. Some are about the same topics I write about but I like to share ones on different topics I don’t necessarily cover but would love my readers to know about if they haven’t visited those blogs. I think it would be a great idea on creativity. Give them more to think about.
Derek rocks and walks the talk Denise. Glad you enjoyed his blurb.
Thank you for your comment and have a great weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: harleenas
January 31, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Hi Adrienne,
It’s a great thankful Thursday post! The beauty of this post is that nobody knows who’s going to be featured on it – a great way to create interest and suspense!
I opened up all the posts as I kept reading your post, and it was fun doing so. I got to learn few new things in few minutes. I had already been to Donna’s and Lisa’s place, so their posts weren’t new to me. But I did learn one good thing from Barbara’s post that a debt pay back plan is like a diet plan. You got to have some restriction on spending and stick to the saving rules you make. There are so many ways to save money and one got to be hopeful and optimistic. Though thankfully I’m in no financial debt.
Thanks for Carol’s interview post on plagiarism – this one is of interest to me and I’m going to read it till the end. I want to know how to deal with people who steal my content. Mauro’s post is simply superb – so much of wisdom about how to grow on the web – I gotto read this too!
You’ve given me so much matter to read and learn, and now I really think I did the right thing to vote for you to have the thankful Thursday posts.
Thanks again Adrienne for making all the efforts, your today’s post is of immense help to me.
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January 31, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Hi Harleena,
Glad you enjoyed what I shared here and yeah, no heads up. I just want them to be surprised that they were mentioned.
Glad you’ve already read a few of them because you already visit their blogs. That’s what I really love to hear Harleena. For those that you haven’t I’m sure you’ll learn something new. The debt is a big subject and one that a lot of people are concerned with right now. Just from her own experience, I had to share that one. I definitely don’t write about it.
Sorry if I overloaded you with more posts to read but I promise you, you won’t be disappointed. We can all learn something and not have more go to guys in case we need advice on any of these matters.
You are so very welcome and thank you as always for stopping by today and your comment. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a fabulous weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: robgoss
January 31, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Hello Ardienne great share thank so much for taking the time tp put this list together. I’ll have to look it over.
Have a great day my friend see you soon
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January 31, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Hey Rob,
You are most welcome and I think you’ll enjoy each of these posts. You might need some spare time though.
Don’t worry, it’s worth it.
Have a great day too!
~Adrienne
Twitter: Koundeenya
January 31, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Heyy Adrienne.
Really glad to see such great posts from different blogs.
Thanks for sharing with us. I’m so happy that bloggers always help each other though the other one is his own competitor…and maybe, this is what that helps is building a genuine relationship among bloggers.
Thank you
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January 31, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Hi Koundeenya,
Good, I do hope you’ll enjoy them and hopefully learn something new along the way.
Bloggers helping bloggers, that is the way it should be Koundeenya.
Thank you and enjoy your day.
~Adrienne
Twitter: MayuraDeSilva
January 31, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Hi Adrienne,
I’ve been waiting for this as today is the last Thursday of this month
I like to read some new blogs and interact with ‘em. I’ve enjoyed the posts you have shared last time and why not this time? 
I’ve read posts of Lisa, Carol and Donna
They are impressive with wonderful information and loved ‘em. I’ll second on that recommendations for sure as many can learn a lot through ‘em. Now we can call Donna “The Techie” too, eh? 
Just love the post image there Adrienne
Cool…
You have a wonderful rest of the week dear
Cheers…
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January 31, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Hi Mayura,
I love hearing that Mayura, thank you so much and glad you’ve been enjoying this particular share.
Glad you’ve already enjoyed reading Lisa, Donna and Carol’s. I agree, we can definitely learn a lot from them all.
Thank you, I appreciate that. You enjoy the rest of your week as well and make it a great one.
~Adrienne
Twitter: aclear sign
January 31, 2013 at 9:56 AM
OMG Adrienne – I was dying laughing with Donna and Kim (and yes I watched the whole thing!) It’s wonderful that we are all out here learning from each other, even one on one in the middle of the night! And Mauro…that one is going to take a while to get through…wow. I had no idea what was going on with FB but it makes sense…they are just busy taking over the world, aren’t they??
