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LastFM is a music-oriented site, designed for any music fan. It creates a profile page for you, which shows off the tracks you’ve listened to, and recommends new music based on that. LastFM also keeps a full history of all of your music, so you can look back on it and view customized charts and information as well. LastFM is one of my absolute favorite sites and I highly recommend it to any music junkie, especially someone who has a big music library is always listening to their favorite tunes on the computer as they work or play.

Another great thing about LastFM is the fact that it so customizable for the user to have the best experience possible. A huge part of this is all of the cool programs and tools that anyone can download, based on your own needs. I’ve compiled a list below of several good ones, so if you’re into music and LastFM, check it out.

Extra Stats: LastFM Extra Stats is a cool program for your Windows desktop that calculates many interesting statistics involving your music tastes and listening history. It requires Windows operating system, an internet connection, and doesn’t have to be downloaded!

Music Quilt Screensaver: This cool screensaver is from Motorola and can be downloaded for Windows or Mac, as well in several different languages. It is personalized according to your tastes in music and LastFM usage. All you have to do is download it and type in your LastFM username, or a related tag.

LastFM Desktop Generator: This program downloads your user data from LastFM and uses it to create a really cool desktop background for your computer. This is a great way to display and show off your favorite music.

LastCollage: LastCollage is another program that generates a desktop background, but it is a bit more creative. Instead of just compiling album artwork into a nice background, it has more artistic depth by generating them into a collage.

Chart Changes: Chart Changes is a script that modifies user pages on LastFM to add chart information. It requires Firefox and Grease Monkey, but it is a very cool and interesting program, especially if you’re really into your music.

Genre Finder: This is a very simple program that shows what percentage of a tag or genre a user is. It doesn’t provide much use apart from satisfying curiosity, but can come in handy.

LastFM for Skype (Windows): The name is pretty self-explanatory, but this is a program which shares your LastFM play information with your friends on Skype. Your contacts can see the track you are currently listening to, and you can also recommend a great song to a buddy via this program.

AIM Plug-in: This plug-in allows you display the track you are currently listening to or what you last scrobbled on LastFM. If you’re into chatting with your friends as well as sharing your tastes in music with them, then this is for you.

Live Messenger Plug-in: This plug-in is the same as the one for AIM, but works with Windows Live Messenger instead. Publishes your currently played or last scrobbled track to your chat buddies.

LastFM to iTunes (Windows): This program updates iTunes with information on your LastFM scrobbles. Basically, it merges the two together so that your iTunes play counts and dates also reflect what you’ve listened to on LastFM.

TagBar: TagBar is a simple program that allows you to love, ban, and tag certain songs right from your desktop. If you are into customizing your LastFM music experience, then TagBar is a good download for you.

It seems that more and more people are struggling due to the economy right now, and as the holidays roll around once again, this fact becomes more painfully apparent and stressful than at any other time of the year. You’ve got decorating, baking, traveling, and plenty of shopping and gift buying to do, and all that is simply added on top of your regular expenses. And with a tight budget, that can make the holidays even more difficult. But this time of the year should be about happiness, not filled with dread brought about by empty pockets. And that’s where making money online comes into play.

Most people spend a large portion of their time on the computer. And since you’re reading this right now, I’m going to safely bet that you’re one of them. But why not spend all that time doing something productive, and making some cash? And even still, considering you’re reading this, I’m sure that is something you are interested in doing and would like to learn more about. Making money online is something that virtually anyone can do with some determination to learn and a pinch of patience.

The simple thing about this is, you’re already on the internet, so why not put that time to a better use? Starting up your own online business does not take a costly budget, a lot of fees, hiring employees, or working all day long. It is the type of business that you invest a little time into, and it generally grows on its own after that, or with the help of others due to word of mouth. Another bonus is, there are so many opportunities out there for absolutely anyone with an online business. Put a little creative thought into it, and you can come up with something that will not only interest and entertain you, but could also potentially become something that generates a buzz for itself. On top of all that, it’ll be a money maker! There are thousands of undiscovered niches and ideas just waiting to be unfolded, and you have an enormous amount of chances right in front of you - more than you would have right away if you were to start a “real” business.

If you’d like to look into some of the ways you can make money online or start your online business, check out some of these related articles:

1.) Make Money Online With Your Talents
2.) Start Making More Money and Sell Your Own Ads
3.) Mantain a Site for a Month and Sell it For Thousands
4.) Make Money With Google Adsense
5.) 3 Ways to Make Money Online With Donations
6.) Gain Traffic and Make Money Online by Using Forums
7.) Advertising: Cut Out the Middle Man and Make More Money

You also might want to look into some articles about general blogging tips, promoting a blog, website traffic generation, and other make money online advice. If you’re interested in starting your own website, online business, or anything of that sort and you need some help, feel free to drop a comment or message and we’ll do our best to assist you.

