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Overview of the Best Screenshot Software. Welcome to the best screenshot capture software overview.

Overview of the Best Screenshot Software

Please note that this guide looks solely at screenshot taking tools and not at video capturing programs. If you are interested in the latter, check out or best of guide that covers those. Taking screenshots is not a complicated procedure. Most operating systems support sending the current contents of the screen to the clipboard when you press the Print key on your keyboard. That does not get you far though, as you need an image editing program to paste that screenshot into and edit it before you save it on your system. Most screen capture programs add functionality to the process. Others may come with an editor that you can use to process the screenshot directly before you save it. The list of applications is once again divided into free and commercial programs. Blogging Strategies: Quality Content. How to use Google Plus as a Blogger.

How Do You Follow A Blog with Google Friend Connect? How do you follow the blogs that you love?

How Do You Follow A Blog with Google Friend Connect?

Do you do it via facebook, twitter, or on a blog roll? Or maybe by RSS and a reader. [I wrote about What RSS Is >> HERE] There are tons of different ways to follow a blog but today I am going to write about “following” via Google Friend Connect. A mini tutorial. See that box on the sidebar that says “Join This Site” >>> Add a Facebook "Like" Box. How To Add A Pinterest Board in a Blog Post. I have been a contributor on the SNAP!

How To Add A Pinterest Board in a Blog Post

Blog for over 2 years now. Each month I share a new blogging tip or tutorial. Several months ago I shared a tutorial on how to add a pinterest board in a blog post. I want to share it again with you here today because it is AWESOME! If you’ve noticed, lately I have been adding a pinterst board at the bottom of my posts. Blogging Tutorial Round Up - Key Lime. Super Simple Tips for Better Blog Photos. I’ve been trying to step up my photography skills for my blog lately, so I thought I’d share a few tips that I’ve realized along the way….

Super Simple Tips for Better Blog Photos

I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m always wowed by the photos of other bloggers, and sometimes it’s overwhelming to try to get my pictures to look like theirs. But I’ve found a few things that are working for me that are easy to implement (easy is the key!) It seems like amazing pictures always have lots of extra fun props, etc – I never even know where to start with those (like the cake picture that has ingredients and tools and cute dishes all in the background – love it, but can’t replicate it). The Five Most Important Elements of a Blog Layout. Creating Guidelines for Your Blog. One thing that really stuck with me when reading Yuli’s Fashion 2.0: Blogging Your Way to the Front Row was the importance of having policies in place for your site and sticking to them.

Creating Guidelines for Your Blog

Dramatis Personae doesn’t have a lot of policies in place, and what I have mostly comes to me at whims; this isn’t fair to myself (how time consuming!) And this isn’t fair to readers or brands wanting to work with me. Yuli wrote, “you must establish a set of guidelines, then follow them and clearly communicate them to others. This refers to content, comments, editorial policies, reviews, advertising– basically all the elements of your blog.” How many times could I have avoided flip-flopping when deciding to work with a brand! Let’s look at the above categories, and brainstorm the kind of guidelines and rules we may want to put in place for ourselves, shall we? Content Guidelines: 16 Ways to Get Super Excited About Your Blog (Again) You are dedicated to your blog. You want the best for it, you want to see it grow, and flourish, so you work hard on it. . After a while, it comes, the dreaded burnout.

Blog Tip of the Day. When I first started blogging over four years ago, I experienced something that 99% of all bloggers go through.

Blog Tip of the Day

I’d put tons of work into my posts, only to have no one ever read them. Even if you absolutely love the content you’re creating on your blog, let’s be honest: blogging’s a lot more fun when you have a community of people you can share your ideas with, and you’re not just talking to yourself. In other words, no matter what our reasons are for blogging — be it as a hobby, as a profession, or anything else — we ALL want to grow our traffic. And as we learned from the last Blog Tip of the Day, traffic = pageviews. A little sidenote confession before we continue on to the good stuff. 10 Maxims of Successful Blogging: Infographic Edition - Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow} » The Age of Gurus. A {growtoon}.

7 Tricks All Bloggers on Pinterest Should Know. It’s important for bloggers to optimize their content for Pinterest, since Pinterest is such a significant source of traffic for many bloggers out there.

7 Tricks All Bloggers on Pinterest Should Know

Problem is, a lot of bloggers still aren’t doing everything they can to fully optimize their content for Pinterest. This blog post can be used as a checklist to make sure your blog content is Pinterest-friendly and fully optimized to increase repins and likes, awareness, followers, and traffic! All of these pin & board examples are from bloggers in the HelloSociety network. 5 Steps to Improving Blog Traffic in 30-Days. Before SNAP!