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January 31, 2013 at 10:10 AM
That was a hoot wasn’t it Julie! I did too knowing Donna like I do, bless here heart. What a trooper and she just proved to everyone that if she can do it then anyone can. Those night owls are something else.
Yeah, 101 experts… What a heck of a post. It took him a month to get that one together. It will take awhile to go through but you can start with certain questions and just read what they shared. It might take awhile reading the entire post. I would have chopped it up myself.
Yeah, Facebook will continue to do some improvements as time goes by. I’m liking this one though, pretty easy.
Thanks Julie and you enjoy your day.
~Adrienne
Twitter: wonderoftech
January 31, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Hi Adrienne, What a wonderful roundup of useful blog posts. Not only are you showing other bloggers love, you are providing your readers with a wealth of resources.
Congratulations on being chosen as one of the top experts in blogging. The other 100 bloggers should be honored to be in your company! That really was an outstanding article by Mauro and must have taken so long to put together.
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January 31, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Hey Carolyn,
I almost included your post on iBooks. You just share so much great stuff, it’s hard to choose.
Ah, you are way too kind but I’m the one that’s honored to be included among these others. Gosh, you know you’ve made it when people are reaching out to you to share an area they believe you are an expert in. Dang, that’s cool.
Have a great day Carolyn and thanks for your comment.
~Adrienne
Twitter: growwithstacy
January 31, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Hi Adrienne,
I enjoy these Thankful Thursday posts of yours! It’s great to see some posts I’ve missed from the week and I think each time you’ve shared someone that I’ve never met before.
I’m curious to check out the post about content stealing. I use Tynt social report which tells me how many times content was copied from my site. The nice thing about Tynt is that it automatically adds a link to the copied content which does generate some pageviews. They email me the reports weekly along with other interesting tidbits about my site.
Have a great day!
Stacy
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January 31, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Hi Stacy,
I’m glad you enjoy these posts and I think that once a month is enough don’t you!
I use Tynt as well and my content gets copied a lot. But I’ve also been online checking and so far none of it has been high jacked to someone else’s site so I continue to be thankful that it’s being used as intended. Glad to hear you enjoy using Tynt too.
Enjoy reading Stacy and have a great day yourself.
~Adrienne
Hey Adrienne,
I came back sooner this time and I am glad I did. Thanks for sharing these blogs with me/us. I can’t wait to read the interview about people stealing content. Being that I am in such a niche market I find that people often steal my content and it is VERY frustrating.
Thanks!
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January 31, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Oh no Joe, people are stealing your content! I’m sure what Jonathan has shared will help. As I mentioned, he’s set up a site around this issue so he’ll have the answers for sure.
Appreciate you stopping by and you enjoy your weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: ArtaGene
January 31, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Hmm I’ve read 3 of the 5, missed the Facebook and the Debt!
Useful to have a friend who points you in the right direction. I find Facebook setup especially daunting so will probably wait!
Loved the hangout video…..a great way to meet and teach or learn.
C.
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January 31, 2013 at 10:50 AM
That’s awesome Cararta and glad you enjoyed those. Donna was a hoot wasn’t she!
It’s s new search feature Facebook has implemented and it’s really pretty cool actually. It will be released soon enough though.
Thank you for your comment and enjoy the rest of these posts.
~Adrienne
Twitter: carollynnrivera
January 31, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Thanks for mentioning my interview, Adrienne! That one resonated with a lot of people. It’s something we don’t often think about until we realize how easy it is for someone to steal and how often they do it.
I know a few of these and yep, all good stuff!
I’m intrigued by Mauro’s post with 101 tips from experts. I bet that’s jam packed with marketing goodness. And also the one about debt… that’s a touchy subject but I’m really interested to hear someone’s story because there are so many scammers that it’s always great to get good advice.
Thanks for sharing all these posts and giving me some weekend reading
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January 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM
My pleasure Carol and I thought that he shared some really great information. I know some people who have had this happen too so knowing you can locate some good information about this when needed is a relief. We certainly don’t think about it until it happens to us.
