Friday Links

For this week’s ‘Friday Links’ post, I’ve got some really awesome resources for you. Just to put them into perspective my week entailed wondering how how be a better blogger and whether I should pursue a couple of new projects in a recession.

It’s been a tough week and a bit of inspiration was needed. Here’s what I came up with:

1. Collis Ta’eed re-published 3 old articles on his new Netsetter blog. You really should subscribe to his blog (it’s that good). First up was “Starting Up in an economic downturn“. This article takes a hard look at starting a new venture when the economy is going down the crapper and makes an important point about frugality. The best part about Collis’ articles is that he always speaks from experience.
2. Second up is Collis Ta’eed’s “Strategy games and how they can help your business“. He shows how his company, Envato, took a new blog (PSDTuts) from nothing to one of the biggest on the Web in a very short period of time. Re-investment is the key people!
3. The third ‘I’m a fan of Collis’ post you should read on The Netsetter is “Guerilla marketing for startups“, written in 2006. If you’ve got zero marketing budget and a business to promote this ought to help.
4. If it’s blogging inspiration you want, look no further than Wendy Piersall’s “Watching the whole social Web become greater than it’s parts“. Wendy is a successful blogger with a growing audience, and this post is worth it just for the last sentence.
5. Finally, if you’re getting started with Twitter, as I am, and you’re still trying to find your voice, read this: “4 annoying Twitter myths about how to use Twitter” by Scott Fox. This post makes you realize you’re not the only person on the Internet who believes Twitter has a set of rules everyone has to follow in order to succeed, when in actual fact, there are no rules at all.

That’s it. Oh wait, there’s one more: Remarkablogger’s “Ten ways to crank out killer posts in 10 minutes“. Yes, I know quality is better than quantity but sometimes short blog posts are OK too. Have a good weekend.

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