Thanks, good luck, and happy holidays!

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Every blogger and website owner is usually on the hunt for one main thing (especially if making money or recognition are one of their primary goals): getting more traffic! There are posts all over the internet about increasing your traffic, but there is just one thing that is key. Word of mouth.

Sure, visitors come from all over and for all sorts of different reasons. But the reason that causes them to want to check out your site over any other reason, as well as develop a trust in you and become a reoccurring visitor, is word of mouth. Think about it in simpler terms. Let’s say you’re in a new city and trying to find a nice restaurant to go out to eat. You could do this by walking up and down the streets until you come across something that catches your eye. You could do a little research on it. OR you could take some recommendations from a friend or two that’s been there before. Out of all of those options, most people would be more likely to take a friend’s advice and check out what they have to recommend.

Why is this? Because the information is coming from someone you trust, and therefore, you will obviously see it as trustworthy. Not only would they be more willing to check out the restaurant in the first place, but they will also be more likely to enjoy it, and more likely to return. The same thing goes for your website or blog. Word of mouth is key, and that is why building relationships over the web is so essential. If you are able to gather up plenty of connections that will spread the word about your site to THEIR connections, then your name or brand will continue to spread like wildfire, and your following will only continue to grow.

So that is your key traffic secret. After you get a good hold on it and base your traffic building around the concept of word of mouth, everything else will follow. Let your challenge for this upcoming week be incorporating this idea into your schedule. Build connections with people that can help you, and help them in return. It’s a complex balance, but it doesn’t take much work, and you will reap the rewards. Good luck!

Related articles by other bloggers:

7 Steps to Building a Genuine Relationship With Your Readers
Why and How to Boost Word Of Mouth With Your Blog
Blog Viral Marketing – Promoting Your Blog Through Word of Mouth
16 Things You Can Do Yourself to Create Word-of-Mouth for Your Business
Use Viral Marketing to Explode Your Site Traffic

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Twitter has been the newest and biggest thing on the web for some time now, and yet still many people haven’t signed up, while others don’t even know what it is. For a quick summary, read the definition of Twitter as found on their support page:

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called “tweets” of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

You can update and manage your Twitter account on the web, or even get an application for it to use on your phone or other portable device. This makes Twitter always available as a handy on-the-go resource, and you’re always able to keep in touch whenever needed.

Using Twitter, you can follow other users who you want to keep up with, as well as gather your own following. You can communicate with other users through private message or by @replies, which are done through the “tweet” messages themselves. As you see, Twitter is a great social networking site which can be used to do many different things. I will share some of the top reasons with you from a blogger’s point of view.

Promoting Your Blog/Site

Twitter can be used nearly better than any other social networking system to promote your visibility and reach on the web. Gathering a stream of followers is simple if you have people who are interested in what you have to say, and increasing your amount of followers is as easy as word of mouth and updating. Not only that, but putting yourself out there in front of all of these users is more simple than posting a 140 character message. If you’ve already got a blog, converting your current visitors to Twitter followers won’t be too hard.

After you have people who are keeping up with your Twitter account, you can share information about your blog and posts you have made by “tweeting” them, which in turn draws more visitors and pageviews to your site. And apart from that, it also increases the interactivity and closeness you have with your niche and your readers.

Twitter can also be used as a source to draw in new readers to your blog, not just as a way to provide interest for the old ones. As your presence on Twitter grows, so does the amount of traffic and new readership coming in to your site.

Getting to Know Your Readers

Twitter can be a fantastic way to develop relationships with other bloggers and your visitors. Don’t just make Twitter an extension of your blog, make it something a little more – bring your activity there down to a more personal level. Let your readers get to know another side of you there. And make sure you focus on your readers as well, and get to know them too. Ask questions where you value people’s honest opinions, and whenever you receive a message or a reply, take time to read it and respond if you can. Help as many of your followers as possible. Use any feedback you get to better your blog, your content, and what your site provides.

Learning New Things

And last but not least, use Twitter to broaden your knowledge and experiences. Keep up with and follow any person whose updates teach you about things you didn’t know before, and ask questions whenever you need to. If you have a following on Twitter and you need help with something or would like an opinion, just post an update discussing it. Twitter is one big caring, helping community. Give as much as you can to your followers and they’ll be happy to help you out whenever that time comes.

To learn more about how to use Twitter alongside your blog, read How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog. And if you’d like to follow SuperBloggingTips.com on Twitter, you may do that here. Post your Twitter profiles in the comments box so we can follow you as well! And if you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

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A couple of weeks ago a contest began here at SuperBloggingTips.com, in which there would be two lucky winners who each received one month’s worth of 125×125 advertising here at this blog. All you had to do to enter was subscribe to the feed via email (all subscribers prior to the contest were automatically entered). If you want, contest details can be viewed here.