I was very impressed with Mauro’s post but it may take you awhile to get through.
Barbara’s story is one that I’m sure a lot of people need to hear. She’s just like all the rest of us looking for ways to pay it off.
My pleasure and glad you checked them out. Have a wonderful weekend yourself and happy reading.
~Adrienne
Twitter: wfhconcepts
January 31, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Yes, definitely a great post Adrienne!
You know, I firmly believe God puts us at the right place at the right time. I have been trying to figure out how to add a squeeze page to my blog and when I started reading about Donna and Kim I was like Thank God cuz I’ve been at it for weeks now! And since I’m like Donna, well I know about plugins
I’m on my way to Kim’s blog right after this!
I was agree with you about Lisa, she is truly awesome and I want to be like her when I grow up! I only recently discovered Carol and I had the opportunity to read her post with Mr. Bailey’s interview and yes it was an eye opener and I stayed with her through the entire post.
In keeping with this thankful Thursday, thanks for sharing these great bloggers
. Congratulations for being recognized, much deserved and wish you many more! Hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weather!
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January 31, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Hey Cori,
I agree with you that the right people and stuff will show up when it’s suppose to so I’m so glad that by me sharing Donna’s post that you now have this information on how easily you can create a squeeze page. Kim is a WordPress genius so she’s definitely someone to follow anyway. Just glad Donna was such a good sport to do this with her.
Lisa and Carol are both dolls. They share such awesome content and I’m so glad I’m associated with them. We can learn a lot from those ladies.
You are more then welcome Cori and happy reading.
Enjoy your weekend too! I most definitely will.
~Adrienne
Twitter: enstinemuki
January 31, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Hey Adrienne,
I read Donna’s “Zero To Tech In Only 20 Minutes” just yesterday and watch the video. It was good to see her do this tech thing we do every day
Thanks too for helping me discover some more interesting information too
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January 31, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Hey Enstine,
Wasn’t that a hoot! See, I love it when people who are so afraid of trying something new are shown that it’s really not that hard. I thought she was a great sport in doing that with Kim. Glad you enjoyed watching that too.
My pleasure and happy reading.
~Adrienne
Twitter: gulfcoastbeauty
January 31, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Hi Adrienne,
Wow, you found some amazing content. This is what is meant by giving value!
Thank you so much for sharing what you found…some of these blogs are new to me and I admit I would have missed them if not for your post today.
Thanks so much!
Tonya
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January 31, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Hi Tonya,
I do my best girl and I want it to be different. I know you’ll enjoy them all so when you have some time, check them out. Hey, you might find you some new friends too.
Have a great weekend Tonya and thank you for your comment.
~Adrienne
Twitter: gulfcoastbeauty
January 31, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Hi Adrienne,
I did read the one with Donna Merril…hilarious but oh so good pluging there.
Lisa Buben…the new Facebook search feature…FB always evolving, it’s hard to keep up and Mauro tips for online success…what an awesome resource!
Tonya
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January 31, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Donna’s was a hoot and I couldn’t help but watch her because I know how non-techie she is. The girl won’t even install a plug-in, she makes David do it.
Glad you enjoyed those Tonya, thank you!
~Adrienne
Twitter: write_clever
January 31, 2013 at 1:15 PM
A great bit of content curation, Adrienne! Thanks so much for finding these gems for us.
I’ve seen Lisa’s helpful post on the Facebook Graph Search, but don’t think I’ve read the others – I’m especially interested to check out the one about content theft – I was only discussing that with Mayura the other day. I will also definitely have a look at the Squeeze page one, too, because I’m going to have to create one of those soon, so any tips will be very welcome.
And those expert tips look irresistible – thank you so much – another winner, Adrienne!
Sue
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January 31, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Ah, why thank you Sue and I do hope you’ll enjoy them all.
Lisa’s share about Facebook made me run right over and sign up. Glad I did now, cool feature.
No one wants their content stolen but if they do then we now have someone to go to and find out what we can do to resolve this issue. Now you’re really going to enjoy watching Donna put that squeeze page up. It’s a hoot Sue.
