The Ms. Ileane Speaks Podcast

My Podcasting Gear and the Ms. Ileane Speaks Podcast is Now on iTunes

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One crucial component to starting a podcast that cannot be overlooked, is getting the right podcasting gear. You might find podcasting gear to be one of the most fascinating and down-right fun aspects of the whole concept of podcasting. And just like anything else you can take the high road and make a huge investment or you can try to do it on the cheap. I started out using a really cheap headset microphone that picked up tons of background noise and hum. I ended up somewhere in the middle of the road with a USB mic from Samson.

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Best Small Business Book Awards Presented By SmallBizTrends

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You might remember that last year Small Biz Trends along with Small Biz Technology hosted the Small Business Influencers Awards and we all got a chance to nominate someone or a company who had significant impact on the success of small businesses. Anita Campbell, the CEO of BizSugar and Small Business Trends, is spearheading these awards and I’m proud to be one of the media partners along with the other supporters of small businesses you’ll find below…continue reading…

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5 Tips to Keeping Your Blog Visitors Hostage

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This is not going to be the good old clique “content is king” but I will say that it is important! In fact, if you do not understand what great content is then this is the first thing that you should learn. How to fulfill your visitors needs. How to give them exactly what they were searching for? If you fill your blog with GOB SMAKCING content you have a better chance of keeping your website visitor engaged and also willing to make a return visit. This way you will not have to worry about trying to keep your blog visitors hostage because they will be breaking down the doors to return to your blog…continue reading…

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Facebook Announces New Applications for Your Biography

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Facebook recently launched the new biography so you can recover and collect the most important moments of your life. Starting today, you can choose from more than 60 applications to add to your life and express the things you like. The applications are available from Foodspotting.com biography, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, RottenTomatoes, Pose, Kobo, Tripadvisor.com Gogobot.com and among others. Now you can improve your life with applications that help you tell your story: If you enjoy cooking, eating, traveling, jogging or watching movies..…continue reading…

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Potential blogger plans her writing

Do You Plan Before Writing Blog Posts?

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I have tried writing blog posts by planning the content even before I start to write. But, it doesn’t work for me. Because the problem is that, If I think of some ideas for the post body, then I will be restricted to thinking within those ideas (It is hard for me to think out of those ideas). So, I usually don’t try to plan my post body before I start writing blog posts…continue reading…

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Embed Multimedia in blog posts

How To Embed YouTube Videos and Podcasts To Keep Readers on Your Blog

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It’s no secret that you can embed videos from YouTube on your WordPress blog to keep readers on the page longer and to add interest and variety to your blog. You can also add attractive and eye catching images to help set the mood or tone of your post and instantly grab the attention of anyone who visits your blog or shares your posts on Facebook or Google+. Now, WordPress has made it simpler than ever to embed YouTube videos and images from Flickr by simply adding the unlinked URL in your post editor. You’ll also learn about a revolutionary plugin called LeadPlayer.

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Getting Your First 2000 Twitter Followers

How To Get Your First 2,000 Twitter Followers

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When we started on Twitter one of the main question that users ask is how do I get more twitter followers? When you have decided to enter you find that you don’t know anyone and no one follow you. You start to follow famous people, an artist, a journalist, writer, politician etc… but you realize that they do not follow you.You start to get into conversations and follow people related to you and suddenly you have 10, then 20, then 30, 40 and Yeah! Reaching 50! and with a little luck and hard work and patience and you have 100! But basically you have the desire to have more followers. How to get more followers? …continue reading…

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