The Real Lance Brown

From Makeuseof.com, a sweet overview of (drumroll…super-buzzword coming up!) SEO keyword tools:

6 FREE Tools To Get The Best Keywords For Your Site

There are many thousands of instances of the magic of the “social web”. Here is one:

How Twitter Got Me a 6-Figure Gig
By Karen Post
TalentZoo.com

From SFWeekly.com, a cool article about working hard to live the dream in the new media age.

Just Tweet It

Wallpaper.’s Eric Frederic is an unstoppable viral music producer. But can the incessant songwriting, video blogging, and booty tweeting make him a star?

Read the article: San Francisco Music – Just Tweet It.

The amount of difference a blog can make to your bottom line is tremendous–incalculable really–but it goes without saying that you need people to find it and read it in order to tap into the magic of the “social web”. Take this list of 25 blog promotion tips  seriously and you will be well on your way to trading a p aperclip for a house, or blogging your way to an Oscar, or, more likely, manifesting your own particular dream come true. (Woo hoo!)

25 Ways to Promote and Market Your Blog | Social Media Strategies for Small Business | Fast Company.

I’ll be making a more sophisticated portfolio section on my site soon, but I am long overdue in introducing the web sites I have been designing for clients in Nevada County this past year. (Or in the case of Project Simplify, these past many years. :-))

Project Simplify (original design, now re-done by Velocity7)

High Performance Advocates (original design inspired by client materials)

SCO Planning, Engineering, & Surveying (original design inspired by client materials)

VJ’s Salon & Day Spa (original design inspired by client materials)

Gold Country Roofing (original design inspired by client materials)

Mark Davis Plumbing, Inc. (my WordPress-based adaptation of an existing original design by Brook Design Group)

Debbie Costa Design (designed in collaboration with Louise Preston, who also provided the artwork)

HeartMatters.pro (my WordPress-based adaptation of an existing original design by Susan Powell)

ABT Plumbing, Electric, Heat and Air (original design inspired by client materials)

I will discuss these projects at greater length soon, but suffice it to say, those are some great local businesses in the Nevada City/Grass Valley area. I had a great time working with all these folks as we went through the process of getting their sites built. If you’re from Nevada County, CA, or even if you aren’t, check out their sites and give them some e-love (like links, comments, etc.), and/or some brick-and-mortar love.

Yay for my clients!

This is a good list, and I’m glad to say I was aware of and/or agree with almost all these points.

Top 25 commonly believed SEO myths – Daily SEO blog.

Free Alternatives to Photoshop With All the Bells, Whistles, Filters, & Layers.

Covers a lot of cool-looking options, but seems to land at the obvious destination: The GIMP.

Sometimes the Internet is a beautiful thing. Most of the time, actually.

To wit: 25 Places to Find Free Stock Photos from my new friends at Tutorial Blog. (Because providing me with 25 different free photo sites is a pretty good way to become my friend.)

This is helpful:
How To Find Free Images For Your Blog | Blogging Tips from Blogsessive