Thank you for your lovely shout out, I appreciate that.
You enjoy your weekend now.
~Adrienne
Twitter: maryjstephenson
January 31, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Hi Adrienne
Got your email this morning and although I know it is the end of the month (my daughter’s B-Day),it was still a “oh, yeah it really is the last day of the month!” I can’t believe how fast this month has gone.
Great selection of sites show-cased today. Bookmarked a couple of them as there is some really valuable information. Have dealt with some plagiarism in the past and it ended up consuming so much of my time and some of which I never got resolved. Some I found don’t seem to understand what they are doing and others have been persuaded to believe it is okay to use snippets of other people’s work. There is a plugin that someone sold to do just that. I did straighten the user out and he apologized and removed all of it off his site. Something like a thousand articles from all sorts of authors. I know there are some really awful people out there that sound real good on the front end. Then they want to teach people how to hack into other people’s sites and redirect commissions to their own. “Really great programs!” Just don’t understand these kinds of people. Wouldn’t want them visiting my house, who knows they would probably walk out with the family heirlooms!
Have a great weekend.
Mary
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January 31, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Hi Mary,
Today is your daughter’s birthday? It’s my niece’s too which I always remember is on the last day of this month. I hope she has a great day!
Wow, that’s horrible you’ve had to deal with that. You are right though, people are actually teaching others how to do that and that it’s okay. I’ve had my share of misguided information myself and I honestly didn’t know any better because I hadn’t been around long enough to learn. Of course I do have a whole heck of a lot of common sense so a lot of that I wouldn’t do and I’m so glad I didn’t. I saw some pretty big names get some accounts shut down because of what they were teaching and who was sorry now! Huh!!! Okay, sorry for that little rant.
Thanks Mary for your comment and you guys have a great day.
~Adrienne
Twitter: MauroDAnd
January 31, 2013 at 2:45 PM
Thank you for including my post, Adrienne! I’m honored!
I’ll check the other posts out, I’m sure that they are pretty interesting.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
January 31, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Oh, thank you Mauro for including me in this list. I’m so honored!
I think you’ll enjoy the others so thank you for stopping by.
Enjoy your day.
~Adrienne
Twitter: nkeriakos
January 31, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Hi Adrienne,
That’s so sweet of you sharing other people’s blogs! I just learned that you do that every last Thursday of the month and you call it Thankful Thursday. That’s awesome!
I have been to Lisa’s blog several times but I didn’t read this specific post about Facebook graph search. I will sure visit her blog and read this post as I read something about Facebook graph search and I didn’t know what it is about.
I will be visiting the other blogs as well to check their posts for sure as I trust your judgement.
Thanks for sharing these blogs with everyone, you are amazing Adrienne.
Be Blessed,
Neamat
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Hi Neamat,
This is pretty new actually, I just started it last November upon the request of my readers. Give the blogs I visit a time to shine if I include their post and we all love finding blogs we haven’t visited before. Hey, it’s a win/win for everyone right!
The Facebook graph was just introduced last month and is still in beta but because of Lisa’s post, I signed up to be one of those to check it out. I think it’s actually pretty cool and I’m liking it much better then the old search feature. So far, so good.
Nothing like giving you something else to do right Neamat! Thank you for your comment and your kind words.
Enjoy your weekend.
~Adrienne
I have a friend that had a bunch of his content copied and stolen a while back. He had a heck of a time doing anything about it. I remember he did contact the site owner and they said that he copied them from their site. I don’t recall what became of it.
I know people use my images in their posts sometimes, and they use my bandwidth when doing so. It used to bother me and I would block some so they at least had to manually download them and upload them to their site. I just gave up watching for it because I was wasting too much time, and I figured I’d never catch it all anyway. It is a bummer though when someone copies your stuff word for word and doesn’t even bother to change it up a little.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 9:52 AM
hey Ray,
Wow, a fight over whose content belongs to who. Now that’s scary!
I’ve recently heard about people using others images and just linking to them instead of uploading it to their own sites. How it could pull down your bandwidth and that’s not a good thing Ray. I would have to figure something out if people abused me in that way. I can see where it could be a drain on your time but still, that’s just not right.