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Show of hands, how many of you have read through Google's Webmaster Guidelines. Mmmm, ok. go ahead and put your hands down. Every now and then I find it useful to look and see what a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/topic.py?topic=8522"Google has to say to webmasters about their websites. It's been years since I was last in here and I'm amazed by the amount of new content Google has added to their webmaster helps. One thing to keep in mind whenever reviewing information put out by the search engines is that the engines have a vested interest in being selfish. Sure, they want to be helpful, but at the same time the information they provide comes with a very distinct bias as to what will ultimately help them That doesn't make the advice bad, it just means we need to learn to sift what is really important from what Google wants us to think is important./p Today I want to revisit Google's a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35291amp;topic=15260"Guidelines for selecting an SEO provider. Let's take them point by point and I'll provide my own analysis. You can click the link above if you want to read Google's expanded explanations. Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out of the blue. Not all unsolicited emails are bad. I think it's a shame that email marketing has gotten such a bad rap, however I will admit it is mostly deserved. The danger with this kind of solicitation is that they are usually sent from SEOs that have done little or no research and are just pounding out slightly customized mass emails. Typically these emails claim that your site "isn't ranking" or "could not be found" on the search engines. Of course, it begs the question how they found you order to send you that email. Often the claims will be legitimate in a very narrow context, stating they could not find you when searching for a particular keyword that may or may not be relevant or valuable to you. Keep a healthy dose of skepticism when reading these emails. Most of the time you're better off just deleting them any way. But the same time, these emails are not all from spammers. Google's advice here to be wary is sound. No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google. I've blogged enough over the years debunking the a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/do-seo-guarantees-protect-the-seo-or-the.php"myth of guaranteed rankings/a, so there is no need to go into it all here. There are things that SEOs can guarantee, but rankings are not one of them, outside of pay-per-click campaigns. However, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't expect results either. Avoid any SEO that offers ranking guarantees. There is usually enough small print that allows them out of any type of refund or continued service. On the other hand satisfaction guarantees our something that SEOs can provide, if they are willing. blockquotestrongBe careful if a company is secretive or won't clearly explain what they intend to do./strong/blockquote SEOs that won't share their processes with you need to be avoided at all cost. There really are no SEO secrets, just different strategies that can be employed. Any SEO you are dealing with should freely share their strategies with you and they should be able to give you comfort that they won't engage in activities that are likely to get your site penalized by the engines. The better informed you are as a client, the healthier relationship you'll have with your SEO. And knowing what strategies they'll be implementing will help you keep your expectations in line with the results as well. You should never have to link to an SEO company -You should never have to link to anybody, period. This includes directories that exchange a listing for a link, suppliers, agents, etc. Don't get yourself in a deal where a link is required to be maintained at all times. With that said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with anybody requesting that you place a link to their site, and doing so may be mutually beneficial. But linking from your website to another should always be a choice, and you should do it only when it is of benefit to your site visitors. When you lose control of who you link to because of the deals you make, you can often times find yourself associating with some less than reputable websites. The last thing you want is for the search engines to ding you quality points because of your shady associations. Choose wisely. Doing your research is important, especially when you'll be investing thousands of dollars over several months for any marketing effort. There are a lot of companies out there that sound real good, say all the right words, but when push comes to shove they just don't have what it takes. One of the most important aspects of choosing an SEO is not just knowing if they can do the job, knowing they operate their business ethically. I don't believe in "SEO ethics", but I do believe in business ethics. Your SEO should be upfront with you about what they are doing and why, and what kind of benefit you should expect from them. They should also let you know if any of their optimization strategies will bring any potential harm to you. Of course, no one will tell you they operate unethically and unfortunately many people get sucked into paying these companies only to get shafted later on. Do your due diligence research. Find out about the company, and about the people running it. Cost of services is far less important than the potential cost of doing business with a rip-off artist. Be sure to understand where the money goes. There are a number of various avenues of online marketing where money can, and likely will be invested. From social media to link building to development of new architecture or content. The goal however, should be the same, to increase your exposure in the search engines and to provide a better user experience in total. But you should be aware if the SEO is spending money purchasing links, ads or subbing their work out to a company in India. 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The creation of these pages, however, must include full integration into the website, professionally written content, and nothing "hidden" that's there for anybody's interest but your own as the site owner. pGoogle's recommendations are largely sound. Remember, they have a vested interest in keeping their site free of spam and choosing a SEO that is committed to helping you grow your business, as opposed to just achieving search engine rankings, helps them as well./p pThere is not much here that isn't sound. Google's suggestions are pretty fair and balanced toward the business owner, and not just propaganda that serves their own needs. 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