5 Steps to Improving Blog Traffic in 30-Days

… Before I started blogging… Before I met Derek an the boys… I was a career girl. I didn’t just work any old job though, I worked in the ultimate pencil skirt and high heel wearing field – public relations. More specifically, I spent my years as a public relations executive working with politicians and sports super stars. Though I think we can skip over any discussion of the giant egos, I have to tell you successful bloggers have traits very similar to well-known politicians and sporty types.

Last weekend I spoke at Sewing Summit. The principles I shared are simple, but you have to be dedicated, follow-through and WORK HARD. Be A Blogger: 10 Things Blogs Should Definitely Have - ohksocialmedia. Your blog should reflect you and your brand.

Be A Blogger: 10 Things Blogs Should Definitely Have - ohksocialmedia

No doubt about it. But there are some things all blogs (read: your blog) should definitely have. And it isn’t topless pictures of Joseph Gordon Levitt…. How to Go From 0 to 50 Comments on your Blog Posts. How to Feature Your Most Pinterest-Worthy Posts in Your Sidebar. How to Write Magnetic Headlines. Common Blogging Questions. As a blog designer and social media consultant, I receive a lot of questions in my email inbox.

Common Blogging Questions

And you’d be surprised how many are repeats! So I thought I’d start a series where I compile them in a list with no frills answers. Consider it a grab n go resource guide for you to pin whenever you get stuck! I’m hoping to do this regularly, so if you have a question you’ve never found a great answer to, send it my way at Julie@fabulousblogging.com. 1. Let me start by saying that some themes are more obnoxious than others. This doesn’t look cool. It looks lame. There’s too much space. So to solve that, you can do two things — either hold down the shift key and hit enter (which is quick and dirty and I’m not really a fan), or– simply write out your list the ugly way, highlight the whole thing, and then hit the bullet or numbered list option.

This doesn’t look cool.It looks lame.There’s too much space.Voila! When you want to break out of the list and continue writing, hit return twice. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5 Common Blog Mistakes and How to Correct Them. [Infographic] 68 Best Tips Before You Start A Blog. Love the Here and Now: Blogging 101 Tips.

So you want to start blogging? Don't know where to begin? I have been in your shoes; heck I still I am. Blogging is a continuous journey of learning. There is ALWAYS something new to learn. Along the way I have found some great tips that have made my blogging experience better. Patience. The Ultimate Guide to Blogging Resources. Pixect - Take photos online with webcam effects. My Windows Live Messenger.

Android Phone Name Generator. The Hobbit Name Generator. The Elvish Name Generator. The Original Gangsta Name Generator. Character Name Generator. Ever get stuck for names of NPCs your player characters run into that you never expected to provide them? Here? S a fast and easy way to have many monikers on hand when Rodar the fighter wants to know the name of the brash drunk challenging him to a fight in the tavern, or the name of the shy barmaid over whom they? Re fighting. Simply follow the instructions below to produce names for all sorts of characters, including PCs if you like.

While eight steps appear below, you only have to complete the first three to make the generator work. Word Cloud Generators. Make Your Images Interactive - ThingLink. IP and City Sign Widget - For Myspace Layouts & Backgrounds, Forum Sigs, Blogs. MixPod - Music Playlist, Listen to Free Music Online, Free Music Streaming, Free Music Player. 30 Free Resources for Photoblogging and Image Galleries (Wordpress)

Expandable content script. From text to speech. Free Midi Music. 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials. Ever wondered how people show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, like in the Photoshop Video Tutorials we shared with you? Thanks to screencasting software, anyone can do it. So what's stopping you now from making your own how-to videos? Try out one of these 12 tools and get to making your first video! Free AviScreen - As the name would imply, this capture program records the video into AVI files, but can also do BMP photos.

CamStudio.org - An open source program for capturing your on-screen video and audio as AVI files. Copernicus - A free program for Macs that focuses heavily on making quick and speedy films by recording the video to your RAM for quicker access. JingProject.com - Beyond recording video, Jing allows you to take a picture of any portion fo your desktop, draw on it, add a message, and immediately upload your media to a free hosting account. Wink - Screencasting software that focuses on making tutorials with audio and text annotation abilities.

Commercial. Blog Flak » Back Up Your XML Template Widgets. How To Disable Snap Shots on Blogs. Bloggers create a new audio media with Odiogo podcasts.