They’re also working on a tool that will allow bloggers and others to create their own infographics using a plug-and-play system. Now let’s take a look at some striking examples of how infographics were used to illustrate and enhance posts about last month’s most-blogged-about stories (according to Regator.com, these were: Hurricane Irene , Steve Jobs , London Riots , Libya, Labor Day , the GOP candidates , earthquake , September 11 , Federal Reserve , and Motorola Mobility ) and get ten quick tips on choosing or creating infographics for your blog… Do your research. MORE >>

This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Every week, we look at the ten most blogged-about stories of the previous seven days (trends provided, as always, by Regator ) and today, in addition to those, we’ll see how some bloggers made use of polls in their posts…. Example: Gold Derby ’s “ Poll: Will Chelsea Handler flourish or flop as MTV VMAs host? ”. In this example, the blog is about awards shows and the poll is on how a particular celebrity will fare as an awards show host. MORE >>

asked several social media consultants, bloggers, marketers, search engine optimizers, and social media addicts about what they considered to be essential skills and characteristics of the most efficient and results-driven social media consultants. Maki , Internet Marketing and Social Media Blogger: The main characteristic [social media marketers] need to have is a genuine curiosity/interest in social media, particularly on how it influences human relationships and business practices. For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller. Fantastic! MORE >>

This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). The most important thing to remember is that guest posts are a win-win situation for the host blog and guest blogger. Regator has, as always, provided a list of the ten most blogged-about stories of the last seven days, and we’ll use posts about those hot trends to learn about what makes a great guest post: 1. Example: A Traveler’s Library ’s “ Baghdad in War Time ”. Example: Plus Size Plum ’s “ Plus Size Beauty Goes to the Emmys ”. MORE >>

This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). That’s why, as we look at this week’s ten most-blogged-about stories (trends provided, as always, by Regator ), we’ll also pick up some tips on how to encourage readers to interact with content: 1.  Example: Business Insider ’s “ Microsoft Bing Exec Pees On “Google Instant,&# Says Bing Results Still Way Better ”. Example: ComicMix ’s “ Labor Day and the Cost Of Doing Business in Comics ”. You can find her on Twitter @kimber_regator. MORE >>