The copying content is just wrong and those people need to be dealt with, I agree.
I hope that never happens to you again Ray and thanks for sharing that with me.
~Adrienne
Twitter: suejprice
February 1, 2013 at 12:36 AM
Hi Adrienne
What a great variety of posts you have chosen. I love that they are varied and all on helpful topics. I have not visited them all yet but will get there.
I never cease to be amazed at the amount of wonderful information that we have access to via some pretty amazing blogs.
I started to watch Donna and Kim the other day before my computer did a wobbly so thanks for the reminder to go back there.
Also thanks for your help today. Have a lovely weekend.
Sue
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Hi Sue,
I have SO many blogs that I visit each week but I do like to keep what I share with my readers on different topics. Now I know last month I had a lot of post about Google+ but they were all different. I thought these topics were pretty good one.
I know what you mean, I learn so much from my blogging friends. I love that too Sue!
When you have the time, you’ll want to watch Donna and Kim. It really was a good learning lesson for us all.
Glad your computer is back to normal and I enjoyed our conversation. Thanks Sue and have a good weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: JenSheaVA
February 1, 2013 at 1:46 AM
Thank you Adrienne,
It’s after 2:30 (which is why I had a giggle at Donna & Kim’s video). Carol’s interview with Jonathon Bailey was eye-opening for me. I can’t imagine people blatantly stealing content. I am setting aside some time, this weekend, to have a look at Mauro’s post… I can see there will be a lot of great info there.
I love your Thankful Thursday posts – such an awesome idea. Hope your weekend is terrific.
Warmest regards,
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Jen
Jen
Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 9:57 AM
You are most welcome Jen!
Oh my goodness, you’re a night owl like Donna and Kim. Girl, I’m cutting me some zzzzzzz’s at that time of the morning. Yikes! But watch out, you guys might catch each other online at that time of the morning.
Glad you enjoyed the video though as well as what Jonathan shared. It’s happening more and more now Jen and it’s just wrong that others would steal your content. The nerve.
Yeah, Mauro’s post is a long one but if you need some advice that’s the post. Great tips.
Thank you so much and you have a wonderful weekend. By the way, great job girl!
Yay!!! (inside joke)
~Adrienne
Twitter: annieandrehacks
February 1, 2013 at 3:36 AM
Adrienne,
I read them all and the best one was Donna’s.
I can’t believe how non-techie she is. She can’t even install her own plugin.
N the end she made a fantastique squeeze page. It was hilarious watching her create it from scratch.
That plug-in is going to help so many people and put a lot of designers out of business.
Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Hey Annie,
Oh goody, I’m so happy to hear that you’ve read them all.
Yeah, Donna’s a riot but she’s like a lot of people online. Scared to do something they aren’t familiar with so they just don’t. Great lesson for everyone I think. And you’re right, she ended up with a great squeeze page so watch out cause a lot of people are going to be snatching that one up.
Have a great weekend Annie!
~Adrienne
Twitter: BarbaraCharles
February 1, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Morning Adrienne. Happy Friday! Thank you so much for sharing my blog and letting people there is a way to get out of debt. All of the blogs you shared will help people handle their business. I can’t wait to read the top successful people blog. Love that you shared Donn’s story! She was so proud. Her story is so inspirational. Thanks for bringing these wonderful stories to our attention. Have a great week-end! Look forward to next month’s recommendations!
Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Well good morning Miss Barbara! Happy Friday to you too!
Girl, everyone could use some of the information you’ve shared. I’ve done that myself now, paid my debt off twice. To hear how it’s done from someone who has done it too and was a non believer, that is saying something so I had to share that.
Donna’s video with Kim was a riot. Of course we know Donna so we knew she wasn’t techie at all but for Kim to rope her into doing this on video then that says a lot about just how easy this really is. Now they have that video to walk them through too.
Glad you enjoyed my recommendations and I’ve already got two for next month can you believe it!
Enjoy your weekend and I’m excited about your show tomorrow.
