First of all, happy hump day! Hope everyone is having a great week. We decided to get a bit creative today. We noticed that there are "best practices" in influencer outreach that you can learn a lot from, and apply them in different aspects of your life.

Every blogger wants to write better blog posts. They want more shares, more views, more conversions. But when it comes time to writing blog posts that perform, a lot of bloggers tend to fall short. But why? Great blog posts aren't only interesting to read, they usually follow a certain structure.

Video is one of the hot topics for anything Internet, Social Media and marketing related. While there are still a number of people prefer reading content, more people than ever before watch videos to be informed and entertained. In this article you will learn how to insert video elements into your posts or pages to make them more engaging.

Summary: Curious about how the Facebook News Feed really works? Facebook engineers shed light on some of the magic underneath the stream. MENLO PARK -- The Facebook News Feed is a curious place. It's populated with content from a user's friends and favorite things running the gamut from sports teams to musicians to restaurants.

If you are new to the world of blogging, you may be wondering if some of the things you are doing fall into the category of proper etiquette or not. Like any social situation, whether online or offline, a lot of blogging etiquette is about what you feel most comfortable doing or not doing.

I call them the 5 Horsemen of the Blog Apocalypse. Their acrid breath lingers over the tomb of failed dreams, shuttered businesses and busted bloggers. I'm often called in when these business soldiers are on their last leg. It doesn't take long for me to hear the hoofs the horsemen riding off into setting sun.

Summary: Curious about how the Facebook News Feed really works? Facebook engineers shed light on some of the magic underneath the stream. MENLO PARK -- The Facebook News Feed is a curious place. It's populated with content from a user's friends and favorite things running the gamut from sports teams to musicians to restaurants.

Everyone make mistakes. Oscar Wilde says it very nicely: "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes". Experience is a great teacher and everyone learn from their mistakes. However, it is much more efficient to learn from the mistakes of others.

At the risk of stating the obvious, social Media is social. It's social and because it needs to be interactive it's high maintenance. It's a new way of networking....for brands and businesses. As such, there should be a considerable amount of investment earmarked to be successful in this arena.

Today, we perform a content audit on 22 top blogs. What can we all learn from CopyBlogger, Problogger, KissMetrics, BufferApp & 18 more Social Rockstars?

There are a lot of resources available about measuring and monetizing your digital platform... The problem is, none of this advice will do you much good without first building an audience that cares about what you're selling.

Productivity Improvement with Social Media (via www.businessandworkplace.com) Social Media for Productivity Improvement Throughout my career, I have worked at several professional services organizations-from a couple of large consulting firms to a boutique private equity firm to now working here at Randstad USA. But regardless...