It’s almost the end of the year, so I decided to take a look back, review and wrap up my top 12 posts.
This tidy bundle fits into a 34 page social media marketing, PR, twitter collage ebook, which you can download here.

How I chose my top marketing, social media and PR posts . . .

True or False?

Based on traffic.

Number of comments.

Ranking by keyword.

Read popularity.

Highest retweets.

If you answered false to all, then you are right! Each post was selected …

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Attention bloggers . . . as of December 1, you are accountable for reporting any freebies you get in exchange for arranged exposure – at least I think that’s right. At a long 81 pages long, the FTC guide concerning the endorsements and testimonials in advertising is a challenge to interpret. Unless, of course, you’re a lawyer. Everyone seems to understand that violators will be charged up to $11,000. Numbers are easier to get than contractual language.

AdAge …

You could call this a high-click post. It gets more traffic than some blogs will ever get. It won a trip to BlogWorld. A national association just asked for republishing rights. More sites link into “Becoming a Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn: The Top Ten Ways” than any other post on my blog. And, now it’s in a book.
In the video [I still can't believe I had the courage to make this with NO makeup - at all!], you’ll …

Lightly edited notes from SOBcon09 – presentation by The Image Studios by founder, Kali Evans-Raoul.

The importance of presence – so clients can be seen, heard and understood. Using yourself to grow your business.

Performance – 10%

Image – 60%

Exposure – 30%

Performance only gets you into the game, the speed of information transfer is what impacts image dramatically.

80% of our success is attributable to presence and exposure

Customers buy: The messenger, the message and lastly, the product

Who are YOU? What is your message?

Determine …

BurrellesLuce recently released a report on the top 2009 media outlets, including comparisons to past rankings.

Grab your copy of the two-page BurrellesLuce’s 2009 “Top Daily Newspapers, Blogs, and Consumer Magazines & Social Networks.”

Note that you will have to enter name and email address in exchange for the information. Each list is based on one measurement.  What I like about these lists is that they report on where each media group ranks at the moment. To give you an idea of …

Hello from Las Vegas! If you’re reading this and you’re also at BlogWorld, let’s meet up! You can reach me via twitter @wiredprworks or find me in one of the sessions. Disclaimer: I may change my mind and decide to go to a session that’s not listed here.

BlogWorld 08 Tracks

Following a track sounds soooo simple, but I’m more about choosing sessions that benefit my readers first and meet my business blogging needs, second.

Still, isn’t this an interesting …

Since they arrived from England last week, I’ve been passing them out almost everywhere – even in the streets.

I have to admit to feeling a bit sheepish and silly about giving them away at an outdoor festival, but people really liked them. In fact, whole groups of people wanted one – and I got a few inquiries about taking pictures, something I love to do, but don’t promote enough. All the images were captured on my trip to Santa Fe, …

Welcome to July! Where will your adventures take you this month?

Going on vacation, to the fireworks, to a parade, to the beach, to a conference?

Will I see you at BlogHer ’08 in San Francisco? Check out the list of BlogHer ’08 attendees.

I had so much fun volunteering as live blogger and microphone wrangler at BlogHer ’07 here in Chicago, I decided to take the trip to San Francisco to be part of BlogHer ’08.

Can’t make it to …

How about you? Do you like to keep this kind of information secret?

In 24 months of publishing posts, I didn’t think to let you in on something you might want to know: my most popular posts and my top recommendations. So, here’s my first report.

In 30 days, I published 20 posts. Only two of my June posts made it into my reader’s top five most popular list. So, I’m tossing in an additional five posts, all published this month, …