~Adrienne
Twitter: techtricksworld
February 1, 2013 at 9:12 AM
I am going to have a look on these posts. As you have recommended these might be great posts. Gonna read it now. Enjoy your weekends.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Thank you Atish and I’m sure you’ll find them filled with good information. At least I hope so!
Enjoy your weekend too and have a good one.
~Adrienne
Twitter: timbo1973
February 1, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Hey Adrienne
These sound like some great posts and a few new people for me to connect with!
I know Lisa and Donna but I don’t know the others so I’ll be sure to pop over when I can and check out their blogs.
The getting out of debt one sounds interesting. We got out of debt using some software called YNAB (You Need A Budget) and now we couldn’t live without it. It keeps us on track with finances and we’re well on the way to following all 4 of the rules – the fourth one being Live on Last Month’s Income.
Great shares Adrienne as always.
Have a great weekend.
Tim
Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 3:02 PM
Hey Tim,
Ah good, I’m introducing you to some new bloggers. Okay, maybe not new bloggers but some you’ve yet to meet.
Glad to hear you know Donna and Lisa so I’m sure you’ll enjoy what these others have shared. I love that you’ve gotten out of debt yourself Tim and that software sounds pretty good. I’ve done that myself a few times and I don’t like beyond my means. I think actually people would be shocked at what I live on but that’s because I own everything and my expenses are dirt cheap, even where I live. Probably why I stay where I am.
Thanks for stopping by Tim, I know you’re a very busy guy. Always great to see you and especially good to see your comment.
Enjoy your weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: rzive
February 1, 2013 at 3:48 PM
Thankful Thursday!!! I love it! Bookmarking to check out all of these links. Thanks Adrienne – and I hope you’re enjoying your Fabulous Friday
.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 4:34 PM
Ah thanks Ruth! Hope you enjoy these posts and I am definitely enjoying my day. Hope you are as well.
~Adrienne
Twitter: b_overstreet32
February 1, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Hi Adrienne,
That’s so awesome that you’d share the love like this. And great content from the articles you chose, too!
I especially liked Lisa’s Graph Search post and Donna’s Techy post. I’m actually going to buy Kim’s new plugin because of seeing that video! That rocks!
Anyways, thank you for working so hard for some of your quality commenters and helping them build their readership. Yet another example of you giving so much of yourself.
I hope you have an outstanding weekend and I look forward to stopping back by again next week!
~Barry
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 1, 2013 at 5:41 PM
Hi Barry,
Totally my pleasure Barry and I do love sharing…
I loved Lisa’s post too so I signed right up. Now Kim’s new plug-in is pretty awesome too so I don’t blame you at all. I’d snatch that one up too.
It’s the least I can do Barry for all the support they continue to give me. I just hate holding on to all this content without letting you guys in on it.
Thank you Barry and you have an outstanding weekend yourself. I’ll see you next week.
~Adrienne
Twitter: SaiTheGeek
February 1, 2013 at 6:48 PM
Hello Adrienne mam,
This is first time i’m visiting your blog, I liked the way you are writing and explaining the topic. Your blog design also clean and simple.
Your thankful Thursday series is very useful and I got so many blogs to read daily, In this post, I liked interview link about plagiarism.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 2, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Hi Sai,
Well welcome to my blog and glad you enjoyed this post and my blog design.
I hope you’ll take the time to read all these post so happy reading.
Enjoy your weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: JudeSBanks
February 1, 2013 at 9:10 PM
Adrienne, as always you make blogging life easier by sharing so many interesting and informative blogs. I have bookmarked them. I have already read, tweeted and shared Barbara’s post about getting out of debt. I went through a similar experience a few years back and can totally relate. I have seen debt eating my friends alive, and it is not pretty. The freedom and reduced stress that comes from having no debt is worth any sacrifice to get there.
I look forward to learning about your Beta testing experience with Graph Search.
I agree with Barry – you’re awesome!
Take care,
Jude
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Hi Jude,
Why thank you for that, I sure do my best.
I think everyone can relate to Barbara’s post because at one point or another we’ve all been there. Thank you for sharing that one because I’m sure there are others that would love to know about this too.
Thank you for your lovely comment and I hope you enjoy your weekend. You’re pretty awesome too!
