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.        Hi everyone... I'm drowning in work & a ton of new projects right now so I'll skip the formalities and get right to the "stuff".  Following up on my post from last week Pimp Your Blog part 3... using image tiles to speed up your blog , here is a new Active Rain themed image tile that you...
05/03/2008
.    Hi everyone... in the past 2 weeks I've seen a lot of comments about how slow some  blog pages have become after they're been "pimped" so...  This week before we get into more customizing I thought I'd talk about a few basics re images, widgets, etc... that should help to speed things up.   ...
04/26/2008
.    Hi everyone... again this past week there was a lot of talk, activity and still some confusion about using the new customized blog feature by Brad Carroll so to try and simplify things for anyone who needs help, I've designed some graphics that you can use as a starting point on your blog he...
04/19/2008
.   Well, well, well...  look at all the pretty blogs! Unless you've been on another planet this past week, the Big News here in the Rain was Brad Caroll's wonderful gift... the Active Rain Customizer that allows us to turn the plain old generic version of AR into a personalized way to express an...
04/13/2008
.          Royalty Free Photos From PDphoto.org      Earlier this week a friend of mine sent me a link to a very cool site that she uses to find photos for her blog as well as her print and promo material.  The site is PDphoto.org and what I really like about PD Photo aside from the beautiful pic...
04/06/2008
.           First I'd like to give a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for adding so many quality posts to the marketing group this week. I'd especially like to thank the newbies for bringing a fresh perspective on things and new voices to the conversation.    Teri Ellis aka The Lady In Red    While ther...
03/31/2008
.              Happy Easter everyone! It seems a lot of bloggers are in the holiday spirit and I'm anxious to go and hunt for chocolate eggs so before I head off on my own Easter adventure, I'd like to share a couple of very cool contests going on right now at the blogs of 2 of my favorite intern...
03/23/2008
.       If You Want To Generate A Lot Of Buzz, This Is An Excellent Example Of How To Do It           For the past few weeks, Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Company based in Tampa, FL has been running a very clever promotion to "beta test" their Jamaican Me Crazy flavored coffee.  So what makes this prom...
03/16/2008
.        Aside from the hundreds of posts I sort through each week here in the Active Rain marketing group, there are about 60 outside blogs that I keep an eye on to try and stay on top of marketing news, social networking, tech stuff, etc...  I know it can be time consuming and a bit overwhelmin...
03/09/2008
.       Spam or No Spam, it's your group, you decide!                       A few days ago, 2 posts about spam & plagiarism caught my eye... - Is that Featured Post Plagiarized?  by Kathy McGraw - "Would You like a Side of SPAM with Your Comments?" - AR Guidelines Re-Visited  by Rich Jacobson    ...
03/04/2008