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Five Social Media Haters We Love To Hate

Firebelly

These are the five social media haters you will frequently encounter whenever you pull out your smart phone and start sending a tweet. They still think social media, the Internet, computers, and smart phones are a fad. Photo credit: sokabs (Flickr, Creative Commons. The Can’t Get The Name Right.

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Will India See a Rise in Digital PR?

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Amit Kumar via Flickr, CC 3.0. Now, checking news feeds on smart phones, scrolling through one’s Twitter handle, and checking updates on blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and other online networks have become part of the urban lifestyle. Yes, the rupee is 62 against the U.S. dollar (as of December 1, 2013).

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How I Set Up My WordPress Blog In 2 Hours

Waxing UnLyrical

If you and I talk regularly on Twitter, or Facebook… heck, even in the early days of WUL (and I have to stifle a giggle as I say that, because this blog is barely two years old!), Image: kennymatic via Flickr, CC 2.0. We often share food photos on Facebook, and every time someone asks me for a recipe, I have nowhere to post it.

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From Couch To 5K: Why Lindsay Allen Runs

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: The Q via Flickr, CC 2.0 I posted on Facebook to enlist the input of my runner friends, and, after plenty of encouragement to give it a try and lots of advice about how to get started, I actually started. Image: Herald Post via Flickr, CC 2.0 In Lindsay’s words: I’ve never been a runner. Until July, that is.

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Judging A Blog Post By Its Cover

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. D’oh, you say. An image speaks a thousand words.

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How Distractions Paralyze Your Productivity as a Freelance Writer & How To Eliminate Them

Kikolani

Photo Credit: Nanette Saylor of Wise Well Women on Flickr. Switch OFF your phone. Most phones especially smart phones these days have audio as well as visual notification features like flashing LED lights etc. No phone calls, no messages, no reminders, nothing. You don’t need any of them.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They want a blog, an iPhone app, viral videos, a Twitter handle, a Facebook fan page complete with custom applications, blogger and influencer engagement initiatives, an ad.ly After all, what’s the point of ranking well in Google if the user that finds you in the search results can’t fully engage with your site from his/her smart phone?