~Adrienne
Twitter: claudenougat
February 2, 2013 at 2:37 AM
As always, very useful! I think perhaps the most important thing that has happened this week is that new FB search feature: it could really, really change marketing. We’re into a new era, that’s the way I see it!
We all know that people follow their friends’ recommendations when they buy anything, be it a car or a book! And now FB has systematized this aspect of our lives, it has put it online, one click away, wow!
It does raise some interesting privacy issues, though. I can’t wait to see how all this will play out! Thanks Adrienne for giving me this precious link!
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 2, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Thank you Claude, I appreciate that.
I agree with the Facebook search and we’ll all find out soon enough I suppose whether or not they will be keeping it around.
I appreciate you stopping by Claude and you enjoy your weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: prettysweetly
February 2, 2013 at 4:10 AM
I’ve seen the new Facebook graph search, and honestly I hate it. :L I can hardly find my friends enough as it is, as I keep getting suggestion on who I should add rather than who I actually know and want to add. I wish I had enough PHP and other forms of coding knowledge to make something better, but for now I’ll have to stick to simple scripts and things that I know, as well as expanding what I know just slightly by trying something new each and every time. :p
Barbara’s post is being bookmarked for when I actually have money coming in. :p I’m in debt due to a misunderstand with Avon, and then my mom caused trouble for me with a hospital bill (which I decided to make her pay since I was under 21, and she promised to take care of it). I can’t work, so I can’t exactly pay off any debt, and the collectors don’t understand that my request for the $5/mo. is barely what I can afford — but much better than their “compromise” for $20/mo. until it’s paid off. -.- I’m just like, “So if I do that, I lose my cell phone. If I lose my cell phone, I become an introvert and unable to contact people in case of an emergency. My siblings can’t contact me, and you don’t understand how bad that is.” I’m tired of their threats. Their last one made me want to just kill myself, so I told them I’d start recording them because of their threats and then report them to the police. They haven’t called back since. .-.
I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR COPYING BLOGS! My blogs have been copied word-for-word in the past, including my pictures. It was annoying. All I know to do is to contact the person themselves, and if they don’t reply (I’ve been blocked by said people before), then I just contact their host.
Thanks for sharing these! It was nice seeing other blogs. New blogs, fresh bloggers, etc., or just simple: people I’ve never heard of/met.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 2, 2013 at 12:45 PM
I’ve never thought that Facebook’s search feature was all that great to begin with either Liza. Back when it first came online it was so much easier to find people then today. It’s like you have to be friends with them in order for them to come up and well that kind of defeat’s the purpose of why we’re searching for them to begin with. Dah!
It’s definitely going to be pretty hard to pay off your debt when you don’t have any income coming in. You’re right Liza so I hope that’s all resolved in the very near future for you.
If those people’s are giving you credit for it being your post then that’s okay. Where it’s wrong is when they aren’t giving you credit for it being your content. Be sure to check out Jonathan’s site and he’s got some suggestions of what you can do besides notify those people and request it being moved. Luckily, I’ve never had that happen to me.
You are so welcome and glad you were introduced to some new bloggers. I appreciate your comment, thanks for sharing.
~Adrienne
Twitter: bdorman264
February 2, 2013 at 7:30 AM
Ah yes, debt; if you have no debt you can live pretty frugally if need be, huh?
Thanks for sharing your roundup.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 2, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Most definitely Bill, most definitely…
Have a great weekend.
~Adrienne
Twitter: GuideAndNews
February 3, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Thanks for sharing all those useful posts Adrienne,
It’s good to let your readers know about useful content on the web that thought you something and you think will be useful for your readers.
Enjoyed all of them, thanks again.
Hope to see one of mine in your list
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 3, 2013 at 12:32 PM
You are most welcome Ehsan and glad you enjoyed them all. I love sharing content I’ve run across that my readers may not have read yet. And watch out because I could be sharing one of yours soon too.
Enjoy your weekend and thanks again.
~Adrienne
Twitter: donna_tribe
February 3, 2013 at 5:52 PM
Hey Adrienne,
I don’t know how I missed this one, but you know how my week was going lol.
First I want to thank you for the shout out…I’m honored!
The rest of these peeps are amazing. I had visited a few and it is so informative. I love what you are doing on “Thankful Thursday” – only goes to prove you are such a great go-giver!
-Donna
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 4, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Hey Donna,
Ah, don’t you worry about it. I KNOW what kind of week you’ve had. I just hope that this week will be much better for you.
My pleasure and I loved your video with Kim. Your example will help so many others Donna. I’m glad you participated so thank you.
Ah, more good ones I think and I know you’ve visited some of these other ones too. Thank you for stopping by and taking the time.
Hang in there girl and make it a great week.
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne,
This blog hopping thing can be quite beneficial! You get to expand your social outreach & enhance your business contacts. It’s a win, win situation.
I’m meeting so many new people. Thanks for sharing another great list to us.
I’ll be sure to check these new blogs out, eventually.
So much to do, so little time. Take care!
George
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 4, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Hey George,
Yes indeed, it’s very beneficial plus you learn so much all while meeting some awesome people.
Hope you like my list and thank you for your comment George.
Have a great week and don’t wear yourself out.
~Adrienne
Twitter: FerbHinlor
February 4, 2013 at 4:27 AM
Hi Adrienne,
What a nice way of posting variety topics into a post, this is something new I can learn to work on my blog thanks so much. And We really need to learn a little bit about Tech or we’ll find a lot of things that required Tech that we can’t do.
Thanks – Ferb
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 4, 2013 at 8:49 AM
Hi Ferb,
I definitely prefer to post a wide variety of different content although not every month I’m successful with that. I do think it’s a great way to share with my readers subjects they may not have read. Just hope that some of what I shared you found useful.
Thank you Ferb and good to see you again.
Enjoy your week.
~Adrienne
Twitter: techbappa
February 4, 2013 at 6:35 AM
Adrienne,
Its really nice to know that you not only visit other bloggers site and comment there but also share their blogs in your site which helps your readers to get more information about that. All the posts which you had shared are very useful, will visit the links above.I always enjoy reading your every article.
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 4, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Hi Lokesh,
Thank you Lokesh and I love sharing other people’s content. I don’t want anyone to miss out on all this good stuff. But I know sometimes people are so busy but hopefully if they’re searching for something in particular then they were able to come across it here.
I appreciate your kind works and thank you for your comment.
Enjoy your week.
~Adrienne
Twitter: berget
February 5, 2013 at 12:28 AM
I am not proud of this Adrienne, but I have some debt related to starting my business. And, that’s my biggest goal for the first 6 months of the year, to pay off that debt. It’s not a whole lot of money, but I want to be in control of everything I do, and having debt feels like I am not in control
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 5, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Jens, we all have it from time to time. It’s hard not to unless you make a heck of a lot of money and are able to put a lot aside. Most of working class America, and Norway too, lives paycheck to paycheck never really making enough to set aside. Debt is a huge issue but Barbara has some great suggestions for you if you’re open.
Twitter: angeld0ve
February 9, 2013 at 1:15 AM
Thanks for posting these 5 links to read. I was thinking of coming back to your blog and perhaps visit 5 new people to read. So how did you know what I was thinking? LOL!! Anyway I’m just in bed relaxing, trying to get used to using my new tablet. I tell this thang is like pulling teeth out me, I like text messaging better on my iPhone I can do it fast, I like typing on my laptop I can type 70 wpm, but typing on my tablet…ayaiyai!!!! I’m using my index fingers and this is hard. Anyhoo, will read some of your links! Night nite…
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Twitter: adriennesmith40
February 9, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Hey Angela,
Well I’m glad I could give you five blogs to go and visit. I thought that five was a very good number and not have too many that people have to go and visit. I do love to share different kinds of information so I hope you’ll enjoy them all.
I just have my desktop computer and my laptop but I work mostly on my desktop. I barely text so I know what you mean about the fingers fumbling. I just prefer typing myself.
Wow you were up late girl. Hope you got a good nights sleep.
Thank you again for your comment.
~Adrienne